Author: Honorio Cruz

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…

Dr. Reynaldo Lee-Lacer was SPSA President in 2008-2009 and long time member and Chairman of CBL. Obituary for Reynaldo Labitag Lee-Llacer by his family. Reynaldo Labitag Lee-Llacer, M.D. (B 05-25-1933,

Monday, February 21, 2022 No response to a vital issue with overreaching international implications has elicited such passionate opinions as the COVID19 pandemic had, going back over 5 decades that

2021 came and went in a subdued manner, amidst the COVID19 Pandemic with its evolving, mutating variants from Alpha, Delta and the last one the Omicron and from an already

Ralph Zaragoza, MD, FACS a founding member and past president of the SPSA and Chairman of the Traveling Fellow Program of the SPSA died on Dec. 17, 2021, below is

Dr. Benjamin M. Rigor Sr, member of the SPSA and lecturer in SPSA Seminars died December 11, 2021. below is his Obituary Benjamin M. Rigor, M.D. was born in the

At the last meeting of the SPSA Governing Board and Members, Dr. Hernan Reyes’ proposal in conjunction with the PCSF-SC (Philippine College of Surgeons- SURE Commission) was approved. We are

Monday, October 4, 2021 Good morning, and many thanks to all of you for coming to this very important meeting, I only regret that there are some who wanted to

Dr. Raquel C. Bono, who gave the 2017 SPSA Professorial Lecture Receives an award from the ACS CLINICAL CONGRESS NEWS Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono to receive 2019 Mary Edwards