USThomasian 2015 Silver Anniversary

USThomasian
Silver Anniversary Issue
USTMAAA FOUNDATION
SILVER ANNIVERSARY
SOUVENIR PROGRAM
SUPPLEMENT
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SOUVENIR PROGRAM MESSAGE
OFFICE OF THE RECTOR MAGNIFICUS
USTMAAA FOUNDATION SILVER ANNIVERSARY
USTMAA Grand Reunion and Medical Convention
The color silver has a very important signification in memorable events
and celebrations. It is a color that is both shiny and subtle which denotes the
formidable combination of brilliance and sophistication. When we celebrate
silver anniversaries, we often associate it with longevity and stability, which
means that it has passed the test and stood the test of time. Silver echoes a
string of essential accomplishments for the past twenty five years which signifies
a commemoration, an acknowledgment, and solid achievement. In color
psychology, they say that silver restores equilibrium; it is the color of glamour,
wealth, modernity, and prestige. That is why we have a very good reason to
rejoice and celebrate when an organization or establishment reaches its 25th
year.
This year the University of Santo Tomas Medical Alumni Association of
America Foundation (USTMAAA) will be celebrating its 25th anniversary via
a medical convention and a grand reunion, and once again it would surely be
an unforgettable time for our Thomasian medical practitioners to be together,
to renew friendships, and simply to have fun by reminiscing the good old days.
Like silver, our Thomasian doctors have carved an enviable niche in the medical
firmament as they continue to make a mark in their profession as top-caliber
medical experts.
It also gives me so much joy that our dear alumni have such strong ties with
each other and with the University. The USTMAA has been such a steadfast
partner of the University of Santo Tomas for constantly pledging support to
the various projects and programs of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
and the UST Hospital as well as in a number of important social and civic
involvements. Despite the distance marked by the continental divide, the
USTMAAA continues to take part in many of the University’s endeavors, one of
which is their invaluable contribution to the establishment of the Buenaventura
G. Paredes, O.P. Building, also known as the Thomasian Alumni Building. This
simply shows that our Thomasian doctors acknowledge their roots and carry it
with pride wherever they go. My warmest congratulations to the USTMAAA on
your 25th anniversary celebration.
FR. HERMINIO V. DAGOHOY, OP
RECTOR
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
By Primo Andres, MD’72
t was in 1987 during the USTMAA Midwest convention in Michigan that an historic unification meeting was
called by Dr. Jose L. Evangelista, who was then the President of USTMAAM and the incoming President of the
Association of Philippine Physicians in America (APPA), in an attempt to unite all the regional UST medical alumni
associations in the USA. In attendance were the Presidents and Thomasian leaders from the different states and
regions of the country. Thus was born the University of Santo Tomas Medical Alumni Association in America. Dr.
Rodrigo Floro of USTMAAM was made the first President of USTMAAA.
With the USTMAAA now safely entrenched after the deft planning by the founding leaders, most notably Dr. Jose L.
Evangelista, the Founding Father of the Association, plans for more sustainable existence through long term investment to
support projects in perpetuity was underway. The customary way of rendering help to UST then was funds were raised by
groups and then given directly to UST to benefit a named project. While it was good, it was realized that it might not be
sustainable. There had to be a better way.
It was from the fertile mind of a debonair and charismatic and energetic leader, Dr. Jose G. Vijungco, that the idea of
establishing a foundation was conceptualized during the term of Dr. Nen Largoza as President of the USTMAAA in
1990-1992. Another historic meeting between Drs. Joe and Stella Evangelista, Dr. Nen Largoza, Dr. Boy Vijungco and the
incoming President of USTMAAM, Dr. Gregorio Tolentino, took place during the annual USTMAAA meeting at the 1990
APPA convention in Washington DC. This paved the way to the formation of the USTMAAA Foundation.
Dr. Jose Vijungco was the champion who began campaigning from the very outset. It was while doing a cerebral
angiography that he was advised by a Neurosurgeon who happened to be the President of the University of Missouri
Medical Alumni Foundation to ask for $5000 instead of only $100. He was shown the impressive “Wall of Honor” at the
Learning Resource Center of St. Louis University. He then had to figure out how he could get to the goal of having each
donor give $5000. The hard work of convincing other Thomasian medical alumni for support had just begun.
Drs. Jose and Stella Evangelista did not need much convincing and so did Drs. Dionisio and Zita Yorro who were of the
same opinion from the very beginning that the way to go was to have a common vehicle to channel donations to UST and
the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and the Hospital in order to support bigger and more meaningful projects. It appeared
that convincing other alumni would be an uphill battle and there was strong opposition from notable leaders who were
content with the old ways of giving.
USTMAA Midwest was the largest gathering of Thomasian Medical Alumni and it was felt that it was of paramount
importance that its support be obtained. With the help of the Evangelistas and Yorros and the unselfish leadership of
Dr. Jose Vijungco, they were able to invite Dr. Gregorio Tolentino, the incoming USTMAAM President, to support the
fledgling Foundation. He was made the first President of the USTMAAA Foundation with the blessing of the President of
USTMAAA, Dr. Nancianceno Largoza.
