Private Clinic
3/F, Korben Bldg., 91 Roces Avenue
Quezon City
Phone 374-6092

• Mon-Fri 12nn - 5pm

• Sat 10am - 12nn (by appointment only)

B.S. Psychology (Magna cum laude,1978)
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City

Doctor of Medicine (1982)
University of the Philippines College of Medicine

Clinical Internship (1982-1983)
UP - Philippine General Hospital

Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (1984-1988)
UP - Philippine General Hospital
(Scholar of the Philippine College of Surgeons)

Fellowship in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (1989-1990)
Institute of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Fellowship in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
and Maxillofacial Surgery (1990)
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Surgical Associate (1991-1993)
Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Board Passer (1983)
Board of Medical Examiners of the Philippines

Passed written Examinations (1989)
Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery

Scientist and Head of Bone Research Program
of American Red Cross Tissue Services (1990-1995)
Jerome Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences
Rockville, Maryland, USA

Book Chapters

"Bone Induction By Demineralized Bone Powder and Partially Purified Osteogenin Using a Fibrin Sealant Carrier." In Current Trends in Surgical Tissue Adhesives. R. Saltz and D. Sierra, Eds. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., 1995

"Fibrin Sealant: A Versatile Delivery Vehicle for Drugs and Biologics." (1995) In Current Trends in Surgical Tissue Adhesives. R. Saltz and D. Sierra, Eds. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., 1995

Scientific Papers and Abstracts Published

C. Lasa, J. Hollinger, W. Drohan, M. Macphee. "Delivery of Demineralized Bone Powder by Fibrin Sealant." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 96, No. 6, 1409-1417, Nov. 1995.

B. Guyuro, C. Lasa. "Unpredictable Growth Patterns of Costochondral Grafts." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 90, No. 5, pp. 880-886, Nov. 1992.

B. Guyuro, and C. Lasa. " Reaction to Stainless Steel Following Orthognathic Surgery." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 89, No. 3, pp. 540-542, March 1992.

C. Lasa, J. Hollinger, R. Kidd, H. Nuñez, et.al. "Osteoregeneration using a Fibrin Sealant Delivery Vehicle for Demineralized Bone Matrix." Journal of Cellular Bio-Chemistry, Sup. 17E, p. 162, March 1993.

C. Lasa, J. Hollinger, W. Drohan, and M. MacPhee.
"Bone Induction by Demineralized Bone Matrix and Partially Purified Osteogenin Using a Fibrin Sealant Carrier." Proceedings of the Symposium on Surgical Tissue Adhesives, held at Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 9-10, 1993.

C. Lasa, and W. Drohan. "The American Red Cross Research Program in Bone Induction and Bone Repair." Proceedings of the Portland Bone Symposium, held at Portland, Oregon, July 21-24, 1993.

C. Lasa. "Fibrin Sealant as a Delivery System for Bone Inductive Protiens." Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances in the Treatment of Osteoporosis and Bone Repair, held at Boston, Massachusetts, June 21-22, 1993.

C. Lasa, and W. Drohan. "Fibrin Glue as Delivery Vehicle." Tranfusion Today (Quarterly Newsletter of the International Society of Blood Transfusion), No. 14, pp. 8-9, 1992

W. Drohan, C. Lasa, et.AI. "Combination Products: Fibrin Sealant as Delivery Device for other Materials." Proceedings of the U.S. Army Combat Casualty Care Research Program Conference on Fibrin Sealant, held at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, Dec 8-9, 1994.

J. Azarcon, C. Dy, C. Lasa, and L. Valderrama. "Immediate Resection for Ameloblastoma." Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 84-93, 1988.

C. Lasa, and P. Manalo. "Update on the Occurrence Rate of Cleft Lip and Palate." Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties, Vol. 44, Nov. 3, pp. 109-111, 1989.

C. Lasa, and E. Clemente. "Rectal Carcinoma in the Young." Philippine Journal of Surgical Specialties, Vol. 42, No. 2, 1987.

"Osteoregeneration using a Fibrin Sealant Delivery Vehicle for Demineralized Bone Matrix" - presented at the Keystone Symposium on Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease
Brekenridge, Colorado, USA (1993)

"Effect of Fibrin Glue aFGF- Supplemented Fibrin Glue on Wound Healing" - presented at the American Red Cross Scientific Symposium
held at Arlie, Virginia, USA (1991) and also presented at the Keystone Symposium on Wound Repair, Keystone, Colorado, USA (1991)

Liposuction Update (1997)
Philippine Society of Aesthetic Surgery

The Future of Bone Reconstructionn (1996)
International Symposium on Maxillofacial-
Skull Base Surgery
Quezon City, Philippines

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Update (1995)
Department of Dermatology
Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital

Transconjunctival Laser Blespharoplasty (1995)
39th Annual Convention of the Philippine
Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck
Surgery

Combination Product: Fibrin Sealant as Delivery Device
for Other Materials (1994)
U.S. Army Combat Casualty Research Program Conference on
Fibrin Sealant, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Future trends in Bone Reconstruction (1994)
Department of Surgery
UP-PGH Medical Center

Fibrin Sealant as a Delivery System for Bone
Inductive Protiens (1994)
Symposium on Advances in Treatment of Osteoporosis
and Bone Repair, Boston, Massachusetts

Bone Induction by Dermineralized Bone Matrix
and Partially Purified Osteogenin (1993)
International Symposium on Surgical Tissue
Adhesives, Atlanta, Georgia

Bone Induction Using a Fibrin Sealant Carrier (1993)
Department of Biology and Skeletal Research Center
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

The American Red Cross Research Program in Bone Induction
and Bone Repair (1993)
Portland Bone Symposium
Portland, Oregon, USA

Electrocautery Machine: Philippine Prototype (1989)
7th Clinical Congress of the Asian Surgical Association
Penang, Malaysia