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
100 Years of Surgery, PGH-Style