Fellow in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery; 2014-2016 

 Oregon Health &Science University, 

Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR 

 HPB Ultrasound and Advanced Technology Course; 2014 

 Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) 

 Resident in Surgery; University of Miami, Miami, FL 2011-2014 

 Intern in Surgery; University of Miami, Miami, FL 2009-2010 

 M.D. Universidad Americana. Managua, Nicaragua. Undergraduate Education: Molecular Biology (BS) 1998-2006

Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute – Seattle, WA 2009-2010 

 Seattle Pacific Molecular Biology Research Laboratory – Seattle, WA 2008-2009 

Research Focus: Cell Signaling, Plasmids, PCR, Vector Insertion

Journal Articles:
• “The Landmark Series: Multi-modality Management of Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.” Annals of Surgical Oncology. (27):3030-3036. May, 2020 

 • “Diaphragmatic Hernia an Uncommon Complication of Left Hemicolectomy for Colonic Adenocarcinoma.” Journal of Surgical Research. (3): 253-257. July, 2020 • “Nationally Representative Readmission Factors in Claudication vs Critical Limb Ischemia.” Annals of Vascular Surgery. (52):96-107. October, 2018. 

 • “Nationally Representative Readmission Factors Associated with Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.” Annals of Vascular Surgery. (53):105- 116. November, 2018 Book Chapters: 

 • “Is Surgical Management of Flail Chest Effective?” Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery – An Evidence Based Approach, 4th Edition, Chapter 62. Springer, 2020. • “Congenital Chest Wall Disorders.” The Handbook of Pediatric Surgery. Wolters Kluwer Health, 2017. Section 3, Chapter 15: Common Pediatric Surgical Problems 

 • “Mediastinal Tumors.” The Handbook of Pediatric Surgery. Wolters Kluwer Health, 2017. Section 4, Chapter 9: Pediatric Surgical Oncology Oral Presentations: 

 • “Readmission Factors Associated With Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.” Southeastern Surgical Congress. Tampa, FL. February 2018. 

 • “National Outcomes and Risk Factors for Readmission After Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair.” Academic Surgical Congress. Jacksonville, FL. January 2018. 

 • “Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Coronary Artery Bypass in Patients with Morbid Obesity: Outcomes from a Single-Center Database.” Obesity Week International Annual Conference. National Harbor, MD. October 2017. 

 • “The Emergent Management of Carotid Artery Injury After Complex Facial Trauma.” International Trauma Tele-Grand Rounds. Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial Hospital. Miami, FL. March 2017. 

• “Outcomes and Costs Associated with Thoracoscopic Alone Versus Robotic Assisted Thoracoscopic Procedures.” Academic Surgical Congress. Las Vegas, NV. February 2017. 

 • “Meta-analysis of Thromboelastography (TEG) for Postoperative Hemorrhage After Cardiac Surgery.” Academic Surgical Congress. Las Vegas, NV. February 2017. 

 • “The Components of a Surgery Residency Program That Contribute to Scholarly Success.” Academic Surgical Congress. Las Vegas, NV. February 2017. 

 • “The Utility of Thromboelastography(TEG) and Goal Directed Resuscitation.” The Florida Perfusion Society. PGA Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. September 2016. Poster Presentations: 

 • “An Unusual Presentation of PE: Delayed Pulmonary Cement Embolism.” The American College of Physicians Conference, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. December 2017. 

 • “Comparing Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.” Miami Valves Conference, Miami, FL. January 2017 

 • “Systematic Review of Robotic-assisted Thymectomy and Meta-analysis of Robotic Versus Video-assisted and Transsternal Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis and Anterior Mediastinal Masses.” University of Miami/JFK Scholarship Day (1st Place: JFK Medical Center Annual Research Forum). JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, FL. May 2016

Resident of the Year Award, University of Miami 2012 

 Teaching attending of the Year Award, University of Miami 2017 

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates 2008 

Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery 2014 

Board Certified, American Board of Surgery 2015 

University of Miami, Faculty, Department of General Surgery 2016 

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons 2018 

American College of Surgeons, Florida Chapter, Resident 2013-2014 

Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association 2014-present 

American College of Surgeons 2016-present 

Society of American Gastrointenstinal and Endoscopic Surgery 2017-present

Blood Utilization Committee, University of Miami 2013-2014 

Patient Safety Committee, University of Miami 2013-2014 

Resident Evaluation Committee, University of Miami 2013-2014 

Peer Review Committee, Wellington Regional Medical Center 2017-present 

Resident Evaluation Committee and Clinical Competency Committee, 2017-present 

University of Miami Associate program director, general surgery residency program, 2021-present 

University of Miami, Palm Beach campus

Medical Outreach for liver surgery and creation of American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Nicaragua Chapter. Initiation of Liver Transplant. 2015 

 Program Medical Outreach for liver surgery. Continued work on Liver Transplant Program. 2016

Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed):
1. Zarak A, Castillo A, Kichler K, de la Cruz L, Tamariz L, Kaza S. Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for colonic disease: a meta-analysis of postoperative variables. Surg.Endosc. 2015; 2015, 29, 6, and page 1341 - 1347. 

