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DEXTER A. DIMAANO, MD, DPBNS, FAFNi           
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgeon

Dr. Dimaano is an adult and pediatric brain and spine surgeon based in Cebu, Philippines. He had his medical education at Cebu Institute of Medicine and graduated from Neurosurgery residency training at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center. He had his clinical fellowship in Stereotactic Radiosurgery (Gammaknife Radiosurgery) at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center.

 

Dr. Dimaano did his preceptorship in Deep Brain Stimulation from pioneer functional neurosurgeons of this modality in the Philippines, namely, Dr. Jose Francisco Aguilar (Philippine General Hospital/Cardinal Santos Medical Center) and Dr. Jean Quint Oropilla (Quirino Memorial Medical Center/Makati Medical Center/Asian Hospital). He further trained as an international fellow in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand under the tutelage of Professor Bunpot Sitthinamsuwan. He was exposed to surgeries for the management of movement disorders, epilepsy, psychiatric disorders, and pain.

 

He is a Diplomate of the Philippine Board of Neurological Surgery and was inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons, Inc. in 2023. He is a member of the International Leksell Gammaknife Society and is currently the section head for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Brain and Spine Center Department of Neurosurgery.

 

Dr. Dimaano considers training and research as integral parts in the field, rearing neurosurgical trainees as the department resident and research coordinator and as a member of the Technical Review Board under the VSMMC Research Institute. Lastly, he is a peer reviewer for the World Neurosurgery journal.

Dr. Dexter Dimaano

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND​

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     Sacred Heart School-Jesuit 

     Primary Education

     Cebu City National Science High School 

     Secondary Education

     Cebu Doctors’ University, B.S. Nursing

     Undergraduate                     

     Cebu Institute of Medicine 

     Medical School

                    

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING


     Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center 

     Residency Training in Neurosurgery

     Cardinal Santos Medical Center

      Fellowship Training in Stereotactic Radiosurgery   

      (Gammaknife Radiosurgery)   

     Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

     Fellowship Training in Stereotactic and

     Functional Neurosurgery

     


BOARD CERTIFICATION

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      Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination

      Philippine Physician Licensure Examination

      Philippine Board of Neurological Surgery

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HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

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      Chong Hua Hospital Cebu (Fuente)

      Chong Hua Hospital Mandaue

      Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

      University of Cebu Medical Center

      Perpetual Succour Hospital

      VisayasMed Hospital

      Cebu Velez General Hospital

      St. Vincent General Hospital

      Mendero Medical Center

      ACE Medical Center – Cebu

      Allegiant Regional Care (ARC) Hospitals

      The Hospital at MAAYO

      Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital

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AFFILIATIONS

      Fellow, Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons, Inc.

      Member, International Leksell Gammaknife Society

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