Hugo Barrera M.D. FACS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Place of Birth: Colombia, South America, August 4, 1966
Lived in U.S. since 1968, U.S. Citizen
PRE-MED EDUCATION
B.A. University of California at Berkley
Double Major: BioChemistry and NeuroBiology
August 1984 - May 1988
Languages
English
Fluent Spanish
MEDICAL EDUCATION
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
M.D. Degree
August 1988 - May 1992
INTERNSHIP
General Surgery - UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA
June 1992 - May 1992
Specialty
GENERAL SURGERY
ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
ROBOTIC SURGERY
BARIATRIC SURGERY
2010 - present
RESIDENCY
General Surgery - UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA
July 1993 - June 1997
Chief Resident: July 1996 - June 1997
2010 - present
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery - June 9, 1998
Recertification - December 2008
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Coast Surgical Group - July 1, 1997 to Present
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center - Active
Sharp Coronado Hospital - Active
Scripps Mercy Hospital - Active
Scripps Mercy Chula Vista - Active
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
Chief of Staff Sharp C.V. Medical Center (2014 - Present)
Vice Chief of Sharp C.V. Medical Center (2012 - 2013)
Chief of Surgery Sharp C.V. Medical Center (2006 - 2007)
Medical Director Bloodless Surgery and Medicine Program - Sharp C.V. Medical Center
Board of Trustees - Musuem of Man, Balboa Park
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
California Medical Association
American Society of General Surgeons
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
PRESENTATIONS
Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Technique
NASS Meeting - 2008
Grand Rounds San Diego VA Hospital - Enterovesical
Fistuale - Diagnosis and Treatment
Grand Rounds UCSD Medical Center
Surgery and Peutz-Jeghers Disease
Grand Rounds SDVA
Surgery in the Cirrhotic Patient
Grand Rounds SDVA
Management of Rectoceles
Trauma Conference UCSD
Surgical Management of Colonic Injuries
Trauma Conference UCSD
Injuries to the Neck
Diagnosis and Management