He is part of the Surgery Department at the Hospital La Católica and is also accredited in other major hospitals such as the CIMA Hospital and Hospital Clínica Bíbilca. He graduated from the University of Costa Rica, but his experience in the oncological practice includes specialist training rotation in different institutions like the Gastric Cancer Early Detection Center; as a visiting doctor at University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas and official visiting rotations at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA guided by the renowned Dr. John L. Cameron.