Table of Contents

Foreword 4
Messages 5
51st Postgraduate Course Scientific Activities
11

Precongress Live Surgery Program
12

Opening Ceremonies Program
14

15th Chancellor Alfredo T. Ramirez Memorial Lecture
16

Scientific Programme
28
Meet the Professor 33
Workshops 40

Participants Profile
48
Event Pictures


Scientific Activities

Precongress Live Surgery

Opening Ceremony and ATR Memorial Lecture

Scientific Sessions

Meet the Professor
Workshops

Participatns, Consultants, Residents and Alumni
Sponsors

49

Department of Surgery Officers

64

Consultant Staff

65

Resident Staff

66

Past Postgraduate Courses Committee Chairs

67

Sponsors

68

2016 Postgraduate Course Theme

85

FOREWORD

The first UP-PGH Department of Surgery Postgraduate course dates back in 1969 when Dr. Alfredo T. Ramirez, then the executive officer of the department initiated
short intensive postgraduate courses in surgery. Since then
it became a regular educational postgraduate activity of
the department. In the last fifteen years, the UP-PGH postgraduate course was titled Mastery in Surgery to highlight
exceptional surgical issues as topic content with resource
speakers who are experts in their own fields as key component of this event.Yearly, the scientific program varies in
its content and strategy depending upon its theme.When
the Foundation for the Advancement of Surgical Education,
Inc. (FASE) was formed in 2003, through the initiative of Dr.
Jose C. Gonzales, then the Chair of the Department of Surgery, UP-PGH and Dr. Eduardo R. Gatchalian, the first FASE
President, it regularly helped sponsor this activity to realize
the departments commitment in helping surgical practitioners nationwide in advancing their knowledge and expertise
in the comprehensive management of the different surgical
disorders.

Mastery in Surgery 2015 theme is Optimizing Outcomes in Surgery. Proceeds of this event will be donated
to the Foundation for the Advancement of Surgical Education (FASE), which will then help fund the indigent surgical
patients of the Department of Surgery, UP-PGH; training of
surgical residents to help them achieve the highest quality
of surgical training responsive to the needs of the Filipino
people; and assistance in the professional development programs for the consultant staff of the department.

Message from the

Chancellor

My warm greetings to the members of the Foundation for the Advancement of Surgery, College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, UP Manila, on the conduct of the 51st Postgraduate Course Mastery in Surgery
2015. I welcome the surgeons from all over the Philippines who are participating in the plenary lectures and
other activities put together by the Organizing Committee.
I commend your dedication to the advancement of your
profession and your constant desire to improve patient
care through your attendance in this forum. Todays Surgical education is marked by rapid and vibrant changes
in knowledge and understanding of surgical approaches, and new procedures and technologies. Novel educational and training paradigms are necessary to meet
the challenges of the 21st century and ensure that patient outcomes are optimized through constant education and training of more competent and skillful surgeons.
This makes the theme of the course, Optimizing Outcomes in Surgery more relevant and timely. The increasing range of diseases that are treated surgically and the
development of new therapies impel surgeons to learn
and adapt more to the growing demands and challenges.
I hope that this course fulfills this need for constant learning
and continuing education in the service of the Filipino Patient.

CARMENCITA D. PADILLA, MD, MAHPS

Chancellor
University of the Philippines Manila

Message from the Dean

Message from the Dean

I would like to congratulate the UP-PGH Department
of Surgery and the Foundation of the Advancement of Surgical Education (FASE), Inc. on the occasion of your 51st Postgraduate Course, Mastery in Surgery 2015: Optimizing Outcomes in Surgery. As always, this annual
activity
gathers
Once
again,
onthebehalf of the UP College of Medicine I would
experts from your department to discuss up-to-date topics in
congratulate
the Foundation for the Advancement of Surgical
your field and provide a venuelike
for to
an intelligent
discussion
of the latest trends and techniques
in surgery.
Your theme
Education
(FASE)
and the UP-PGH Department of Surgery on
for this year further supports the ultimate goal of all these efyour 49th Postgraduate Course, Mastery in Surgery 2013 with this
forts, that is to optimize outcomes and improve patient care.

years theme Back to Basics: Preventing Complications, Improving

Again, congratulations and more
power!
Outcomes.

I am glad that your Foundation and Department continue to strive to be relevant

to the changing times.With our theme last year being From Simple to the Spectacular,
you attempted to present the latest and pioneering developments in your eld. This
years theme, however, Back to Basics has the clear intention of emphasizing what
has always been signicant in yours as well as in other specialties, that of preventing
complications and improving outcomes. This is particularly important in the light of
the very limited resources allotted to healthcare but with the expectation of a more
cost-effective treatment option. Improved outcomes, therefore, becomes a goal for all
management modalities to strive for.
Again, congratulations to FASE and more power in your future activities.

