Felipe J Cantu Jr

Bariatric Surgeon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 with 13 ratings

Felipe J Cantu Jr Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

2 yr Experience

7 yr in Bariatrics

7 yr in Laparoscopic Surgery

7 yr in Laparoscopic Bariatrics

90% Practice is Bariatrics

Min Age of Patient is 14

Max Age of Patient is 68


LAP-BAND

Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication

Revision

Roux-en-Y

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy


  • About Me
    Bariatric , it’s a strange word for weight loss surgery but it means just that. Bariatric is the branch of medicine in the field of weight loss surgery and it’s what Advanced Bariatric Instituteis totally dedicated to.? Advanced Bariatric Institute was founded in 2005 by Dr. Felipe J. Cantu, Jr. and is located inReynosa, Tamaulipas.,Mexico. Reynosa is located just less than five miles from the border cities of McAllen and Mission Texas. Advanced Medicine Institute serves not only patients from all areas of Latin America but from the United States as well. While many of our patients come from the area of Reynosa and other Mexican cities, others live along the U.S. Rio Grande Valley. Still many other patients come to Advanced Medicine Institute from as far as the East Coast areas and the Central United States for their weight loss procedure. Dr. Felipe Cantu and his wife are a bi-cultural couple raising their two sons in Mission Texas.Through Dual Citizenship, Dr. Cantu too was raised in between two cultures, receiving multicultural learning, language and education. His thriving practice, Advanced Bariatric Institute, was built on a strong referral base foundation that continues to be their foremost source of advertisement. An insightful student who excelled, Dr.Cantu, was accepted to the most prestigious university in Mexico, Tecnologico de Monterrey, at the age of sixteen. Having been selected from a large number of applicants, he was the youngest student in the entire university in his first year of medical school and came to graduate with honors. In pursuing his residencies, he worked at Baylor University in Houston, Texas, the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida and the Endosurgery hospital in San Antonio, Texas.   He completed his laparoscopic training from the Texas Endoscopy Institute in Texas, returning to the Tecnologico de Monterrey for his Field of Specialty in Bariatric Surgery.   Dr. Cantu is one of approximately only 38 surgeons in all of Mexico, who perform bariatric surgery, to have Certification awarded by the Colegio Mexicano de Cirugia para Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabolicas, A.C., and is the only one surgeon to have been awarded this certification in his entire State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.     Having this prestigious certification is equivalent to having the achievement of being a “Center of Excellent” Awarded to bariatric centers in the United States.   A leader in Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques, Dr. Felipe Cantu has been a supporter in transforming many highly invasive surgical procedures into minimally invasive operations.   Today he stays abreast of developments in technology through memberships in the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases. Board-Certified by the Mexican Council of General Surgery, Mexican Society for General Surgery, Latin American Association for Endoscopic Surgery and The Mexican College for Surgery of Obesity where he serves on several committees.   Of the thousands of patients that have come through Advanced Bariatric Institute, most have probably forgotten Dr. Cantu’s educational background but what they probably most remember about him is his warm personally, his caring bedside manner and their quick and easy recovery.      
  • Latest Reviews See all 13 reviews
    avatar estre40 on Feb. 4, 2013

    I can not brag enough about Dr. Felipe Cantu! He is the very BEST! About 7-8 of my family members have had WLS with Dr. Cantu without complications and with great results at weight loss. Dr. Henry Mansur is also very attentive and experienced GI More...

    avatar Vanessameans on Aug. 20, 2012

    I had the Gastric Plication done when I was 20 years old on April 25th 2011 and I have lost 80 lbs with diet and exercise! Dont expect the weight to fall off on its own you ant be fat and lazy and expect everythig More...

    avatar wmpray on Nov. 6, 2010

    The first impression of my Dr. was very impressive. I had my doubts about having my surgery in a foreign country, especially Mexico, so when I saw he and his team treated me with the utmost courtesy... I was happy. I also met the anesthesiologist More...

  • Location
    Reynosa 78501
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