Daniel Bacal, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA:

• Date of Birth: June 22, 1970
• Place of Birth: Santiago de Chile, Chile
• US Resident
• Languages: English, Spanish, conversational in French, Hebrew

EDUCATION:

• Universidad Central de Venezuela - Doctor of Medicine, Caracas, Venezuela - December 1994
  • Honors: Magna cum Laude Award. Ranked first out of a class of 163 students. Award for Excellency.
• Colegio Moral y Luces Herzl Bialik - Bachelor of Science, Caracas, Venezuela - August 1987
  • Honors: Magna cum Laude Award. Graduated in the top 3% of the class.

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

WORK EXPERIENCE:

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS:

• Candidate Member American College of Surgeons
• Member SAGES
• Member American Society of Bariatric Surgery
• Board Certified American Board of Surgery, Qualifying Exam passed 10/2002 (94th Percentile). Oral exam passed October 2003
• Michigan State Medical License # 4301068636
• Indiana State Medical License #01057970A
• DEA registered BB 8419409
• ATLS recertified April 2005
• BCLS/ ACLS certified June 2000
• Certificate of Attendance to Lap Band ® course and accredited 2003
• Certificate of Attendance and accreditation for PPH ® procedure 2003
• University Louis Pasteur Diplomate in Laparoscopic Surgery 2003
• Certificate of Attendance Postgraduate Course Reoperative Surgery SAGES March 2003
• Certificate of Attendance Hands on Course Minimally Invasive Solid Organ Surgery SAGES March 2002
• Certificate of Attendance Hands on Course Minimally Invasive Biliary Surgery SAGES March 2001

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Laparoscopic Instructor

• 6-7 June 2003
  Advance Course in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 9-23 May 2003
  Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 12-14 May 2003
  Course in Animal Models
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 25-26 April 2003
  Advance Course in Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 4-5 April 2003
  Advance Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 17-21 February 2003
  Intensive Course Laparoscopic Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 14-16 February 2003
  Advance Course in Laparoscopic Aortoiliac Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 6-8 February 2003
  Advance Course Endocrine Course
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 20-23 January 2003
  Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 9-13 December 2002
  Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 2-4 December 2002
  New Technologies in the Pig Model
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 29-30 November 2002
  Advance Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 25 November 2002
  Nurses Course for Laparoscopic Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 22-23 November 2002
  Advance Course in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 5-9 November 2002
  Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 24-26 October 2002
  Advance Course in Laparoscopic Aortoiliac Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 8-12 October 2002
  Intensive Course Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 16 –20 September 2002
  Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Surgery
  IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France

Instructor:

• January-December 1995
  Anatomy and Physiology Instructor
  School of Nursing, Universidad Central Venezuela
  Caracas, Venezuela
  
  
• January 1993- December 1994 Anatomy Teaching Assistant
  School of Medicine Universidad Central Venezuela
  Caracas, Venezuela

RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS:

Publications

• Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration: Choledochotomy Approach
  Bacal D, Berthou, Mutter D
  CME Chapter Websurg ®, September 2003
  
  
• Comparison of Medial to lateral versus Traditional Lateral to Medial Laparoscopic Dissection Sequences for the Resection of Rectosigmoid Cancers: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial: Letter to the Editor.
  Bacal D, Henri M, Garcia A, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  World Journal of Surgery, Dec 2003
  
  
• Compartment Syndrome of the Upper Extremity: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Bacal D, Lampman RM, Hogikyan JV, Wolk SW
  Am J Orthop 2001 May;30(5):422-3
  
  
• Sarcoidosis of the Pancreas: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Bacal D, Hoshal VL Jr, Schaldenbrand JD, Lampman RM.
  Am Surg 2000 Jul;66(7):675-8.

Oral Presentations:

• Automatic Assessment of Adrenal Masses Using Virtual Reality: A Better Way to Define Surgical Indication?
  Bacal D, Henri M, Arenas M, Rubino F, Dutson E, Garcia A, Jourdan I, Soler L,
  Vix M, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Laparoscopic Treatment of Recurrences after Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
  Bacal D, Mutter D, Arenas M, Dutson E, Garcia A, Henri M, Jourdan I, Rubino F, Leroy J, Marescaux J.
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Laparoscopic Treatment Hydatid Cyst Liver (video)
  Leroy J, Bacal D, Arenas M, Jourdan I, Mutter D, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Tips for Exposure for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (video)
  Leroy J, Arenas M, Bacal D, Garcia A, Dutson E, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Infrared Stents for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass (video)
  Bacal D, Rubino F, Vix M, Leroy J, Mutter D, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Multiple Uses for Infrared Stents in Laparoscopic Surgery
  Rubino F, Bacal D, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Moderator Advance Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Course
  IRCAD-EITS Strasbourg, France June 2003
  
  
• Ocular Choroid Metastasis from Breast Carcinoma: Case Report and Review Literature
  Gomez A, Bacal D
  National Congress of Breast Pathology. Caracas, Venezuela July 1995.
  
  
• Sarcoidosis of the Pancreas: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Bacal D, Hoshal V
  Research Forum St Joseph Mercy Hospital 1999, Ann Arbor, Michigan,1st Prize.

Awards:

• Tricks for Exposure in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery (video)
  Leroy J, Arenas M, Ceulemans R, Bacal D, Garcia A, Dutson E, Marescaux J
  To be presented at SLS, Las Vegas Nevada 2003. Honorable Mention
  
  
• Laparoscopic Treatment Hydatid Cyst Liver (video)
  Leroy J, Bacal D, Arenas M, Jourdan I, Mutter D, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003. Award Video Session.
  
