SPSA Holds Spring Board Meeting with Nile Cruise
The Spring Board Meeting of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America recently concluded with a cruise to the Nile River in Egypt, March 14-26. Some of the SPSA contingent
Canadian Plastic Surgeon Passes Away
SPSA just got a word from Dr. Bayani Ignacio, former SPSA president and a yearly SPSA surgical missionary, that Canadian plastic surgeon Winston Spencer Parkhill passed away January 15, 2019.
SPSA Holds Board Meeting in Boston
The Society of Philippine surgeons in America held its annual fall Board meeting last October 22, 2018 at the Marriott Hotel in conjunction with the American College of Surgeons Clinical
Former SPSA President Dr. Agaton Gualberto Passes Away
Dr. Agaton Gualberto, former Society of Philippine Surgeons in America president passed away last September 10, 2018 from complications secondary to cerebrovascular accident one week prior to his demise. He
SPSA Gears Up for Its Ormoc Mission
January 13-19 2019 will be SPSA’s next surgical mission. It will be the third time that the Society will return to the city. The first two surgical missions were held
Former SPSA President Passes Away
Enrico Garcia, M.D. President of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America 2004-2006, passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada where he retired in 2013. He was 84 years old. Born
SPSA Celebrates 45th Anniversary in Las Vegas, Nevada
The Society of Philippine Surgeons in America celebrated its 45th founding in Las Vegas, Nevada August 22-25, 2017 at the South Point Hotel and Casino. In conjunction with the celebration,
SPSA Fellows Award Recipients
Four Fellows of the Society, all former presidents of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America, were recently awarded different awards for their exemplary achievements in their chosen field of
SPSA Conducts Cebu Surgical Mission
As one of its avowed mission, the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America just concluded its annual surgical mission to the Philippines. This time it was in Cebu, the second
SPSA Founder to Receive Presidential Award
Dr. Hernan Reyes, founder and first president and CME chairman of the Society of the Philippine Surgeons in America will be conferred the Pamana Ng Pilipino Award by Philippine President
SPSA Calbayog Mission 2016 a Success
January 24-30, 2016 marked another SPSA surgical mission to Calbayog City, Samar. Despite it being the third time the group conducted the mission to this progressive city of Western Samar,
SPSA Gears Up for Its Calbayog Mission
The Society of Philippine Surgeon in America will conduct its yearly surgical mission to Calbayog , Samar on January 24-30 2016. More than fifty volunteers of surgeons, anesthesiologists and anesthetists,
SPSA Stalwart Passes Away
Dr. Manny Cacdac , a neurosurgeon from Terre Haute Indiana, passed away last November 2 at his home in Florida. Doc Manny as he is known to every one, was
Former SPSA President Forms Hydrocephalus Foundation
Indiana neurosurgeon and former president of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America Manuel Cacdac has recently formed the Hydrocephalus Foundation of the Philippines. In January 2010, shortly after SPSA
Gualberto Assumes SPSA Presidency
Agaton Gualberto, MD, a general surgeon from Daly City, California will be installed as the 35th President of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America at the 36th Annual CME