Horacio J. Asbun
USA

- Director of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida
- Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic

PERSONAL INFORMATION

PRESENT POSITIONS AND TITLE

Professor of Surgery,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Chairman – General Surgery,
Mayo Clinic Florida

Director - Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Program,
Mayo Clinic Florida

EDUCATION

Fellowship: Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery: Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA. July 1991 to September 1992

Residency: General Surgery: Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, California, University of California San Diego. June 1986 to July 1991

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Surgical Oncology. University of California at San Diego. February 1985 to June 1986

Postdoctoral Surgical Fellow: General Surgery: Hospital de La Santa Cruz y San Pablo, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain. 1983 - 1984

Medical Degree: University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. January 1983

MEDICAL LICENSURE

Florida, 2008
Massachusetts, 1991
California, 1987
Bolivia, 1985
Chile, 1983

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Diplomate of The American Board of Surgery: 1993. Recertification: 2003 and 2012
Bolivian Board of Surgery: 199
ECFMG, VQE: 1984
FLEX: California, 1983

MEDICAL SOCIETIES

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
International Study Group of Pancreas Surgery (ISGPS)
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA)
International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
The Pancreas Club
International Society of Surgery (Societe Internationale de Chirugie)
International Society of Digestive Surgery
San Francisco Surgical Society
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery
Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologist and Oncologist (IASGO)
East Bay Surgical Society
Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association
Bolivian College of Physicians
Bolivian Society of Surgery
International College of Surgeons, Bolivian Chapter

Honorary Fellowship

Association of India Surgeons
Chilean Society of Surgery
Bolivian Society of Gastroenterology
Peruvian Society of Surgeons
Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
Society of Surgeons in Chile

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

Attending Surgeon La Paz, Bolivia, 1992-1994:

• Attending Surgeon, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Juan XXIII, University of Nuestra Senora de La Paz, 1992 - 1994
• Surgical Post Consultant, Health Unit, American Embassy, 1993 - 1994
• Staff Surgeon, General Surgery Department, Clinica Virgen de La Asuncion, 1992 - 1994

Department of, Northern California Health Care System, University of California Davis, 1994 – 2004:

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento California, 1995 – 1999
• Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs, Martinez, CA 1994 - 2004
• David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield CA, 1994 - 1997
• Attending Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez, CA, 1994 to 2002

John Muir Health, Walnut Creek, California, 1997 to 2008:

• Director, Hepato-Biliary and Pancreas Program, John Muir Cancer Institute 2007-2008
• Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology, John Muir Cancer Institute 2007-2008
• Physician champion NSQIP for John Muir Health 2007-2008
• Director, Minimally Access and Robotic Surgery 1999 - 2008
• Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, John Muir Weight Loss Surgery Center 2002 - 2008
• Chairman, Department of Surgery, Concord Campus, 2002 - 2003
• Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, Concord Campus 2001 - 2002
• Staff Surgeon John Muir Health, Concord and Walnut Creek campuses 1997 to 2008

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• National Surgical Societies Board Membership
  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. (SAGES)
  
  
• Board of Governors Member. 2006 - present

Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA)

• Executive Council Member. 2010 – present
• Foundation Board Member 2010 - 2013

• Editorial Boards
  Surgical Endoscopy Editorial Board Member 2008-present

Editor-in Chief American College of Surgeons Multimedia Atlas

• ACS Multimedia Atlas of Surgery Series 2007-present

Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery Editorial Board Member 2011-present

• National Committees
  American College of Surgeons (ACS):

• Committee on Video-Based Education (Member, 1998 – 2008; Executive Committee member, 2001 – 2008; Vice-Chairman, 2002 – 2004; Chairman, 2004 – 2008)
• Video Library: Chairman of the Editorial Board, 2003 –2005
• Committee on Education: Member, 2004 – 2008
• Program Committee: Liaison Member 2004 – 2008
• Web Portal Board: Member 2007 – present

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES):

• Educational Resources Committee (Member, 1996 – 2008; Chairman, 2001 – 2005; Web site, Slide Quiz Sub-Committee, 1998 – 2000; Top 14 Procedures Video Project Sub-Committee, 1999 – present; Director, Pearls Video Project, 2001 – 2008)
• California State Chairperson, 1997 – 2000
• Program Committee (Member 2004 – 2010; Co-Chairman 2005 – 2007)
• Development Committee 2006 – present
• SAGES Go Global Initiative task force 2007 – 2009
• Conflict of Interest Task Force 2008 - 2010
• Communications Committee 2008 - present
• Open to MIS Task Force 2012 - present
• Global Affairs Committee (Member 2008 – present; Chairman 2009 – present)
• Humanitarian Committee 2010 – presen

Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA):

• Development Committee (Chairman 2011 – 2013)
• Program Committee for 2011 AHPBA-Clinica Alemana Conference

• Peer Review
  Journals:
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Archives of Surgery, 1996 – 2005
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2006 – present
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Surgical Endoscopy, 2007 – present
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Annals of Surgery, 2008 – present
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2008 – present
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Surgery, 2011 – present
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, HPB, 2011 – present
  Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2011 – present
  
  Meetings:
  Reviewer, Video Presentations, SAGES, 1996 - 2010.
  Reviewer, Abstract Submissions SAGES, 2007 – 2010.
  Reviewer, Video Presentations, ACS 2002 – 2008
  Reviewer, Paper American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Meeting 2004
  
  Other:
  In-House Reviewer, Doctor’s Company, Napa California, 2002 to present

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarship for Postgraduate Education, Surgery, Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana (ICI), Spain, 1984-1985
Intern of the year, Kern Medical Center-University of California San Diego, 1987
Resident of the year, ICU, Kern Medical Center-University of California San Diego, 1988
Third Place: Clinical Surgeons Award, Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons, San Antonio, TX, April 1996: The Effects of Pneumoperitoneum on Gastric Blood Flow and Traditional Hemodynamic Measurements
Surgeon General’s Award, Critical Care/Trauma Section Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons, San Antonio, TX, April 1998: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Exploration for Trauma: A False Sense of Security
Surgeon General’s Award, Basic Science Section Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons, San Antonio, TX, April 1998: Differential Aerosolization of Tumor Cells in Carbon Dioxide Insufflation, using an In-vitro Model
Physician Champion Award. VHA West Coast Clinical Award: For exemplary team leadership and commitment in performance improvement, best practices and evidence based medicine. November 2006
US Top Doctor. US News and World Report 2012, 2013
Jacksonville Business Journal “Health Care Heroes Award” October 2013

NATIONAL INVITED VISIT PROFESSOR/GRAND ROUNDS

Kern Medical Center – University of California San Diego, Bakersfield CA
University of California Davis, Sacramento CA November, 1995
University of California East Bay, Oakland CA May 1, 1997
University of California East Bay, Oakland CA May 1, 1997
University of California San Francisco East Bay, Oakland CA April 6, 2006
National Naval Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. February 21, 2008, Bethesda MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. February 9, 2009
Naval Hospital, Naval Air Station, August 4, 2010, Jacksonville FL.
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 2011
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, October 4, 2011
University of Florida Shands, Jacksonville FL, March 21, 2012
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, May 21, 2012