Dr. Mendoza-Ladd graduated cum laude from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, in the top 5 % of his class. He completed his internal medicine residency and general gastroenterology fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, and subsequently obtained training in interventional endoscopy at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania. During his education and training, he obtained several distinctions, including University of San Carlos Catedra Prima excellence award, the NYU Robert M. Glickman award for excellence in research, the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy video forum award, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Crystal Award for colon cancer awareness outreach. He is a member and fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).  He is also a member of the Texas Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TSGE) and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), where he serves as a board member of the Equity project.  He has served in numerous committees in all of these professional associations. His clinical interests include endoscopic techniques and devices, biliary disorders, third space endoscopy and particularly, management of acute and chronic pancreatitis. During his time at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, he has pioneered interventional endoscopy. Some of his achievements include performing the first EUS-directed transgastric ERCP, EUS guided gastroenterostomy, EUS guided cholecystoentergastomy nd full thickness resection of colonic lesions in the region. He has published several original articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a key clinical faculty member of the TTUHSC El Paso gastroenterology fellowship program.   Areas of Interest: Pancreatobiliary diseases Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) ERCP Third space endoscopy General gastrointestinal endoscopy