Jose Luis Valero Salas M.D. 

Jose Luis Valero Salas M.D.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• The single most important feature in the success of your Plastic Surgery is the surgeon you choose.

• Mexico National Autonomous University (UNAM)

• School of Medicine

• Awarded Degree in Medicine & Surgery 1973

• Hebrew language studies - Ulpan Meir, Tel Aviv, Israel

• Tel-Hashomer Government Hospital

• Tel-Aviv, Israel - Undergraduate Internship

• The Church of Latter Day Saints Hospital - Visiting Physician

• University of Utah School of Medicine - Salt Lake City, Utah U.S.A.

• Ship’s physician:

• Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos - Mazatlán - La Paz, Mexico

• Centro Medico La Raza (IMSS) - Mexico City

• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery residency - 1979

• Mexican Board of Plastic & Reconstructive 1981

• Surgery certification

• Active Plastic Surgery practice since 1982

• Board Recertification in Plastic Surgery 2000, 2005, 2010

MEMBERSHIPS AND CHAIRMANSHIPS

Active Memberships

• Mexican Association of Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons (Certificate No. 172)

• Ibero-American Federation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Baja California Association of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons

• College of Physicians  Tijuana, Mexico

Former Professional Affiliations

• Regional Chairman -  Mexican Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons    Baja, California

• Chairman for Northwest Mexico  - Mexican Association of Plastic Aesthetic and    Reconstructive Surgeons

• Attending Plastic Surgeon - Social Security General Hospital, Tijuana Mexico

• Founder and Director - Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic, General Hospital, La Paz Baja   California Sur, Mexico

• Professor of Embryology - Faculty of Medicine, University of Baja California Tijuana,   Mexico

MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS

Valero JL, Huerta RFJ, Garcia-Velasco, J. "Ring-Avulsion Injury: Analysis of 20 Cases." Rev Iber Latinamer Cir Plast. 5:77, 1979

Valero JL and Garcia Velasco J: [Spanish] "Facial Wounds and Its Reconstruction". In: "Accident and Violences in Pediatrics" [Ed] Escobar E and Carpio O. Salvat, 1981 pp. 161 Valero JL: "Double Cannula and Tubing, Single SAL Machine at 1 ATM of Negative Suction Pressure". [Letter].  Plast and Reconstr Surg.: 97:254, 1996

PLASTIC SURGERY TRAINING

Mexico

To become a Plastic Surgeon in Mexico requires a medical school graduate to complete 3 years of General Surgery training, and then 3 years of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training. He or she must then pass board examinations before starting his/her private or institutional practice.

United States

In the US, a medical school graduate needs to complete 4 years of General Surgery and then 2 years of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training. He or she must then pass board examinations before starting his/her private or institutional practice