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If you are traveling to our center for your Pectus repair, treatment and/or surgery, our dedicated team will do everything in our hands to make it as easy as possible for you.

Wondering why you should go outside the U.S.  We’ll give you some good motives for doing Medical Tourism with us:

• It’s cheaper than being treated in the U.S. and some other countries.
• It’s the same quality and professionalism than in the U.S.
• Joel Cazares, MD FACS, is trained and recognized internationally, including countries besides Mexico such as USA, Japan, France, Germany, and Spain. His credentials include the publication of complete surgery chapters in world-known Surgery Textbooks, International Scientific Publications, and thousands of successful surgical procedures.
• It’s affordable even with the stay and the flight
• It’s convenient because Monterrey is real close to the U.S. and reachable by many airlines from all over the world
• You can pay or use your insurance policy (previous eligibility check)
• Dr. Cazares is our Team Surgery and Medical Director, besides being the Main Surgeon, so every case is individual and personally oriented.
• Our Administrative Office speaks English and Japanese for your convenience and we manage every detail in the process
• Average recovery time varies from case to case. It could be from a few days up to 2 weeks, first in the hospital and, optional, in a hotel of your choice.

We are approximately 25 minutes away from Monterrey International Airport (MTY), one of most convenient international airports in the northeastern of Mexico.

Flying non-stop from the U.S.

Monterrey (MTY) can be reached with non-stop flights from most of the major cities in the U.S.: Los Angeles (LAX), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Atlanta (ATL), Chicago O’Hare (ORD), New York City (JFK), San Antonio (SAT), Miami (MIA), Las Vegas (LAS), etc.

For international patients having a U.S. Visa (non-American patients)

If you are an international patient and have a U.S. Visa, you can fly to Monterrey in a flight that includes stop(s) in the U.S.

For other international patients not having a U.S. Visa

If you don’t have a U.S. Visa, you can always fly directly to Monterrey or with a previous stop in Mexico City (MEX) which can be reached easier from most major and capital cities all around the world.

Several flights from almost every country fly to MEX without a stop in the U.S.  There are even many non-stop flights to MEX such as from Tokyo, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid, Vancouver, Toronto, many from South America, etc.

Please note that in accordance to our center’s safety policies you may NOT drive yourself home after surgery.  Consider that driving time and distance to major cities in the U.S. extends to some hours. We encourage not to do so, unless you live near the Rio Grande Valley in Texas (for example: Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio).  Consider flying always as your first option.

Our patients tell us they have had very good experiences in Monterrey at:

• Crowne Plaza– 5 star hotel, great buffets (7am-11am / 12pm-4pm / 6:30pm-10:30pm), friendly, 20 minutes away.
• Sheraton Ambassador – 5 star hotel, great buffets (7am-11am / 12pm-4pm / 6:30pm-10:30pm), friendly, 20 minutes away.
• Fiesta Inn Monterrey Tecnologico – 4 star Hotel– Affordable priced, friendly, well-located, 15 minutes.
• Holiday Inn Monterrey Tecnologico – 4 star Hotel – Affordable priced, friendly, well-located, 12 minutes away.

If you are traveling, alone or with company, and you need a guide to accompany you from the airport and/or the hotel to the hospital and back, personnel from our office can help you with that and with the translation: English / Japanese / Spanish (a rate may apply).

We can get you a tour(s) to some of the city’s highlights if you or your travel companion(s) want to get around or visit tourist attractions.  Personnel from our office will be glad to show you around.  You can inquire and we will get back to you. Translation available in English and Japanese (a rate may apply).

Monterrey is located 130 miles (220 km) directly south of Laredo, Texas.  Monterrey is one of the largest cities (MTY metro area has 5.5 million inhabitants) in Mexico, surrounded by beautiful mountains.  Modern and well-placed, Monterrey has a warm temperature from mid-March to mid-October that is cool downed with air conditioning available in almost every building, such as it is in South Texas.  Summer is well round the year we might say. Great Hospitals operate in this city as well as Mexican, American and International companies due to its near location from the U.S. border.

Post-Graduate Training Course
Pectus Surgery

Chest Wall International Group
Korean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
Seoul St. Mary’s University Hospital – Catholic University of Korea
Seoul, Korea 

Post-Graduate Fellowship (Second Sub-specialty)
Minimally Invasive Surgery & Biliary Surgery

Department of Pediatric General & Urogenital Surgery
Juntendo University.  Faculty of Medicine.  Graduate School of Medicine.  Juntendo University Hospital.
Tokyo, Japan

Post-Graduate Training Course
Laparoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

European Institute of Telesurgery / IRCAD – Research Institute against Digestive Cancer
(IRCAD – Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’ Appareil Digestif)
Strasbourg, France

Professional Degree
M.D.

