Catherine SC TEH

Catherine SC TEH

Philippines

Chief HPB Surger

Makati Medical Center

Dr Catherine Teh is a leader and pioneer in the field of Philippine modern liver pancreatobiliary surgery. She co- founded the Philippine Association of HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgeon 2015 and served as the President from 2020 to 2021. Her profound interest and expertise in HPB surgery also includes minimally invasive approach. She is a founding and executive council member (the only female) of the International Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Society (ILLS) and also at the Asia Pacific Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Association. Actively involved in international affairs on HPB at the IHPBA, She is the founding and incumbent President of ASEAN Lap HPB Alliance. As one of the directors of the Philippine Association of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons, she is actively involved in education and training of safe surgery being a staunch advocate of their project - ZERO BILE DUCT INJURY. Being an innovator and early adopter, she is one of the proponents of the fluorescent guided surgery using indocyanine green enhancing safety and quality in hepatobiliary surgery. She serves as the Secretary of the International Society of Fluorescence Guided Surgery, Asia Pacific Chapter (ISFGS-AP). Currently, she is the Chief of the Section of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery of the Makati Medical Centre since 2010, she also established the Liver Care Center of the Makati Medical Center in 2009, and headed this center til 2016. She became the first woman appointed as Chair of the Department of Surgery in National Kidney & Transplant Institute where she lead the renaissance of liver transplant, established the Liver Center of the NKTI in 2013 and became its first director.

Modern liver pancreatobiliary surgery.

• MSc Patient Safety & Clinical Human Factors, University of Edinburgh 2019 - 2023 • Institute of Corporate Directors Professional Director’s Program Masterclass 2021 • Certificate course, Career Advancement & Leadership for Women in Healthcare - Harvard Medical School. November, 2020

• 2022 SSAT DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF THE ADVANCEMENTS TO THE TREATMENT OF LIVER DISEASES AND HPB SURGERY MADE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ASIA • 2019 IASGO LEADERSHIP AWARD • 2018 MOST OUTSTANDING JUBILARIAN OF THE YEAR by USTFMS

• “Surgical outcomes of gallbladder cancer: the OMEGA retrospective, multicentre, international cohort study”, The Lancet Vol 59 May 2023 https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.eclinm.2023. 101951 • “A Core set of Quality Performance Indicators for HPB Procedures: A Global Consensus for Hepatectomy, Pancreatectomy, and Complex Biliary Surgery.” April 2023 HPB DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2023.04.009 • “Multidisciplinary Liver Tumor Board”, Textbook on Colorectal Liver Metastases , 1st ed. 2022 edition. ISBN 978-3-031-09322-7 • Philippine College of Surgeons Cancer Commission Manual for Multidisciplinary Tumor Board. v1.02 published and launched December 2022 • An International Expert Delphi Consensus on Defining Textbook Outcome in Liver Surgery (TOLS) Annals of Surgery ():10.1097/SLA.0000000000005668, August 10, 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005668