Humberto Lugo-Vicente, MD, FACS

Contact Info
- Department of Surgery
School of Medicine
Medical Sciences Campus
Office A-923 - 787-763-2440
Education
- BS: Chemistry, UPR Río Piedras Campus, 1975
- MD: UPR School of Medicine, 1979
- Residency: General Surgery, UPR-Affiliated Hospitals, 1984
- Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, UPR-RCM Affiliated Hospitals, 1985
Personal Statement
Positions and Honors
- Administrative Director – Department of Surgery – July 1998 – June 1999
University Pediatric Hospital
- Liaison Representative in Computers & other Tech. – 1997-98
American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Surgery
- President Internet Committee- 1997-98
Puerto Rico Medical Association
- Health Representative – 1998-2000
Nilitas Vientos de Gastón Foundation - Reviewer of Manuscripts for “Journal of Pediatric Surgery” (66 completed assignments)-1999 to present
- Guest Editor- 2000 “Seminar in Pediatric Surgery”
- Founding member “Zonamd.com”- 2000
- Member – Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group Houston, Texas, 1995-2000
- Member – Committee on Surgery Education in Medical Schools of the American College of Surgeons 2000-2003
- Associate Director – Dept. Pediatric Surgery , University Pediatric Hospital – 2001-2002
- Moderator Morbidity & Mortality Conference UPR School of Medicine
General Surgery Residency Program – 2002 to 2009 - Moderator – Third Year Medical Students UPR -2002 to 2016
Pediatric Surgery Rotation - Academic Director Pediatric Surgery – 2002 to 2011
UPR School of Medicine - Resource for Pediatric Surgery Conference- 2000 to present
To medical students - Presiding Judge – ACS Poster Section – February 20, 2009
59th Annual Meeting - Editor-in-Chief “Boletin Asoc Med PR”- 2008 to 2014
- Chief Section of Pediatric Surgery- Dec 2010 to present
San Jorge Childrens’ Hospital, San Juan, PR - Children Oncology Group (COG) Associate Membership- January 2011-present
- Reviewer of manuscript for “Pediatrics”- June 2011-present
- Reviewer of manuscript for “World Journal of Pediatrics”- September 2011-present
- Reviewer of manuscript for “Annals of Medical and Health Science Research- December 2012 to present .
- Member American Thyroid Association- May 2014-present
- President Board of Directors Costa Dorada 1, Dorado- January 2019 – February 2021
- President – Ethics and IRB Committee – SJCWH – February – August 2019
- Member – Education Committee APSA- September 2019
- Member – Committee Informatics/Telemedicine APSA -September 2019
- Member – Nomination Committee Dean of Medicine, UPR School of Medicine – September 2019
- Member Task Force Ciudadano Covid-19- June 2020 – present
https://www.facebook.com/TaskForceCiudadanoPR/ - Member – Academic Senate RCM- August 2020 – present
Honors:
- Treasurer – Natural Science Student Council, UPR, Rio Piedras Campus 1974-75
- Facundo Bueso Award – Natural Science Division Top Award, UPR Rio Piedras Campus – 1975
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society member since 1978
- President Medical Class 1975- 1976
- Editor-in-Chief Medical Yearbook 1979
- Editor-in-Chief “Pediatric Surgery Update” PSU © 1993-2021 (present)
- Doctor of the Year – Centro Medico San Pablo 1995
- Reconocimiento Revista “Prensa Medica” Año 8 Num 2 April 1996
- Honorary Member – Dominican Republic Society of Pediatric Surgery 1996 to present
- Chair Pediatric Surgery Committee – Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1999 to 2000
- Doctor’s Choice Award – Revista Buena Vida – June 2000 to 2021, yearly.
- Editor-in-Chief “Boletin Asoc Med PR” – January 2008 to 2015
- “Vidas Unicas” Periodico El Nuevo Dia – 29 de marzo de 2010, pag. 57.
HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF Dr Humberto Lugo Vicente in Pediatric Laparoscopy:
Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery in Puerto Rico:
1994 – 1st laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a child
1996 – 1st laparoscopic splenectomy in a child
2002 – 1st laparoscopic fundoplication in a child
2007 – 1st laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a child
2008 – 1st laparoscopic nephrectomy in a child
2012 – 1st laparoscopic esophagomyotomy (Heller) in a child.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
- “Colangiopatías Infantiles” Capítulo de Texto de Cirugía Pediátrica del Dr Jose Ma Valoria Villamartín – Fundación Jiménez Díaz – Clínica de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción Avda Reyes Católicos 2 28040 Madrid, España. Ediciones Diaz de Santos S.A. páginas 210-220, 1994
- CIRUGIA PEDIATRICA Vol I y Vol II – edited in Venezuela by Dr Leopoldo Briceño-Iragorry and Gaston Calcaño Loynaz. Published in 2003. Libreria Medica Paris. ISBN 980-002126-4
Chapters written:
- a) Capitulo 20 – “Atresia Esofagica” pag 435
- b) Capitulo 2 – “Laparoscopia Pediatrica” pag 27
- c) Capitulo 52 – “Biología Molecular y Genética de Tumores Solidos en Niños” pag
- d) Capitulo 37 – “Colestasis Infantil” pag 789
- Book to be edited by Dr Iftikhar Ahmad Jan FRCS Ed, FCPS – Paediatric Surgeon – The Children’s Hospital – Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Published in 2004.
Chapters written:
- a) “Antenatal Diagnosis”
- b) “Esophageal Atresia”
- c) “Intestinal Atresia”
- d) Necrotizing Enterocolitis”
- e) “Failure to Pass Meconium”
- CIRUGIA PEDIATRICA Vol I y Vol II – 2nd edition in Venezuela by Dr Leopoldo Briceño-Iragorry and Gaston Calcaño Loynaz. Published in 2013. Libreria Venegraf C.A. ISBN 978-980-00-2731-8
Chapters written:
- a) Capitulo 20 – “Atresia Esofagica”
- b) Capitulo 4 – “Laparoscopia Pediatrica”
- c) Capitulo 54 – “Biología Molecular y Genética de Tumores Solidos en Niños”
- d) Capitulo 38 – “Colestasis Infantil”
ARTICLES – PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
- Lugo-Vicente HL, Márquez-Grau E: Diagnostic and Therapeutic problems arising from a Celiac Axis Pheochromocytoma in a Child: A case report. Boletin Asoc Med PR 79:325-328, 1987.
- Aponte-López LA, Lugo-Vicente HL: Ruptured Sacrococcygeal Teratoma in a Newborn: A case report. Boletin Asoc Med PR 79:502-504, 1987. PMID: 3440046
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Pyloric Stenosis: 137 Consecutive Cases. Boletin Asoc Med PR 84(10): 249-252, 1992.
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Congenital (Pre-pyloric) Antral Membrane: Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment. J Pediatr Surg 29(12): 1589-1590, 1994. PMID: 7877039
- Lugo-Vicente HL: The Pediatric Inguinal Hernia: Is contralateral exploration justified? Boletin Asoc Med PR 87(1): 8-11, 1995. PMID: 7786359
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Prenatally Diagnosed Choledochal Cyst: Observation or early surgery? J Pediatr Surg 30(9): 1288-1290, 1995 PMID: 8523226
- Santini I, Pacheco R, Lugo-Vicente HL: Apéndice Peforada en Niños: Evaluacion de un Diagnóstico Tardío. PR Health Science J 14(4): 263-267, 1995. PMID: 8637965
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Biliary Atresia: An Overview. Boletin Asoc Med PR 87(7,8,9):147-153, 1995. PMID: 8703270
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia: A Role for Surgery? Boletin Asoc Med PR 87(3-4): 60-63, 1995. PMID: 7546026
- Morales-Tañon J, Lugo-Vicente HL: Quiste de Colédoco en Infantes y Niños. Médico Interamericano 14(12): 41-548, 1995.
- Santiago-Sánchez C, Garau-Díaz P, Lugo-Vicente HL: Trichobezoar in a 11-year old girl: A Case Report. Boletin Asoc Med PR 88(1-3): 8-11, 1996. PMID: 8885440
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Trends in Management of Gallbladder Disorders in Children. Pediatr Surg Internat 12(5-6): 348-352, 1997. PMID: 9244096
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Gallbladder Dyskinesia in Children. Journal of Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1(1): 61-65, 1997. PMID: 9876649
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Impact of Minimal Invasive Surgery in Children. Boletin Asoc Med PR 89(1-2-3): 25-30, 1997. PMID: 9168633
- Lugo-Vicente HL, Ortíz V: Pediatric Thyroid Nodules: Insights in Management. Bol Asoc Med PR 90 (4-6): 74-78, 1998. PMID: 9866271
- Lugo-Vicente HL: The Role of Internet in Modern Medicine. Boletin Asoc Med PR 87(4-5-6): 82-87, 1997. PMID: 9284605
- Lugo-Vicente HL, Ortíz V, Irizarry H, Camps JI, Pagán V: Pediatric Thyroid Nodules: Management in the Era of FNA: J Pediatr Surg 33(8): 1302-1305, 1998. PMID: 9722010
- Lugo-Vicente HL: El Rol de Internet en la Cirugía Pediatrica. Revista de Cirugía Infantil 7(2): 74-80, 1997.
