RESEARCH
Specialization in General Surgery
ABOUT THE
Program
The object of knowledge of the Specialization program in General Surgery are pathologies which involve the mechanical manipulation of anatomical structures with a diagnostic as well as therapeutic objective in the care of the injured or traumatized human being or the one that presents a pathology that requires its removal, correction, derivation or transplantation.
Qualified registration: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 22999 dated November 30, 2021.
- SNIES 709: In-Person | Bucaramanga
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DEGREE:
Specialist in General Surgery

DURATION:
4 levels

MODALITY:
In-person/In Spanish

LOCATION:
Bucaramanga UIS Health Campus
- Applicant profile
- Graduate profile
- Class time
APPLICANT
Profile
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Candidates must be graduated physicians.
GRADUATE
Profile
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The graduates of specialization program in General Surgery are ideal professionals with the knowledge, skills, and development necessary to prevent, diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate surgical diseases in general, within the ethical, bioethical, and humanistic principles of the profession. They have sufficient knowledge of current health legislation and administrative procedures that allow the sustainable exercise of the specialty.
CLASS
Time
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Full-time dedication.
Entry
process
ACADEMIC
Curriculum
- 1°
- 2°
- 3°
- 4°
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Code: 27014 Credits: 11 – Emergencies I
Code: 27015 Credits: 11 – Intensive Care Unit
Code: 27016 Credits: 5 – Nutrition
Code: 27018 Credits: 2 – Pathology
Code: 27019 Credits: 11 – Emergencies II
Code: 27020 Credits: 11 – Trauma I
Code: 27021 Credits: 11 – General Surgery I
Code: 27022 Credits: 6 – Research I
Code: 29526 Credits: 5 – Simulation
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Code: 27023 Credits: 11 – Breast and Soft Tissue Oncology
Code: 27024 Credits: 11 – Trauma II
Code: 27025 Credits: 11 – General Surgery II
Code: 27026 Credits: 11 – Surgical Gastroenterology
Code: 27029 Credits: 11 – Emergencies III
Code: 29527 Credits: 12 – Low and Medium Complexity General Surgery
Code: 29528 Credits: 3 – Research II
Code: 29529 Credits: 3 – Graduate Work I
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Code: 27031 Credits: 11 – Coloproctology
Code: 27032 Credits: 11 – Pediatric Surgery
Code: 27033 Credits: 11 – Emergencies IV
Code: 27035 Credits: 11 – Vascular Surgery I
Code: 27036 Credits: 11 – Thoracic Surgery I
Code: 29530 Credits: 3 – Research III
Code: 29531 Credits: 3 – Graduate Work II
Code: 27034 Credits: 11 – Extramural I
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Code: 27038 Credits: 11 – Extramural II
Code: 27043 Credits: 11 – Head and Neck Surgery
Code: 27044 Credits: 11 – Cardiovascular Surgery
Code: 27045 Credits: 11 – Elective Subject
Code: 29532 Credits: 12 – General Surgery III – Vascular Surgery II
Code: 29533 Credits: 12 – Trauma III – Thoracic Surgery II
Code: 29534 Credits: 6 – Graduate Work III
OUR
Faculty

Álvaro Enrique
NIÑO RODRÍGUEZ
General Surgery Specialist - Oncologist Breast and Soft Tissue Surgeon



Juan Carlos
CASTILLO CADENA
General Surgery Specialist – Subspecialist in Vascular Surgery and Angiology





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Surgery Department
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3104 – 3022
E-mail:
jpserran@uis.edu.co
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Facultad de salud, edificio de morfología, piso 3, oficina 307.
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