Surgical Training
General Surgery Residency: Yale University-Bridgeport Hospital, 1972-76, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Completed residency and chief residency in General Surgery
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency: New York University Medical Center, 1976-78 New York, New York, USA under mentorship of Dr. John Marquis Converse, Dr. Thomas Rees, Dr. Joseph McCarthy, and Dr. Donald Wood-Smith
Includes affiliate hospitals:
- New York University Hospital
- Bellevue Hospital Center
- Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital
- Veterans Administration Hospital of New York
Membership in Professional Societies & Associations
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Member, International Society of Plastic Surgery
- Fellow, Philippine College of Surgeons
- Fellow, Philippine Associations of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons
- Fellow, Philippine Academy of Head & Neck Surgeons
- Member, Cebu Medical Society
- Diplomate, Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery
- Life Member, Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society
- Life Member, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society
Professional Offices Held
- Chairman, Dept of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, 2010 to present
- Chairman, Plastic Surgery Division, University of Cebu Medical Center - (present)
- Chairman, Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery (1984-1990; 2005-2012)
- President, Philippine College of Surgeons, Eastern Visayas Chapter 1987
- Associate Editor, Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties, 1984-1985
- Editorial Consultant, Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties, 1998
- Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, 1976-1978
- Board of Directors, Philippine Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1998-1999
- Board Examiner, Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery 1998-1999
Publications
- Subdermal Placement of Sutures in Double Eyelid Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Vol. 33 No. 5, July 2013
- Correction of the Oriental Eyelid, Clinics in Plastic Surgery, October 1981
- A breast halving incision for subcutaneous mastectomy, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Journal, vol 56 No 1 July 1975
- Applications of myocutaneous flaps in reconstruction. Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties, Vol 37 No 3 July Sept 1982
- The use of "Sandwich Flap" in reconstruction of full thickness cheek defect. Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties Vol 41 No 4 Oct-Dec 1986
- An inexpensive local version of bi-phase external skeletal fixator. Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties Vol 41 No 4 Oct-Dec 1986
- Vascularized pectoralis major osteomusculocutaneous flap for composite mandibular defect reconstruction. Philiipine Journal of Surgical Specialties Vol 43 No 2 April-June 1988
- The use of teflon sheet prosthesis in the treatment of orbital blow-out fractures. Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties Vol. 45 No. 2 April -June 1990
- The versatile pectoralis major myocutaneous flap - its role in head and neck reconstruction. Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties Vol. 42 No. 2 April-June 1987
- Bilateral sliding gluteus maximus island musculocutaneous flaps with V-Y advancement for closure of sacral decubitus ulcer. Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties, Vol. 39 No. 3 July - Sept 1984