While the groundwork was set, there was still a lot of reticence and skepticism about the merits of the Foundation. Dr.
Vijungco spent long nights writing 10-12 letters a night to Thomasians, but to no avail. He then resorted to calling people
personally (this was before the age of Internet or facsimile machines or cellphones), racking up “phone bills that were
bigger than my mortgage”. Through his exhaustive cajoling and unparalleled effort, he was able to convince 42 people
to either donate or pledge and come up with $25,000, enough to finally register USTMAAA Foundation as a Non-profit
Corporation in the State of Missouri on November 5, 1990.
The following strategy was adopted :
• Officers should be donors, first to register in any USTMAAA Convention, must shoulder overhead expenses, and
observe “Transparency”
• There would be belt tightening and no distribution would be made until $500,000 was accumulated. The Dean and
UST Administration were initially not receptive because UST had projects that needed to be funded, but they eventually
understood.
• USTMAAA would be the fund raising arm and all convention profits would be channeled to the USTMAAA
Foundation.
• Campaign for $5000 payable in five years: $1,000/year, $250/3 Months ,$83.33/month or $2.78/day
And so it was that the USTMAAA Foundation was finally launched during the 1990 APPA convention in Washington
DC with a slide presentation discussing the goal of raising $1million with the first project being a cardiac catheterization
laboratory in the UST Hospital. Appeal cards were distributed.
Those who saw the dream and invested early in the future of the USTMAAA Foundation are the following:
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Vijungco, Jose/Herminia $5000 Maglinte, Dean
Evangelista, Jose/Stella
5000 Cueto, Alex
Ronquillo, Ron/Tessie
5000 Rodrigo, Raulie
Vicente, Nina - Wisconsin 5000 Gotanco, Rey/Rachel
Pantig, Liberata
3000 Andaya, Dodie/Evalinda
Villarama, Tony/Lilia
3000 Bouffard, Chat
Tolentino, Greg
3000 Dy, Mariano/Flora
Largoza, Nen
3000 Rodrigo, Tarcila
Kairuz, Bart
3000 Atienza, Ranulfo
Diloy Puray, Mila
2200 Arellano, Bobby
Figueroa, Eli
2000 Dingcong, Angelita
Torres, Crisanto
2000 Balagtas, Rolly/Naty
Smith, Robert MD
2000 Arville, John
Carranza, Mauro
2000 Martin, Len
$2000
2000
1500
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Villamar, Elizabeth
Bofill, Rano
Yorro, Oni/Zita
Feliciano, Leonor Testa
Quizon, Bert
Capati, Danilo
Rafer-Benig, Cora
Siroy, Edwin
Mendoza, Norma
Arcilla, Rene
Fojas, Augusto
Pascual, Generoso
Caragay, Freddie
1991 convention
$1000
1000
750
750
500
500
500
500
500
300
250
250
250
12000
The USTMAA Midwest Chicago convention generated $12,000 and the Missouri convention raised $75,000 the following
year. There was $265,000 in the coffers at the end of Dr. Vijungco’s term as President of the Foundation in 1992 and the first
$10,000 deposit for the USTH cardiac catheterization laboratory was given and another $5,000 for an operating microscope
was donated to the Department of Ophthalmology.
It was not until the term of Dr. Jose Evangelista as President of both the Association and the Foundation in 1992-1994
that both were accorded their corporation status and received their tax favorable IRS 501(c) (3) status in May 1994. The
organization achieved its exponential growth at this time. Dr. Stella Evangelista took over the day to day operations as the
Executive Director of both corporations and the Evangelistas offered their office as the USTMAAA Executive Office at no
cost to the organization. The first Grand Reunion and Medical Convention was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dearborn,
Michigan in May 1993 generating over $100,000 that was turned over to the Foundation. The Constitution and Bylaws
was formed. Charter membership was established and Chapters from different regions of the United States were invited
to join. Through the incessant solicitation of “Joe” and the untiring efforts of Dr. Zita Yorro in collecting, and with the
generous support of their classmates (the Magnificent Class of 1968), the initial goal of $1 million was easily within reach.
That was when Dr. Jose Evangelista raised the bar by challenging the organization to shoot for $2 million, then $3 million
and beyond. Other classes responded, like the Generous Class of 1969, and the USTMAAA Wall of Honor expanded with
several generous individual and group donors accepting the challenge and the opportunity to help.
There was some growing pain as well. USTMAA Southern California established its own Foundation that decided to give
the proceeds of the California convention in 1996 directly to UST for the renovation of the Dean’s Office, contrary to the
original agreement. While this initially created some tension, both organizations followed their own agenda that benefited
the beneficiaries one way or the other. This tension has since abated and we are glad to welcome back our colleagues.
