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.

Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:24 AM Former SPSA President, Napoleon Valdez, MD. FACS, FAAOS died peacefully on 4/21/23 at Clovis, California in the presence of his wife Vee and family.

On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 8:40 PM, Ed Barcelona <edbarcelonamd@yahoo.com> wrote: Feb. 8, 2023 Great News! We got the formal invitation for the Dumaguete mission from

From: E. C. Kho <sebkho@hotmail.com>Date: Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 7:46 PMSubject: Very Excellent Publications!To: Hernan Reyes <hmr.pds@gmail.com>, HeartMagic (Philip) Chua, M.D. <scalpelpen@gmail.com>, danielfab@cox.net <danielfab@cox.net> Dear Hernan, Phil, and Dan: It…

Dr. Edgardo S. Barcelona, a past SPSA President in 2006, has been awarded one of the UPMASA’s Outstanding Alumni Award for 2022 for Excellence and Merit in Community Service. This

Monday, May 16, 2022 Dr. Francisca T. Velcek, former President of the SPSA received the James F. Densler DEI Award from the American Pediatric Surgical Association during the association’s Annual

12 Apr 2022 | Western AssociationShare: Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, the Order of Malta has been working to help those affected. Order of Malta Worldwide Relief, also…