Dr. Diana M. Pintado

Bariatric Surgeon

Dr. Pintado was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1979. In 1998, at age 21, she moved (not with
family) to Mexico City to the Mexican Faculty of Medicine in LaSalle’s University where she
embarked on an educational journey that led to becoming one of the world’s most acclaimed
bariatric and robotic surgeons.

Education

Medical degree from the Mexican Faculty of Medicine at LaSalle University
General Surgery specialty at LaSalle University
Residency at Angeles Pedregal Hospital in Mexico City, 2006 – 2010
Fellowship in Bariatric Surgery and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2010 – 2011
Fellow at Clinic Hospital, Gastrointestinal Surgery Service, Barcelona, Spain
Certified in “Robotic Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgery” at Herman Memorial Hospital in
Houston, USA and INSIMED, Colombia since 2013-2017
Postgraduate in “Medical and Pharmacological Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity” by the
Mexican Federation of Diabetes
Postgraduate in “Methodology of the Research, Statistics and Conduction of Clinical
Essays” by the Mexican Autonomous National University

In practice: The journey to excellence in bariatric surgery

Dr. Pintado began her practice in General & Bariatric Surgery serving at Public Institutions
since 2012.

She was a member of the surgical bariatric team at the first free government program for
bariatric surgery at Ruben Leñero’s Hospital, where were performed more than 2000
procedures, from 2013 to 2017, with a very active participation in educational activities as
professor with fellows and performing innovative bariatric procedures including the first SADI-S
cases in Mexico in 2015.

Simultaneously she was doing her private practice at Angeles Pedregal Hospital since 2011 as
a member of the Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Institute, performing several gastrointestinal
and bariatric surgeries including robotics and the First cases of Bariclip in the whole Mexico in
May 2021.

Surgical skills

Dr. Pintado, during her tenure at the public institutions (The Mexican Institute of Social
Security and The Health System of the Mexico City Government), performed a wide range of
general surgery and bariatric procedures, including RYGB (“Roux-en-Y” gastric bypass, a
technique to create a smaller stomach pouch at the top of the stomach), gastric sleeve, OAGB
(“one-anastomosis gastric bypass,” a surgery to bypass the small intestine), mini-gastric
bypass, SADI-S (“single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve,” a surgical technique
to treat morbid obesity), and revision bariatric surgery.

Robotic bariatric surgery

Dr. Pintado has a keen interest in robotic bariatric surgery and was the first bariatric
surgeon to perform a Robotic 3-arm long BPD limb RYGB at Ángeles Pedregal Hospital in
2017, and performed the first Bariclip Ambulatory Robotic Surgery in 2021.

Educator

Dr. Pintado served as Faculty and Co-Director of the “Fellowship in Bariatric Surgery” since 2013 supported by the Mexican Autonomous National University (UNAM) and LaSalle
University.
She has participated as faculty in several national and international courses in advanced bariatric surgery, in many Associations, Colleges, Federations and Societies worldwide (IBC,
IFSO, ASMBS, CMCOEM, AMCG, AMCE, SMHAP, etc) since 2011.
She has been Director and Founder of the “First Online Course” in “Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Updates” since 2016 by IIECS, ENVIRSA and Obesity Academy.
She is actually Postgraduate Professor of LaSalle University in the Master of “Surgical and Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes since May 2020.
From 2013 she has been a Consultant Bariatric and Robotic Surgeon at the Angeles Pedregal Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico and she participated as faculty in several talks about “Robotic Bariatric Surgery” and “The New Robotic Platforms” worldwide at BOMSS - Scotland 2020
(The British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society), IFSO - London 2019, IFSO Miami 2022
(International Federation of the Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases), AMCIR 2019 and 2020 (Mexican Association of Robotic Surgery) and the Oxford University, UK since 2018.

National and international speaker

Dr. Pintado has been a participant in many national and international conferences, courses, and congresses as a faculty member.

Honors

Dr. Pintado was the first and the only Mexican bariatric surgeon to win the IFSO Scholarship at the IFSO Vienna International Congress since 2015.

Directorships

Dr. Pintado is the Director of the International Bariatric Club Latin America
Part of the Organization Committee during the First International Bariatric Club Oxford World Congress at Oxford University in 2018 and every year
Co-Director at the International Bariatric Club Conference in Chiapas, Mexico (2016) (First IBC symposium in Mexico)
Co-Director at the International Bariatric Club Conference in Playa del Carmen, Mexico (2017)
Co-Director at the International Bariatric Club Conference in Cairo, Egypt (2016)
Co-Director at the International Bariatric Club Conference in Buzios, Brazil (2017)
Co-Director at the International Bariatric Club Conference in Antalya, Turkey (2017)
Director of Young IFSO LAC
Director of the Social Media Committee of the Mexican Association of Bariatric Surgery 2015-2021)
Chief of Surgery of the Medical Society at Angeles Pedregal Hospital in Mexico City since 2020
Director of Academics at the International Institute of Metabolic Medicine (IIMM) in convenium with the UCSD and OCC since April 2022.