UCSD Partnership

The International Institute of Metabolic Medicine (IIMM) based in Tijuana, Mexico is proud to announce the formal partnership with the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Diego, USA. ⁵³

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UCSD Partnership: An Academic Collaboration

This partnership sees the union of two North American metabolic and bariatric surgery powerhouses. Both centers share an enviable global reputation for high-quality, cost-effective surgical care, and also world-class global surgical education.⁵³

Unique to this academic collaboration is that both centers have a proven track record of world-class surgical education and training through the Center for the Future of Surgery (CFS) based at UCSD and the International Bariatric Club Digital Education and Communications headquarters which is based at the IIMM.

UCSD surgical faculty will further enhance this partnership by providing world-class teaching, education, and consulting. The IIMM surgical center has been accredited by the Joint Commission International and will follow the guidelines of The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The center is focused on education, training and advancing surgical techniques, and providing quality patient care.

UC San Diego Partners With Obesity Control Center

Through this academic consulting partnership, surgeons from UC San Diego will have the opportunity to exchange their clinical proficiency in minimally invasive surgical methods, as well as strategies for spreading these approaches to medical professionals across Latin America.

UCSD collaborates with weight-loss surgical center in Tijuana

TIJUANA — Surgeons from UC San Diego Health traveled to Tijuana on Thursday to toast the launch of a new collaboration with a weight-loss surgery center based in the northern part of the border city....

“We are celebrating today more than a partnership between like-minded individuals who are dedicated to providing high-quality minimally invasive surgical options for the patients they serve. Indeed, today we are celebrating a fundamental and aspirational idea. The idea that human collaborations across international borders not only occur, but can bring about important benefits to the patients that we serve in our region.

— Dr. Bryan Clary, professor and the chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSD

Opening Doors

This collaboration opens the doors to cross-border health services and a network of health providers in Mexico.

Furthermore, the IIMM will house the Center for the Future of Surgery (CFS) of UCSD, the only based outside the USA.

Thanks to education, research, and innovation, Tijuana will be a medical benchmark in Latin America.

The IIMM and the UCSD centers share an enviable global reputation for high-quality, cost-effective surgical care and world-class international surgical education.

Unique to this academic collaboration is that both centers have a proven track record of world-class surgical education and training through the Center for the Future of Surgery (CFS) based at UCSD, and the International Bariatric Club Digital Education and Communications headquarters is also found at the IIMM. (via kktv.com)

UCSD Partnership

UCSD Partnership: An Academic Collaboration

UC San Diego Partners With Obesity Control Center

UCSD collaborates with weight-loss surgical center in Tijuana

Opening Doors

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