Philippine Orthopaedic Association
75th Annual Congress
Dr. Ronald P. Tangente
Philippines
Discussion with seasoned spine surgeons
Short Bio
Dr. Tangente took his medical degree at Davao Medical School Foundation and medical internship at the Davao Doctors Hospital. He finished his residency training at the Department of Orthopaedics, UP-Philippine General Hospital. Among his post-graduate fellowships include: AO Spine Advance Course, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Spine Surgery, International Physician Observership Program, Department of Orthopedic Surgery/ Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Scoliosis Research Society Scholar, Scoliosis Research Society, Edinburgh, Scotland; Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopedics, St Vincent’s Health Care, Montana, USA; Pediatric Spine Surgery Clinical Fellowship, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Spine and Trauma Surgery Clinical Fellowship, Division of Orthopedics, University of Toronto Sunnybrook &Women’s College Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada; and Spine Surgery, Spinal Injuries Center, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan. He is the Assistant Medical Director, Davao Doctors Hospital. He is head of Spine Surgery Section at the Department of Neurosurgery/Orthopedics, Davao Doctors Hospital. He is an Associate Professor at the Anatomy/ Neurosciences/ General Surgery, Davao Medical School Foundation College of Medicine. He is a Visiting Consultant at the San Pedro Hospital, Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, Davao Medical School Foundation Hospital and Limso Medical Center