 2. Castillo A, Zarak A, Kozol RA. Does a new surgical residency program increase operating room times? J Surg Educ 2013 Nov-Dec; 70 (6):700-702. 

 3. Cortolillo N, Patel C, Parreco J, Kaza S, Castillo A. Nationwide outcomes and costs of laparoscopic and robotic vs. open hepatectomy. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2018, Nov 20th. Book Chapters: 

4. Castillo, Alvaro E., Erin C. Maynard, and Susan L. Orloff. "Biliary Reconstruction Techniques." Atlas of Liver Transplantation. Santibañes, E. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Philapdelphia: JP Medical, PA. N. pag. Print. Ser. 1. 2016. 

 5. Vaishnavi Krishnan, Castillo, Alvaro. “Robotic Hepatic Resection”. Robotic Surgery. 2nd edition. 

 6. Sarah Hatfield, Castillo, Alvaro. “Robotic Whipple”. Robotic Surgery. 2nd edition. Abstracts and Presentations: 

7. Oral Poster: Alvaro E. Castillo, Alberto Zarak, Robert A. Kozol. Parathyroid Localization Using 4D Computed Tomographic Imaging. Future of Medicine Summit VI, September 27 & 28, Palm Beach County Medical Society, Palm Beach, Florida. 2012. 

 8. Oral Poster: Alvaro E. Castillo, Alberto Zarak, Robert A. Kozol. Multiphasic Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography in Primary Hyperparathyroidism after Equivocal Sestamibi Scan. 94th New England Surgical Society meeting, September 20 – 22, Hatford, Connecticut, 2013. 

 9. Oral Presentation: Alvaro E. Castillo. Does a new surgical residency program increase operating room times? Association of Program Directors, Annual Meeting, Orlando, March 25 – 28, Florida, 2013. 

 10. Oral Presentation: Alvaro E. Castillo. Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Colonic Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Post-Operative Variables. SAGES Meeting, April 2 – 5, 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah 

11. Poster Presentation: Alberto Zarak, Alvaro E. Castillo, Kandace Kichler, Lucy de la Cruz, Leonardo Tamariz, Srinivas Kaza. Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Colonic Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Intra-Operative Variables. SAGES Meeting, April 2 – 5, 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 12. Oral Poster: Travis J. Smith, Jody E. Hooper, Alvaro E. Castillo, Willscott Naugler, Patrick Worth, Kenneth Kolbeck, Khashayar Farsad, C. Kristian Enestvedt, Martin Fuss, Timur Mitin, Charles Thomas, Susan L. Orloff. Addition of stereotactic body radiation to prevent liver transplant waitlist dropout: is it safe? AHPBA Annual Meeting March 11- 15, 2015, Miami, Florida, short oral presentation. 

 13. OHSU Medford Liver Disease Outreach Symposium. Work up of a liver lesion; November, 2014, Medford, Oregon. 

14. Poster Presentation: Alvaro E. Castillo, Willscott E. Naugler, Kenneth J. Kolbeck, Khashayar Farsad, Susan L. Orloff, Kevin Billingsley, C. Kristian Enestvedt; Liverdirected (LD) Therapy for Intermediate Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Survival Across Treatment Strategies. AASLD Meeting, November, 2015, San Francisco, CA. 

 15. OHSU Medical Outreach Mission, Managua, Nicaragua. Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeries and creation of AHPBA, Nicaragua Chapter. 

 16. Poster Presentation: Alvaro Castillo, Thomas Asturias, Erin C. Maynard, Susan L. Orloff. Portacaval Shunt for Veno-occlusive Disease after Allogeneic Stem cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Krabbe Disease: An Oldie but Goodie. IHPBA Congress, April 2016, Brazil, Sao Paulo.

 17. Poster Presentation: Alvaro E. Castillo, Susan L. Orloff. The management of liver cysts. Mas es mas… IHPBA Congress, April 2016, Brazil, Sao Paulo. 

 18. Poster Presentation: Alvaro E. Castillo, Travis J. Smith, Jody. E. Hooper, Willscott Naugler, Patrick Worth, C. Kristian Enestvedt, Martin Fuss, Timur Mitin, Charles R. Thomas, Jr., Susan L. Orloff. Consolidation with External-beam Radiation Therapy for Liver Transplant Waitlisted Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Does not Affect Dropout Rate. IHPBA Congress, April 2016m Brazil, Sao Paulo. 

