Dr. Gabriela Rodriguez

Dr. Gabriela Rodríguez Ruiz, MD, PhD, FACS is a double board-certified bariatric and metabolic surgeon with more than 15 years of experience helping patients from the U.S., Canada and Latin America reach their goals of permanent weight loss and improved health in Tijuana, Mexico. She obtained her medical degree from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) and her PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. She is licensed in the United States and Mexico, and practices at VIDA Wellness and Beauty Center in Tijuana, which is only minutes from San Diego. ### Professional Background - __Years of Practice__: 15+ years - __Procedures Performed__: 7,800+ successful weight loss surgeries: Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Banding, and Revision surgeries. - __Certifications__: Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS); certified by the Mexican Council of General Surgery and the Mexican College of Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Medicine (CMCOEM) - __Designations__: Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) Master Surgeon of Excellence in Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery; Founding Associate of the Mexican College of General Surgeons. ### Innovations & Contributions - __Proprietary Techniques__: Double Buttress Technique (for reinforced staple lines during gastric sleeve surgery); Enhanced Gastric Sleeve protocol. - __Research Contributions__: Co-authored published research on the Stomach Sparing Gastric Sleeve™ (Surgical Technology International, 2015); contributed to several peer-reviewed research projects presented at Digestive Disease Week (2009) on hepatocyte growth factor and liver malignancy markers.