With an extensive career spanning Mexico, Latin America, and Europe, Dr. Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba Castellón, stands as a pioneer in reproductive medicine and a source of hope for those pursuing parenthood. His advanced training in Germany and Japan has shaped his global perspective and cemented his reputation as a leader in fertility innovation.
Dr. Ruvalcaba made history as the first physician in Latin America to perform an ovarian transplant—an achievement that redefined reproductive possibilities. He also led the region’s first successful birth through egg freezing, marking a transformative milestone in assisted reproduction and advancing fertility care for generations to come.
- Graduate of the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG)
- Professor at the University of Guadalajara & Human Reproductive Biology
- Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the
- Hospital Centro Medico Puerta de Hierro, Guadalajara (Zapopan), Jalisco, Mexico
- Fellow in Laparoscopic Surgery at the University of Kiel, Germany, 1994
- Fellow in Human Reproductive Biology and Assisted Reproduction at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, and in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, 1997
- Visiting Fellow in Assisted Reproductive Techniques and Vitrification at Kato Ladies Clinic, Tokyo, Japan, 2004
- Active Member of the International Society for Fertility Preservation
- Active Member of the Mexican, American, and European Reproductive Association AMMR, ASRM, ESHRE, ABSA, Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society of Houston, Texas
- First pregnancy in Mexico and second pregnancy in LATAM from devitrified eggs, 2005
- Second worldwide IVM pregnancy with vitrification, 2007
- Training in ovarian transplantation, Saint Louis, Missouri, 2007, and Brussels Belgium, 2008
- Training in Robotic Surgery, Celebration Hospital Orlando, Florida, 2009
- Chair of the REI Fellowship program at Puerto de Hierro and Clinical Professor of the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program in Mexico
- First Ovarian Cortical Tissue Transplant in Latin America, 2013
- Founding member of the International Uterine Transplant Society (UTx), 2016
- General Medical Director: Mexican Infertility Institute (IMI Founder), Advanced Fertility Center Cancun (AFCC), and the Fertility Center Tijuana