Doctors

Luis A. Linares, M. D.
HOPE International Medical Director

Oncologic Radiation Board Certified
American College of Radiation Oncology´s Fellowship
   
Training:

 General Surgery

• I.G.S.S.’s General Hospital in Guatemala

Oncologic Surgery

• Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital, London
• Christie Hospital.  Manchester, England.

Radiotherapy

• Oncologic Radiotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
• Brachytherapy Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY, USA

Collegiate register and Practice Licenses:

• Guatemala Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos.  Collegiate No. 1988
• Arizona No. 35046
• Florida No. 96975
• Georgia No. 025458
• Louisiana No. R031833 No. L10119R
• Maryland No. D37240
• New York No. 162835-1
• Pennsylvania No. MD642120E

Awards

• "Best Doctors in America"
• "Best Doctors in New Orleans"
• "America’s Top Oncologists"
• "New Orleans´s Top Doctors Award"
• "Community of Hope Award of the American Cancer Society"

Positions and acknowledgments
 

• 6/09 – to Date: HOPE International Radiotherapy Center´s Medical Director.  Guatemala City.
• 4/08 – to Date: Scientific advisor for the Instituto Catalán de Oncología and Associate Professor at the Universidad de Barcelona.
• 3/06 – 6/09: Oncology Radiotherapist at East Jefferson General Hospital.  Oncologic Radiotherapy Department, 4204 Houma Blvd, Metairie LA 70006.
• 7/05 – 8/05: President of the Cancer Commission for the Cancer Commission at Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
• President of the Hematology and Oncology Specialists committee´s Medical Staff. LLC 2820 Napoleon Av. New Orleans LA 70115.
• 9/03 – 8/05: Medical Director of the Hematology and Oncology Medical Center, LLC, 2820 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115.
• President of NOCI’s Cancer Commission, Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
• 7/03 – 8/05: Medical Director of NOCI, New Orleans Cancer Institute, Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans; LA.
• President of NOCI’s Cancer Commission, Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
• 7/99 – Associate Professor of Tulane University Medical Center, Cancer Center and LSU.
• 7/94 - 8/05: New Orleans Cancer Institute´s Medical Director, Memorial Medical Center, 2820 Napoleon Av. Suite 110A New Orleans LA 70115.
• Oncologic Radiotherapy Department´s Medical Director, Memorial Medical Center.
• 03 - 05: NOCI’s Ethical and Protocols Commission President, Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
• 88 - 94 Washington County Hospital MD’s Ethical and Protocols Commission President
• 88 - 94 Oncologic Radiotherapy Department’s Medical Director, Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown MD.
• 85 – 88: Medical Specialization at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
• 78 – 80: Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England.  Oncologic Surgery. Christie Hospital, England, Oncologic Surgery.

Dr. Edgar Ruíz

Radiotherapist Oncologist

• Radiotherapy Service’s rotation at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, USA.
• OIEA’s Oncologic Radiotherapist scholarship trained in Zaragoza, Spain at the Hospital Clínico Universitario - LOZANO BLEZA of Zaragoza and at the Instituto Catalán de Oncología in Barcelona.
• Radiotherapy fellowship at the Instituto de Cancerología “Dr. Bernardo del Valle S.”, en Guatemala City.
• General surgery resident at Centro Médico Militar, Guatemala.
• Radiobiology course at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Physics Medical course at Hospital Roosevelt de Guatemala.
• Applied Physics Applied to Clinical Radiotherapy, Malaga, Spain.
• Radiotherapic Oncology Support course, in Madrid, Spain.
• Clinical Indications of Oncology Radiotherapy Course in Benasque, Spain.
• Physician graduated at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.