JUAN PEKOLJ

1) PERSONAL DATA

DATE OF BIRTH: May 4th 1959

PLACE OF BIRTH:  San Luis, San Luis, Argentina

ADDRESS:

Personal:

* Terry 280 Buenos Aires  Argentina

PhoN#   : 054 – 11- 4824 8449

e-mail: juan.pekolj@hospitalitaliano.org.ar

juan.pekolj@hotmail.com

Professional:

* General Surgery Service. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

Peron 4190 Buenos Aires. Argentina

PHON # : (54 1) 49590396   49590813  49590200 ext. 8412

FAX:  (54-1) 4959 0022 ext.4422

 

2) TITLES:

 

– 1984 M.D.  Golden Medall Medical School Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Mendoza Argentina

– 2000 Ph.D. Medical School Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina Thesis:  Laparoscopic transcystic treatment of common bile duct stones.

– 2005 – 2016 Assistant Professor of Surgery Medical School Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina 

– 2016 – 2019 Professor of Surgery Medical School Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina 

– 2017 “Oustanding Citizen” Recognition by the Legislature of Buenos Aires City Argentina, by the teaching activities for the surgeons. April.

 

3) HOSPITAL PRACTICE

 

1984 to 1987 – Resident. General Surgery Service. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.Argentina

1988            –  Chief of Residents. General Surgery Service.Hospital Italiano  de Buenos Aires. Argentina

1989 – 1992 – Staff Surgeon. HPB Surgery Section and Liver Transplant Unit

General Surgery Service. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.Argentina

1992             –Visiting Surgeon. Liver Transplant Unit. University of Nebraska Medical Center  Omaha, Nebraska USA

1993 -2019 – Staff Surgeon. HPB Surgery Section and Liver Transplant Unit

General Surgery Service. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.Argentina

2006 -2013   –Vice Chairman General Surgery Service  Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires Argentina

2006 -2017  – Chief HPB Surgery Section General Surgery Service  Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires Argentina

2017 – 2020 – Chairman General Surgery Service Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires Argentina

 

2019            – Vice Chaiman Liver Transplant Unit Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires Argentina

4)  SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

  1. a) Research Papers (Author or Co-author): 16
  2. b) Clinical Papers (Author or Co-author): 184
  3. c) Book Chapters (Author or Co-author): 19
  4. d) Book Editor: 1

 

5)  TEACHING ACTIVITIES 

  1. Lectures: 718
  2. Director “Hands on” Training Courses: 41
  3. Director of Teaching Courses : 33
  4. Other (instructor, coordinator): 47

 

6) SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Argentine Society of Surgery

       1989  – 2014 Active Member

2003 Main Speaker  (“Relator”) 74º National Meeting of Surgery.

2013 Vice President of 84th   Congreso Argentino de Cirugía (National Meeting of Surgery)

2014 President of 85th   Congreso Argentino de Cirugia (National Meeting of Surgery)

2015  Vice Presiden

2016  President

 

Argentine Academy of Surgery

1998 – 2002 Associated Member

2002 – 2014 Academic Member

2012 – 2016  General Secretary

2017  President

 

AHPBA (Americas Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association) Active Member

IHPBA (International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association) Active Member

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Honorary Fellow American Surgical Association