Bogota Surgery

Radio interview with Ilene Little

Today's podcast comes to you courtesy of Ilene Little, host of “Know Before You Go” on the Overseas Radio Network.  Ms. Little is also the creator of Traveling 4 Health.com a website devoted to seniors who are interested in exploring their medical tourism and overseas retirement options.
If, for some reason, listeners are unable to access the podcast on iTunes, it is also available at Traveling4Health.com at http://community.traveling4health.com/content/radio-show-archive

The Bentall procedure with Dr. Cristian Barbosa

In the operating room with Colombian cardiac surgeon, Dr. Cristian Barbosa for the bentall procedure at Hospital Nuevo Bocagrande in Cartagena, Colombia.

Bogota's Hottest Surgeons

 This is the first podcast from Bogota Surgery, on surgical tourism and medical travel, and was originally posted by Adriaan Alsema at ColombiaReports.com. 

Don’t let their youth fool you. These young Bogota surgeons are well
versed in the latest technologies and the newest surgical techniques, and are
changing the face of, and bringing new sophistication to the capital’s medical
community.

Dr. Juan Pablo Umana, 46, Cardiac surgeon

A Bogota native, Dr. Juan Pablo Umana, with his
Stanford education, quintessential rugged good looks and a refreshing outlook,
brings a California flavor to Fundacion Cardioinfantil, where he has been the
Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery since 2004. He, along with Dr. Nestor Sandoval
have ushered in a new era of Cardiac Surgery in Bogota with a expanding and
state-of-the-art cardiac surgery service line. Notably, in 1997, Dr. Umana
along with Dr. Memhet Oz invented the first mitral clip for percutaneous valve
repair. During surgery, he is focused, meticulous and unflappable. Despite
being the most senior of the surgeons listed here, he is just hitting his
stride.

 

Dr. Ivan Adolfo Santos, 41, Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Ivan Santos operates at Clinica Shaio, and is one
of a trio of celebrity plastic surgeons here in Bogota. Genetically blessed, he
looks ten years younger than his 41 years. In spite of his boyish good looks
and shy nature, Dr. Santos is a confident and talented surgeon; more
importantly, he gets results. Watching Dr. Santos operate is similar to
watching a symphony conductor orchestrate classic music composures with 160
musicians. He never misses a beat, and he is simultaneously aware of everything
around him. With his precision in the operating room and aggressive
post-operative therapies, patients recover faster, with less pain, and leave
his office looking and feeling their best.

 

Dra. Constanza Moreno Serrano, 40, Orthopedic Surgeon

Dra. Constanza Moreno is orthopedic surgeon
specializing in hand and microsurgery such as digital reattachment after
traumatic injury, reconstructive surgery and correction of congenital
deformities. After training with the famed Dr. Harold Kleinert and Dr.
Breidenbach III in Louisville, Kentucky, she returned to Bogota in 2005. She is
currently developing a hand transplant program for victims of landmines. Next
week, she is presenting her proposal at the International Hand and Composite
Tissue Allotransplantation Society in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Juan Carlos Garzon, 39, Thoracic Surgeon

Dr. Juan Carlos Garzon is a man of action; operating
at several facilities across Bogota. Trained in Hong Kong, Dr. Garzon excels at
the more difficult thoracic cases. As one of just a few board-certified
thoracic surgeons in Colombia, he is using video-assisted thoracoscopy to able to
treat complex disease with minimal incisions. He is also teching this technique
to surgeons across Colombia. During cases, he is relaxed, controlled and ready
for anything.

 

Dr. Freddy Sanabria S., 38, Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Freddy Sanabria, a young Richard Gere look-a-like,
makes his own pretty women as one-half of the Sanabria plastic surgery
practice. Trained at the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University, he
brings skill, dedication and the latest cosmetic innovations to a
well-established surgical clinic. While operating, he is confident, focused and
detail oriented, and his surgical team anticipates his every need.

 

Dr. Jose Felix Castro, 37, General Surgeon

Dr. Jose Felix Castro is a staff surgeon at Clinica
del Country. This magna cum laude academic scholar is one of a few of the
talented young general surgeons in Bogota who have embraced single port
laparoscopy, which means abdominal surgery without a scar. While Dr. Castro is
the youngest of our line up, he brings a wealth of experience to the operating
room