My main objective is to guide, educate, treat and rehabilitate in a simple manner, with real expectations to the patient who is suffering from illnesses related to the nose, ears and throat.

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• Specialty in Otorhinolaryngology. Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS. 2005

• Symposium of Endoscopic Ear Surgery. ASCORL. San Jose Costa Rica.

  October 2017

• Annual Meeting and Oto Expo, American Academy Otolaryngology-HNS, Chicago, U.S.A.

  September 2017

• Day of Update in Nasosinusal Surgery "Dr. Roy Casiano". San José Costa Rica

  March 2017

• Masters of Phonosurgery of the Americas. Mexico DF. Mexico.

  March 2017

• Sixth Advanced Course of Nasosinusal Endoscopic Surgery and Skull Base. Jacksonville, Florida.

  August 2016

• Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Advanced Course. A learning Curve Booster. Chicago. U.S.A.

  May 2016

• 7th World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of the Skull Base and Brain. Chicago. U.S.A.

  May 2016

• International Symposium on Vestibular Disorders. Mexico DF. Mexico.

  August 2015

• VIII Central American Multidisciplinary Symposium on Allergic and Skin Diseases - San Jose, Costa Rica

  April 2015

• Endoscopic Surgery of the Sinuses, Eustachian Tube and Ear. Harvard Medical School. Boston, U.S.A.

  March 2015

• 6th World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of the Brain, Skull Base and Spine. Milano, Italy.

  April 2014

• IX Inter-American Congress of Pediatric Otolaryngology. San Jose Costa Rica.

  April 2014

• Advanced surgical techniques for obstructive sleep apnea and snoring. Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA UU

  March 2014

• First meeting of the Dandy Division of Skull Base Surgery. Sait Luis, U.S.A.

  March 2014

• XXV Central American Congress of Otolaryngology and Surgery. ALLF, San José, Costa Rica.

  May 2013

• 5th World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of the Brain, Skull Base and Spine. Vienna, Austria.

  April 2012

• VI Central American Congress of Neurosurgery. Managua Nicaragua.

  March 2011

• Diploma Degree

  Latin American Diploma of Laryngology, Phonosurgery and Reconstruction of the Airway - National Autonomous University. Mexico. 2015 - 2016

• Internship

  International Visiting Scholar, Department of Otolaryngology, UPMC, Pittsburgh, USA

• Internship

  Visiting Scholar, Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

• Internship

• Postgraduate Degree

  Specialty in Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Mexico, San José, Costa Rica

• Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED6142Active

  Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

• Graduated with Honors of Specialty in Otolaryngology - Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

• Doctor of Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Hospital México, Costa Rica. Since 2005
• Professor of Otolaryngology Residency Program at Hospital México, Costa Rica
• Professor of Medicine at Universidad de Costa Rica
• Professor of Medicine at Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Costa Rica

• Obando A. Tratamiento quirúrgico de la enfermedad de Meniere: La descompresión del sano endolinfático. Revista Neuroeje abril 2006, Vol 20.
• Mariño FS, Alobid I, Guilemany JM, Obando A, Mullol J. Tratamiento médico y quirúrgico de la poliposis nasal. Efecto sobre el asma. Rev Rinol 2009: 9(1);26-32.
• Obando A, Alobid I, Mariño F, Guilemany J, Mullol J. Manejo quirúrgico de la hipertrofia de los cornetes inferiors: revision de la literatura. Rev Rinol 2009: 9(2); 14-8.
• Obando A, Alobid I, Gastón F, Berenguer J, Marín C, Mullol J. Should viral anosmia be further investigated?. Allergy 2009; 64:1556-7.
• Mullol J, Obando A, Pujols L, Alobid I. Corticosteroid Treatment in Chronic Rhinosinusitis. The Possibilities and The limits. En: Chronic rhinosinusitis. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2010; 29(4): 657-68.
• Vega A, Arias M, Obando-Valverde A, Chaverri J. Clinical Characteristics of deaf children in Costa Rica. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010;143 (2), supppl P226.
• Hernandez Duran S, Obando Valverde A, Esquivel Miranda MA. Remisión bioquímica de pacientes acromegálicos sometidos a cirugía. Revista medica de la Universidad de Costa Rica. 2014; 8(2): 44-51