MARIO ARTURO ALONSO VANEGAS
México


Mario Arturo Alonso Vanegas
Professor Functional Neurosurgery
Email: alonsomario@hotmail.com
Date of Birth: 20 December 1961

Degrees
1981-82 Undergraduate studies in Basic Sciences at the Medical School, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi (Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí)
1983-86 Medical School, Autonomous University of Guadalajara (Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG).
1987 Internship at the General Hospital of
Sonora in Hermosillo

1988 Medical Social Service at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery Manuel Velasco Suárez ( INNN MVS) Research project: Glycerin: Metabolic and Neurological effects of cerebral edema.
1990-1994 Residency in Neurosurgery at the Hospital Juárez de México

1994-1998 Fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery, Fuctional Neurosurgery and Research. Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada

Board certifications
1994 Certification by the Mexican Board of Neurological Surgery.
1999, 2005, 2010, 2015 Recertification
Medical Associations
1998- Society for Neurosciences
1998- Montreal Neurological Institute Fellow’s Society
2000- American Epilepsy Society
2005- Latin-American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
2000- Mexican Chapter of the ILAE
2000- National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery Society
1999- Mexican Academy of Neurology
1994- Mexican Society of Neurological Surgery
1999- Mexican Neurological Surgery Council
2006- National Academy of Medicine
2006- Mexican Academy of Surgery
Professional Experience
1999-2018


2018- Attending Neurosurgeon, Division of Neurosurgery National Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery ( INNN), Mexico City
Director International Center Epilepsy Surgery, Humanitas Medical Group, HMG Coyoacán, Mexico City
Professional Activities and Academic Appointments
1999-2018 Nominal Researcher “A” at the National Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery appointed by the External Commission of Researcher of the National Health Institutes”.
1999-2015

2017-2020 National Researcher Level 1. National Researchers System

National Researcher Level 2. National Researchers System

2001- Coordinator of the National Epilepsy Priority Program in its section of “Surgical Treatment of the Epilepsies”

2005-2018



2017-

2017- Professor Postgraduate Course in Epilepsy Surgery, National Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico UNAM

Treasurer ILAE Commission for Latin American Affairs

Chair ILAE Epilepsy Surgery in the Developing World task force
Skills
Languages Spanish 100%
English 100%
Academic publications and conferences
84 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. Last five:
1. Alonso-Vanegas MA, San-Juan D, Buentello García RM, Castillo-Montoya C, Sentíes-Madrid H, Mascher EB, Bialik PS, Trenado C. Long-term surgical results of supplementary motor area epilepsy surgery. J Neurosurg. 2017 Feb 3:1-7. doi: 10.3171/2016.8.JNS16333. [Epub ahead of print]
2. Alonso Vanegas, M. A., Lew, S. M., Morino, M. and Sarmento, S. A. (2017), Microsurgical techniques in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia, 58: 10–18. doi:10.1111/epi.13684
3. Martínez-Levy GA, Rocha L, Rodriguez Pineda F, Alonso-Vanegas MA, Nani A, Buentello-García RM, Pérez-Molina R, Briones-Velasco M, San-Juan D, Cienfuegos J, Cruz-Fuentes CS. Increased Expression of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Transcripts I and VI, cAMP Response Element Binding, and Glucocorticoid Receptor in the Cortex of Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Mol Neurobiol (2017). doi:10.1007/s12035-017-0597-0
4. Alonso Vanegas MA, Buentello GRM, Brust ME, Rubio DF, San Juan OD. 75° Aniversario de la Sociedad Mexicana de Neurología y Psiquiatría. Avances en cirugía de epilepsia del lóbulo temporal. Rev Neurol Neurocir Psiquiat 2017; 45 (1)
5. Cuellar-Herrera M, Rocha L, Saleh-Subaie N, Velasco F, Aguado-Carillo G, Alonso Vanegas M, Guevara-Guzman R, Velasco AL. Changes in functional coupling of the 5-HT1A receptor to the G-protein in neocortex temporal tissues of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Rev Med Hosp Gen Méx. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hgmx.2017.07.002
40 chapters in specialized books
105 Participation in international Neuroscience Congresses
103 Participations in National Neuroscience Congresses
228 Invitations as speaker in national/international courses/conferences