Diego R. Solís is the founder and director of the "Centro de Cirugías de Hígado y Páncreas" (Liver and Pancreas Surgery Center). He made Puerto Rican medical history when he performed the first simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant in Puerto Rico.
Medical educational background
Solís earned his General Surgeon's degree from the
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
The University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus — Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (UPR-RCM) in Spanish— is a public health sciences-oriented university in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Univ ...
. He continued his training in advanced surgery at the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
in the Shands Hospital. There he became familiar and gained experience in
hepatobiliary
The biliary tract, (biliary tree or biliary system) refers to the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, and how they work together to make, store and secrete bile. Bile consists of water, electrolytes, bile acids, cholesterol, phospholipids and ...
surgery. He also participated in the transplants of the liver, pancreas and kidneys, thus becoming ASTS certified.
Transplant
On March 9, 2007, Dr. Solís performed the first simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant in Puerto Rico, at the "Hospital Auxilio Mutuo" (Mutual Aid Hospital), a procedure which lasted 8 hours.
Scientific investigations
Dr. Solís, who is also the director of the pancreas transplant program of said institution, has made numerous scientific investigations in the field of hepatobiliar surgery with a special interest in the causes and treatment of advanced tumors of the liver.
In 2007, Dr. Solís received a tribute from the Puerto Rico Chamber of Representatives in recognition of his accomplishment in performing the first simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant in Puerto Rico. He was awarded the 2010 "Doctors Choice Award.
See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
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Puerto Rican scientists and inventors
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Living people
Puerto Rican transplant surgeons
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine alumni
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Puerto Rican surgeons
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