  
• Sarcoidosis of the Pancreas: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Bacal D, Hoshal V
  Research Forum St Joseph Mercy Hospital 1999, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1st Prize.

Abstracts for Congresses:

• Automatic Assessment of Adrenal Masses Using Virtual Reality: A Better Way to Define Surgical Indication?
  Bacal D, Arenas M, Rubino F, Henri M, Dutson E, Garcia A, Jourdan I, Soler L,
  Vix M, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  SLS, Las Vegas Nevada 2003.
  
  
• A Multimedia Approach for theTeaching OF Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
  Rubino F, Vix M, Mutter D, Dutson E, Simone M, Jourdan I, Bacal D, Henri M, Claveranne B, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  SLS, Las Vegas Nevada 2003.
  
  
• Mathematical Model for Ablation of Liver Tumors with Virtual Radiofrequency
  Arenas M, Villard C, Soler L, Rubino F, Garcia A, Dutson E, Jourdan I, Henri M, Bacal D, Claudon B, Mutter D, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  SLS, Las Vegas Nevada 2003.
  
  
• Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Hepatectomy in a Porcine Model, Does Experience Make a Difference?
  Arenas M, Henri M, Ceulemans R, Rubino F, Bacal D, Garcia A,Dutson E, Leroy J, Mutter D, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  SLS, Las Vegas Nevada 2003.
  
  
• Tricks for Exposure in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery (video)
  Leroy J, Arenas M, Ceulemans R, Bacal D, Garcia A, Dutson E, Marescaux J
  SLS, Las Vegas Nevada 2003.
  
  
• Motion Analysis Reveals Distinct Phases of Psychomotor Learning in Robotic Laparoscopy
  Garcia A, Boy F, Jourdan I, Dutson E, Henri M, Bacal D, Arenas M, Ceulemans R, Coello Y, Orliaguet J, Mutter D, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Augmented Reality for Radiofrequency Application in an Inanimate Model
  Garcia A, Nicolau S, Doganis F, Dutson E, Arenas M, Henri M, Rubino F, Bacal D, Jourdan I, Mutter D, Soler L, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Mathematical Model for Ablation of Liver Tumors with Virtual Radiofrequency
  Arenas M, Villard C, Garcia A, Dutson E, Jourdan I, Henri M, Bacal D, Rubino F, Soler L, Leroy J, Mutter D, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Hepatectomy in a Porcine Model, Does Experience Make a Difference?
  M. Henri, R. Ceulemans, M. Arenas, D. Bacal, A. Garcia, E.Dutson, I. Jourdan,
  F. Rubino, J. Leroy, D. Mutter, J. Marescaux.
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Multimedia Approach to Instruction of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Common Bile Duct Exploration
  DutsonE, Garcia A, Rubino F, Arenas M, Jourdan I, Henri M, Bacal D, Simone M, Mutter D, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Robotic Performance of Precision Laparoscopy is Significantly Enhanced by Stereoscopic Vision
  Jourdan I, Vleugels T, Garcia A, Dutson E, Henri M, Arenas M, Bacal D, Tanaka K, Mutter D, Leroy J, Marescaux J
  European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Glasgow, England June 2003.
  
  
• Laparoscopic Treatment Hydatid Cyst Liver (video)
  Leroy J, Bacal D, Arenas M, Jourdan I, Dutson E, Garcia A, Henri M, Mutter D, Vix M, Marescaux J
  Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia Endoscopica, Veracruz, Mexico April 2003.
  
  
• Tips for Exposure for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (video)
  Leroy J, Arenas M, Bacal D, Garcia A, Dutson E, Henri M, Vix M, Mutter D, Marescaux J Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia Endoscopica, Veracruz, Mexico April 2003.
  
  
• Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Hepatectomy in a Porcine Model, Does Experience Make a Difference?
  Arenas M, Henri M, Ceulemans R, Dutson E, Garcia A, Rubino F, Bacal D, Jourdan I, Leroy J, Mutter D, Marescaux J.
  Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia Endoscopica, Veracruz, Mexico April 2003.
  
  
• Laparoscopic Treatment of Recurrences after Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
  Bacal D, Mutter D, Arenas M, Dutson E, Garcia A, Henri M, Jourdan I, Rubino F, Leroy J, Marescaux J.
  Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia Endoscopica, Veracruz, Mexico April 2003.
  
  
• Mathematical Model for Ablation of Liver Tumors with Virtual Radiofrequency
  Arenas M, Villard C, Garcia A, Dutson E, Jourdan I, Henri M, Bacal D, Rubino F, Soler L, Leroy J, Mutter D, Marescaux J
  Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia Endoscopica, Veracruz, Mexico April 2003.

Posters:

• Instruction of Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy via Multimedia Approach.
  Rubino F, Mutter D, Dutson E, Arenas M, Garcia A, Henri M, Ceulemans R, Bacal D, Marescaux J
  SAGES Meeting March 2003 Los Angeles, California.

Research Projects:

• 2002-2003-Laparoscopic versus robot assisted left hepatectomy in a porcine model. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Radiofrequency guided left hepatectomy in an animal model. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Evaluation of multiple virtual reality surgical simulators for minimally invasive surgery. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-4D simulation. Monitoring hepatic tumor evolution. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Virtual Reconstruction of the adrenal gland and role of volumetry. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Telementoring in Laparoscopic Surgery. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Personality of the surgeon and influence on the learning process. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Use of the Internet for surgical education. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Liver regeneration by virtual reality. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.
  
  
• 2002-2003-Use of 2 D versus 3D in Robotic Surgery. IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France.