AGNESAGNES
D. MEJIA,
MD
D. MEJIA
MD
Professor
and
Dean
Professor & Dean
College
Medicine
UPUP
College
ofofMedicine

Message from the

Director

Congratulations to the UP-PGH Department of Surgery on its 51st Postgraduate Course Mastery in Surgery
2015 with the theme Optimizing Outcomes in Surgery.
The lifelong mission of every surgeon is to constantly improve and master his craft. This embodies what he must
do in order to serve his patients well and be a service of
knowledge and inspiration to his peers. We must learn to live
with these goals in mind. No doubt, this years postgraduate
course brings us several steps further in this journey with a
never-ending quest for improvement and excellence.
So learn, teach, operate and treat Do things better the
next time around. This is how we must live.
Mabuhay!

JOSE C. GONZALES, MD
Director
Philippine General Hospital

Message from the

President

Welcome to our 51st Postggraduate course: Mastery in Surgery 2015. This years course is entitled Optimizing Outcomes in Surgery.
As always, we aim to share with the rest the varied experiences encountered at the Philippine General Hospital.
Starting with our workshop on Wound Care for Optimal Outcomes, Comprehensive management of Gastric Tumors,
Vascular Access for Surgeons and a hands-on workshop on
Choledocoscopy
Our Course proper features topics on Residency Training,
Surgical Intensiive care and Medical Informatics and Research. We have included topics from various sub-specialties which would be of interest to general surgeons. As in the
past, we continue to have the Meet the Professors session
for a more up close and personal discussions.
I hope you can enjoy and learn from the course we have
prepared for you this year. We continuously strive to make it
better each year.

TELESFORO GANA JR., MD
President
Foundation for the Advancement of
Surgical Educaiton Inc.

Message from the Chair

On behalf of the Department of Surgery, UP-PGH,
I would like to welcome all of you to the 51st Postgraduate
Course, Mastery in Surgery 2015, Optimizing Outcomes in
Surgery. It is but fitting that as we start the 1st postgraduate course of the next 50 years, we go back to the basics
of how to manage our surgical patients to come up with the
best results. The postgraduate courses committee has come
up with an excellent program of lectures, panel discussions,
video presentations and hands on workshops on choledochoscopy, vascular access, and wound care.
We are also continuing our Meet the Professor dinner
where you can dialogue with selected consultants and discuss different or problematic cases with them.
We would like to thank all of you for gracing our postgraduate course and we look forward to many many more years of
fruitful interactions with you.

WILMA A. BALTAZAR, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery - UPCM
UP-Philippine General Hospital

Message from the PostGraduate Chair

The Post-Graduate Courses Committee of the UPPhilippine General Hospital Department of Surgery and the
Foundation for the Advancement of Surgical Education, Inc.,
welcome you to the 51st Mastery in Surgery Postgraduate
Course 2015 embracing the theme Optimizing Outcomes in
Surgery.
This years scientific program will commence with a very
inspiring Chancellor Alfredo T. Ramirez Memorial Lecture
from the PGH Director Dr. Jose C. Gonzales and by an encouraging oration by the Chair of the Department of Surgery
Dr. Wilma A. Baltazar. This will be followed by interactive
sessions that are designed to provide insights on optimizing
and improving the quality of surgical care for our patients, in
order to achieve fewer complications and better outcomes.
Expert faculty members of the department will use didactic
and case-based formats to address topics within essential
content areas in both General Surgery as well as Subspecialty Surgery. This year, we have added a Pre-Congress
Live Surgery that will demonstrate common general surgery
procedures with emphasis on techniques that promote optimal surgical outcomes. We encourage you to participate in
the four simultaneous Meet the Professor Dinners for the
chance to have a close and informal small group discussion
with four General Surgery Professors. Four simultaneous
short courses on the third day will again be offered to participants who are interested to have an additional course on
any of the topics designed to help them advance their knowledge and skills needed in their day-to-day patient care.
Educating and training surgeons remain an integral advocacy of our institution. We thank you for your unremitting
support in our efforts to provide a premier venue for your
continued surgical education. We trust that you take advantage of the wide variety of resources that we have meticulously organized for you. We sincerely hope that this course
will contribute greatly in your efforts to deliver the best care
to your patients.
I would like to acknowledge the altruistic members of the

Postgraduate Courses Committee for their dedication and

assistance in organizing this endeavor. The success of this
scientific program is highly credited to the unparalleled passion and commitment of our consultants headed by our Department Chair Dr. Wilma A. Baltazar, Dr. Jose Macario V.
Faylona, Dr. Mark Richard C. Kho and the rest of the consultant staff of the Department of Surgery. Furthermore, I
would also like to express my appreciation to all the sponsors and donors who have helped us through the years.
Passion for knowledge, motivation for continuous learning
There is no end to what we can learn

