Born in Venezuela, Dr. Bellorin-Marin received his medical degree and completed his first general surgery residency at the Central University of Venezuela and University Hospital of Caracas. He completed a research fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Bariatric Institute in Florida and a second residency in general surgery at New York-Presbyterian Queens. He completed several fellowships in minimally invasive, advanced gastrointestinal, metabolic, and bariatric surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College with rotations at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.