Higinio Mappala
Jose Reyes Mem. Medical Center
Biography
Professor Higinio T. Mappala is a Full-time Medical Specialist IV and Administrator at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines, A Board-certified Internist, Gastroenterologist, Endoscopist, Clinical Nutritionist and Clinical Toxicologist; has served as a University Professor and Dean of 2 Medical Schools; a highly-regarded Researcher, with more than 70 scientific papers, and more than 30 international publications. A former Board Director of the Philippine Societies of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy; Editorial Board member, American Journal of Biomedical Science and Research; Online Research rater of McMaster, Canada since 2006; Awardee, World’s Leading Physicians in Gastroenterology-2012 and a nominee as one of the Top 100 Leading Physicians 2018 by the Cambridge Biographical Institute. He has been a focused lecturer on NAFLD in local and international conventions for more than 10 years, with 18 invites as Keynote Speaker in 2018, 51 invites in 2019 and 6 advanced invites for 2020 as of this date.