Dr. Dick Manrique majored in General Surgery at the Cayetano Heredia University in Peru, and has completed postgraduate studies in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Obesity Surgery, Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Coloproctology Surgery and Major Ambulatory Surgery, in Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. He has been trained in procedures for Digestive Endoscopy and in Transabdominal (TAUS), Intraoperatory (IOUS) and Laparoscopic Ultrasonography (LUS).

His surgery team is one of the pioneers in Peru to have developed procedures –as part of their routine– for Major Ambulatory Surgery (no hospitalization required), which includes procedures for cholecystectomy (bladder surgery), surgery for gastroesophagic reflux, herniorraphy (hernia surgery), gynecologic surgery, surgery for chronic abdominal pain, surgery for hepatic cysts, diagnostic laparoscopy, intragastric balloon implantation, and more. All of them performed endoscopically or with scarcely invasive methods, and ambulatory (no hospitalization required).

In 2001, Dr. Manrique launched an Ambulatory Surgery Program for Emergencies in Peru that considers selected cases of non-perforated acute appendicitis, cholecystitis without biliary obstruction, etc. using ambulatory surgery.

He won the Contest of the III Peruvian Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, organized in 2002 by the Peruvian Endoscopic Surgery Society, with his paper, “Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Nefrectomy” on patients with renal adenocarcynoma in stages pT2-pT3.

In 2004, he was given recognition for all the surgical activities developed as part of the Major Ambulatory Surgery Program of the IPS Ambulatory Surgery Center of Bogotá, Colombia.

In 2005, he was especially acknowledged for his participation in the book, “Major Ambulatory Surgery: Experiences for Latin America” written by John Henry Moore MD, FACS, Bogotá, Colombia, for the quality of his contribution as the author of several chapters and in the organization process of the book itself.

In 2006, he was granted the Allergan® Certification in the Unites States, which accredits him as a bariatric surgeon in the use of the LAP-BAND System (Adjustable Gastric Band System) and the Allergan® Certification in Santiago de Chile, in the use of the BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon System (BIB Program). In addition to that, he obtained the SILIMED Certification in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the use of this Adjustable Gastric Band.

In 2006, assisted to the VII Latin American Congress of Endoscopy Surgery (ALACE) in Miami and participated in the I Workshop of Bariatric Surgery in Cleveland Clinic of Weston, Florida

In 2007, he became an active member of the International Federation of Surgery of Obesity IFSO in Cancun, Mexico, and tool part, as well, in the II Latin American IFSO Congress on Surgery of Obesity that took place in that city. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, he was trained at the Bariatric Videosurgery Center of Albert Einstein Hospital, and also attended the II International Workshop on Adjustable Gastric Band.

In 2007, assisted to the First Annual International Consensus Summit for Sleeve Gastrectomy that took place in New York, United States.

In 2008, he assisted to the XIII World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO 2008) and participated in the Advanced Bariatric Surgery Course. Both took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 2009, he participated in the Second Annual International Consensus Summit for Sleeve Gastrectomy as well as the VII International Meeting of International Club of Young Laparoscopic Surgeons which took place in Miami Beach, United States.

In 2010 he participated in the Masters of Minimally Invasive Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery that took place in Orlando, Florida.