Ignacio Maruri Chimeno, MD

Dr. Ignacio Maruri Chimeno is a Graduate in Medicine from the University of Navarra, and specialist in General and Digestive Surgery, and qualified for advanced laparoscopic surgery.
He currently practices his profession as associate surgeon at the Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro (University Hospital Complex of Vigo), a position he combines with private practice in association with Dr. Isabel Otero, as part of the company VigoLap.
Dr. Maruri is a member of the Spanish Society of Surgery for Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, having recently joined the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Official College membership data:

Membership Nº 36/360477 of the Illustrious Official College of Doctors of Pontevedra.

Academic training:

Specialist in General and Digestive Surgery through Residency. Hospital Meixoeiro in Vigo (University Hospital Complex of Vigo). 1998.
Access to specialist training in Family and Community Medicine through Residency and the practice during two years of this speciality at the Hospital Meixoeiro in Vigo (University Hospital Complex of Vigo). 1993.
Graduate in Medicine and Surgery, magna cum laude. University of Navarra, 1991.

Member of the following Medical Societies:

Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology.
Spanish Society of Surgery for Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.
International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.
Spanish Association of Surgeons.
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Professional experience:

Private practice in association with Dr. Isabel Otero as part of the company VigoLap since the year 2006.
Interim associate surgeon at the Hospital do Meixoeiro in Vigo. 1999-2005.
Tenured position through competitive examination as Specialist in General and Digestive Surgery at the University Hospital Complex of Vigo. 2001.

Teaching activity:

Teacher on the course "Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity" held at the University of Vigo in the year 1999.

Research/scientific activity:

Stay of one month at the National Cancer Centre of Tokyo with Dr. Maruyama for the study and treatment of gastric cancer. December of 2000.
Recognition of Research Proficiency, magna cum laude. 1994.
Specialist Doctorate Courses, magna cum laude. University of Navarra.
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Expert Diploma. Spanish Society for Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Diseases (SECO). November of 2015.

Publications and contributions to congresses:

Marlene V. Kindles (2006). Body Image: New Research. Nova Science Publishers. New York.
Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC). AEC Clinical Guide: Morbid Obesity Surgery. Editorial Arán. Madrid.
Publications and lectures, posters and videos to surgery congresses pertaining to different topics within the specialty of general and digestive surgery.
Collaborated as speaker on different round tables with special reference to the esophagogastric area and obesity.
Attendance at multiple courses and national and international surgical congresses.

Recognition and awards:

Premio Caixanova to the best surgical contribution at the XLV Meeting of the Surgery Society of Galicia held in Ourense in October of 2000.

Other merits:

Member of the organising committee of the VIII National Congress of the Society for Obesity Surgery held in Bayonne in September 2005.
General Physician in the Spanish National Healthcare System, as well as in Public Social Security Systems of the other Member States of the European Communities. 1994.