- Herrera L, Lugo-Vicente HL: Primary Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Breast in an Adolescent Female: A Case Report. J Pediatr Surg 33(10): 1582-1584, 1998. PMID: 9802822
- Serrano P, Reyes G, Lugo-Vicente HL: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Mortality Determinants in a Hispanic Population. PR Health Science J 17(4): 317-321, 1998. PMID: 10028538
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Internet Resources and Web Pages for Pediatric Surgeons. Seminar Pediatr Surg 9(1): 11-18, 2000. PMID: 10688381
- Whalen TV, Lugo-Vicente HL: Preface: Information Technology in Pediatric Surgery. Seminar Pediatr Surg 9(1): 1, 2000.
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Molecular Biology and Genetics Affecting Pediatric Solid Tumors. Boletin Asoc Med PR 92(4-5-6-7-8): 72-82, 2000. PMID: 11143824
- Lugo-Vicente HL: Profile on Internet Users: Survey of the Surgical Section of the AAP. Boletin Asoc Med PR 92(4-5-6-7-8): 63-64, 2000. PMID: 11143822
- Rodriguez-Quiñones A. Quiñones R, Lugo-Vicente HL: Presacral Neuroblastoma in a Child: A Case Report. Bol Asoc Med PR 93(1-6): 23-25, 2001. PMID: 12755071
- Lugo-Vicente H: Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Bol Asoc Med PR 95(2): 17-22, 2003. PMID: 14531196
- Correa-Rivas M, Colon-Gonzalez G, Lugo-Vicente H: Cavernous Hemangioma Presenting as a Right Adnexal Mass in a Child. PR Health Science Journal 22(3): 311-313, 2003. PMID: 14619460
- Fernandez-Sein A, Coorea-Rivas MS, Pratts K, Lugo-Vicente H: Renohepaticopancreatic Dysplasia: Diagnostic Dilemma. PRHSJ 24(1): 45-48, 2005. PMID: 15895877
- Lugo-Vicente: ‘Pediatric Surgery Update’ Monthly Column at “Medicina Primaria” Monthly publication from 1994 to 2007. This incluyes from Volume 6 to Volume 41 and still continuing.
- Muniz-Aragunde JR, Correa-Rivas MS, Lugo-Vicente H: Duodenal duplication with accessory papilla causing recurrent pancreatitis in a child: A case report. PRHSJ 25(4): 363-365, 2006. PMID: 17550106
- Diaz R, Lugo-Vicente HL: Malrotation of the intestine and preduodenal portal vein associated with abdominal situs inversus: A case report. PRHSJ 26(1): 75-77, 2007. PMID: 17674877
- Mendez K, Sabater R, Chinea E, Lugo-Vicente HL: Is there a safe advantage in performing outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children? J Pediatr Surg 42(8): 1333-1336, 2007. PMID: 17706491
- Colon Casasnovas C, Lugo-Vicente HL: Distal Fragmented Port Catheter: Case Report & Review of Literature. Boletin Asoc Med PR 100 (1): 70-75, 2008. PMID: 18763398
- Colberg R, Sanchez Carlos, Lugo-Vicente HL: Aspiration and Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection of Wrist Synovial Cysts in Children. J Pediatr Surg 43(11): 2087-2090, 2008. PMID: 18970945
- Lugo-Vicente H, Correa M, Brunet H: Double Cystic Duct in a Child with VACTERL Association. Boletin Asoc Med PR 101(2): 56-58, 2009. PMID: 19954104
- Gonzalez Hernandez J, Lugo-Vicente H: Esophageal Atresia: New Guidelines in Management. Boletin Asoc Med PR. 102(1): 33-38, 2010. PMID: 20853572
- Lugo-Vicente H, Zequeira J, Antongiorgi J: Transanal Circular-Stapled Reanastomosis as a Management alternative for anastomotic colonic strictures: A Novel Technique in the Pediatric Patient. Bol Asoc Med PR 102(1): 56-58, 2010. PMID: 20853576
- Carmona J, Lugo-Vicente H: Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Infarcted Splenoptosis in a Child: A Case Report. Bol Asoc Med PR 102(2): 47-49, 2010. PMID: 20939205
- Lizardo-Sanchez L, Lugo-Vicente H: Failure to Pass Meconium. Bol Asoc Med PR 102(3): 62-67, 2010. PMID: 23875523
- Vega Y, Zequeira J, Delgado A, Lugo-Vicente H: Spigelian Hernia in Children: Case Report and Literature Review, Bol Asoc Med PR 102(4): 2010. PMID: 21766551
