Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Faculty
The current faculty roster of the PGH Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery boasts of surgeons who have all trained abroad and six of them have served as president of PATACSI.
Jose C. Gonzales
(Professor VI)
Director, Philippine General Hospital, 2010-2015
Chair, Department of Surgery,
2001-2003
Division Chief, 1987-2000
PATACSI president, 1994
Trained at University of Western Ontario and
University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Jose Luis J. Danguilan
(Professor 12)
Director, Lung Center of the Philippines, 2010-2016
Division Chief, 2001,
2007-2009
PATACSI president, 1998
Trained at UP-PGH and Papworth Hospital Cambridge
Jaime F. Esquivel
(Associate Professor 6)
Division Chief, 2002-2006
Trained at UP-PGH and
Texas Heart Institute
Adrian E. Manapat
(Associate Professor 5)
Division Chief, 2010-2015
PATACSI president, 2003
Trained at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Eduardo R. Bautista
(Associate Professor 5)
PATACSI president, 2005
Trained at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Gisel T. Catalan
(Clinical Associate Professor)
PATACSI president 2015
Trained at Philippine Heart Center and Great Ormond Street Hospital
Felixberto S. Lukban
(Clinical Associate Professor)
PATACSI president, 2009
Trained at UP-PGH and Texas Heart Institute
Richard S. Nicolas
(Clinical Associate Professor)
Trained at UP-PGH and the Mayo Clinic
Leoncio L. Kaw
(Clinical Associate Professor)
Trained at University of California San Diego and Scripps Clinic
✝️ Allan Dante M. Concejero
(Clinical Associate Professor)
Trained at UP-PGH and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center Chang Gung University
Racel Ireneo Luis C. Querol
(Clinical Associate Professor)
Trained at UP-PGH and
The Mayo Clinic
Alduz Inri Cabasa
Carlos Martin Garcia