Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
American British Med Ctr-Campus Sta Fe, Mexico
Carlos Yanez, M.D., FACS, F.I.C.S.
Director and Professor of Sinus and Image Guided Surgery Resource Center at The American British Cowdray Medical Center. Mexico
La Salle University, School of Medicine México, 1983
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Autonomous University of Barcelona, Creu Roja Hospital, Spain 1983-1988
Otolaryngology Mexican Board Certification 1989
Teaching Positions: La Salle University, School of Medicine, Postgraduate Fellowship Course in FESS, Professor, 1997-2015 Medical Staff Member, 1989 to date, The American British Cowdray Hospital, Mexio City
Otolaryngology Division Coordinator, Emergency Department ,ABC Medical Center. 1991
Chief, Ambulatory Care Unit, ABC Medical Center 1994-1999
Director and Founder, Microsurgery and Sinus Care Center, Mexico City 1998-2015
Fellow of The American College Of Surgeons since January 2005
Areas of Expertise: Sinus Surgery, Endoscopic Image Guided Surgery, Endoscopic Closure of CSF Rhinorrhea, Inverted papilloma, Orbital Decompression Turbinate Surgery, Endonasal Dacriorhinostomy, Transnasal Eustachian Tube Surgery, Otologic Surgery.
Areas of Special Interest: Development of endoscopic techniques for sinus surgery, Development of new instrumentation Olfaction Physiology, Diagnosis and Treatment, Surgery for Olfaction , Eustachian Tube Physiology and Minimally invasive surgery
Member Past or Present: of American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, American Rhinologic Society New York Academy, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery, European Rhinologic Society Mexican Rhinologic Otolaryngology,Head and Neck Surgery Mexican Association
Major Contributions: Introduced, pioneered and developed endoscopic sinus surgery in Mexico.
Developed techniques and instrumentation for endoscopic sinus surgery, trans-nasal endoscopic turbinate stroma debridement
Introduced image guided surgery in Mexico.
Taught endoscopic surgical techniques to residents and practicing otolaryngologists at over 150 courses worldwide since 1986.
Developed techniques and instrumentation for expanding minimally invasive surgery.
Introduced, pioneered and developed Eustachian tube surgery in Mexico.