- Carmona J, Osterman A, Lugo-Vicente H: Fistula-In-Ano in Children: A Case Series. Boletin Asoc Med PR. 103(1): 14-17, 2011. PMID: 21696097
- Marino Nieto J, Lugo-Vicente H: Rib Osteosarcoma in a Child: Case Report and Review of Literature. Bol Asoc Med PR. 103(1): 47-50, 2011. PMID: 21696103
- Camelo M, Font Aponte L, Lugo-Vicente H: Dopamine-secreting Adrenal Ganglioneuroma in a Child: Beware of Intraoperative Rebound Hypertension. J Pediatr Surg 47(9): E29-E32, 2012. PMID: 22974632
- Rodriguez MA, Lugo-Vicente H: Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Children with Malignant Tumors. Boletin Asoc Med PR. 104(3), 27-32, 2012. PMID: 23156890
- Dieguez-Santiesteban N, Lugo-Vicente H: Intrathoracic Kidney in a Child: Case Report and Review of Literature. Boletin Asoc Med PR. 104(3), 39-41, 2012. PMID: 23156892
- Lugo-Vicente H, Romero-Estremera Nahir J: Thyroid Nodules in Children: What should be a minimal work-up preceding surgery? Boletin Asoc Med PR. 104(4): 33-38, 2012. PMID: 23763220
- Guzman L, Oppenheimer E, Lugo-Vicente H, Correa M: Chylous jejunal cyst causing volvulus in a child: Case report and literature review. Boletin Asoc Med PR. 105(1): 42-47, 2013. PMID: 23767385
- Abdul-Hadi A, Lugo-Vicente H: Rectoverstibular Fistula with normal anus: A treatment alternative. Boletin Asoc Med PR 105(3): 45-49, 2013. PMID: 24282921
- Garcia E, Cordero Gallardo G, Lugo-Vicente H: Adrenocortical Carcinoma in an Infant Girl: A Case Report. Boletin Asoc Med PR 105(4): 52-55, 2013. PMID:
- Lorens-Marina CI, Cedeño A, Lugo-Vicente H, Chapel C, Rivera G, Diaz A: Wandering Spleen Torsion Causing Acute Abdominal Pain in a Child: Case Report and Review of Literature. Boletin Asoc Med PR 106(1), 57-59, 2014. PMID: 24791368
- Couto RA, Zequeira JJ, Lugo-Vicente H: Operative techniques: Recalcitrant coloanal strictures in children managed by transanal circular stapled reanastomosis. J Pediatr Surg 49(11): 1686-1688, 2014. PMID: 25475819
- Rivera G, Lugo-Vicente H: Thyroid Cancer in Children. Boletin Asoc Med PR 106(3): 48-54, 2014. PMID: 25470911
- Angel Buitrago L, Lugo-Vicente H: Handlebar Hernia: Case Report and Literature Review. Boletin Asoc Med PR 107(1): 58-61, 2015. PMID: 26035988
- Gely L, Lugo-Vicente H, Correa-Rivas M, Bouet K, Reyes Bou Z, Suleiman M, Garcia I: Case Report: Neonatal Sacrococcygeal Neuroblastoma Mimicking a Teratoma. Case Reports in Pediatrics. Volume 2017 (2017), Article Id 3624847. 3 pages. PMID: 28116200
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PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATION SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OR SPECIAL LECTURES:
MEETING PLACE HELD DATE PRESENTOR
(Yes or No)
- “International Congress Melbourne March 1995 YES (4 papers)
of Paediatric Surgery Australia
and Paediatric Radiology”
- “V Central American San Salvador September 1996 YES (7 lectures)
of Pediatric Surgery” El Salvador
- “IV Jornada Nacional Dominican October 1996 YES (4 lectures)
de Cirugia Pediatrica” Republic
- “II South Cone Congress Cordoba November 1996 YES (2 papers)
of Pediatric Surgery” Argentina
- “5th Annual Meeting Orlando December 1996 YES (1 paper)
Society of Laparoendoscopic Florida, USA
Surgeons – Endo Expo 96”
- “49th Annual Meeting New Orleans November 1997 YES (1 paper)
Section on Surgery – AAP” Louisiana
- “XIV Panamerican Congress Dominican June 1998 YES (5 papers)
of Pediatric Surgery” Republic
- “7th International Meeting San Diego December 1998 YES (1 paper)
Society Laparoendoscopic California
Surgeons Endo Expo 98”
- “IX Congreso Nacional Managua July 2000 YES (4 lectures)
de Pediatria” Nicaragua
- “45th Annual Meeting San Juan February 1995 YES (1 lecture)
American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Chapter”
- “19th Anniversary Scientific Bayamon November 1995 YES (1 paper)
