Since I was in highschool I was inclined to the medicine field. I was hospitalized many times and I am currently a husband and father. Children are the greatest treasure we have as parents. This helps me to understand better the problems, anxieties and fears of my young patients and their parents. Therefore, I am not only a doctor but also a friend and advisor, mainly in the most difficult moments. I do all the studies necessary to achieve accurate diagnosis and management. I love the smiles that give me my patients and their families. I enjoy my job enormously.

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• Specialty in Pediatric Cardiology. University of Toronto - Faculty of Medicine, Toronto. July 2006 - June 2008
• Specialty in Pediatric Cardiology. Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS. February 2005 - June 2008
• Specialty in Pediatrics. Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS. February 2002 - January 2005
• Doctor of medicine and surgery. Universidad Autónoma de Centro América - Escuela Autónoma de Ciencias Medicas. San José. June 2001

• Specialty in Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital - University of Costa Rica

• Pediatric Cardiology

• XIII Latin American Congress of Pediatric Intensive Care, First International Symposium of Neonatology and Neonatal Nutrition and First Latin American Meeting of Pediatric Emergency - Quito, Ecuador

  November 2015 - November 2015

• Basic Life Support Course of the American Heart Association to health professionals - Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San Jose, Costa Rica

  August 2015 - August 2015

• The 6th Toronto Cardiac Symposium: non-structural heart disease in children - Toronto, Canada

  June 2014 - June 2014

• The Third Right Ventricle Symposium - Toronto, Canada

  June 2014 - June 2014

• XIII National Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology - San Jose, Costa Rica

  June 2011 - June 2011

• LXXII National Medical Congress - Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica

  November 2010 - November 2010

• XLVIII Peadrics Week "Dr. Rodrigo Loría Cortés" - San Jose, Costa Rica

  September 2010 - September 2010

• Special Joint Meeting of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery - Antigua, Guatemala

  July 2010 - July 2010

• XXVIII Refresher Course in Pediatrics - San Jose, Costa Rica

  April 2010 - April 2010

• Contemporary Questions in Congenital Heart Disease - Toronto, Canada

  October 2009 - October 2009

• XLVII Pediatric Week "Dr. Rodrigo Loria Cortes" - San Jose, Costa Rica

  September 2009 - September 2009

• XXVII Refresher Course in Pediatrics - San Jose, Costa Rica

  March 2009 - March 2009

• Cardiac Rehabilitation Seminary - San Jose, Costa Rica

  February 2009 - February 2009

• Workshop: "Problem Based Learning" - San Jose, Costa Rica

  November 2008 - November 2008

• VII International Symposium of Ultrasound in Medicine: Fetal Echocardiography, Congenital Heart Disease Screening - San Jose, Costa Rica

  October 2008 - October 2008

• XVI Pediatrics Week "Dr. Rodrigo Loría Cortés" - San Jose, Costa Rica

  September 2008 - October 2008

• Assessment of the Fetal Heart during Routine Ultrasound Examination - Toronto, Canada

  November 2007 - November 2007

• The Canadian Pulmonary Hypertension Forum - Toronto, Canada

  June 2007 - June 2007

• Contemporary Questions in Congenital Heart Disease: The Left Heart - Toronto, Canada

  June 2007 - June 2007

• Hospital Rotation

  Clinical Rotation in Pediatric Cardiolog - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Ottawa, Canada. November, 2004

• Hospital Rotation

  Clinical Rotation in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology - Fairview University Hospital, Minnesota University. Minneapolis, United States. October to December, 1999

• Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED6244Active

  Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

• Costa Rican Association of Pediatricians (ACOPE)
• Costa Rican Association of Cardiology

• 2008 Graduation of Honor - Specialty of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Costa Rica
• 2006 National Cardiology Research Award
• 2005 Graduation of Honor - Specialty of Pediatrics, University of Costa Rica
• 2001 Best GPA - Pediatrics Specialty, Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

• Attending Specialist - Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, Hospital Nacional de las Mujeres Adolfo Carit Eva. San Jose, Costa Rica
• Chief of Fetal Echocardiography - Department of Cardiology, Hospital Nacional de Niños. San José, Costa Rica
• Graduate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology - Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
• Graduate Professor of Pediatrics - Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
• Undergraduate Pediatrics Professor of the School of Medicine and Surgery - Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica

• Castro Bermudez A, Castro Sancho JI, Yong Pinar B, Mas Romero C, Gutierrez Alvarez R, Faerron Angel J. Cierre espontaneo de la comunicación interventricular muscular aislada y la perimembranosa con aneurisma del septum. Rev Costarric Cardiol 2006; 8(3):7-9.
• Munguia Ramirez M, Castro Sancho JI, Valverde CG, Castro Bermudez A, Gutierrez Alvarez R. Cierre quirurgico de la comunicación interauricular tipo osmium secundum en el Hospital Nacional de Niños: resultados con énfasis en las complicaciones. 2004; 18(1):14-17.
• Castro Sancho JI, Rivera Brenes R, Baltodano Agüero A. Miocarditis chagasica aguda: reporte de un caso y discusion. Acta Pediatr Costarric 2003;17(3):111-113.
• Castro Sancho JI, Munguia Ramirez MR, Avila Agüero ML. Malaria: una actualizacion. Acta Med Costarric 2002;44:107-112.
• Castro Sancho JI, Munguia Ramirez MR. Guia de Supervivencia del Interno en Pediatria. Ediciones 1 a la 5 (2009). San Jose, Costa Rica.
• Castro Sancho JI, Castro Bermudez A. La ecocardiografia fetal. Analisis de dos años en el Hospital Nacional de Ninos de Costa Rica. Rev Costarric Cardiol 2012; 14(1-2):5-8.