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Dr. Manuel Francisco Roxas is a consultant colorectal surgeon and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital. More popularly known by his nickname “Ramy”, he is an elected Regent of the Philippine College of Surgeons, and the Director of its Cancer Commission.
He is also Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs of the Qualimed Hospital Network, as well as Co-Director for Surgery at the Healthway Cancer Care Center (currently undergoing construction), both of which comprise the hospital arm of Ayala Health.
Dr. Roxas has held various past positions as President of the Philippine Society of Colorectal Surgeons and the ASEAN Society of Colorectal Surgeons; Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery, Philippine General Hospital; and Chair of the Department of Surgery at The Medical City.
Aside from his Medical Degree from the De La Salle University Health Sciences Campus where he was valedictorian, Dr. Roxas has a Masters of Science Degree in Health Industries Management from the ESSEC Business School in Singapore, and a Scholarship in Surgical Leadership from the Harvard Medical School. He was also an International Guest Scholar of the American College of Surgeons and it’s National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
As an academic colorectal surgeon, Dr. Roxas has published more than 55 peer reviewed articles and pioneered the following in the Philippines