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Dr. Gerardo Andrés Puentes Leal

Gastroenterology

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Spanish
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Gerardo Andres Puentes Leal
Sobre mí

Role in the Hospital Serena del Mar: 

Leader of the Endoscopy Units and the Gastroenterology Service. Head of clinical studies and clinical epidemiology.

Areas of interest within his specialty and clinical conditions:

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, functional digestive disorders, dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, gastric, colon and pancreatic cancer, digestive tract polyps, gastrointestinal bleeding, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Helicobacter Pylori, biliary pathology, endoscopic intervention , diarrhea and intestinal malabsorption syndromes, constipation, pancreatitis.

Merits obtained:

Honorable mention in qualitative research in university teaching.

Credenciales
  • Specialist in University Teaching and Clinical Epidemiology.
  • Master in Health Economics.
Publicaciones
  • Participant in the preparation of national gastroenterology guidelines (irritable bowel syndrome). Research lines in digestive functional pathologies, digestive physiology, qualitative studies in medical education, health economics.
  • Schmulson, M. J., Puentes‐Leal, G. A., Bustos‐Fernández, L., Francisconi, C., Hani, A., López‐Colombo, A., ... & Sperber, A. D. (2023). Comparison of the epidemiology of disorders of gut–brain interaction in four Latin American countries: Results of The Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, e14569
  • Schmulson, M. J., López-Colombo, A., Jarquin, A. M., Puentes-Leal, G. A., Palsson, O. S., Bangdiwala, S. I., & Sperber, A. D. (2023). Pictograms to assess bloating and distension symptoms in the general population in Mexico: Results of The Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 35(6), e14577.
  • Rondón-Carvajal, J., Ardila-Hani, C., Hani-Ardila, A., Vargas-Rubio, R., Leguízamo-Naranjo, A. M., Cañadas-Garrido, R., & Puentes-Leal, G. (2020). Megaesophagus as a complication of achalasia: Case report and narrative literature review. Rev Colomb Gastroenterol, 35(4), 551-557.
  • Meza Madrid, D., Hani, A., Costa, V. A., Leguizamo, A. M., Puentes, G., & Ardila, A. (2019). How to perform and interpret high resolution anorectal manometry. Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología, 34(4), 404-410.
  • Izquierdo, V. P., Ovalle, C. P., Ovalle, A., Espinosa, C., Costa, V., Puentes, G., & Hani, A. (2019). Embarazo y enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal, una combinación especial: a propósito de un caso y revisión de la literatura. Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología, 34(4), 425-432
  • Serna, C. Zuluaga, G. Puentes, O. Patarroyo, A. Ovalle, A. Ardila-Hani, A. M. Leguizamo, and A. Hani. "Clinical and manometric characteristics of Hypercontractile Esophagus (Chicago 3.0) at a University Hospital in Bogota, Colombia." In NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY, vol. 30. 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY, 2018
  • Ardila-Hani, A. F., Ovalle, A., Puentes, G. A., & Hani, A. C. (2018). Su1238-Concordance Between the Endoscopic Findings and the Histopathology for Gastric Preneoplastic Lesions. Gastroenterology, 154(6), S-514
  • Borda, M. G., Venegas-Sanabria, L. C., Puentes-Leal, G. A., Garcia-Cifuentes, E., Chavarro-Carvajal, D. A., & Cano, C. A. (2017). Oropharyngeal dysphagia in older adults: The well-known tale. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 17(6), 1031-1033.
  • Hani, A., Zuluaga, C., Costa, V., Leguizamo, A. M., Puentes, G., Ardila, A. F., & Achem, S. R. (2020). Jackhammer esophagus: Prevalence and demographic, clinical, and manometric characteristics. Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English), 85(4), 421-427.
  • Guerrero, D. M., Nuñez, E., Lora, F. J., Puentes, G. A., Rincon, R. A., Rodriguez, A., ... & Vargas, R. D. (2017). Tu1174 Suspected Foreign Bodies in the Upper-Gi Tract: Findings, Management and Predictors: Retrospective Analysis and Experience With 404 Cases in a Colombian Tertiary Level Hospital. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 5(85), AB569
  • Vargas, R. D., Guerrero, D. M., Espinosa, C. A., Puentes, G. A., Cañadas, R. A., Rincon, R. A., ... & Velasquez, A. (2017). Tu1459 Factors Associated With Positive and Negative Findings of Choledocholithiasis in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 5(85), AB636-AB637
  • Puentes Leal, G. A., & Pérez Rodríguez, J. M. Análisis de costo utilidad de la tamización global del cáncer colorrectal a partir de los 45 años comparado con la tamización a partir de los 50 años en Colombia.
  • Puentes Leal, G. A., Cruz Careño, J. A., & Rúgeles Quintero, S. J. Enteral nutrition and caloric deficit in critical care: identifying the causes and opportunities to close the gap.
  • Garrido, R. A. C., Leal, G. A. P., Leguizamo, A. M., & De Ardila, A. C. H. CORRELACIÓN CLINICA Y PARACLINICA ENTRE EL TACTO RECTAL, LA MANOMETRÍA ANORECTAL DE ALTA RESOLUCIÓN Y LA ULTRASONOGRAFIA ENDOSCÓPICA ANORECTAL EN PACIENTES CON INCONTINENCIA FECAL. ESTUDIO DE PRUEBAS DIAGNÓSTICAS (INFECORR)
  • Alvarado B, J., Otero R, W., Jaramillo Santos, M. A., Roa B, P. A., Puentes L, G. A., Jiménez F, A. M., ... & Sabbagh, L. (2015). Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Adult Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología, 30, 43-56.
  • Vela-Lozada, F., Fernandez, D., Diaz, M. C., Puentes, G. A., & Gutierrez, J. M. (2013). THU0322 Flow Cytometry Findings and Bone Marrow in Adult Patients with Hematologic Manifestations Due to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 72, A274.
  • Puentes, G. A., Quiroga, C., Álvarez, C. A., Támara, J. R., & Ruiz, Á. (2012). Características demográficas, morbilidad y mortalidad de los pacientes adultos con neutropenia febril tratados con cefepima. Rev Chilena Infectol, 29(3), 322-328.
  • Cañas Arboleda, A., & Puentes Leal, G. A. (2009). Neumotórax espontáneo recurrente: reporte de un caso. Rev. colomb. neumol.

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