ORLINO C. BISQUERA, JR., MD, FPSGS, FPCS
Chairman Postgraduate Courses Committee
Department of Surgery Philippine General Hospital Clinical Associate Professor, UP College of
Medicine

51st Postgraduate Course

Scientific Activities

Felixberto S. Lukban, MD
Master of Ceremony

The

Scientific Program

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Trauma: Dr. Eric SM Talens

Dr. Eric S.M. Talens

Participants Profile
REGISTERED DELEGATES

DOCTORS 224

Pre-registered
56

On site registration
168

Profile of Doctors

Alumni


24
Consultants 110

Residents

90

Doctors by type of Hospital Affiliation:

Government Hospital

Private Hospital

Both Private and Government

Not Specified

95
104
19
6

Doctors by Region

Luzon
137

National Capital Region (NCR):
40

CAR (Cordillera Administrative Region)
20

Region I: Ilocos Region
7


Region II: Cagayan Valley
13

Region III: Central Luzon
19

Region IV-A: CALABARZON
18

Region IV-B: MIMAROPA
6

Region V: Bicol Region
14



Visayas 43

Region VI (Western Vidsayas)
25

Region VII (Central Visayas)
10

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
8


Mindanao


43

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)
9

Region X (Northern Mindanao)
4

Region XI (Davao Region)
11

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN)
13

CARAGA Region
5

ARMM
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NURSES

36

UP-PGH SURGERY STAFF 152

Consultant
70

Resident
82

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS

412

Event Pictures

Pre-congress
Live Surgery

Opening
Ceremonies
and
ATR Memorial
Lecture

Scientific

Sessions

Meet the
Professor
Dinner

Workshops

Sponsors

Residents and
Staff

Officers of the Foundation for the Advancement of Surgical Education, Inc.

Telesforo E. Gana, Jr., MD
Jaime F. Esquivel, MD
Gerardo G. Germar, MD
Dennis P. Serrano, MD
Ms. Teresita T. Venturina

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Executive Director

Department of Surgery Officers

Chair
Executive Vice-Chair
Executive Assistant


Finance Officer

Assistant Chair for Academic Affairs

Assistant Chair for Training

Assistant Chair for Services

Assistant Chair for Special Projects

Assistant Chair for Research

Wilma A. Baltazar, MD
Nelson D. Cabaluna, MD
AEricson B. Berberabe, MD
Dennis P. Serrano, MD
Eduardo R. Bautista, MD
Anthony R. Perez, MD
Jose Macario V. Faylona, MD
Nikko J. Magsanoc, MD
Marie Carmela M. Lapitan, MD

Division Chiefs of the Department of Surgery

Surgical Oncology, Head & Neck, Breast,

Skin & Soft Tissue, & Esophagogastric Surgery
Colorectal Surgery

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Endosurgery
Trauma

Surgical Critical Care

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Urology
Pediatric Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Burns
Organ Transplant

Rodney B. Dofitas, MD

Hermogenes DJ Monroy, MD
Ramon L. de Vera, MD
Anthony R. Perez, MD
Eric SM Talens, MD
Eduardo R. Bautista, MD
Adrian E. Manapat, MD
Dennis P. Serrano, MD
Antonio DR. Catangui , MD
Gerardo G. Germar, MD
Glenn Angelo S. Genuino, MD
Dennis P. Serrano, MD

Postgraduate Courses Committee

Chair Orlino C. Bisquera, Jr., MD

Co-Chair Jose Macario V. Faylona, MD
Members:
Mark Richard C. Kho, MD, Catherine S. Co, MD, Dante G. Ang, MD,

Edgardo G. Gonzales, MD, Ana Melissa H. Cabungcal, MD, Leoncio L. Kaw, MD,

Ma. Celine Isobel A.Villegas, MD, Bernard U.Tansipek, MD,

Allan Dante M. Concejero, MD, Junico T.Visaya, MD, Anthony R. Perez, MD,

John Paulo B. Ng, MD, Dave R. Resoco, MD, Gerald Marion M. Abesamis, MD,

Florencio Angelo C. Lucero, MD, Ms. Eleanor R. Mercado and Ms. Juvy M. Concepcion

Division of Endosurgery
Anthony R. Perez, MD

Past Postgraduate
Courses Committee Chairs
Dr. Serafin C. Hilvano (1988-1993)
Dr. Armando C. Crisostomo (1994-1997)
Dr. Wilma A. Baltazar (1998-2000)
Dr. Teodoro J. Herbosa (2001-2006)
Dr. Jose Macario V. Faylona (2007-2012)

This souvenir documentation is dedicated to the hard work and

innovations that they have started, which have made the postgraduate course evolve into what it is today.

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