Dr. Alberto Wintergerst Fisch
Board certified
See credentialsTijuana, Baja California
Board certification you can check, before you book surgery.
Mexican specialists are certified through a public national registry, with certificate numbers and expiry dates anyone can look up. Almost nobody marketing to American patients bothers to show it. Every specialist here has theirs published, with the date of the check and a link so you can repeat it.
Three separate checks
Licence to practise
The cédula profesional: the federal licence to practise medicine at all. Public record, and the floor below which nothing else matters.
Specialty board certification
Certification in the specialty they are actually treating you in, required by law, valid for five years. The certificate number and both dates are published.
Facility licence
The clinic or hospital carries its own sanitary licence, separate from the surgeon's credentials.
Specialists
0 of 2 listed doctors currently have a confirmed licence, and 2 hold board certification that's inside its validity window.
Dr. Luis Fernando Pasten Rojo
Board certified
See credentialsWhat people cross for
Twelve specialties, each certified by a named Mexican board whose certificate you can look up. Plastic surgery and hair restoration draw the most searches from north of the border; oncology second opinions and orthopaedics draw the most considered ones.
Bariatric surgeons
Weight loss surgery: gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and revision procedures, performed laparoscopically.
Plastic surgeons
Elective and reconstructive surgery: abdominoplasty, breast surgery and rhinoplasty.
Ophthalmologists
Laser vision correction and cataract surgery with intraocular lens replacement.
Orthopedic surgeons
Joint replacement and reconstruction, including knee replacement.
Fertility specialists
IVF and assisted reproduction, including egg retrieval and embryo transfer.
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
Surgical treatment of the jaw, mouth and face, including reconstruction after injury and corrective jaw surgery.
Hair restoration
Follicular unit transplant and medical treatment for hair loss. One of the highest-volume reasons North Americans travel to Mexico.
Dermatologists
Medical and cosmetic skin treatment, including skin cancer screening, laser work and injectables.
Oncologists
Diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and second opinions on a diagnosis or treatment plan made at home.
Urologists
Treatment of the urinary tract and male reproductive system, including stones, prostate and vasectomy.
Cardiologists
Heart diagnosis and treatment, from screening and imaging through to interventional procedures.
Neurosurgeons
Surgery of the brain, spine and nervous system, including spinal decompression and fusion.
Are you a specialist in Mexico?
Add your practice, and let patients check your credentials
A verified listing costs nothing: your cédula and your board certificate are confirmed against the public registries and published with the date of the check. Promoted placement and a website are separate, and priced in US dollars because the patients are.
Questions patients actually ask
How do I know a Tijuana surgeon is board certified?
Mexico has a national system for this and it's public. Specialty certification runs through CONACEM, the national committee of Mexican specialty boards, and it's a legal requirement under the General Health Law rather than an optional credential. Certificates carry a five-year validity window. Each certificate is looked up, its number and both dates published, and the directory linked so you can check it yourself.
Is that different from just having a medical licence?
Completely, and that gap is the reason this site exists. A cédula profesional makes someone a licensed physician. Board certification is what says they are a certified specialist in the field they are operating on you in. Plenty of marketing blurs the two. A surgeon with a valid licence and no specialty certification in the procedure you're booking is a fact you should have before you cross the border, not after.
What about the clinic itself?
Facilities are licensed separately by COFEPRIS. A fully certified surgeon can operate in a facility that isn't licensed, so that's recorded as its own line on every profile.
Does paying you get a doctor a badge?
No. Doctors pay to be listed and promoted, which is disclosed on every page. Certification either appears in the public registry inside its validity window or it doesn't. Payment moves a doctor within a verification level and never across one.