Jose Antonio Salud

Professional Training: Residency in General Surgery: Department of Surgery, The Medical City, Pasig City, Philippines, 1987-1991 Preceptorship in Laparoscopic Surgery: with Dr. Demosthenes Sison, Amherst Community, St. Joseph & Lorain County Hospitals, Amherst, Ohio, USA, April 1993 GB Ong Visiting Fellowship Training: Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic & Upper GI Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July-Dec, 1996 Preceptorship in Laparoscopic Surgery: with Dr. Dewey Torres, FACS, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Pensacola, Florida, USA, April 2003 International Laparoscopic Workshop on Morbid Obesity, National University Hospital, Singapore, April 2005 Observership in Advanced Laparoscopy: Department of Minimal Access Surgery & Cybersurgery Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, May 2005 (with Dr. Pradeep Chowbey) Observership in Advanced Laparoscopy & Bariatric Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, May 2006 (with Dr. Michel Gagner) Asian Endosurgery Task Force International Laparoscopic Workshop on Morbid Obesity, Tyco Institute, Shanghai, China, January 2007 Workshop on Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy, Ho Chin Minh University Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, April 2007 Workshop on Bariatric Surgery (Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding), John Flynn Hospital, Tugun, Gold Coast, Australia, June 2008 (with Dr. Laurent Layani) Laparoscopic Upper & Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Course, Choray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, February 2009 ` Workshop on Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgeries & NOTES, National University Hospital, Singapore, July 2009 Symposium on Procedure for Prolapse & Hemorrhoids and the Starr Procedure (with Prof. Antonio Longo), Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 2009 Workshop on Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, Bariatric & Metabolic Institute Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery, E-da Hospital, I-shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (with Dr. Chin-Kun Huang), August 2010 Workshop on Endoscopic Thyroidectomy, National Hospital of Endocrinology, Hanoi, Vietnam (with Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong), October 2010 Robotic Surgery Training Certification Programme, Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre, July 2011 Advanced Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery Course, IRCAD-European Institute of Telesurgery, Strasbourg, France, November 2011 International Excellence Forum on Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, E-da World, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, February 2012 Human Soft Cadaver Workshop on Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, Chula Soft Cadaver Surgical Training Center, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand February 2015