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Dra Natalia Vargas Quesada – UROCARE
29 November, 2024

Dra Natalia Vargas Quesada – UROCARE

UROCARE is a medical service focused on the area of Urology, whose consultation helps to promote preservation & quality of life in its patients. We also offer a comprehensive service covering a wide range of areas in Sexology, including non-surgical cases with recommedations for behavioural & time-focused therapies amongst other options.

Our approach includes a careful assessment of the cognitative, behavioural, functional & organic deficiencies of each member of the couple, providing references for appropriate management of the relationship.

Cosmetic Dental Care and Implant Center
14 November, 2024

Cosmetic Dental Care and Implant Center

Cosmetic Dental Care and Implant Center is a First-Class Dental Office located in one of the most popular and developed areas in Costa Rica. However, first and foremost it is a place where its staff and medical professionals seek to restore your oral health to its maximum potential. Using top performance equipment and integral diagnosis, our dental team will look to provide an excellent medical and aesthetic outcome.

Dr. Moreno, our leading dental surgeon, and his colleagues have a keen interest in giving their patients optimal care to not only restore his patient’s dental health but give attention to detail and maintain the most structural integrity possible.

At Cosmetic Dental Care and Implant Center we seek to make you feel at home and put your mind at ease while getting your dental work done. We will give you options so that together we can choose the best possible treatment for your health, your smile and your budget.

Here we strive to treat you like family. And while you take the time to care for your oral health you can also visit beautiful Costa Rica and travel the country. See our breathtaking beaches and mountains, go rafting or just kick back and relax, soak in some sun and get to know the town. Have your dental treatment and a beautiful vacation all for a fraction of the cost in other places.

Dental Avenue

Dental Avenue

Dental Avenue offers a unique concept of its kind, combining a biological (holistic) vision with the traditional one both supported by science. All the protocols used in the clinic were developed in conjunction with the Latin American Society of Regenerative Medicine, through 35 years of experience and clinical studies. In this way we manage to develop a differentiated service by having better predictability in our cases, taking care of our patients at a comprehensive level.

We welcome you to our Dental Clinic of Multiple Specialties: For us it is a pleasure to be able to collaborate with your hygiene and well-being. We know that a wide and safe smile has more impact than thousands of words, that is why we are committed to creating a safe and advanced space, so that you can transform any ailment, correction or discomfort, into an eventual perfect smile.

Cellebration Wellness
4 June, 2024

Cellebration Wellness

Celebration Wellness is a modern clinic located in San Jose, Costa Rica, dedicated exclusively to offering its patients the most advanced treatments with mesenchymal stem cells. The clinic is one of the very few that holds an official license and certification from the Costa Rican Ministry of Health.
The medical, operational, and administrative staff have over 10 years of experience in the practice of stem cell treatments in the country, and their research center in the United States (Cellebration Life Sciences) is led by Dr. Anand Srivastava, who has devoted over 25 years to the research and development of the science surrounding the role of stem cells in the well-being of patients with a variety of conditions.

Dr Ronald Salazar Mora
14 May, 2024

Dr Ronald Salazar Mora

We offer a wide range of gynecological services for women of all ages at our clinic. From routine checkups to specialized surgical procedures, our highly trained team is committed to providing quality healthcare and ensuring the well-being of each patient. We provide comprehensive gynecologic consultations that include physical examinations, diagnostic tests, family planning counseling, and treatment for a variety of gynecologic conditions.
Our services also include advanced surgical procedures such as laparoscopic hysterectomies, myomectomies and colposcopies, performed by experts in the field. Additionally, we offer contraception options ranging from intrauterine devices to subdermal implants and provide comprehensive care for preconception and pregnancy monitoring.
In short, we strive to offer comprehensive and compassionate care to all of our patients, ensuring they feel comfortable and well cared for at all times.

Dr Mario Gonzalez
21 March, 2023

Dr Mario Gonzalez

Dr Mario Gonzalez is recognised as the best urology resident in Costa Rica in 2007. In 2012 he performed the first extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in Costa Rica.
Dr Mario Gonzalez has performed over 1,000 successful laparoscopic procedures including Green Light Laser of the prostate, REZUM and flexible laser ureteroscopy, radical nephrectomies, partial nephrectomies, pyeloplasties, and radical prostatectomies.
More than 800 endourological procedures for the management of renal lithiasis including percutaneous surgery, ureteroscopies and retrograde intrarenal surgery and more than 1500 minimally invasive prostate surgeries.
“Mi profesión me ha dado la oportunidad de tratar pacientes desde un malestar sencillo hasta un cáncer muy complejo. La urología cubre todos los aspectos del arte médico: clínica, procedimientos diagnósticos, tratamiento, manejo médico o quirúrgico de la enfermedad diagnosticada y finalmente el control del paciente posteriormente.
Amo mi profesión y sobre todo recuperarle la salud a un paciente, seguiré desempeñandome como urólogo hasta que Dios me lo permita.” Dr Mario Gonzalez

Dr Orlando Daly

Dr Orlando Daly

Dr Orlando Daly is a specialist in Orthopedics & Traumatology, with 13 years experience in this area.
Dr Daly helps patients with medical conditions such as – pain in the neck, shoulder, hip, knee, fracture of hip and bones, lumbar disc hernia, carpal tunnel syndrome, arthroscopic surgery of the knee, arthrodesis, replacement of hip & replacement of knee, amongst other conditions.
Dr Daly is a former professional basketball player and enjoys helping sports injury patients.

