
Dr. Humberto Elias Bohorquez MD
Transplant Surgeon
1514 Jefferson Hwy New Orleans LA, 70121About
Dr. Humberto Bohorquez is a transplant surgeon practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Bohorquez specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Bohorquez performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Bohorquez works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
Education and Training
Fac of Med-Papal University Javeriana-Bogota MD
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogot· Facultad de Medicina 1989
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Liver Cancer
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Vascular Disease
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Practice At 1514 Jefferson Hwy
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