- Doctor of Medicine, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 1982
- General Surgeon, Hospital San Ignacio, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 1987
- Sub-specialist in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Universidad CES, Medellín, 2012
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, USA, 2003-present
- 2013 Honored Speaker, Rafael Casas Morales Lecture, Colombian Society of Surgery, 2013
- Board Member, International Hernia Collaboration, 2014-present
- Director, Clinical Immersion Courses on Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair, with emphasis on the eTEP Technique, 2012-2019
- Academic Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Department, ClinicaPortoazul, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2016-present)
- President, Colombian Surgical Association 2017-2019
- Governor at Large, American College of Surgeons 2017-2020
- Board Member Americas Hernia Society 2020-
- Leading Author of several papers on Hernia and Bariatric surgery.