Dr Carlos Arguello – Prosthodontist
11 April, 2022

Dr Carlos Arguello – Prosthodontist

Dr Carlos Arguello is a US accredited Prosthodontist – a restorative and aesthetic expert who counts with the best protocols and technologies to obtain the best results.

In each treatment this has allowed him to help his patients regain function in their mouths and feel proud of their smile.

Dr Arguello is an expert in aesthetic dental procedures such as dental veneers, as well as oral rehabilitation procedures such as, implants, all on x, dentures and crowns.

Get healthy. Enjoy eating. Smile again.

With those three outcomes in mind, he offers a full range of services to ensure you’ll walk out happy and with your life improved.

Treatments & Procedures offered

Veneers, Digital Smile Design, Crowns, Bridges, Dentures, Implants, Implant Crowns, Implant Bridges, All on X, Fillings, Dental Cleaning and Whitenings

Hara House
17 March, 2022

Hara House

Hara House surge de una vasta experiencia profesional en el manejo y tratamiento residencial de diferentes problemáticas que afectan la salud mental, con la convicción de que la recuperación es posible y el balance emocional es la clave para el bienestar. 

Rodeado por la naturaleza y en cómodas instalaciones, ofrecemos tratamiento y atención profesional de alta calidad en salud mental, adicciones y patología dual. 

Entendemos que la eficacia en un proceso de recuperación, reside en la coherencia de un plan de tratamiento personalizado planteado desde un modelo que concibe a la persona como un todo. La experiencia de tratamiento en Hara House ofrece un abordaje que supera los enfoques tradicionales en la atención de la salud mental, las adicciones y sus comorbilidades, apoyándose en la entrevista motivacional y el modelo transteórico del cambio consideradas herramientas poderosas para evaluar las necesidades individuales y la motivación. 

Nuestros planes de tratamiento se elaboran con las técnicas más avanzadas y basadas ​​en la evidencia, lo que permite desarrollar con cada cliente, objetivos terapéuticos que promuevan la restauración y el mantenimiento de hábitos de vida más saludables. Este tratamiento residencial consiste de 12 semanas divididas en 3 fases de 28 días cada una. Durante ese tiempo nos comprometemos a evaluar, tratar y generar estrategias de mantenimiento adaptadas a las necesidades de la persona. El proceso de seguimiento se estructura previo al egreso de acuerdo con las recomendaciones del equipo clínico. 

Tratamientos y procedimientos ofrecidos: Hara House ofrece tratamiento residencial para: 

Depresión 

Trastorno bipolar 

Ansiedad 

Trastorno de estrés postraumático y trauma

Trastornos de la personalidad

Esquizofrenia

Trastornos la conducta alimentaria 

Adicciones 

Patologías duales

Hara House emerges from extensive previous experiences of recovery treatment with the belief that recovery is possible and mental health is the key for the wellbeing. 

Surrounded by nature, in comfortable facilities and a supportive environment, we offer high quality professional treatment and care for mental health, addictions and dual diagnosis.

We are convinced that the effectiveness of recovery is the consistency of a personalized treatment plan based in a model that conceives a person as a whole. 

Hara House experience offers a unique approach to traditional treatment for mental health, addictions and its co morbidities.  This approach comprehends holistic-integrative individualized programs. Treatment strategy includes motivational interview and trans theoretical model as a powerful tool to evaluate needs and motivation. 

Our treatment proposals are based in the most advanced technics and evidence-based approaches, that allows developing strong therapeutic strategies in order to promote recovery and the maintenance of a healthy life plan. 

Inpatient treatment proposal consists of a 12 week program, divided in 3 phases of 28 days each. During that time we are committed to conduct evaluation, treatment and the maintenance recovery strategies adapted to the person’s needs. A follow up program is designed previous to discharge according to the clinical team recommendations.

Jet Companion Canada
5 December, 2021

Jet Companion Canada

Jet Companion Canada

Are you traveling for treatment or do you need to fly after surgery?

Jet Companion specializes in caring for people while they are flying to their destination on a commercial flight or a private charter.

