Dr Carlos Esquivel is a Digestive Surgeon, and chief of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery program at the Sanatorio Allende Hospital, Cordoba, Argentina. He made his general surgery residence at the General Surgery Department of the Sanatorio Allende Hospital, then he was chief of surgery residence and then he made a research fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida, USA, under the direction of Dr. Raul Rosenthal. After that, he made a clinical fellowship in bariatric and metabolic surgery at the Catholic University of Cordoba and Sanatorio Allende Hospital. He made his Doctoral Thesis at the Catholic University of Cordoba, with the topic “Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Resolves NAFLD”, then it was published in Obesity Surgery Journal.
He is a member of the Argentine Society of Surgery (AAC), the Argentine Society of Obesity and Surgery (SACO), and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). He is the general secretary of SACO and coordinator of the Education Committee.
He published several scientific articles in indexed medical journals, as well as presented different conferences at international medical congresses, and wrote chapters of books of the specialty.
His main professional and scientific interests focus on primary and revisional bariatric and metabolic surgery, as well as artificial intelligence applied to the surgery field.
Selected publications from PubMed
Correction to: Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Postoperative Complications in Bariatric Surgery: How Crucial is Preoperative CPAP Compliance?
Hurtado NB, Mishima R, Manuel G, Lascano FM, Perrone V, Esquivel C
Obes Surg. 2026 May;36(5):2504 doi: 10.1007/s11695-026-08705-2.
Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Postoperative Complications in Bariatric Surgery: How Crucial is Preoperative CPAP Compliance?
Berdeja Hurtado N, Mishima R, Manuel G, Martinez Lascano F, Perrone V, Esquivel C
Obes Surg. 2026 May;36(5):2496-2503 doi: 10.1007/s11695-026-08656-8.
Impact of Prior COVID-19 Infection on Renal Outcomes after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A 12-Month Prospective Study.
Garcia M, Mishima R, Bertelo-Grecco M, Rodriguez MDV, Berdeja N, Martinez Lascano F, Esquivel CM
Obes Surg. 2026 Mar;36(3):1289-1296 doi: 10.1007/s11695-026-08531-6.
Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of the Allurion® Gastric Balloon in Latin American Patients: A Multicenter Case Series.
Muriel ME, García M, Martínez Lascano F, Martínez PN, Caruso D, Palermo M, Piatanesi MP, Sosa M, Castellaro PJ, Sepulveda M, Awruch D, Tioni R, Argonz JE, Puentes ME, Ferraro A, Gancedo MC, Poggi Garland L, Sibila Portmann Baracco A, Esquivel CM
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2025 Sep;35(9):714-720 doi: 10.1177/10926429251363490.
Cardiac Remodeling after Bariatric Surgery Beyond Weight Loss: A Dose-Response Analysis.
Rozandal V, Mishima R, Garcia M, Berdeja N, Vambakianos PNM, Valdez M, Catellanos V, Lascano FM, Esquivel CM
Obes Surg. 2025 May;35(5):1638-1648 doi: 10.1007/s11695-025-07801-z.
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