Meet Dr. Maspons
Dr. Aldo Maspóns was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. His family has resided in the El Paso/Juárez area for over a century. He was raised by his mother, and as a child he worked with his grandfather to design, install, and maintain neon signs. He attended St. Pius and Cathedral High School and, later, Santa Clara University, where he trained in the Jesuit tradition and earned undergraduate degrees in studio art and biology. He was the first in his family to graduate from college.
Dr. Maspóns earned his medical degree at the internationally renowned medical school University of Texas Southwestern Dallas (UTSW). While at UTSW, he trained at the prestigious Parkland Hospital and Children’s Hospital-Dallas, and that’s where his love for stamping-out disease was grew strong. He did his residency in Pediatrics at the University of New Mexico and his specialty training in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine Houston/Texas Children’s Hospital, the largest children’s hospital in the United States, ranked second nationally in the field of gastroenterology by US News and World Report.
He returned home to El Paso in 2012 to serve his community as a Pediatric Gastroenterologist, with the goal of improving patient care and outcomes in the community. He is Co-founder/CEO of VeMiDoc, a medical technology startup aimed at modernizing the patient-physician relationship by focusing on improving medical outcomes. He is team player who views Maspons Pediatric Gastro as one component of a bigger team that helps care for your child.
Conoce a Dr. Maspóns
El Dr. Aldo Maspóns nació y creció en El Paso, Texas. Su familia ha residido en el área de El Paso / Juárez durante más de un siglo. Fue criado por su madre, y de niño trabajó con su abuelo para diseñar, instalar y mantener letreros de neón. Asistió a la escuela secundaria St. Pius and Cathedral y, más tarde, a la Universidad de Santa Clara, donde se formó en la tradición jesuita y obtuvo títulos universitarios en estudio de arte y biología. Fue el primero en su familia en graduarse de la universidad.
El Dr. Maspóns obtuvo su título de médico en la escuela de medicina de renombre internacional de la Universidad de Texas Southwestern Dallas (UTSW). Mientras estaba en UTSW, se formó en el prestigioso Hospital Parkland y en el Hospital de Niños de Dallas, y allí fue donde su amor por curar la enfermedad se hizo más fuerte. Hizo su residencia en Pediatría en la Universidad de Nuevo México y su entrenamiento especializado en Gastroenterología Pediátrica en el Baylor College of Medicine Houston / Texas Children’s Hospital, el hospital infantil más grande de los Estados Unidos, ocupó el segundo lugar a nivel nacional en el campo de la gastroenterología por US News and World Report.
Regresó a su tierra natal de El Paso en 2012 para servir a su comunidad como gastroenterólogo pediátrico, con el objetivo de mejorar la atención al paciente y los resultados en la comunidad. Es co–fundador / CEO de VeMiDoc, una startup de tecnología médica destinada a modernizar la relación médico-paciente al enfocarse en mejorar los resultados de salud. Él es un jugador de equipo que ve a Maspons Pediatric Gastro como un componente de un equipo más grande que ayuda a cuidar a sus tesoros mas grandes, sus hijos.
Education & Recognition
1993-1997
El Paso, TX
2002-2006
Medical School
Television
Radio Appearance
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- Radio interview with Hector H. Lopez. El Paso For America. Obesity and the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax. KHRO-AM 1150; Entravision Communications. El Paso, TX. 01/2011
YouTube
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology
Pediatric Surgery International
Practical Gastroenterology
Journal of Applied Research on Children
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2019 Conference Seattle. Refeeding Syndrome July 2019
- Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology. Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. November 2017
- Grand Rounds, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio Transplant Center: “Medicine without Medicine-The Start Up.” September 2017
- Texas Children’s Hospital Liver Department: Modernizing the Patient Physician Relationship.October 2018.
- NM Pediatric Society Fall Wylder Lecture Series “General GI and Advanced Endoscopy: NAFLD, Stones, Pancreatitis”. August 27, 2016
- Cuidando La Salud Conference; 4th Annual Latino Medical Student Association Southwest Regional Conference; Supersized: The Dangers of Fructose, Obesity, and Fatty Liver; University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio. January 2016
- Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians: Service Scholarship, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. December 2015
- Service Scholarship. Southwest Regional Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians Medicine Conference. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. December 2015
- Pancreatic Trauma Injuries in Pediatric Patients. 14th Annual Rio Grande Trauma Conference. Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso. December 2013
- Rapidly Progressive Adenovirus Associated Acute Liver Failure in a Child with ALL: Potential: Diagnostic Utility of Hepatic Imaging Findings. North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. New Orleans; 10/2010
