Education & Training, Mentorship & Leadership
Non-profit civil association founded in 1987 by and for residents: the only official association of Argentina residents.
Objectives:
- To ensure the continuity of the scientific activity of the residents in the various surgical specialties.
- To improve the level of education and training of residents in surgical specialties.
- To promote closer ties of friendship and cooperation among residents at the provincial, national and international levels.
- To promote the establishment of regional and international associations of surgical residents.
- To promote and support any entity that ensures compliance with ethical standards of professional practice.
- To create and accept awards and scholarships aimed at promoting work and research of surgical interest and the training of surgical residents.
- To promote the publication of a periodical journal and publish it following the publications committee criteria.
- To seek continuity over time.
Dr. Vanzini Damián President Dr. Mon Fara Patricio Vice President Dr. Cenci Rafael Associate Vice President Dr. Cassani Federico Treasurer Dr. López Agustina Sub Treasurer
Dr. Xavier Taype is a surgeon with a complete residency in General Surgery and a post-basic residency in Oncologic Surgery at an institution affiliated to the University of Buenos Aires. He completed a surgical training program in the management of gastric cancer in Tokyo, Japan at the NCCN. He also specialized in the management of percutaneous minimally invasive therapies oriented to interventional oncology, with training in Bordeaux, France. Dr. Taype develops his activities as a staff surgeon mainly at one of the most prestigious Institutes for the treatment of Cancer in Argentina, Instituto de Oncología Angel H. Roffo, a hospital affiliated to the University of Buenos Aires where he also carries out teaching activities in the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He also works as a specialist in upper digestive tract surgery at the Sanatorio Dr. Julio Méndez care centers in the City of Buenos Aires, at the Centro Gallego in Buenos Aires and is also coordinator of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Hospital El Cruce Hospital, where he also leads the management of upper digestive tract tumors. He carries out his Interventional Oncology activities at the prestigious health centers Instituto Roffo in Buenos Aires and Instituto Fleni in the City of Buenos Aires. He is currently Coordinator of the Oncology Commission of the Argentine Association of Surgery with outstanding participation in a series of webinars, courses, talks and exhibitions, recently leading the interdisciplinary group for the development of guidelines for the management of neuroendocrine tumors of digestive origin. He has publications in indexed journals in the field of minimally invasive surgery and the treatment of digestive tumors, publications of chapters in books by Argentina on Emergentology and Surgery. He is a member of Asociacion Argentina de Cirugía, capítulo Argentino IHPBA (CA-IHPBA), former American Foregut Society, International Gastric Cancer Association IGCA. Its main areas of work are the surgical management of oncological pathology of the upper digestive tract (stomach and esophagus) and image-guided ablation of liver tumors and hepatic vascular intervention for preoperative flow regulation.
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