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Dr. Beltran and Dr. Renteria, Thoracic Surgeons

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Spent a fascinating morning over at the National Cancer Insitute with Dr. Rafael Beltran, the Chief of Thoracic Surgery.  Since the cancer institute is the biggest hospital specializing in cancer treatment – Dr. Beltran sees most of the rare and unusual cancers affecting the chest.  He also have a keen interest in tracheal surgery, and has published (in collaboration with Dr. Barrios) several articles on the topic recently.  (Guess we’ll have to tap into his expertise for a guest publication over at CirugiadeTorax.org)

Hoping to follow him to the OR next week.

Then I spent the afternoon over at Hospital de Kennedy with Dr. Nelson Renteria.

Dr. Nelson Renteria, Thoracic & Vascular Surgeon

Today he performed a VATs decortication for a stage III empyema (which is one of my favorite cases – but that’s another discussion entirely.)  Going back tomorrow to see some of his vascular cases.

Dr. Renteria in the operating room

In the Operating Room with Dr. Andre Jimenez

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Dr. Jimenez, Thoracic Surgeon

In the operating room with Dr. Jimenez, thoracic surgeon at Santa Fe de Bogota today. Despite having multiple co-morbidities, the case went well – according to protocols with no intra-operative complications.

In other news, I am sorry to disappoint my readers but I actually declined an opportunity to go to the operating room (gasp!) today. After contacting a surgeon (sorry, folks – not Camilo Prieto) several times over the last two months, I actually met him face-to-face in the operating room. I introduced myself, but he was quite visibly reluctant to talk to me. I brashly asked when I could visit him in the OR (I was hoping to break the ice – and show that I’ve relatively harmless, but I probably came off as obnoxious.)

So, I had the opportunity to try and interview him, and see him operating – and I declined, so as to respect his privacy. While the book is everything to me – it’s a voluntary project. So, my sincerest apologies..