Arnold Tabuenca, MD Professor, Surgery School of Medicine

Honors and Awards 

  University Awards and Honors

• Elected as Faculty member  to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society ( 0/2003 - 9/2009 )

• Outstanding Leadership and Excellence in Surgical Education. Award given by LLUMC Chief Residents in Surgery ( 0/2002 - 0/2001 )

• Special Appreciation Award for contributions towards excellence in residency education. Given by the Faculty and Residents of Loma Linda University Medical Center. ( 0/2006 - Present )

• Most Outstanding Outside-Faculty Teacher of the Year. Award given by Loma Linda University Emergency Medicine Residents. Loma Linda ( 0/1999 - Present )

• Golden Scalpel to the outstanding surgeon of the year. Award given by Loma Linda University Surgery Residents ( 0/1998 - Present )

• Teaching award.  Given for outstanding contributions to academic teaching by the faculty of the department of surgery and the students of the school of medicine.  Loma Linda University ( 0/1995 - Present )

  Professional Awards and Honors

• First prize for the paper “Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in a patient with gastric malrotation”. 40th annual meeting  of the Tri-County Surgical Society. Riverside, CA ( 6/1997 - 9/2009 )

• Distinguished and Outstanding Leadership. Award given by the medical staff Riverside County Regional Medical Center. ( 0/2004 - Present )

• Second prize for the paper “Paget-Schroetter Syndrome: A case Presentation, Literature Review and Treatment Recommendations”. 42th annual meeting  of the Tri-County Surgical Society. Riverside, CA ( 4/1999 - Present )

• First prize, Surgical Oncology category for the paper “Patterns of recurrence and treatment of stage I melanoma”. 35th Annual Meeting of the Tri-County Surgical Society.  Loma Linda, CA ( 5/1992 - Present )

  Community Awards and Honors

• Golden Scalpel to the outstanding surgeon of the year. Award given by Loma Linda University Surgery Residents ( 0/1997 - Present )