This is Dr. Aniceto Baltasar.

Dr. Baltasar is an Obesity Surgery specialist. He performed the first operation for obesity in Spain in 1977.

He earned his MD at the Madrid Medical School.

He trained as a surgeon and Chief Resident of Surgery at the Long Island College Hospital of New York.

He is currently Chief of Surgery at Alcoy Hospital.

He was certified by American Board of Surgery 1978.

Dr. Baltasar is a member of:

• Spanish Surgical Society. AEC
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (during 1982-1999)
• American Surgical Bariatric Society. ASBS
• Founder and First President of SECO Spanish Surgical Bariatric Society
• Past President of the International Federation of Surgery for Obesity. IFSO
• Honorary President of the Spanish Surgical Bariatric Society (SECO)
• Committee of Standards of the ASBS
• 12 more Surgical Societies

You can find Dr. Baltasar’s CV at his own web site at:  http://www.drbaltasar.com/i_default.html