• MIGUEL A. VELEZ, M.D., F.A.C.S. 
   
  Education
  
• High School: Inglewood High School, Inglewood CA: 1974
• College: University of California, Los Angeles: 1978
• BS in Biochemistry
• Medical School: University of California, San Diego: 1982
• Internship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center: 1982-1983
• Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center: 1983-1987

Honors & Awards

• Los Angeles County Medical Association: 1974
  Excellence in Biology Sciences Award
• Outstanding Biology Student: 1974
• Dean's Honor List: 1974
• Academic Honors Program: 1975
• Phi Beta Sigma Honors Society: 1975
• Outstanding Speaker Award: 1993
• Far Western Medical Association
• Best Scientific Presentation: 1997
• Far Western Medical Association
• Excellence in Health Care Award: 2002
• Honored by ABC-7 News
  Anaheim, California

Societies

• American Medical Association: 1985
• American Board of Surgery Certification: 1988
• American Board of Surgery Recertification: 1995
• Orange County Surgical Society: 1989
• Fellow American College of Surgeons: 1990
• American Society of Breast Disease: 2004

Presentation Before Scientific Meetings & Publications

1. Atypical, Adult Duodenal Obstruction. Presented at the annual meeting of the
   Southern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Palm Springs, CA, January 19, 1986. (Submitted for publication)
2. Management of Chronic Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Due to Aortic and Iliac Aneurysms. Presented at the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society 5th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, September 27, 1986. (Submitted for publication.)
3. Baumgartner, F.L, Barnett, MJ. Velez, MA., Chiu, LC. Traumatic Rupture of the Gallbladder by Computerized Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Br J Surg 75:386-387,1988.
4. Velez. M.A., Roys, G., Ryan, J. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,
   Contemporary Surgery 38 (2) 21-25,1991.
5.  Velez, MA, Klein, S.R., Laparoscopic Biliary Surgery. In Endoscopies General & Vascular Surgery 1st Ed. White R. Yearbook/Mosby 1991.
6. Velez, M.A., Klein, S.R-, Endosurgical Abdominal and Thoracic Procedures:
   Current and Future Perspective, In Endoscopic General & Vascular Surgery 1st Ed. White R. Yearbook/Mosby 1991.
7. Brandon, J. C, Velez, M.A., et.al. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Evolution,
   Early Results and Impact on Nonsurgical Gallstone Therapies, AJR 157:235-239, August 1991.
8. Brandon, J.C., Velez MA, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Hospimedica IX (8) 3034, November 1991,
9. Velez, M.A., Klein, S.R, Laparoscopic Preperitoneal Herniorrhaphy with Marlex Mesh Patch. Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy. (Submitted for publication)
10. Velez, MA. Mule, J., Brandon, J.C., Kannegieter, L, Laparoscopic Repair of
    Cholecystoduodenal Fistula, Surgical Endoscopy 5:221-223, 1,991.
11.  Velez, M.A-, Riff, D.S., Mule, LM. Laparoscopic Repair of a Colonoscopic
    Perforation. Surgical Endoscopy 1997 Apr; 11 (4); 387-389.

Hospital Appointments

• Chief of Staff Elect:  2005-2007
• Chief of Staff:  2007-2009, Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Anaheim, CA
• Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery: 1989-2000
  Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
• Medical Director of Surgical Services: 2000-Present
  Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Anaheim, CA
• Chair, Department of Surgical Services: 1999-2003
  Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Anaheim, CA
• Chair, Department of Surgical Services: 1989-1991
  Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Anaheim, CA
• Chair, Laser Program Development: 1989-1992
  Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Anaheim, CA
• Chair, Department of Surgery: 1993-1996
  Martin Luther Hospital, Anaheim, CA

Courses & Symposia

• Course Director: 1990-1991
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectom Advanced Hands-on workshop Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA
• Faculty: 1990-1992
• Endoscopic Surgery
• Advanced and Didactic Hands-on course Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Bowel Surgery, Hemiorrhaphy, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA  1990-1992
• Course Director: 1991
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Herniorrhaphy Workshop, Bogota, Colombia
• Course Director: 1994 
• Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux (Gastric) Procedures, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA  1991
• Faculty or Guest Speaker: 1990-2000
• In numerous courses and lectures on Laparoscopic Surgery throughout the country
• Preceptor in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: 1990-2000, Herniorrhaphy, Nissen Fimdoplication, and Splenectomy
• First surgeon to perform Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on the West Coast. Early work on Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy using the patch technique. Inventor of the Endoscopic Hernia Stapler (US Patent 5,392,978 Feb. 28,1995).