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11.14.2007

Potenciano Guazon



Dr. Potenciano Guazon

  • 1st Filipino surgeon to perform the first sphincter-saving resection of the rectum in a female patient with rectal cancer (1919)
  • 1st Filipino Head of Surgery and Chief Surgeon of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH, 1917)
  • 1st Filipino surgeon to perform the first mastectomy at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH, 1911)


WIFE: Dr. Ma. Paz Mendoza


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Did you know...

  • ...that President Noynoy Aquino was the first Filipino bachelor to become President of the Republic of the Philippines?
  • ...that Astronomer Armando Lee was the first Filipino Master of Science (MS) degree holder in Astronomy in the Philippines?
  • ...that race driver Marlon Stockinger was the first Filipino-Swiss race winner in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship?
  • ...that Joy Rojas was the first Filipina to run across 3,107 miles across the United States?
  • ...that boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was the first Filipino sports billionaire?
  • ...that José Rizal was given the label 'First Filipino' by Leon Ma. Guerrero, the first Filipino Ambassador to Germany?

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