Meeting San Pablo Medical Ctr Puerto Rico
- “46th Annual Meeting San Juan February 1996 YES (1 lecture)
American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Chapter”
- “17th Annual Research PR Health March 96 YES (1 paper)
& Education Forum” Science Center
- “20th Anniversary Scientific Bayamon November 1996 YES (1 paper)
Meeting San Pablo Medical Ctr Puerto Rico
- “47th Annual Meeting San Juan February 1997 YES (1 lecture)
American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Chapter”
- “17th F.L. Raffucci Surgical San Juan February 1997 YES (1 paper)
Research Forum” Puerto Rico
- “48th Annual Meeting San Juan February 1998 YES (1 lecture)
American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Chapter”
- “19th F.L. Raffucci Surgical San Juan February 1999 YES (1 paper)
Research Forum” Puerto Rico
- “50th Annual Meeting San Juan February 2000 YES (1 lecture)
American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Chapter”
- “5th Pediatric General Bayamon February 1995 YES (1 lecture)
Course Hermanos Meléndez” Puerto Rico
- “1st Neonatal Intensive San Pablo May 1995 YES (1 lecture)
Course” Medical Ctr
- “2nd Medical Staff Dorado July 1995 YES (1 lecture)
Convention” Puerto Rico
- “36th Annual Convention Dorado September 1995 YES (1 lecture)
Society Medical Graduates Puerto Rico
UPR School of Medicine”
- “5th Annual Convention Ponce October 1995 YES (1 lecture)
Pediatric Graduates from Puerto Rico
University Pediatric Hospital &
South Medical Academy Section
Of Pediatrics”
- “21st Annual Meeting of San Juan October 1995 YES (1 lecture)
Association of O.R. Nurses” Puerto Rico
- “XVIII Auxilio Mutuo San Juan October 1995 YES (1 lecture)
General Pediatrics Course” Puerto Rico
- “6th General Pediatric Bayamon February 1996 YES (1 lecture)
Course – Hermanos Meléndez” Puerto Rico
- “American Cancer Society Bayamon March 1996 YES (1 lecture)
Post Graduate Course” Puerto Rico
- “3rd Medical Staff Dorado July 1996 YES (1 lecture)
Convention” Puerto Rico
- “XIX Auxilio Mutuo San Juan October 1996 YES (1 lecture)
General Pediatrics Course” Puerto Rico
- “XI Ashford Presbyterian San Juan March 1997 YES (1 lecture)
Community Hospital General Puerto Rico
Pediatric Course”
- “4th Medical Staff Dorado July 1997 YES (1 lecture)
Convention” Puerto Rico
- “23rd Annual Meeting of San Juan July 1997 YES (1 lecture)
Association of O.R. Nurses” Puerto Rico
- “Annual Meeting Academy Dorado August 1997 YES (1 lecture)
Medical Directors” Puerto Rico
- “7th Annual Convention Dorado October 1997 YES (1 lecture)
Pediatric Graduates from Puerto Rico
University Pediatric Hospital
- “21st Anniversary Scientific Bayamon November 1997 YES (1 lecture)
Meeting Program” Puerto Rico
- “5th Medical Staff Dorado July 1998 YES (1 lecture)
Convention” Puerto Rico
- “Pavia Health Annual Rio Grande August 1998 YES (1 lecture)
Medical Meeting” Puerto Rico
- “40th Annual Meeting Dorado September 1999 YES (1 lecture)
Medical Graduates UPR Puerto Rico
School of Medicine”
- “47th Annual Meeting San Juan February 2000 YES (1 lecture)
Pediatric Section PR Medical Puerto Rico
Association”
- “Annual Meeting PR Society Isla Verde February 2000 YES (1 lecture)
of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Puerto Rico
& Society Critical Care Medicine”
- 51st Annual Meeting San Juan February 16, 2001 YES (1 lecture)
American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico
PR Chapter
- 48th Annual Meeting San Juan February 16-19 YES (3 lectures)
Pediatric Section Puerto Rico 2001
Puerto Rico Medical Association
- XIII Colombian Pediatric Pereira March 14-17 YES (4 lectures)
Surgery Congress Colombia 2001
- 32nd Annual Meeting Naples May 20-23, 2001 NO
American Pediatric Surgery Florida
Association
- XXIV Auxilio Mutuo San Juan September 25, YES (1 lecture)
