I have received several phone calls from patients and potential patients asking for clarification. A few people called me stating that they were confused about information they read on this board, so I’m posting this here so that I can hopefully clear up the confusion. Martin Salvador Valencia, MD, FACS still performs bariatric (including Lap-Band) surgeries at Hospital Angeles in Tijuana, Mexico as well as Hospital Velmar in Ensenada, Mexico. He has chosen to concentrate on his own patients, thus he will not perform the hospital’s cases any longer. This means that surgeries with Dr. Valencia can no longer be scheduled through BeLiteWeight and MUST be scheduled directly with Dr. Valencia’s office by calling 877-765-THIN (8446) or by visiting our website

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IM INTERESTED IN VELENCIA,

I read some of yur previous postings and I saw that this guy is crtified by ucla? or somethging like that. I checked out the ucla website but I didt see him there

http://www.bariatrics.ucla.edu/aboutsurgery/surgery_meet.htm

Can he do my surgery in UCLA cause I here they are good can he charge me the same price? Thank you a lot sandy

Olivia:::::::::::Hotmomma!

You have to look under the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and do an "Experts Search". Just type in his last name (spelled Valencia). Here's a couple of links showing him at the UCLA site:

UCLA News

Spanish-speaking Faculty Experts [uCLA Media Kit]

Scroll down and look under the heading: Medical Experts and sub heading: Surgery

Sorry, but surgery at UCLA is MUCH more expensive! It would be nice though.

Glad to help!