Each flying companion is a fully licensed English-speaking flight nurse. We organize air medical transports from A to Z for passengers with a wide variety of medical challenges.

 –        Travel companions for medical travelers

–        Planned or emergency repatriation not covered by travel insurance

–        Relocations into long term care or hospice overseas

–        End of life travel missions

–        Travel by commercial airline, air stretcher flight, private of group medical charter

 We combine our impeccable customer service with the highest international care standards. 

Book a medical travel companion to or from Costa Rica for a fraction of the cost of an air ambulance!

 

Dr Isaac Castrillo Acuña
15 October, 2021

Dr Isaac Castrillo Acuña

Dr Isaac Castrillo Acuña – Obstetrics & Gynecology OBGYN

Dr Castrillo has a brand new clinic in Escazú, where he attends patients for consultations and diagnostics.

He performs surgeries at various hospitals in the San José area, including Hospital Clinica Biblica & CIMA Hospital, which are both JCI accredited hospitals.

Some of his most popular procedures are explained here. For a full list – see Treatments

Hysterectomy

SUMMARY

  • A Hysterectomy is a procedure to remove the uterus or womb. The uterus is the organ located in the pelvis that responds to hormones during the menstrual cycle to shed blood and tissue to form the menstrual bleeding, it also carries a baby when a person is pregnant. If you have a hysterectomy, you will not have menstruation nor be able to get pregnant again.

DURATION

  • This procedure lasts around 60 minutes

APPROACHES

  • Laparoscopy: this is the most recommended approach since it has the lowest rate of complications and the fastest recovery rate. It is performed through a small cut in the belly button (0.5 in) and 3 to 4 accessory cuts (0.2 in) at each side of the lowest part of the abdomen.
  • Abdominal: it is performed through a horizontal cut made in the lowest part of the abdomen, around 5 in, right above the pubic hairline. It’s usually the fastest approach, it requires dissolvable stitches or staples.
  • Vaginal: it is performed specially when the womb is prolapsed and small, it has one of the fastest recovery rates and the stitches are not visible.

Depending on your needs and medical conditions, the doctor will indicate which approach fits you best

Salpingectomy – Surgical Sterilization

SUMMARY

  • This is a procedure to remove part of the Fallopian tubes. The Fallopian tubes are the organs located at each side of the uterus or womb that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus, this is the place where fertilization occurs. If you have a salpingectomy, you will not be able to get pregnant by natural means anymore.

​DURATION

  • This procedure lasts around 30 minutes

APPROACHES

  • Laparoscopy: this is the most recommended approach since it has the lowest rate of complications and the fastest recovery rate. It is performed through a small cut in the belly button (0.5 in) and 2 accessory cuts (0.2 in) at one side of the lowest part of the abdomen.
  • Abdominal: it is performed through a horizontal cut made in the lowest part of the abdomen, around 2 in, right above the pubic hairline. It requires dissolvable stitches or staples

Depending on your needs and medical conditions, the doctor will indicate you which approach fits you best.

Benign Ovarian Tumor Resection

SUMMARY

  • This is a procedure to remove a tumor from the ovary, it could be a solid or a cystic tumor. The ovaries are organs located in the pelvis on each side of the uterus or womb and they are responsible for most of the hormonal production that regulate the menstrual cycle and ovulation.

DURATION

  • This procedure lasts around 60 minutes

APPROACHES

  • Laparoscopy: this is the most recommended approach since it has the lowest rate of complications and the fastest recovery rate. It is performed through a small cut in the belly button (0.5 in) and 2 to 3 accessory cuts (0.2 in) at each side of the lowest part of the abdomen.
  • Abdominal: it is performed through a horizontal cut made in the lowest part of the abdomen, around 5 in (depending on the size of the tumor), right above the pubic hairline. It’s usually the fastest approach, it requires dissolvable stitches or staples.

Depending on your needs, medical conditions and size of the tumor, the doctor will indicate you which approach fits you best.

DHI Hair Restoration Clinic

DHI Hair Restoration Clinic

DHI Hair Restoration Clinic is a world-class clinic located in San Rafael de Escazú in Costa Rica, which specializes in hair restoration for men and women. Using a combination of innovative technology, medical expertise and cosmetic art, DHI’s exceptional team strives to provide excellent services and a warm, friendly experience.

The treatments at DHI are proven to be effective and offer long-lasting, natural-looking appearance that restore emotional health, beauty, and confidence. Hair restoration procedures, such as hair transplants, eyebrow restoration, female hair restoration, and beard restoration, are customized for each patient.

The team of specialists welcomes anyone who considers having a hair loss condition to schedule a consultation to discuss the current state of their scalp, medical history, and with the latest technology, we will give you an accurate diagnosis along with the specific treatment for you. We put at your disposal the direct contact of our clinic manager to schedule your assessment appointment in person or online.

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