General Pediatrics Course Puerto Rico 2001
- 52nd Annual Meeting San Juan February 6-9, 2002 NO
American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico
PR Chapter
- XVI Pediatric Course San Juan March 6, 2002 YES (1 lecture)
Ashford Presbyterian Puerto Rico
Community Hospital
- 9na Convencion Sociedad Dorado November 1, 2003 YES (1 lecture)
Egresados Pediatria RCM Puerto Rico
- XVIII General Pediatric Course Asford March 31, 2004 YES (1 lecture)
Presbyterian Hosp
- XXVII Jornadas Chilenas de Santiago, Chile Octubre 21-23, YES (4 lectures)
Cirugía Pediatrica 2004
- 55th Annual Meeting American Isla Verde February 19, YES (1 lecture)
College of Surgeons PR Chapter Puerto Rico 2005
- XXVIII Auxilio Mutuo San Juan Sept 27, 2005 YES (1 lecture)
General Pediatric Course Puerto Rico
- 58th Annual Meeting American Condado February 21, YES (1 lecture) College of Surgeons PR Chapter Puerto Rico 2008
- 39th Annual Meeting American Phoenix, May 29-31, 2008 NO
Pediatric Surgery Association Arizona
- 49th Annual Meeting Society MD Graduated from UPR, August 30, 2008, 1 lecture, Ritz Carlton Hotel, San Juan, PR
- XV Congreso Associacion Latinoamericana de Pediatria, Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico. 17 y 19 de noviembre de 2009, 2 lectures.
- 40th Annual Meeting American Pediatric Surgery Association, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. May 2009.
- 60th Annual Meeting American College of Surgeons, Puerto Rico Chapter. San Juan Puerto Rico. February 25-27, 2010.
- 41th Annual Meeting American Pediatric Surgery Association, Orlando, Florida. May 2010.
- 9th Medical Convention San Jorge Children’s Hospital, Wyndham Garden Hotel, Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico June 2012.
- 63rd Annual Meeting American College of Surgeons – Puerto Rico Chapter. February 22-23, 2013. La Concha Resort, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 44th Annual Meeting American Pediatric Surgical Association – May 2-5, 2013, Marco Island FL, USA.
- 10ma Convencion Pediatrica, Hospital de Niños San Jorge, Rio Mar Beach Resort, Rio Grancde, Puerto Rico, Octubre 4-6, 2013.
- 64th Annual Meeting American College of Surgeons, Puerto Rico Chapter, La Concha Resort, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 21-22, 2014.
- 3rd Annual Gordon S. Cameron Visiting Professor in Pediatric Surgery at McMaster University and McMaster Children Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- 4to Simposio de Gastroenterologia Pediatrica, Hotel Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 9 de Agosto de 2014.
- 55th Annual Convention UPR Sociedad de Medicos Graduados, 30 de agosto 2014. The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico.
- San Jorge Academic Symposium, November 15, 2014, Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 65th Annual Meeting American College of Surgeons, Puerto Rico Chapter, La Concha Resort, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 19-21, 2015.
- 46th Annual Meeting American Pediatric Surgery Association – April 30 – May 3, 2015, Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
- 66th Annual Meeting American College of Surgeons, Puerto Rico Chapter, La Concha Resort, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 18-20, 2016.
- 67th Annual Meeting American College of Surgeons, Puerto Rico Chapter, La Concha Resort, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 23-25, 2017.
- 47th Annual Meeting American Pediatric Surgery Association – May 3-6, 2018, JW Marriot Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert, California USA.
- 17th Annual Congress on Pediatrics & Neonatology – Keynote Speaker – August 13-14, 2018, Osaka, Japan.
- Hospital San Jorge Medical Faculty Convention 2018, Octob3r 19-21, 2018, Rincon Beach Resort, Rincon, Puerto Rico.