Spain,
Barcelona
Carlos Ballesta Lopez
Gastrointestinal surgeon
44 years of experience
Centro Médico Teknon
Dr. Carlos Ballesta López is the Head Of Laparoscopic Surgery Center. He is a top specialist in pancreatic cancer treatment, general and digestive surgery with 30+ years of practice. Dr. Ballesta is a pioneer in laparoscopic surgery (minimally invasive). This technique significantly reduces pain and recovery periods for patients.
Units of the Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center:
Metabolic Surgery (gastric bypass).
Colorectal surgery.
Esophageal-gastric surgery.
Liver, gallbladder and pancreas surgery .
The experience of Dr. Ballesta medical team includes more than 12,000 operations of abdominal and digestive surgery by laparoscopy. He is an organizer of courses of laparoscopic surgery, which have served as training for other Spanish surgeons and foreigners, especially from Latin America.
In 2011, Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center obtained the accreditation of the IFSO (The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders) as a Center of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.
Academic titles
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Granada in 1973
Medical specialist in General Surgery since 1977
Doctor in Medicine and Surgery, with the outstanding qualification "cum laude" unanimously, in 1979
Medical specialist in Gastroenterology since 1979
Professional experience
Physician in General Surgery Department
Assistant Doctor of General Surgery and Gastroenterology Department
Member of the Medical Board of Teknon Medical Center
Director of the Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center