Dr. Juan Pablo Pantoja

Dr. Juan Pablo Pantoja is an Associate Staff Physician in the General Surgery Department at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi's Digestive Disease Institute. He trained in Mexico at the National Autonomous University and the prestigious National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City, where he completed his general surgery residency and first endocrine surgery fellowship. He then pursued advanced training in endocrine and biliopancreatic surgery at Hospital Clínico y Provincial in Barcelona, Spain, before returning to Mexico as a staff surgeon for nearly two decades.

Dr. Pantoja specializes in weight-loss (bariatric) surgery, endocrine surgery (including thyroid and other hormone-related cancers), and advanced laparoscopic techniques—meaning he performs many procedures through small incisions rather than open surgery. He has over 20 years of focused experience in bariatric and endocrine surgery, and he currently leads the Mexican Board of Surgery, a testament to his standing in the surgical community.

He is a good fit for patients seeking complex abdominal or thyroid surgery with a surgeon experienced in minimally invasive approaches, or those considering weight-loss surgery who want a specialist with deep expertise in metabolic and endocrine conditions.