EDUCATION

• Catholic University of Chile Medical School. 1972 - 1978.
• RESIDENCE GENERAL SURGERY: Catholic University of Chile Medical School. 1979 - 1981
• RESIDENCE UROLOGY: Catholic University of Chile Medical School. 1982 – 1984
• - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, University of California San Francisco, USA, 1991. (Mentored by Prof Jack W MacAninch)

 

TITLES

- LICENCIATE IN MEDICINE. Catholic University of Chile,  1979.

- MEDICO-CIRUJANO. University of Chile, 1979.

- MAGISTER IN SURGERY. Catholic University of Chile, 1982.

- SPECIALIST IN SURGERY. Catholic University of Chile, 1982.

- SPECIALIST IN UROLOGY. Catholic University of Chile, 1984.

 

POSITION.

- Chief of Urology Service. Hospital del Trabajador de Santiago, Chile.

 

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

- MIEMBRO TITULAR. Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile

- MIEMBRO TITULAR. Sociedad Chilena de Urologia

- FELLOW. American College of Surgeons

- MIEMBRO. Confederación Americana de Urologia

- INTERNATIONAL MEMBER American Urological Association

- ACTIVE MEMBER The Society of Genito Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons

- ACTIVE MEMBER. Société Internationale d'Urologie.

- MEMBER International Neurourology Society

- Corresponding Member Argentinian Society of Urology

- HONORARY MEMBER. Cuban Society of Urology.

 

 

 

SOCIETARY POSITIONS

- ExPRESIDENT Sociedad Chilena de Urología. 2000 - 2002.

- Director of Bylaws, Confederación Americana de Urología. 1998 – 2010.

- Board Member, Société Internationale d'Urologie.  2013-2018

- ExPRESIDENT Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Society (GURS), 2010.

 

 

AREAS OF INTEREST AND RESEARCH

Trauma and genitourinary reconstructive urology, neurourology, male incontinence, prosthetic surgery, erectile dysfunction.