Dr Henry Dimaano
Dr Henry Dimaano
My concise UBE
1999 – graduated MD from University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine (government program)…
2000 – started Neurosurgery residency in Philippine General Hospital (government program, Manila, NCR)…
2001 – shifted to General Surgery residency in The Medical City (Level-3 training insitution / private hospital, Pasig City, NCR)…
2003 – got recruited for Orthopedic residency in Makati Medical Center (Level-3 training insitution / private hospital, Makati City, NCR), under the chairmanship of Dr Ramon Gustilo…
2006 – graduated Orthopedics from Makati Medical Center…
2009 to 2011 – trained in instrumented spine fixation, and co-authored 2 papers, with Dr Richard Condor (medical director of Asian Orthopedic Spine Institute, Cebu)…
2009 to 2019 – served as instructor & assistant dean in Southwestern University College of Medicine, Cebu (where I taught Neuroanatomy, Gross Anatomy, Clinical Research Methods & Bioethics…
Feb 2019 – attended my first ever biportal endoscopic spine surgery workshop given by Dr Dae Jung Choi in The Medical City, Pasig, NCR…
April 2019 – did first two cases of biportal endoscopic lumbar decompression in Medical City Clark, Pampanga (Level-3 private hosp)…
May 2019 – did the first ever UBE thoracic decompression in Cebu (Visayas region), in Carcar District Hospital (a Level-1 government facility)…
Sept to Oct 2019 – did first 5 cases of lumbar BESS in Siliman University Medical Center (Level-3 training institution / private hosp in Dumaguete City, Negros Occidental, Visayas region)…
Dec 2019 to Feb 2020 – trained for UBEss under Dr Cheol Wung Park, Daejeon Woori Hospital, South Korea…
Dec 2020 – did the first UBEss PCEF-discectomy in Fe Del Mundo Medical Center (Level-2 private hospital in Quezon City, NCR) — I have since made FDMMC as my home base for my UBEss private practice…
April 2021 – brought free UBEss & Minimally Invasive Ambulatiry Orthopedic WALANT Surgery to Doña Maria D Tan Memorial Hospital (Level-1 government hosp) in Tangub City, Misamis Occidental (Mindanao region) — although this initiative will be ending in June 2022, thanks to the recent local elections.
