Professor Luis Soto Diaz M.D.
Luis Soto Diaz is Chief of the Team of Oncologic Surgery of the
Department of Surgery of the DIPRECA Hospital in Chile.
He is currently also Permanent General Secretary of the South American
Federation of Societies of Head and Neck Surgery; President of the
Oncologic Committee of the DIPRECA Hospital; and Consultant Advisor
in Oncology for the Honorable Commission of Preventive Medicine
of the Chilean Police.
He qualified as a physician from the Medicine Faculty of the University
of Chile, in May of 1968 and practiced as a general surgeon until
1974. In this year he began his surgical specialization in oncologic
surgery and gained a postgraduate title in head and neck surgery
from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile and the
Institute of the Cancer in Santiago from Chile.
In 1980 he was appointed head of the Head and Neck Cancer Team
of the Institute of Cancer, Chile, a position that he occupied along
side that of President of the Oncologic Committee of this Institution
until 1985. In this year he assumed his current position of Chief
of the Team of Oncologic Surgery at the DIPRECA Hospital. In 2002
he was appointed head of the Unit of Registration and Pursuit of
Cancer of the Hospital which advises on policy issues in relation
to cancer in the Institution.
He is also a Regular Member of the Societies of Surgeons from Chile;
of the Society of Surgery of Head Neck and Plastic Maxillofacial
of Chile; and of the Latin American Society of Thyroid, (SLAT).
He is a Founder Member of the Society of Mastologia of Chile; of
the Department of Surgery Laparoscopic of the Society of Surgeons
of Chile; and of the Latin Society of Head and Neck. He is Corresponding
Foreigner Member of the Peruvian Society of Surgery of Head and
Neck; of the Societie of Cancerology of Rio Grande del Sur in Brazil;
and of the Italian Society of Surgery Oncologic, (SICO).
He participates actively in varied Protocols of Investigation in
Cancer and as a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal for
ORL and its related Specialties of Karger AG; of the Brazilian Journal
of Head and Neck Surgery; and of the Journal of Thyroid and Parathyroid
Glands of the National University of Rosario in Argentina.
He has participated as Assistant, Invited Professor, Coordinator,
or Organizer in courses, work-shops, congresses, or symposia, and
spoken at conferences or courses on general cancer and of head and
neck in more than 70 opportunities in Chile and abroad; and has
more than 30 published works including communications, free works
and book chapters.
Sven Hedin 870. Las Condes. Santiago.
CHILE.
Fone/Fax: 56-2-2292928.
e-mail: lsotod@vtr.net
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