Rey Arcenas Desales, M.D. Quezon Avenue Room 1101 Quezon City 1100 Philippines 632 9246101 632 9514410 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

• Lung Center of the Philippines

Specialty

• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• General Surgery Residency - Capitol Medical Center (1976-1980)
• Thoracic Surgery Fellowship - Lung Center Philippines(1982-1984)
• Advance Training-Laparoscopic Surgery:Metropolitan Endoscopic/Laparoscopic Institute (1991)
• Video Assited Thoracic Surgery National Univ. of Singapore (1993)
• Laser Surgery - Academy of Medicine -Singapore General Hospital (1988)
• Lung Transplantation Surgery -Toronto General Hospital,Canada 1994
• President,Phil. Assoc. of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons (1990-1991)
• Chairman,Department of Surgery,Lung Center of the Philippines (1990-2000)
• Phil. Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Examiner (194-2000)
• Section Chief,Thorcacic and Vascular Surgery ,Capitol Medical Center al Center (1996-present)

Interests

• Thoracic Oncologic Surgery
• Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
• Lung Transplantation Surgery
• Surgery for Tuberculosis
• Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS)