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Jorge Vargas Madrigal
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Jorge Vargas Madrigal

Gastroenterology
Patient Demographics: Adult, Elderly

"My primary goal is to provide my patients with quality and excellent medical care, in order to restore balance to their digestive health."

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Procedures (45)

Lower GI Endoscopy
Endoscopic Gastric Sleeve
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Endoscopic ultrasound
Intragastric balloon placement
General Inquiry
24-hour pH probe study
Capsule endoscopy
Celiac disease test
Colon, stomach and rectum polyp biopsy
Diagnostic enteroscopy
Digestive tract endoscopy
Emergencies
Endoscopic mucosectomy
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
Cervicotomy
Endoscopy with intravenous sedation
Esophageal biopsy polyp
Esophageal dilation with hydrostatic and pneumatic balloon
Esophageal staining
Extraction of gallstones (stones, tumors) in the bile duct by endoscopy
Gastroscopy + Colonoscopy
Upper GI Endoscopy
Helicobacter Pylori Test
Hemorrhoid ligatures
High resolutio rectal manometry
High resolution esophageal manometry
Ligation of esophageal varices
Management of bleeding gastric
Mucosectomy
Online Medicine
Paracentesis
PEG
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Polyp biopsy of pancreas
Polypectomy
Positioning of biliary, esophageal and intestinal prosthesis
Rectoscopy
Rectosigmoidoscopy
Small bowel examination
surgical removal of esophagus polyps
Therapeutic removal of calculus
Two-channel pH meter
Urease test
`Resection of polyps in the colon, stomach or rectum
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Medical conditions (23)

Irritable bowel syndrome
Pancreas disease
Underweight
Abdominal hemorrhage
Abdominal pain
Choledocholithiasis
Chronic ulcers
Cirrhosis
Colitis
Constipation
Crohn's disease
Diarrhea
Esophageal stenosis
Flatulence (farting)
Gastritis
Hepatitis
Hiatal Hernia
Indigestion
Nausea
Peptic ulcer
Stomach acid problem
Stomach sores
Vomiting
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General Info

About me

I studied to be a doctor with the aim of serving others, and the best way to do it is to help you preserve your health or, failing that, provide comfort and relief.
I love putting my knowledge into practice using state-of-the-art technology, in order to provide the patient with an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Languages

English, italiano, Español

Education

Degrees
  • Health Management. Universidad Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED). August 2021
  • Specialty in Gastroenterology. Universidad de Costa Rica - Facultad de Medicina. February 2010
  • Doctor and Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica - Facultad de Medicina. February 2004
Fellowships
  • Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy - Università Cattolica del Sacro Couore, Rome. 2013

Courses
  • WEO International School of Endoscopic Ultrasound

    November 2020

  • STAR Endoscopic Suture ASGE Course

    April 2018

  • Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound Master Course

    April 2017

  • Masters Course in Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection - American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

    April 2016

  • Intragastric Balloon Placement, Sander Clinic, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    February 2015

  • Certification in NBI and Advanced Optical Endoscopy. Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá

    May 2011

  • Young Clinicians Program. World Gastroenterology Organization

    November 2009

Trainings
  • Internship

    University of Minnesota Medical Center, 2009

Professional

Licenses
  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED7973Active

    Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

Affiliations
  • Costa Rican Association of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy
  • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Awards
  • 2010 Graduation with Honors. Specialty of Gastroenterology, Universidad de Costa Rica
  • 2003 Graduation with Honor Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Publications
  • Expositor Congreso Mundial de Endoscopia Digestiva 2020
  • PERORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY (POEM), PERFORMED WITH A NEW ACCESSORY FOR BLUNT DISSECTION OF THE SUBMUCOSAL TUNNEL. Program No. P1387. World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG2017 Meeting Abstracts. Orlando, FL: American College of Gastroenterology.
  • ENDOSCOPIC RESTORATION OF COMPLETELY TRANSECTED AND PROLAPSED COMMON BILE DUCT. VIDEOGIE. Volumen 3, No12, 2018, 384 – 385. Abstracto ganador del tercer lugar de la World Cup of Endoscopy. DDW. 2018
  • SUCCESFUL RETRIEVAL OF A PROXIMALLY MIGRATED PANCREATIC STENT BY DIGITAL PANCREATOSCOPY. Endoscopy 2019. S1, S110
  • SEGURIDAD DE LA SEDACIÓN CON PROPOFOL ADMINISTRADO POR GASTROENTEROLOGOS EN ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA. Acta Médica Costarricense. Vol 61,(2), 68-72
  • HEPATOGASTRIC ANASTOMOSIS USING A NOVEL HYBRID METAL STENT. Abstracto aceptado para presentación oral en ENDO 2020 (Congreso Mundial de Endoscopia Digestiva)
  • SUBMUCOSAL TUNNELING ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF A GIANT SUBCARDIAL LEIOMYOMA. Abstracto aceptado para presentación oral en ESGE Days (Congreso Europeo de Endoscopia Digestiva)
  • PANCREATIC METASTASIS FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA: NOT ALL THAT GLITERS IS GOLD. Case Reports in Gastroenterology. IN PRESS
  • Ponente Congreso de la Sociedad Venezolana de Endoscopia Digestiva (SOVED) 2019
  • Elkholy S, El-Sherbiny M, Delano-Alonso R, Herrera-Esquivel JJ, Valenzuela-Salazar C, Rodriguez-Parra A, Del Rio-Suarez I, Vargas-Madrigal J, Akar T, Günay S, Houmani Z, Abayli B, Elkady MA, Alzamzamy A, Wahba M, Madkour A, Mahdy RE, Essam K, Khashab MA. Peroral endoscopic myotomy as treatment for Zenker's diverticulum (Z-POEM): a multi-center international study. Esophagus. 2021 Jul;18(3):693-699.
  • Expositor Congreso de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia de Nuevo León. 2020