Carlos M. Mery , MD

Resident
General Surgery
Boston, MA

Carlos is a surgical resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School in Boston. After completing high school, he entered a six-year medical program in Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) Medical School. During the last years he became exposed to clinical research. He was captivated by the idea of how we currently treat diseases in order to be able to propose new treatment modalities and test their effectiveness. Upon completion of medical school in 1999, he joined the Department of Gastroenterology at the "Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion" in Mexico, the premier center of medical care and research in the country, for a one-year fellowship in clinical research. At the end of this fellowship he pursued a Master of Public Health degree in Harvard University with emphasis in clinical epidemiology. He completed the Biodesign Surgical Innovation Program at Stanford between his third and fourth clinical years of surgical residency. He will be pursuing a career in cardiothoracic surgery.