Dr. Joaquín Resa Bienzobas

 Professional experience

• More than 35 years of experience
• Coordinator of the Unit of Laparoscopic Surgery of Obesity and Metabolism of Montpellier Clinic of Zaragoza (Present)
• UGLY. Surgery Service of the Alcañiz Hospital (Teruel) (1995)
• UGLY. Surgery Service of the “Obispo Polanco” Hospital (Teruel) (1995 - 1997)
• UGLY. Surgery Service of the Hospital of Alcañiz (Teruel) (1997 - 2000)
• Surgery Specialist Physician of the Royo Villanova Hospital (Zaragoza) (2000 - Present)
• Coordinator of the quality commission of the Royo Villanova Hospital (Zaragoza) (2003 - 2004)

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 Sub-specialties

• Specialist in General Surgery and Gastroenterology.

 Teaching posts

• More than 25 courses and seminars taught.
• Six research projects subsidized to perform work in relation to obesity surgery by laparoscopy.
• More than 20 collaborations in teaching or research works.
• Professor of Health Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zaragoza, 2009 to the present.
• Professor of advanced laparoscopic surgery at the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery of Cáceres, FOCUSS Program (Organized Training in Competencies Used in the Health System) of the Aragonese Health System (HEALTH), Minimally Invasive Techniques Unit of the Clinical Veterinary Hospital of the University of Zaragoza (UTMI).

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 Education

• Graduate in medicine and surgery. School of Medicine. Zaragoza's University. Qualification: Outstanding.
• Doctor of medicine and surgery. School of Medicine. Zaragoza's University. Qualification: Suitable "cum laude". Extraordinary Doctorate Award.
• Specialist in General Surgery and Gastroenterology.
• Certificate of Generalist Physician in the Spanish National Health System and in the countries of the EEC, issued by the Ministry of Health.
• Doctor in Veterinary. Veterinary school. Zaragoza's University. Qualification: Outstanding "cum laude".
• Doctoral thesis in medicine and surgery. Title: "Surgery of obesity through vertical gastroplasty. Current status of our experience in human clinic. New technical possibilities of laparoscopic surgery, original experimental contribution ". Extraordinary doctoral award (March 25, 1996).
• Doctoral thesis in veterinary. Title: "Contributions to laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Experimental models in pigs ".
• Multiple stays and visits to foreign hospitals for training purposes.
• Stays abroad: Teaching Hospital "Carlos Andrade Marín". Ecuador. August September. (1990), Barnes Hospital. Washington University School of Medicine. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. May July. (1992), St. Louis Regional Medical Center. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. June July. (1992), Barnes Hospital. Washington University School of Medicine. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. July. (1993), Laparoscopic Surgery Center. HalthSouth Doctors' Hospital. Miami, Florida, USA. October 2003, Baptist Hospital of South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA. October 2003

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 Publications and conferences

• More than 30 chapters of book and CD.
• More than 60 publications in magazines.
• More than 150 communications and papers presented at congresses.
• More than 100 assistances to courses, congresses and meetings.

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 Prizes and awards

• More than 25 scholarships, grants and awards received. Fifteen awards for work related to morbid obesity surgery.
• Surgery Award Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Murcia. (1990)
• Prize for the best surgical communication in the III extraordinary meeting of the Aragonese society of digestive pathology. Work: "Vertical laparoscopic anti-obesity gastroplasty." Zaragoza (1993)
• III Prize of medical-surgical research "José Ramón Muñoz". Work: “Morbid Obesity: weight evolution and benefits obtained after performing Vertical Gastroplasty with Cerclage”. Zaragoza (1993)
• Honorable mention in the “VI Biennial of Cinema and Spanish Scientific Video” for the work: “Vertical antiobesity gastroplasty by laparoscopic route. Experimental model". Zaragoza (1993)
• "Enrique Hernández López" Surgery Award from the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Granada (Call for 1994)
• Prize for the best scientific work. Advances in Interconsultation and Link Psychiatry. Work: "Personality profile and psychopathology in a group of morbidly obese patients". Madrid (1995)
• “Marañón” Award from the Royal Spanish Medical-Surgical Academy. Madrid (1995)
• “Gómez-Ferrer Navarro” Award from the Royal Academy of Medicine of Valencia, Valencia (1996)
• “I College of Physicians Award” for “Scientific Research” (Teruel, February 1996)
• Extraordinary doctoral prize in medicine and surgery. Zaragoza (1996)
• Prize for the best surgical communication at the XI extraordinary meeting of the Aragonese society of digestive pathology. Zaragoza (2001)
• Prize for the best surgical communication in the XIII extraordinary meeting of the Aragonese society of digestive pathology. Zaragoza (2003)
• Recognition of Professional Merit in Zaragoza (2012)

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