 19. Poster Presentation: Alvaro E. Castillo, E. Marisol Pichardo, Kevin G. Billingsley. Aggressive approach to Adjuvant Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy Following Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stroma Tumors: Outcomes on Survival. IHPBA Congress, April 2016, Brazil, Sao Paulo. 

 20. Oral Presentation: Chetal Patel, Joshua Parreco, Alvaro E. Castillo. Nationwide Outcomes and Costs of Laparoscopic and Robotic versus Open Hepatectomies. SAGES Meeting, May 2017, Houston, USA 

 21. Poster Presentation: Joshua Parreco, Alvaro E. Castillo. Readmissions and cost associated with vascular reconstruction during pancreactomy for pancreatic cancer. AHPBA Annual Meeting March 30- April 2, 2017, Miami, Florida. 

 22. Mini Oral Presentation: Joshua Parreco, Alvaro E. Castillo. A propensity matched survival analysis comparing treatment strategies for stage B and C hepatocellular carcinoma. AHPBA Annual Meeting March 30- April 2, 2017, Miami, Florida. 

 23. Mini Oral Presentation: Chetan Patel, Alvaro E. Castillo. Risk factors and cost associated with hemodialysis after liver transplant. AHPBA Annual Meeting March 30- April 2, 2017, Miami, Florida. 

 24. Revell, S., Parreco, J., Rattan, R., & Castillo, A. (2018, March). Nationwide Outcomes After Surgery For Benign Hepatic Tumors. Presented at the Americas Hepato-PancreatoBiliary Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. Retrieved from https://www.ahpba.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/AHPBA-2018-ScientificSchedule.pdf 

 25. Lopez, M., Parreco, J., Rattan, R., & Castillo, A. (2018, March). The True Cost of High Volume Whipple Procedures. Presented at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL. Retrieved from https://www.ahpba.org/wpcontent/uploads/2017/11/AHPBA-2018-Final-Program.pdf 

 26. Cortolillo, N., Parreco, J., Rattan, R., Castillo, A., & Kozol, R. (2018, January). The True Cost of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Routine Intraoperative Cholangiography. Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL. Retrieved from http://www.asc-abstracts.org/abs2018/73-06-the-true-cost-of-laparoscopiccholecystectomy-with-routine-intraoperative-cholangiography/ 

 27. Castillo, A., Parreco, J., Naugler, W. E., Kolbeck, K. J., Farsad, K., Orloff, S. L., … Enestvedt, C. K. (2017, April). A propensity matched survival analysis comparing treatment strategies for stage B and C hepatocellular carcinoma. Presented at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2017.02.156 

 28. Patel, C., Parreco, J., Kaza, S., & Castillo, A. (2017, March). Nationwide outcomes and costs of laparoscopic and robotic vs open hepatectomies. Presented at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Houston, TX. Retrieved from https://www.sages.org/video/nationwide-outcomes-costs-of-laparoscopic-androbotic-vs-open-hepatectomies/ 

 29. Patel, C., Parreco, J., Cortolillo, N., Castillo, A., & Orloff, S. (2017, March). Risk Factors and Costs Associated with Hemodialysis After Liver Transplant. Presented at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. Retrieved from https://www.ahpba.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/17finalprogram.pd 

 30. Rice, A. Parreco, J. Castillo, A. Revealing nationwide readmission and cost patterns after liver transplant. SAGES 2018. Eposter. 

 31. Rice, A, Parreco, J. Castillo, A. Nationwide outcomes of simultaneous resection of primary colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases. Oral Presentation, AHPBA 2018. 

 32. Le, R, Del Toro Diaz E, Finch, M, Castillo, AE. Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for a Gastrointestinal Bleed from Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Case and Review of the Literature. Poster presentation. Congress of Sobrice. Sao Paolo, Brazil. August 2019. 

 33. Lopez, Michael A, Buicko, Jessica L, Castillo, Alvaro E, Lopez-viego, Miguel A. Intraoperative Intraductal Ultrasonographic Evaluation of the Pancreas Using and IVUS Catheter. Poster Presentation. DDW, May 2nd, 2020 

 34. A Significant Number of Venous Thromboembolisms after Liver transplantation are Missed: A National Analysis. Joshua Parreco, MD; Deanna L Johnson, DNP; Hallie Quiroz MD; Edgar del Toro, MD; Gary Curcio, MD; Rishi Rattan, MD; Susan Orloff, MD; Alvaro Castillo, MD. Oral Presentation. ACS 2020