Helping people has always been my goal and greatest skill, and that is why I became a doctor. Seeing my patients smiling and happy with the results of a surgery they entrusted to me is the goal for which I always strive.
Surgical diseases of the digestive system have always seemed fascinating to me and hence my desire to be a general surgeon. But what I am most passionate about are hernias of the abdominal wall, so I strive to dedicate much more time and study to these diseases and thus be able to offer the best to my patients.
I consider myself a very dedicated person, with a constant desire for knowledge so I am always looking for updates. Besides, I am extremely hard-working, pro-active and a faithful believer that communication with all people builds the best relationships.
I am characterized by having excellent manual skills, and a charismatic touch and personal touch.
Character: determined, enterprising, strong, disciplined and obedient.
Personality: kind, honest, personable, honest and enthusiastic.
Skills: creativity, manual dexterity, dedication, intelligent, good speaker, good management of interpersonal communication.
My work mainly concerns diseases of the abdominal wall and the digestive system from the surgical point of view both in laparoscopy and in conventional surgery.
The passion I feel for abdominal wall hernias and especially abdominal wall reconstruction in complex hernias led me to be out of the country for a year studying this topic, in a Spanish reference center. I can say that it was one of the most enriching experiences that I have had personally and professionally.
So I want to bring the people of this beautiful country that is Costa Rica, the quality standards that I could see in other latitudes and be able to treat them with the best of world medicine and the latest scientific advances.

English, Español

• Specialty in General Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica. August 2011 - August 2015
• Baccalaureate and Bachelor of General Medicine. Universidad de Costa Rica. February 2004 - December 2009

• High Specialization in Abdominal Wall Surgery and Hernias, 2019.

• II International Conference on Abdominal Wall Surgery, Vithas Nisa Foundation, Hospital 9 de Octubre, Valencia, Spain

  September 2019 - October 2019

• VIII Theoretical Practical Course in Extraperitoneal Endoscopic Surgery of the Inguinal Hernia, Universidad Europea de Madrid and Hospital Universitario QuirónSalud Madrid, 20 teaching hours

  September 2019 - September 2019

• EHS 41st Annual Congress 2019, Hamburg, Germany.

  August 2019 - August 2019

• MasterClass “Miles and More” Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Abdominal Wall Hernia, EHS 41st Annual Congress 2019, Hamburg, Germany

  August 2019 - August 2019

• EUROINNOVA online course "Abdominal Wall Surgery Specialist" 200 hours of use

  January 2019 - July 2019

• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Workshop, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain, Director: Dr. Salvador Morales Conde, 10 hours use

  May 2019 - May 2019

• Medical Biostatistics Course, 120 academic hours, Distance learning, Association of Professionals Children's Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  March 2019 - May 2019

• XV National Congress of Abdominal Wall Surgery, Valencia, Spain, Spanish Association of Surgeons

  April 2019 - April 2019

• 1st Central American Hernia Congress, Costa Rican Hernia Association, San José.

  August 2018 - August 2018

• Precongress Inguinal Hernioplasty by Laparoscopy, TAP and PET, Within the 1st Central American Congress of Hernias, Costa Rican Hernia Association, San José.

  August 2018 - August 2018

• REBOA Precongress and 31 Pan American Trauma Congress and 44 National Congress Advances in Surgery, Cartagena Colombia

  July 2018 - July 2018

• Intensive Course in Research Methodology for Tutors, Readers and Directors of Career / School. Achievement Course 60 hours, International University of the Americas.

