Homero Rivas, MD

Director of Innovative Surgery - Stanford University School of Medicine

Dr. Rivas joined Stanford in March 2010. He is Stanford's Director of Innovative Surgery after serving as an Assistant Professor of Surgery, and Co-Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Program at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.

Dr. Rivas is a pioneer and leader in single-incision laparoscopic surgery and in other novel surgical techniques, including natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. Presently he has one of the largest series of single-incision laparoscopic surgery cases

Following Medical School at the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (UJED) - where he graduated with honors and top of his class - and a five-year Residency in General Surgery at the University of North Dakota, Dr. Rivas earned a pair of one-year fellowships. The second took him to Barcelona, Spain for a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Digestive Surgery at the Hospital Clinic affiliated to the Universitat de Barcelona. During his time in Europe, he also trained extensively with Laparoscopic pioneers from Scotland, Germany and France.

Upon completion of his training, he moved back to his home town of Durango, Mexico, where he practiced with his father, a General Surgeon, and a brother, a Gynecologist. He was also Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Hospital de la Paz, and Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology of the UJED. He returned to the United States to accept the position at Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. 

One of his goals at Stanford is to be an advocate of the large Latino population in Northern California. Also, he maintains an extensive academic network built during his international travels, and often welcomes invited visiting surgeons and students to his practice.