Dr. Alec Beekely is an international eminence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Throughout his career, this specialist has mastered the most disruptive tools and procedures to intervene patients with pathologies such as Morbid Obesity, Diabetes, among others. Thanks to his extensive experience and continuous updating, he has become the Director of the surgical program, focused on this area, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in the United States.  

At the same time, the expert maintains close ties with the Trauma and Intensive Care Service of the same health institution. Through this work, he has performed operations on people in serious or acute conditions and, in turn, supervises the progress of residents and interns under his care. In addition, he is an instructor of Advanced Life Support in Trauma. 

Similarly, his research career has been linked to clinical analysis projects. In particular, Dr. Beekley has addressed in depth the management of the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass technique and its subsequent outcomes such as weight loss and ulceration. He is also a scientific reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases and the Journal of Trauma. 

On the other hand, this specialist has a long career in the medical-war context. His beginnings in the field of military surgery have been linked to combat and extreme situations such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Given his merits in this complex field, he has received various awards such as the Bronze and Meritorious Service Medals awarded by his country's army.  

Dr. Beekley has also been an active member of several scientific societies and committees. In this way, through his intense healthcare management, he has become a true reference in world medicine.

• Director of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• Advanced Life Support Instructor in the Trauma and Intensive Care Service at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• Director of the Combat Casualty Research Team at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq
• Staff Surgeon General, 102nd Forward Surgical Team, Kandahar, Afghanistan
• General Surgeon, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma
• General Surgeon at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Kentucky
• M.D., Case Western Reserve University