Dr. Daniel Alejandro Munguía Canales

About the Doctor

Dr. Daniel Munguía specializes exclusively in thoracic surgical pathology. With extensive experience leading this service at very high-volume hospitals. Whether pathology is congenital or acquired, benign or malignant, using an invasive approach or a minimally invasive approach with the most current techniques, this means that the most commonly performed procedures, such as in myasthenia gravis (thymectomy), hyperhidrosis (sympathectomy), chest wall deformities (pectus excavatum, carinatum, Poland syndrome, etc), biopsies and lung resections for example in Lung Cancer, interstitial diseases, infectious diseases, etc., and tumors in the mediastinum, pleura, diaphragm, lung, chest wall; are performed in a minimally invasive way, with less pain, shorter hospital stay, lower morbidity and mortality, and lower costs. Background: Certified thoracic surgeon Dr. Daniel Munguía has studies as a Surgeon, specialized in General Surgery and subspecialized in Thoracic Surgery. With long stays at international hospitals in Spain and Austria. He is a member of 10 International and National Thoracic Surgery Societies, as well as specific societies in thoracic pathology, such as the international societies of Lung Cancer, Lung Transplant, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, chest wall, and hyperhidrosis. He holds master's degrees and doctorates in the area of education, hospital administration, and research. For the past decade he has been in charge of thoracic surgical pathology care at CMN SXXI IMSS and at HRAEBI ISSSTE. He publishes in national and international journals, book chapters, and gives national and international lectures. In teaching, he is a member of several medical education societies as well as simulation in medical education, serving as tutor for the rotation in this specialty in his public work areas. At the cutting edge of advanced and complex procedures, as well as with great experience in all thoracic surgical pathology, acquired over the years at very high-volume, high-complexity hospitals. Aside from the positions held in his teaching, administrative, and scientific work, he has been mentioned in publications, citations, and in the Who's Who in the World book.

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