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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Ricardo Xavier Cuellar Tamez, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs
  • Am Soc for Metabolic & Bariatric Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Mixed Academic/Private

General Surgery

Batallon de San Patricio #112 4to piso

Col. Real San Austin

Instituto de Cirugia/Centro Medico Zambrano Hellion

San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, NL 66278

Mexico

Contact Information

Biography

Minimal Invasive Surgeon, Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Digestive Tract Surgeon, US and Canada Training Exposure, Colorectal Surgery, Bilingual 100%

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

  • abdominoplasty
  • biliopancreatic diversion
  • gastric banding
  • gastroplasty
  • jejunoilial bypass
  • laparoscopic gastric banding
  • laparoscopic gastric bypass
  • roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • abdominal pain
  • abdominoplasty
  • adhesion removal
  • anti-reflux procedures
  • appendectomy
  • esophagus perforation
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastric cancer
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • malrotation
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Head and Neck

  • parathyroid surgery
  • thyroid surgery

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • cellulitis
  • epidermal cyst
  • nevi
  • skin gland tumors

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • anal abscess
  • anal fissure
  • anal fistula
  • anal tears
  • anal warts
  • hemorrhoid problems
  • rectal bleeding
  • rectal prolapse
  • sphincter repair

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • colectomy
  • colostomy
  • diverticular disease
  • hemorrhoidectomy
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • stomach cancer

Hospital Appointments

Hospital San Jose TEC de Monterrey,

Monterrey, NL,

Attending

03/2010—Present

Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad,

Monterrey, NL,

Attending

03/2010—Present

Hospital Zambrano Hellion,

Monterrey, NL,

Attending

01/2012—Present

Academic Appointments

Escuela de Medicina Tecnologico de Monterrey

Adjunct Professor

01/2012—Present