Experienced and caring specialists

The Chihuahua Cancer Center has a team of renowned experts, including medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, as well as specialists in hematology and pediatric oncology to ensure the best treatment and follow-up care of our patients with the highest standards of specialization.

Medical Staff

Medical Oncology

Dr. Flor de Thé Bustamante Valles

• Graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua University.
• Oncology specialization at Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI.
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Oncología (Mexican Board of Oncology)
• Medical oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.
• Graduated from the Centro Médico Nacional Occidente
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Oncología (Mexican Board of Oncology)
• Active member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• Physician at the Chihuahua Cancer Center, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Institute of Social Security), State Cancer Center (CECAN)

Dr. Alejandro Lara Bañuelos

• Graduate of the National Medical Center West.
• Certified by the Mexican Council of Oncology.
• Active member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).
• Physician at the Oncology Center of Chihuahua, Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), and State Center for Cancerology (CECAN).

Dr. Leopoldo Barriguete Parra

• Graduated from the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología.
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Oncología (Mexican Board of Oncology)
• Active member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Estudios Oncológicos (SMeO, Mexican Society for Oncology Studies).
• Medical oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.

Dr. Marcelino González Pinedo

• Graduated from the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología accredited by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
• Active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
• Active member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).
• Active member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Estudios Oncológicos (SMeO, Mexican Society for Oncology Studies).
• Certified and recertified by the Consejo Mexicano de Oncología (Mexican Board of Oncology).
• Medical oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.

Dr. Rocío Aguayo Yong

• Graduated from the Universidad de Guadalajara.
• Medical Oncology residency at the Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad No. 25 of IMSS at Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
• Faculty member for clinical oncology at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
• Medical oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.

Dr. Felipe de Jesús Anchondo Ortega

• Graduated from the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, ;Mexico City-UNAM.
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Oncología (Mexican Board of Oncology)
• Member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Estudios Oncológicos (SMeO, Mexican Society for Oncology Studies).
• Member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).
• Member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
• Medical Oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.

Dr. Enrique José Zamudio Lozoya

• Graduated as medical doctor from the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
• Graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila.
• Specialization in medical oncology at the Hospital de Oncología del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Universidad Autónoma de México.
• Advanced specialization in breast cancer at Zambrano Hellion Hospital TecSalud, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.
• Active member of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).
• Medical oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center and at Hospital Ángeles Cd. Juárez

Dr. Christian Abdiel Delval Aguirre

 

• Graduate of the National Medical Center West, accredited by the University of Guadalajara.
• Certified by the Mexican Council of Oncology.
• Member of the Mexican Society of Oncology.
• Member of the European Society for Medical Oncology.
• Medical Oncologist at the Oncology Center of Chihuahu

 

Radiation Oncology

Dr. Julián Rodríguez Vargas

• Graduated from the Universidad de la República de Uruguay, in Montevideo.
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Radioterapia (Mexican Board of Radiation Therapy).
• Active member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Radioterapeutas (SOMERA, Mexican Society for Radiation Therapy) and the Sociedad Mexicana de Estudios Oncológicos (SMeO, Mexican Society for Oncology Studies).
• Radiation oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.
• Helical Tomotherapy Planning and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) techniques, as well as Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT).

Dr. Edgar Fernando Fernández Pérez

• Graduated from the UMAE Hospital de Oncología Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI at the UNAM
• Medical specialist in radiation oncology.
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Radioterapia (Mexican Board of Radiation Therapy).
• Active member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Radioterapeutas (SOMERA, Mexican Society for Radiation Therapy) and the Sociedad Mexicana de Estudios Oncológicos (SMeO, Mexican Society for Oncology Studies).
• Radiation oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.

Dr. Daniela Lazo Padilla

• Graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Radioterapia (Mexican Board of Radiation Therapy).
• Radiation oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center and the State Cancer Center (CECAN).

Dr. Jaime Humberto Soto Lugo

• Graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León U.A.N.L.
• Centro Médico Nacional del Noreste UMAE 25.
• Member of The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
• Member of The Canadian Association for Radiation Oncology (CARO).
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Certificación en Radioterapia (Mexican Board for Certification in Radiation Therapy).
• Member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Radioterapia (SOMERA, Mexican Society for Radiation Therapy).
• Panelist at the Mexican Radiation therapy Council Examination in 2018 and 2019.
• Radiation oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center.

Dr. Jorge Jiménez López

• Graduated from the Centro Médico Nacional Occidente
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Oncología (Mexican Board of Oncology) 
• Active member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• Physician at the Chihuahua Cancer Center
• Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Institute of Social Security) 
• State Cancer Center (CECAN)

Dr. David Arturo Pimentel Caamaño

• Graduated from Hospital de Oncología Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI at UNAM.
• Medical specialist in radiation oncology.
• Active member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Radioterapeuticas (SOMERA, Mexican Society for Radiation Oncology), Sociedad Mexicana de Estudios Oncológicos (SMeO, Mexican Society for Oncology Studies), and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
• Training in 3D Brachytherapy and Brachytherapy with iodine 125 seeds.
• Planning in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), and intra- and extracranial radiosurgery techniques.

