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CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Lucas Ponce, MD graduated from the University of
Nuevo León Medical School in Monterrey, México in
1967. In 1969 he accepted a Straight Surgical Internship at Ben Taub General Hospital / Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. In 1970 Dr. Ponce served in the U.S. Army at Darnall Army Hospital in Ft. Hood, Texas and in the following years served as a USMC Trauma Surgeon in Vietnam. Following his military service, he completed residency in General Surgery at Wesley Medical Center located in Wichita, Kansas from 1972 to1976.
Dr. Ponce has been specializing in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery since 1977. He was appointed Chief of General Surgery and Chief of Medical Staff at the Hospital San José de Monterrey in 1982. In 1988 Dr. Ponce was named Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Hospital San José de Monterrey and became a Member of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico Transplant Committee.
Since then, Dr. Ponce has served on numerous medical committees and been a professor of surgery at two of the major universities in Monterrey. Currently he works at Christus Muguerza Hospital as a
Member of the Shock Trauma Team and as a Member of the Surgical Staff.
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Medical School
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León School of Medicine, Monterrey, México.
(1961-1967)
Social Service
Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, México (1967-1968)
Military Service
U.S. Army: Darnall Army Hospital, Ft. Hood, TX (1970-1971)
Internship
Ben Taub General Hospital/Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (1969-1970)
U.S. Army: Cap. USMC Orthopedic Surgeon, Vietnam (1971-1972)
Residency
General Surgery - Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS (1972-1976)
Heart Transplant Department (1986)
Cardiovascular Surgery (1976-1977)
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Fellowship
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
Certifications
• Certificate of Proficiency in the Basic Sciences State of Texas Nov. 17, 1972 -Certificate No. 20931
• The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts December 7, 1973 - Certificate No. 15566
• Texas Board of Medical Examiners - Reciprocity with Kansas December 8, 1976 – Lic. No. E7233
• El Consejo Mexicano de Cirugía General (Mexican Board of General Surgery) - Nov. 11, 1978 – Register No. 440
• Consejo Nacional de Cirugía de Tórax (Mexican Board of Thorax Surgery) - Sept. 3, 1984; Recertified December 5, 2003, Register No. 044
• Subsecretaria de Educación Superior e Investigación Cientifica. Dirección General de Profesiones Autorización No. AECEM-32658 - June 1 2000
PROFESSIONAL AND ACACEMIC EXPERIENCE
• Chief of General Surgery, Hospital San José de Monterrey- August 1977-May 1982
• President of Tissue Committee, Hospital San José de Monterrey 1980 – 1982
• Chief of Medical Staff, Hospital San José de Monterrey 1982 – 1985
• Chief of Surgical Division, Hospital S.N.T.E. Sección 50 de Sept. 1983 to date
• Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital San José de Mty. June,1988 – August,1997
• Member of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico Transplant Committee
• Surgery Professor – ITESM (Graduate Medical School), Monterrey, Mexico 1994 to date
• Counsel of the Administrative Board of Hospital San José de Monterrey - 2002 to date
• Board Member of the Medical School Ignacio A. Santos ITESM since August 2005
• Surgery Professor - Universidad de Monterrey Medical School (UDEM), Monterrey, Mexico
• Member of the Shock Trauma Team Hospital Christus Muguerza, Monterrey, Mexico
• Member of the Surgical Staff of Hospital Christus Muguerza, Monterrey, Mexico
MEMBERSHIPS
• Asociación de Especialistas en Cirugía del Estado de Nuevo León
• Sociedad Mexicana de Cirugía Cardiaca, A.C. - 1991
• Asociación de Cirujanos del Noreste
• Sociedad Regiomontana de Cardiología - 1982
• Sociedad Mexicana de Angiología - 1979
• Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society – 1977 |
