🇲🇽 Tijuana, Mexico

ALO Bariatrics

ALO Bariatrics is a Mexican weight-loss surgery group directed by Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Ortega, with locations in Tijuana, Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. It performs minimally invasive bariatric procedures in accredited hospitals and advertises all-inclusive packages starting around $4,500.

Bariatric surgery

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Provider / aggregator

Known for

◆High-volume bariatric surgeon
◆Multiple Mexico locations
◆All-inclusive packages

Accreditation & verification

Accreditation is facility-level and time-bound. Where a public registry exists, we link straight to it so you can confirm currency yourself.

ASMBS member

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Corroborated

No public registry mapped — confirm currency directly with the issuer.

IFSO member

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity

Corroborated

Verify in the IFSO registry

Published prices

Provider-published figures. Not personalised quotes — confirm inclusions directly.

Provider	Published price (USD)	Typically includes	Source
Gastric Sleeve (Sleeve Gastrectomy)	$4,500–$4,700	surgery, hospital, aftercare	Corroborated

What's in the package

Typically included

✓Surgery / procedure fee
✓Hospital stay
✓Aftercare / follow-up

Usually excluded

×Flights

Procedures offered

Surgeons & specialists

Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Ortega

Bariatric Surgeon, Medical Director · Bariatric surgery

ASMBS · IFSO

Dr. Salvador Ramirez

Bariatric Surgeon · Bariatric surgery

Languages

Spanish · English

Sources

Every claim on this profile traces to a public source, with its confidence level.

ALO Bariatrics official siteProvider-stated
WhatClinic - ALO BariatricsReported

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MedTraveling Transparency Index

70/ 100

Moderate transparency

Key signals present; some gaps remain to verify directly.

89% of checkable signals present

This is a transparency measure — how much about ALO Bariatrics is publicly checkable — not a clinical-quality verdict. Each dimension is explained, with its limitation.

Pricing transparency

Whether prices are published, with inclusions/exclusions and how many procedures are quoted. — Published ranges are not personalised quotes.

Clinician transparency

Whether named surgeons are listed and their society memberships disclosed. — A named, credentialed surgeon is not a measure of individual skill.

Accreditation & verifiability

Whether accreditation is held and traceable to a public verification registry. — Accreditation is facility-level and time-bound — confirm currency directly.

Independent evidence

Count and diversity of independent (non-provider) sources behind the profile. — Thin coverage lowers confidence — it is not a verdict on quality.

International support

Breadth of languages supported for cross-border patients. — Stated language support is not a guarantee of service.

Outcome reporting

Whether the provider publishes any outcome or complication data. — Almost no provider reports this — its absence is itself the signal.

Independent reputation

4.9/ 5

6 reviews on WhatClinic

Reportedfew reviews — read with care

Patient opinion, not clinical outcome evidence — and deliberately kept out of the Transparency Index. We show the source so you can judge it yourself.

What's missing

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!No published outcome or complication data