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Gustavo Eugenio Guajardo Salinas, MD
General Surgery Resident
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Education:
MD, Escuela de Medicina Ignacio A. Santos of the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
Other Training:
Baylor School of Medicine, 2003:
CV Surgery Elective, 3 months full time as first assistant of the
medical director of the DeBakey Heart Center (Rafael Espada, M.D.)
Performed over 150 cardiothoracic surgeries as first assistant.
Internal Medicine clerkship, 3 months rotation (Dr. Robert Jackson)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2002: Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy/Immunology.
Publications:
Gustavo Eugenio Guajardo, MD, Hilmy Ashraf, MD, MBA, FACS, Maria Martinez, MD
The use
of FIBROSpect II score avoids liver biopsy in gastric bypass patients with NASH.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, September 2009 (Vol. 209, Issue 3, Page S21)
Guajardo-Salinas GE, Hilmy A. Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Utility of FIBROspect II to Detect Liver Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Hispano-American Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass. Obes Surg. 2009 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print].
May 2009, Guajardo G, Van Sickle K. 'Intermittent gastrointestinal bleeding from left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm successfully treated with coil embolization.' Accepted for publication in one of the upcoming issues of the Internet Journal of Surgery.
López-Reyes AG, Arroyo-Curras N, Cano BG, Lara-Díaz VJ, Guajardo-Salinas GE, Islas JF, Morales-Oyarvide V, Morales-Garza LA, Galvez-Gastelum FJ, Grijalva G, Moreno-Cuevas JE. Black bean extract ameliorates liver fibrosis in rats with CCl4-induced injury. Annals of Hepatology 2008; 7(2): April-June: 130-135.
Guajardo G, Hilmy A, Martinez ML. Predictors of Weight Loss and Effectiveness of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the Morbidly Obese Hispano-American Population. Epublished March 2008, Journal of Obesity Surgery.
Arroyo Currás, N, López Reyes AG, Cano BC, Guajardo SG, Islas JF,, Morales OV, Morales Garza L, Grijalva G, Galvez Gastelum FJ, Moreno Cuevas JE. Black bean extract inhibits liver fibrosis after CCl4 induced Injury. Annals of Hepatology 2006; 5(4): October-December: 299-311 Panamerican Congress of Gastroenterology - Abstracts Liver Section
Gustavo E. Guajardo-Salinas, Juan A. Carvajal, Angel A. Gaytan-Ramos, Luis Arroyo, Alberto G. López-Reyes, José F. Islas, Beiman G. Cano, Netzahualcoyotl Arroyo-Curras, Alfredo D·valos, Gloria Madrid, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas. Effects of bone marrow cell transplant on thyroid function in an I131-induced low T4 and elevated TSH rat model. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2007, 6:1
2002 - Relation of environmental factors (temperature, humidity, and
rain) in the incidence of Dengue in Monterrey. Guajardo, G.E., Jian,
L., et. al.
RESPYN 2003, 1. http://www.uanl.mx/publicaciones/respyn/especiales/ssa-2002/trabajos/dengue.htm
Presentations:
2009, 95th Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL. 'The use of Fibrospect II score avoids liver biopsy in gastric bypass patients with NASH', Guajardo G, Hilmy AA.
2009, Southeastern Surgical Congress Meeting, Atlanta, GA - Primary rectal dffuse B-Cell Lymphoma with skin involvemenet in a patient with AIDS: Report of a case. Staff physician: Peter P. Lopez, MD, General Surgery and Trauma.
2009, Southeastern Surgical Congress Meeting, Atlanta, GA - Utility of FIBROSpect II to predict liver fibrosis in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery, with Maria Martinez, MD, and Rafael Diaz, MD, UT General Surgery Residents, and staff physician: Ashraff Hilmy, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor, UT Health Science Ceenter Regional Academic Health Center, Harlingen, TX.
Research:
2007 - Arroyo Curr·s, N, LÛpez Reyes AG, Cano BC, Guajardo SG, Islas
JF,, Morales OV, Morales Garza L, Grijalva G, Galvez Gastelum FJ, Moreno
Cuevas JE. Black bean extract inhibits liver fibrosis after CCl4 induced
Injury. Annals of Hepatology 2006; 5(4): October-December: 299-311
Panamerican Congress of Gastroenterology - Abstracts Liver Section
2007 - Gustavo E. Guajardo-Salinas, Juan A. Carvajal, Angel A. Gaytan-Ramos, Luis Arroyo, Alberto G. LÛpez-Reyes, JosÈ F. Islas, Beiman G. Cano, Netzahualcoyotl Arroyo-Curras, Alfredo D·valos, Gloria Madrid, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas. Effects of bone marrow cell transplant on thyroid function in an I131-induced low T4 and elevated TSH rat model. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2007, 6:1
2006 - Outbreak of Varicell in a day care center in Monterrey N.L. Paper accepted for publication at RESPYN (Revista Salud Publica y Nutricion ISSN 1870-0160)
2004-2005 - ITESM, Cell Therapy Research Laboratory. Principal Investigator on effects of stem cell transplant in thyroid function in a rat model of hypothyroidism; murine model of hypothyroidism using I131. Experience on: Stem Cell isolation, Stem Cell culture, RNA/DNA extraction, Real Time PCR, ELISA/Thyroid function tests, Mouse/Rat handling, Microsurgical techniques in murine models, Tissue/Organ extraction.
Honors and Awards:
October 2008, Surgical Jeopardy team, National Meeting of the ACS, San Francisco, CA
September 2003, Honors in Clinical Clerkship Elective in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine Debakey Heart Center.
October 2003, Honors in Cardiology Clinical Clerkship at Baylor College of Medicine.
November 2003, Honors in Internal Medicine Clinical Clerkship at Baylor .
December 2003, Honors in Emergency Medicine Clinical Clerkship at Baylor College of Medicine.
2002, 1st Place Award. Vector Diseases. Medical Research State Contest, Monterrey, NL. Mexico.
Professional organizations:
Biosketch: Dr. Guajardo graduated Head of Class (Honors Award) with a final GPA 94.7/100; received Academic High Performance Award (National Assessment Center for Higher Education); fluent in Spanish.
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