Nuevo Leon State Autonomous University (UANL – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
School of Medicine.  University Hospital  “Dr. José E. González”.
Monterrey, Mexico

Foreign interchange
Intern

University Medical Center Freiburg (Universitätsklinikum Freiburg)
Freiburg, Germany.

1. Yamataka A, Cazares J, Davenport M: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Malformation  in  Surgery of the Liver, Bile Ducts and Pancreas in Children, 3^rd Edition, Davenport M, Heaton N, Superina R,  CRC Press,  2017 (in English).

2. Yamataka A, Cazares J, Miyano T:  Biliary Atresia  in  Ashcraft’s Pediatric Surgery, 6^th edition, Holcomb G, Ed. Saunders, London, 580-592,  2014 (in English).

3. Yamataka A, Cazares J: Long Term Outcomes in Pediatric Urology  in  Rickham’s Neonatal Surgery, Losty PD, Rintala RJ, Iwai N, Hutson JM, Flake AW, Springer Publishing (in press, in English).

4. Yamataka A, Lane G, Cazares J: Congenital Biliary Dilatation  in  Pediatric Surgery, Volume 1 -General Principles and Newborn Surgery-, 1st Edition, Puri P, Springer Publishing (in press, in English).

5. Yamataka A, Koga H, Cazares J: Choledochal Cyst  in  Pediatric Surgery -Springer Surgery Atlas Series-, 2nd Edition, Puri P,  Springer Publishing (in press, in English).

6. Yamataka A, Cazares J, Ure B: Biliary Atresia  in  Ashcraft’s Pediatric Surgery, 7^th edition, Holcomb G, Elsevier Press (in press, in English).

7. Yamataka A, Cazares J: Laparoscopic Kasai  in  Fetoneonatologia Quirúrgica, 1st Edition, Martinez Ferro M, Canizzaro C, Ediciones Journal (in press, in Spanish).

8. Cazares J, Yamataka A: Laparoscopic Anorrectal Malformation  in  Fetoneonatologia Quirúrgica, 1^st  Edition, Martinez Ferro M, Canizzaro C, Ediciones Journal (in press, in Spanish).

1. Cazares J, Yamataka A. Laparoscopic Kasai’s Original portoenterostomy mid-term results in a single institution in Mexico. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons & 7th International Sendai Symposium on Biliary Atresia. Japan, May 2017.

2. Cazares J. Evolution of Pediatric Surgery in an Emerging Country from Scapel through Robotics. Presented at the 5th World Congress of Pediatric Surgery, Washington, DC, USA. October 2016.

3. Cazares J. Laparoscopic surgery for duodenal atresia & stenosis. Presented at IPEG’s 25th Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children. Fukuoka, Japan, May 2016.

4. Cazares J, Yamataka A, et al. 3D Printing Model for Pre-Operative Assessment of Cystic Biliary Atresia. Presented at IPEG’s 25th Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children. Fukuoka, Japan, May 2016.

5. Cazares J, et al. Minimally invasive video-assisted total thyroidectomy for follicular neoplasm, initial experience. Presented at IPEG´s 25th Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children. Fukuoka, Japan, May 2016.

6. Cazares J: Laparoscopic Near-Total Pancreatectomy (LNTP) with splenic vessels conservation for late-onset Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia (PHH). Presented at the 51st Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgery Annual Meeting. Osaka, Japan, May 2014.

7. Cazares J: Laparoscopic Kasai’s original portoenterostomy, early experience outside Japan. Presented at the 51st Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgery Annual Meeting. Osaka, Japan, May 2014.

8. Cazares J: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Duodenal Atresia and Stenosis. Presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons. Kobe, Japan, May 2015.

9. Cazares J, Yamataka A: Laparoscopic VS open Kasai’s portoenterostomy for biliary atresia. Experience in a single-institution. Presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons. Kobe, Japan, May 2015.

10. Cazares J, Yamataka A: Open versus laparoscopic Kasai’s portoenterostomy for biliary atresia, initial results in a tertiary center. Presented at the 1st International Congress on Biliary Atresia and Related Diseases (BARD-BERLIN 2014).  Berlin, Germany, October 2014.

11. Cazares J: Laparoscopic Kasai Technique. Presented at the 1st International Congress on Biliary Atresia and Related Diseases(BARD-BERLIN 2014).  Berlin, Germany, October 2014.