{"id":225319,"date":"2026-07-23T15:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fightcolorectalcancer.org\/medical-team\/hans-elzinga\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:33:13","slug":"hans-elzinga","status":"publish","type":"medical-team","link":"https:\/\/fightcolorectalcancer.org\/es\/medical-team\/hans-elzinga\/","title":{"rendered":"Hans Elzinga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Dr. Hans Elzinga se licenci\u00f3 en la Facultad de Medicina y Odontolog\u00eda de la Universidad de Rochester y realiz\u00f3 su residencia en medicina familiar en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Wisconsin, en el programa de formaci\u00f3n rural de Baraboo, donde se especializ\u00f3 en endoscopia gastrointestinal y obstetricia quir\u00fargica, incluidas las ces\u00e1reas. \u202fRecibi\u00f3 una beca del Cuerpo Nacional de Servicios Sanitarios y comenz\u00f3 su per\u00edodo de servicio obligatorio en San Saba, Texas. Complet\u00f3 su per\u00edodo de servicio obligatorio en Longmont, Colorado, en Salud Family Health, un centro de salud acreditado a nivel federal, donde lleva ejerciendo m\u00e1s de 25 a\u00f1os.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Dr. Elzinga se ha centrado en ofrecer atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en procedimientos a poblaciones de pacientes desatendidas, sobre todo en pruebas de detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer. Ha asistido en m\u00e1s de 1.000 partos, ha realizado m\u00e1s de 400 ces\u00e1reas y ha llevado a cabo m\u00e1s de 20.000 colonoscopias y endoscopias del tracto gastrointestinal superior. \u202fHa formado a residentes y becarios en endoscopia gastrointestinal. Es profesor cl\u00ednico asociado en el Departamento de Medicina Familiar de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Colorado. Es director de la Cl\u00ednica de Procedimientos Especiales de Salud Family Health. \u202fSe trata de una sala de endoscopia dentro de la cl\u00ednica que se cre\u00f3 \u00edntegramente gracias a donaciones y que recibi\u00f3 una subvenci\u00f3n de 500 000 d\u00f3lares de la HRSA como parte del programa \u00abCancer Moonshot\u00bb de la administraci\u00f3n Biden. \u202fLa sala ofrece colonoscopias y endoscopias digestivas altas a precio reducido para pacientes con bajos ingresos y sin seguro m\u00e9dico a trav\u00e9s de su programa \u00abButt Savers\u00bb. Se trata de un programa que se financia gracias a las donaciones del personal mediante deducciones de n\u00f3mina. \u202fLa sala ya ha realizado m\u00e1s de 1.000 intervenciones a pacientes desatendidos desde que abri\u00f3 sus puertas en diciembre de 2022.          <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abCreo que los pacientes desfavorecidos merecen tener acceso a pruebas de detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer colorrectal de la misma calidad, o incluso mejor, que el resto de nosotros. La epidemia de c\u00e1ncer colorrectal de aparici\u00f3n precoz ha afectado a este grupo de pacientes de forma a\u00fan m\u00e1s grave que a otros. Tenemos que hacer todo lo posible para acabar con estas desigualdades tan importantes\u00bb.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Dr. Hans Elzinga se licenci\u00f3 en la Facultad de Medicina y Odontolog\u00eda de la Universidad de Rochester y realiz\u00f3 su residencia en medicina familiar en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Wisconsin, en el programa de formaci\u00f3n rural de Baraboo, donde se especializ\u00f3 en endoscopia gastrointestinal y obstetricia quir\u00fargica, incluidas las ces\u00e1reas. 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