Associate Professor 7 at the Department of Surgery, UP College of Medicine, University of the Philippines-Manila Division Chief of the Division of HPB Surgery and the Division of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery, UP-PGH Medical Center Past President of APHS and the Philippine Association of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons, Secretary, Philippine Society of General Surgeons, Examiner and Board of Director of the Philippine Board of Surgery and Philippine Board of Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery