Born in Lima, Peru, moved to Mexico and graduated from Autonomous University of Guadalajara medical school (UAG). General Surgery by the American British Cowdray Medical Center at Mexico City. Fellowship in Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant surgery at Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Hepatopancreatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery at Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo and postgraduate training in HPB and Liver Transplant at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea and Pediatric Liver Transplantation at Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

HPB and transplant staff at Centro Medico Nacional 20 de noviembre-ISSSTE, Head of HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery and Chief of Division until 2022, recently moved to Transplant Division of Hospital Regional Valentín Gómez Farías.ISSSTE, Guadalajara, Mexico. Private practice at Hospital Puerta de Hierro Andares, Guadalajara, leading the adult and pediatric deceased and living donor liver transplantation program. Full Professor of transplant surgery from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).