Dr. Miguel Montalvo is a bariatric surgeon practicing in Tijuana, Mexico at the “A Lighter Me” medical weight loss center. He specializes in performing laparoscopically assisted bariatric procedures that include Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy or VSG, Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass surgery or RNY, Mini Gastric Bypass or MGB and Revision surgeries. Dr. Miguel Montalvo received his medical training and degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the Baja California State University from 2000-2006 and completed his residency in general Surgery at the North East National Medical Center of High Specialty, Mexican Social Security Institute, Monterrey Nuevo Leon from 2009-2013. Dr. Miguel Montalvo was born in Tijuana and has a love for his capital and the patients he serves. Some of Dr. Montalvo’s certifications include the Mexican Counsel of General Surgery and the XXXVI International Congress of General Surgeons. His prestigious professional memberships are comprised of the following; he is an active member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, 2016–Present, the Mexican Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MSMBS), 2016–Present, the General Surgery Mexican Association, the Tijuana General Surgeons College. He has also taught and lectured other surgeons in bariatric procedures at Xochicalco University. At “A Lighter Me” Dr. Miguel Montalvo works with a team of dedicated doctors, nurses, clinicians, and counselors who combined have participated in over 10,000 successful weight loss stories with an almost 0 percent complication rate. If you are considering beginning your surgical weight loss journey with Dr.Miguel Montalvo and the team at an “A Lighter Me” take a moment to reflect upon their former patients’ grateful and heartfelt observations: “This is the best thing I ever did for myself.” Let bariatric surgery transform your life with renewed health and a refreshed vision of who you are what you can become: “I still look twice at my reflection because I don’t realize it’s me. It’s a pretty strange feeling.”
