First Filipino: Potenciano Guazon

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

USEFUL LINKS

PGH Firsts And Other Achievements
100 Years of Surgery, PGH-Style

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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