Our General Surgeons

Hospital Affiliations

• Inova Fairfax Hospital
• Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
• Medical Director, Inova Breast Care Institute,
  Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (2011)

Medical School

• Universidad Peruana Cayetano, Heredia, Peru, 1986

Residency

• UCLA School of Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, California

Fellowship

• Surgical Oncology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, California
• Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Maryland

Board Certifications

• American Board of Surgery, General Surgery

Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Member, Society of Surgical Oncology
• Member, American Society of Breast Surgeons
• Care Partner, Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Faculty

• Associate Professor of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1996-2009

Honors and Awards

• Named as a “Top Surgeon” by peer physicians in Washington Consumers’ Checkbook
• Named in "Best Doctors in America," LA Magazine
• Elected Faculty Teacher of the Year by Harbor-UCLA Department of Surgery
• Named in “Super Doctors” 2011 Washington Post Magazine
• Named as a “Top Doctor” by Castle Connolly Medical

Other Previous Experience

• Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1996-2009
• Director, Breast Program at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1996-2009

Specialized Interests

• Breast diseases: breast cancer and benign conditions

* fluent in Spanish