We are a multidisciplinary group of professionals integrated by surgeons, nutritionists, psychologists and physiotherapists. We have all related specialties: gastroenterology, cardiology, pneumology, endocrinology, internal medicine and reconstructive surgery.

Our

 mission

To recover our patients’ with obesity issues and to reduce or eliminate associated health problems to increase their quality of life and lifespan hand in hand with a multidisciplinary team of dedicated and committed professionals.

Our 

vision

Making bariatric surgery at a high level hospital available for more people, to achieve the reduction of obesity levels in our country as well as healthcare costs and become a Bariatric Surgery Clinic that is highly renowned for its quality in service and human approach.

Alfonso Villalobos 

Alva, MD

Founder and director of our clinic with training in General Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery. He has performed bariatric surgery for over 18 years and founded the Hospital del Carmen Clinic 15 years ago. He has performed over three thousand laparoscopic surgical procedures, bariatric procedures and revisions. He has developed many general surgeons, laparoscopic surgeons and bariatric surgeons. He has participated as an assistant, speaker and professor in countless regional congresses, nationally and internationally.
Board Certified Surgeon
Graduate UAG. DGP 2046345
General Surgeon License 3174416
Consejo Cirugía General Certificate 98233
Bariatric Surgeon Certificate 20007520

Psychologist

Marcela Gómez Herrera, MA

Bariatric Psychologist with a Master’s Degree in Human Development. She will accompany you in this process to heal the scars that obesity may have left along the way, she will help you in the process of change of eating habits, guide you in learning new abilities and in the cognitive behavioral area into creating new habits. She also coordinates support groups in which you will meet more patients in different stages of the process.

Nutritionist

Asther Lorena Bravo

Bariatric Nutritionist and educator in Diabetes. She will help you stop dieting and instead acquire the habit of eating healthily. You will learn equivalences and how to choose food intelligently as well as to appreciate portions without using scales and measurements. She will be with you in the process of relearning how to eat.

Psychologist

Alejandra Salazar Moreno

Nutritionist

Gabriela Arias

Bariatric Psychiatrist

Ana Alicia Arroyo

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