Experience

Dr. Andres Frangi Caregnato is a renowned specialist with over 20 years of experience in the field of medicine with specialization in obesity and bariatric surgery. He has worked in the most reputable hospitals in Spain as an Area Specialist in the Coloproctology Units of the General University Hospital of Elche, in the General Service and Digestive System of the La Fe University Hospital of Valencia, Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Unit of the Valencian Digestive Institute and OBSalud, and more recently coordinates the Unit of Nutrition and Metabolic Surgery and Obesity at the Sagunto Hospital in Valencia.

He is an expert and recognized for the results obtained in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, Transanal Endoscopic Surgery and Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. He has been trained throughout his life in this subject and has a large number of titles that certify it.

In addition, he is a regular guest and oral communicator at different medical meetings, congresses, seminars or national and international workshops to show the news of his clinical cases and progress of the surgery he practices. For this same reason, he is a collaborator and tutor of several postgraduate programs on an exclusive basis, working in university teaching at the same time.

  • Coordinator of the Nutrition and Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Unit at the Sagunto Hospital. Valencia
  • Specialist in the Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Unit at the Valencian Digestive Institute (IVADI) and OBSalud.
  • Area Specialist in the Coloproctology Unit, General and Digestive Surgery Service at the Sagunto Hospital.
  • Area Specialist in the Coloproctology Unit, General and Digestive System Surgery Service at the University Hospital of Elche.
  • Area Specialist in the Coloproctology Unit, General and Digestive System Surgery Service, La Fe University Hospital. Valencia
  • Area Specialist in the Department of General Surgery and Digestive System at the Marina Salud Hospital. Denia, Spain
  • Doctor of Medicine with Cum Laude from the University of Valencia.
  • Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the La Plata National University. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Homologation by MECD to the Spanish Degree in Medicine.
  • Specialist in General Surgery and Digestive System, MIR training at the La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital.
  • Professional Master's Degree in Updating in General and Digestive System Surgery.
  • Professional Master's Degree in Obesity Surgery from the Francisco de Vitoria University.
  • VI Online Course of Fundamentals in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Teaching activity accredited with file number 07-AFOC-00019.7/2016 by SECO in Phase I.
  • III Advanced Online Course on Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Teaching activity accredited with file number 07-AFOC-06119.7/2016 by SECO in Phase I.
  • The Emergencies after Bariatric Surgery: Key Points for Physicians on Duty. Accreditation by SECO in Phase I. 
  • VIII International Meeting On Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery. Accreditation by SECO in Phase III. Madrid, Spain
  • Course on Experimental Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Phase II. Organization and Accreditation by SECO in Phase II. 
  • Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies in Medicine by the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
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