Background & Specialties

Board Certification

Medical Licensure: USSR Licensing Board
Medical Licensure: Philippine Licensing Board
Specialty Licensure: Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery

Professional Background

Undergraduate and Medical School: Kharkov Medical Institute, USSR
Medical Internship: University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital Medical Center

Residencies:
1. General Surgery - University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital Medical Center
2. Plastic-Reconstructive Surgery - University of the Philippines- Philippine General Hospital Medical Center

Post-Residency Courses in Aesthetic Surgery:
1. Manhattan Eye, Ear, Throat Hospital, New York, New York
2. University of Southwestern Texas, Dallas, Texas

Teaching Appointments

St. Luke's Medical Center College of Medicine, Quezon City, Philippines

Publications and Presentations

Valerio, R., Garcia, C.,The Use of Petrolatum in Skin Graft Donor Sites, Journal of Surgical Specialties of the Philippine College of Surgeons,1983

Valerio, R., Garcia, C., Reconstruction of the Burned Breast, (presentation: UP-PGH Medical Center, 1983)

Valerio, R., The Use of Petrolatum in Skin Graft Donor Sites, (presentation: ASEAN Section of International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1985)

Valerio, R., Ocampo, G., The Use of V-shaped Conchal Cartilage Graft in Rhinoplasty Among Filipinos, (presentation: Annual Scientific Paper Presentation, Philippine Association of Plastic, Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery, 2001)

Valerio, R., Lower Blepharoplasty with Fat Preservation, (presentations: Annual Convention of the Philippine Medical Association, 2004 and Philippine Association of Plastic, Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery, 2007)

Valerio, R., A Novel Approach to Rhinoplasty with the Use of Conchal Cartilage Graft, (presentation: First Anniversary Foundation of the Aesthetic Surgery Center, St. Luke's Medical Center, 2007)

Hobbies and Interests

total body workout, practical shooting, pencil drawing, photography