  January 2018 - April 2018

• Pan-American Congress of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Mexico City

  November 2017 - December 2017

• University teacher training course, Universidad InterAmericana

  September 2017 - October 2017

• XLII National and International Congress of the Mexican Society of Surgeons of the Recto, Colon and Ano A.C. San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico

  March 2017 - April 2017

• Pre-congress course "Endoanal ultrasound and alternative management of anal fistulas" carried out in the XLII National and International Congress of the Mexican Society of Surgeons of the Recto, Colon and Ano A.C. San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico

  March 2017 - March 2017

• Postgraduate Degree

  High Specialization Course in Abdominal Wall Surgery

• Hospital Rotation

• Diploma Degree

• Diploma Degree

• Diploma Degree

• Diploma Degree

• Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED10303Active

  Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

• Costa Rican Association of Surgery
• Asociación Española de Cirugía
• Hispanic American Hernia Society
• Costa Rican Hernia Association
• European Hernia Society

• Martínez-Hoed, Jesús, & López-Jara, Vanessa. (2017). Morbimortalidad de necrosectomía pancreática abierta. Acta Médica Costarricense, 59(4), 138-145. Retrieved October 27, 2017, from http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-60022017000400138&lng=en&tlng=.
• -Hernia incisional lateral tras el trasplante renal. Análisis de nuestra experiencia en 8 años. Autor y comunicador. Jesús Martínez Hoed, coautores, José Bueno Lledó, Santiago Bonafe Diana, Providencia García Pastor, Antonio Torregrosa Gallud, Raquel Blasco Piqueras, David Abelló Audí, Miriam Menéndez-Jiménez Zavada-Lissón. 9 de mayo 2019, XV Cobreso Nacional de Cirugía de la Pared Abdominal, Valencia, España, Asociación Española de Cirujanos. Autor.
• -Eventraciones de rebordes óseos: M1, técnicas y resultados. Coautor. David Abelló, Jesús Martínez, Miriam Menéndez, Santiago Bonafé, Providencia García-Pastor, Antonio Torregrosa, Raquel Blasco, José Bueno-Lledo. 10 de mayo 2019, XV Cobreso Nacional de Cirugía de la Pared Abdominal, Valencia, España, Asociación Española de Cirujanos. Participante.
• -Hernias incisionales suprapúbicas. Análisis de nuestra experiencia en 8 años. Coautor. Miriam Menéndez Jiménez de Zadava Lissón, Jesús Martínez Hoed, David Abelló Audí, José Bueno Lledó, Providencia García Pastor, Santiago Bonafé Diana, Antonio Torregrosa Gallud, Raquel Blasco Piqueras. 10 de mayo 2019, XV Cobreso Nacional de Cirugía de la Pared Abdominal, Valencia, España, Asociación Española de Cirujanos. Participante.
• Resultados de la reparación de la hernia incisional asociada al trasplante renal en un centro especializado. Análisis de nuestra experiencia de 7 años. Incisional hernia repair outcome after renal transplantation in a reference center. Our experience of 7 years. (2019) Jesús Martínez-Hoed, Santiago Bonafe Dianaa, Antonio Torregrosa-Galluda, Providencia García Pastora, David Abelló Audia, Miriam Menéndez-Jiménez de Zavada y Lissóna, Fernando Carbonell Tatay, José Bueno-Lledó. Unidad de Cirugía de Pared Abdominal y Corta Estancia, Hospital Politécnico y Universitario La Fe, Valencia, España, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España. ISSN: 0009739X, Idioma original: Español. DOI:10.1016/j.ciresp.2019.10.008
• •Martínez‐Hoed J, Bonafe‐Diana S, Bueno‐Lledó J. A systematic review of the use of progressive preoperative pneumoperitoneum since its inception. Hernia, June 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02247-x
• •42nd Annual European Hernia Society Congress 2020. P-029. Management of mesh infection in hernia surgery. Systematic reviewC. Pérez-Alonso, J. Martínez-Hoed, P. Rodríguez-Lorenzana, P. García-Pastor,J.A. Bueno-Lledó, S. Pous, S. Bonafé. Hernia (2020) 24 (Suppl 1):S1–S112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02175-w.
