Essam Dhafer Alhothaifi   Division of HBP surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Rodolfo J. Oviedo, MD, FACS, FASMBS graduated from medical school at The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2007, and from Houston Methodist General Surgery Residency Program in 2013.  He decided to pursue an Advanced Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at Baptist Hospital of Miami from 2017 to 2018.  He is a board-certified and fellowship-trained metabolic and bariatric surgeon, robotic advanced gastrointestinal surgeon, and flexible endoscopic surgeon.  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. 

Studies:
DIPLOMA OF MEDICINE of the Medical University of Sofia-Medical School -Sofia- Bulgaria Master's degree (recognition by DIKATSA)

Clinical Experience:

• Three-month training in regular Pathology, Surgery and Cardiology Outpatient Clinics and Emergency Clinics of the General Hospital of Trikala and in the Anesthesiology Department of the General Hospital of Trikala (20/10/2003 - 10/01/2004).
• Twelve-month field service at the Farkadonas Police Station, General Hospital of Trikala, Prefecture of Trikala (2004-2005).
• Specialization in Anesthesiology at the General Hospital of Larissa and part of it and at the University Hospital of Larissa (19/12/2005 -20/9/2010)
• Curator of B 'Anesthesiology at the General Hospital of Edessa-border A' (8/06/2011 to 8/8/2017. Permanent Decision 11/2016)
• Curator of 2nd Anesthesiology at the General University Hospital of Larissa (8/8/2017 until today) Upgrade to Curator A '19/07/2018 Scientific work
• Doctoral dissertation (Doctor of Medicine AUTh - 2016). In the context of the dissertation, attending postgraduate courses, two consecutive years and presentation of three postgraduate theses. Writing the dissertation on "Pain" and publishing the study in BMJ (2015). The topic of the doctoral dissertation entitled "Postoperative analgesia and electroacupuncture in plastic inguinal hernia repair with mesh" was announced in the number 16 / 14-4-2011 meeting of the General Assembly of the Medical School of AUTh. The Test for the doctoral diploma was graded with Excellent on 7/12/2015 and the award for a doctorate in Medicine took place on 7/3/2016.
• Diploma in Medical Acupuncture (2009). Postgraduate training in medical acupuncture ICMART (2 years). Additional four postgraduate seminars in medical acupuncture.