Pediatric Oncology

Dr. Claudia Selene Portillo Zavala

• Graduated from del Instituto Nacional de Pediatría
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Oncología (Mexican Board for Oncology)
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Certificación en Pediatría (Mexican Board for Certification in Pediatrics)
• Pediatric oncologist at the Hospital Infantil de Especialidades
• Pediatric oncologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center
• Member of the Mexican Association of Pediatric onco-hematology A.C.

Dr. Karla Elena Martínez Aguilar

• Graduated as medical doctor from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, School of Medicine
• Specialty in pediatrics at the Hospital Infantil
• Diploma in Clinical Research
• Subspecialty in pediatric oncology from the Instituto Nacional de Pediatría
• Currently part of the medical staff at the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Department at the Hospital Infantil de Especialidades de Chihuahua

Hematology

Dr. Karen Daniela Pérez Gómez

• Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant
• Graduated from the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (UNAM) specializing in Hematology
• Advanced specialization in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (National Cancer Institute) at the UNAM
• Diploma in Hemostasis and thrombosis from the Hospital General de México «Dr. Eduardo Liceaga».
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Hematología (Mexican Board for Hematology)
• Faculty member of hematology at the School of Medicine in the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
• Hematologist at the Chihuahua Cancer Center
• Active member of the Agrupación Mexicana para el Estudio de la Hematología (AMEH, Mexican Group for the Study of Hematology), and the Sociedad Mexicana de Hemostasia y Trombosis (SOMETH, Mexican Society for Hemostasis and Thrombosis)

Dr. Alva Nora Zaragoza Vázquez

• Surgeon and obstetrician graduate of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua.
• Specialist in Hematology, graduated from the National Medical Center SXXI.
• Certified by the Mexican Council of Hematology.
• Hematologist at the Mexican Social Security Institute.
• Hematologist at the Oncology Center of Chihuahua.

Dr. Carlos Chávez Trillo

• Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua.
• Graduate of the Hematology specialty from the Specialty Hospital of the National Medical Center XXI Century, accredited by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
• Course in High Specialty in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation at ABC Medical Center and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
• Certified by the Mexican Council of Hematology.
• Member of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).
• Member of the European Hematology Association (EHA).
• Member of the Mexican Association for the Study of Hematology (AMEH).

Dr. Ana Laura Tapia Enríquez

• Specialist in adult hematology, graduated from the Centro Médico Nacional «20 de noviembre»
• Certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Hematología (Mexican Board for Hematology)
• Assistant professor of Hematology at Hospital General «President Lázaro Cárdenas»
• Adult hematologist at the Hospital General «Presidente Lázaro Cárdenas del Río»
• Active member of the Asociación Mexicana de Medicina Transfusional (Mexican Association of Blood Transfusion Medicine)

Pediatric Hematologist

Dr. Karla Lourdes Domínguez Rodríguez

• Graduated in pediatrics from the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa
• Graduated in pediatric hematology from the Universidad Autónoma de México
• Member of the Asociación Mexicana para el Estudio de la Hematología (AMEH, Mexican Association for the Study of Hematology)

Dr. Samantha Fierro Saenz

 

• Graduate of the Pediatric Hematology specialty from the «Dr. José Eleuterio González» Hospital of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León.
• Training in Bone Marrow Transplants for children and adolescents (UANL).
• Head of the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Hospital Ángeles de Chihuahua.
• Member of the Mexican Society of Cellular Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplant A.C. (SMTT).
• Member of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT).

Anesthesiology

Dr. Francisco Javier Martínez Pelayo

 

 

• Graduate of UNAM-Iztacala as a Surgeon and Obstetrician.
• Specialist in Anesthesiology, graduated from CMN West Guadalajara 1982-1985.
• Master’s degree in Hospital and Health Systems Administration.
• Instructor of ATLS and Difficult Airway Management.

Radiology and Imaging

Dr. Karla Karina Aguirre González

• Graduate of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua as a Surgeon and Obstetrician.
• Specialty in Radiology and Imaging from the Multicenter Program of Tecnológico de Monterrey (TecSalud).
• High Specialty in Breast Imaging from the Multicenter Program of Tecnológico de Monterrey (TecSalud).
• Active member of the Mexican Federation of Radiology and Imaging (FMRI) and the College of Radiology and Imaging of Chihuahua.
• Certified by the Mexican Council of Radiology and Imaging as a Radiologist and Specialist in Breast Imaging.
• Professor of the Radiology and Imaging Specialty in the Multicenter Program of Tecnológico de Monterrey (TecSalud).
• Radiologist at the Breast Center and Radiology Department of Hospital Angeles Chihuahua and the Oncology Center of Chihuahua.