• •42nd Annual European Hernia Society Congress 2020. P-106. Complex abdominal wall repair. Patient with bladder exstrophy and pubic diastasis. M. Menendez-Jiménez, P.García-Pastor, J. Martínez-Hoed, A. Pérez-García, B. Flor Lorente. Hernia (2020) 24 (Suppl 1):S1–S112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02175-w.
• •42nd Annual European Hernia Society Congress 2020. P-051. The Inguinal Hernia Management through a National survey. Comparison with recommendations of the 2018 International guidelines for groin hernia management. P. García-Pastor, J. Martínez-Hoed, M. Jiménez, S. Pous Serrano. Hernia (2020) 24 (Suppl 1):S1–S112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02175-w.
• •42nd Annual European Hernia Society Congress 2020. P-071. Experience with PCS-TAR in a tertiary hospital. Short and midterm results. P. García-Pastor, J. Martinez-Hoed, A. Torregrosa-Gallud, S. Bonafe ́-Diana, J. Iserte-Hernández, E. García-Granero Ximenez. Hernia (2020) 24 (Suppl 1):S1–S112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02175-w
• Abelló D, Martínez-Hoed J, Menéndez M, Cholewa H, Avelino L, Bonafé S, Pous-Serrano S, Bueno-Lledo J. Comparative analysis of 2 surgical techniques in the treatment of subxiphoid incisional hernia. Observational study. Cir Esp. 2020 Sep 24:S0009-739X(20)30282-7. English, Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.08.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32981655.
• Bueno-Lledó, J., Ceno, M., Perez-Alonso, C. Martínez-Hoed, J., Torregrosa-Gallud, A., Pous-Serrano S. Biosynthetic Resorbable Prosthesis is Useful in Single-Stage Management of Chronic Mesh Infection After Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair. World J Surg (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05808-4
• Bueno-Lledó, J., Ceno, M., Pérez-Alonso, C. Martínez-Hoed, J., Pous-Serrano S. Abdominal wall reconstruction with biosynthetic absorbable mesh after infected prosthesis explantation: single stage is better than two-stage approach of chronic mesh infection. Hernia (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02309-0
• D. Abelló Audí, L. Avelino González, H. Cholewa, M. Menéndez Jiménez De Zadava Lissón, J. Martínez Hoed, S. Bonafé Diana, S. Pous Serrano, J. Bueno Lledó. comunicación O-308 tipo Oral: HERNIA INCISIONAL SUBXIFOIDEA. RESULTADOS DE SU CORRECCIÓN QUIRÚRGICA A LARGO PLAZO. 33 Congreso Nacional Virtual de Cirugía, celebrado del 11 al 14 de noviembre de 2020, AEC.
• Martínez-Hoed, Jesús. Comunicación Oral: Elección individualizada de la técnica quirúrgica para la reparación herniaria inguinal. 1ra Reunion Virtual de Internacional de Hernia y Pared Abdominal. FELH y SOHA, 19, 20 y 21 de noviembre 2020.
• Jesús Martínez-Hoed, Providencia García-Pastor, Míriam Menéndez Jiménez de Zavada y Lissón, Salvador Pous-Serrano. Encuesta nacional sobre el manejo de la hernia inguinal en España. Comparación de resultados con la guía internacional de The Hernia Surge Group. National Survey on the management of inguinal hernia in Spain. Comparison of results with the international guide of The Hernia Surge Group. Unidad de Cirugía de Corta Estancia y Pared. Hospital Politècnic i Universitari La Fe. Valencia (España). Revista Hispanoamericana de la Hernia, Avance Online, DOI:
• Míriam Menéndez Jiménez de Zadava Lisson , Jesús Martínez Hoed , Santiago Bonafé Diana , Antonio Torregrosa Gallud , David Abelló Audi , José Bueno-Lledó. Hernia incisional suprapúbica. Nuestra experiencia en siete años. Revista Hispanoamericana de Hernia, Avance Online. http://dx.doi.org/10.20960/rhh.00299.
• Martínez-Hoed, J., Cordero-Bermúdez, K., García-Pastor, P. et al. The inguinal hernia management in Costa Rica according to a survey between surgeons: result comparison with 2018 International Groin Hernia Guidelines. BMC Surg 21, 152 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01156-9