Guest Speaker’s Profile: Romeo Lloyd Trovela Romero, M.D.

Romeo Lloyd Trovela Romero, M.D. Diplomate of the Philippine Board of Urology. Fellow of the Philippine Urological Association. Medical Specialist II, Casimiro A. Ynares Sr. Memorial Hospital - Present.

Positions Held

Uroscope, Chair/Editor-in-Chief, Philippine Urological Association

Chief Resident, VMMC Department of Surgery, Section of Urology - 2020

Public Relations Officer, Philippine Urological Residents Association - 2020

Executive Council, Philippine Urological Residents Association - 2019

Liaison Officer, Post Graduate Internship, University of Santo Tomas Hospital - 2013

Batch Representative, College of Rehabilitation Science Student Council, University of Santo Tomas - 2008

Class President, Sports Science, University of Santo Tomas – 2008

Training/Certification

Urology Resident-in-Training, Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Veterans Memorial Medical Center 2016 - 2020

General Surgery Resident-in-Training, Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Veterans Memorial Medical Center 2014 - 2016

Southeast Asian Urology Residents Course - 2019

Course of Observation at the Department of Urology of Binh Dan Hospital on PCNL, Ho chi Minh City, Vietnam 2019

Urodynamics Reader, Bristol Urological Institute, 2018

Asian Urology Residents’ Course, Kyoto, Japan 2018

Post Graduate Internship Program, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, 2012-2013

Member Societies

Philippine Urological Association

European Association of Urology Member

Société Internationale d'Urologie Member

Philippine Medical Association

Taguig Medical Association

Educational Background

2008-2012 University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Graduate, Doctor of Medicine

2004-2008 University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Graduate, B.S. Sports Science

2000-2004 St. Mary’s College of Quezon City. Secondary Education

1994-2000 St. Vincent School, Quezon City. Elementary

Licensure

Physician Licensure Examination, August 2013

Research, Publications and Presentations

Partial Penectomy Performed in a Progressive Case of Penile Calciphylaxis (Video Abstract), R. Romero, MD, People’s Choice, Best in Video Philippine Urological Association, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Urology Residency Training Programs in the Philippines. RL. Romero, MD, DK. Koa, MD. ASJ. Uy, MD

Penile Calciphilaxis: 2 Case Reports and Review of Related Literature, RL. Romero, MD, M. Alpas, MD.

Inguinoscrotal Hernia of the Urinary Bladder with Cystolithiasis, A case Report. RL. Romero, MD. JE. Yadao, MD, BS. Blas, MD. ASJ. Uy, MD. Philippine Journal of Urology 2020

A Rare case of Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Bladder: A Case Report. RL. Romero, MD. RJ. Tuazon, MD. M. Alpas. MD

Single Institution Experience on Supine Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, R. Romero, MD, KM Tan, MD, S. Sergio, MD. Unmoderated Poster Philippine Urological Association 2018

Supine PCNL in the Morbidly Obese, (Video) R. Romero, MD, EP. Madrona, MD, KM Tan, MD, S. Sergio, MD, M. Alpas, MD, People’s Choice, Best in Video Philippine Urological Association, 2019

Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Correlation with age, quality of life scores, Parameters of Uroflowmetry and Prostate size, R. Romero, MD, KM Tan, MD, FPUA, M. Alpas lll, FPUA, Presented as Poster at the Société Internationale d'Urologie, Athens, Greece 2019, Philippine Journal Of Urology 2019

Urethral Dilatation after Urethrotomy for Urethral Stricture : A VMMC Protocol, R. Romero, MD, KM Tan, MD, FPUA, M. Alpas lll, FPUA, Presented as Poster at the Société Internationale d'Urologie, Seoul, South Korea 2018, World Journal of Urology 2018

Endourology Progress: Technique, Technology and Training, Eddie She-yin Chan, Tadashi Matsuda, Part 3, Chapter 31, Thulium: Yag Laser Resection for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Co-Author

Hospital Affiliations

Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center Quezon City

Fatima University Medical Center Antipolo

Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical Center, Inc.

St. Victoria Hospital

Urology Center of the Philippines

Veterans Memorial Medical Center