MEETING PRESIDED BY DR. IGNACIO BAYANI, 2024 CHAIRMAN OF THE SPSA COUNCIL OF PAST PRESIDENTS (COPP) ATTENDEES: DRS. IGNACIO BAYANI, HERNAN REYES, DANIEL C. FABITO, ED BARCELONA, PHILIP CHUA, ED

Dr. Mel P. Simón, age 89 of Gallipolis, Ohio Passed away peacefully on March 7, 2025, in Evanston, IL, surrounded by his loving family. A Life Well-Lived Dr. Mel P.

Oscar Magno Lasernie, MD, FACS, OBGYN past SPSA President in 2006 and Member of the SPSA Board passed on, in Oct. 15, 2024 at Mary Washington Hospital after multiple cardiac

Philippine Health Secretary Teodoro Javier Herbosa, MD, FPCS, and his wife, Grace Herbosa, MD (center) pose with (l-r) Philip S. Chua, MD, FACS, FPCS, SPSA Convention Chairman and 2025 incoming

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2024: 2:00 P.M. PST Meeting was called to order at 2:15b p.m. Presiding : Dr. Bayani Ignacio, Chair, COPP Attendance: Drs. Bayani Ignacio, Hernan Reyes, Daniel C.

Eusebio C. Kho, MD, FACS, Colonel, US Army, (Retired) The SPSA thanks and Appreciates Dr. Eusebio Kho’s generous donation to the SPSA-PCS/WSF Rural Surgery Outreach Program in the Philippines. The

Dr. Francesca Tolete-Velcek, former SPSA President, and member of COPP has been elected as a Fellow of the American Surgical Association. The Association was founded in 1880 and is the

Ed Barcelona Feb 13, 2024 SPSA Surgical Mission successfully completed its last surgical mission Jan. 21-27, 2024 at Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital in Borongan City, Eastern Samar. Representative Marcelino Libanan

A Happy New Year to Everybody! With the coming of year 2024, there is a flurry of activities in January and February beginning with 3 Medical Surgical Missions , the

Wednesday, September 13, 2023; 9:00 pm, EST Meeting was called to order at 9:10 pm, EST.Presiding: Dr. Hernan M. Reyes, Chair, COPPAttendance: Drs. Bayani Ignacio, Edgardo Navarro, Ed Barcelona, Pacifico

Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 4:00 pm EST MINUTES Presiding: Dr. H. Reyes Attendees: Dr. H. Reyes, A. Donato, B. Ignacio, P. Chua, D. Alvear, F. Velcek, D.

Dr. Benjamin Zamora, long time CME Chairman of the SPSA and Convention Chair died on June 13, 2023 in South Carolina. Let tributes from colleagues speak of his contribution to

A Rural Surgery Outreach Program was recently launched in March 1, 2023 to May 30, 2023 at the Gubat District Hospital, in the town of Gubat in the Southeastern province

Clinical Professor at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Cruz, a surgical specialist trained at the University of Minnesota, was the first UT Health San Antonio chief of surgical oncology; Dr.