Surgical Oncologist
Centro Estatal de Atención Oncológica de Morelia, Mexico
Name: Heriberto Medina Franco M.D. 51 years old. Mexican.
Academic formation: Medical School. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Fellowship in Surgical Oncology: University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Actual position: Associate professor of surgery. Surgical Oncologist. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.
Professor of Oncology, Medical School Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Editorial Board, Revista de Gastroenterología de México.
Editorial Board World Journal of Radiology.
Latin American Scietific Advisory Board Annals of Surgical Oncology.
Peer-reviewed published papers: 138
Published books: 6
Book chapters: 50
Research interests: Breast cancer, gastric cancer, GIST, peritoneal diseases
Research presented in National Meetings: 89
Research presented in international meetings: 44
Conferences in National Meetings: 309
Conferences in International Meetings: 15
Medical Societies: Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General. Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología. Sociedad Mexicana de Oncología. Society for Surgical Oncology. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. Academia Mexicana de Cirugía. Academina Nacional de Medicina. Chair of Internacional Committee of Society of Surgical Oncology. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
Awards: Gabino Barreda Medal for Medical Scool Excellency. Galery of Best Alumnii of Medical School, UNAM. National Award of Surgical Oncology Research 2005, 2015 and 2016.