The concept of an Endowment Fund was adopted from the very beginning where the principal was never touched. It was
invested and only the earnings were used to support the various projects of the organization. With over $5 million currently
in the Endowment Fund, the USTMAAA Foundation has been disbursing over $100,000 a year. Since the inception, the
Foundation has provided over $10 million to its beneficiaries, the USTH and the indigent patients that it serves, the Faculty
of Medicine and Surgery and the medical students that it educates and the less privileged Filipinos through its various
outreach programs. The Foundation was instrumental in making the building of the Thomasian Alumni Center (TAC) a
reality by raising over $1.6 million that was the seed money that catalyzed the construction.
What is in the future for USTMAAA and its Foundation? The future is very bright and limitless and it can go as far as the
imagination can foresee. Thanks to the vision and perseverance of the pioneers who made it all happen. Special thanks to
Dr. Jose Vijungco, the Father of the USTMAAA Foundation, whose boundless energy fueled the Foundation, to Dr. Jose
Evangelista whose unparalleled leadership paved the way to its growth, to Dr. Gregorio Tolentino and Dr. Nacianceno
“Nen” Largoza, whose willing cooperation cleared the fertile ground upon which the Foundation could grow, and to the
triumvirate of Dr. Stella Evangelista, the only Executive Director that the Foundation has ever known, and the dynamo of a
couple, Drs. Dionisio and Zita Yorro, whose selfless dedication and enduring efforts were the driving force that brought the
Foundation to where it is today. To them all , the Champions of the USTMAAA Foundation,we owe a debt of gratitude and
we make this Silver Anniversary an opportunity to acknowledge all their efforts in getting us to where we are. Thank you!
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MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDING FATHER OF USTMAAA FOUNDATION
DR. JOSE G. VIJUNGCO, MD’66
This is a Monumental Historical Milestone, U.S.T.MAAA Foundation celebrating its 25th
Year Anniversary. 1990 starting from Ground Zero now with more than $5 Million Dollars
using 4% Interest to support infrastructure, Scholarship, Faculty Development, Indigent
Patients, assisted our beloved Alma Mater to modernize to 21st Century of Technology like
procurement of Cardiac Catheterization equipment. Million Thanks to Donors, Benefactors
and U.S.T. MEDICAL ALUMNI for your unwavering support. The best "GIFT" to be ever
bestowed upon someone is trusting the U.ST.MAAA FOUNDATION with your donation
and U.S.T.MAAA Foundation reciprocated with "TRANSPARENCY". This is also fitting
tribute to early Pioneer leaders like Nen Largoza (R.I.P.) M.D., Greg Tolentino M.D., Joe
and Stella Evangelista M.D., Oni and Zita YORRO M.D., Tandem of Noel Canlas M.D. and
Sam Fernando M.D., Alex Cueto, M.D., Tony Gonzales M.D., Rosa So (R.I.P.) M.D., ORLY
SisonM.D., and Primo Andres M.D. in their unrelenting pursuit to leave a permanent
Endowment Fund, a legacy for our Beloved Alma Mater, for the cherished Medical
Education, that prepared our Medical Alumni as Compassionate dedicated Thomasian
Physicians. Now eternal flame and torch, in the able hands of GERRY Quincy Flores M.D.
MABUHAY Ang U.S.T.MAAA FOUNDATION.
Drs. Jose and Herminia Vijungco
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JOSE L. EVANGELISTA M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.(C)
HONORARY CONSUL GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES
MESSAGE
The celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of USTMAA
FOUNDATION will undoubtedly afford all of us the opportunity to
reminisce the nostalgic and challenging moments of our formation and
unification as Thomasian alumni. The unification process which began
in 1987, marked the beginning of what is now a very strong and active
alumni association as well as a financially secure Foundation. This has
been possible because of the generosity of many Thomasian alumni and
the dedication and sacrifice of the officers and organizers who not only
donate their time but also their resources to the service of the association.
The privilege of knowing them and working with them thru the years has
been a joy and more importantly a lot of fun.
USTMAAA and it’s FOUNDATION have done great things and are
in a position to be exemplary role models for all Thomasian alumni to
emulate. We want to be sure that the next generation of alumni show their
sense of responsibility to continue what we have begun. To our current
leaders, we want to keep the Thomasian torch burning as bright as we can,
until we hand it to the next generation of leaders.
Lastly, my congratulations and well wishes to all Jubilarians this year! You
are the reason for this celebration!
Sincerely,
Jose L. Evangelista M.D, F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.
Honorary Consul General of the Philippines in Michigan
Founding Father of USTMAAA
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MESSAGE FROM THE USTMAAA AND
USTMAAA FOUNDATION PRESIDENT
Greetings!
As Thomasian graduates, at different points in time, we all took that
long journey from Manila to set in this land of plenty. What is awesome
about this land is that ideas, determination, dedication, innovation can
practically be thrown into a big laboratory. Through experimentation and
trial and error…tangible outcomes eventually arise.
It was not too long ago when a group of our alumni banded together
and went through a similar laboratory experiment. It was through the
leadership of a few individuals: Joe and Herminia Vijungco, Nen Largoza,
Greg Tolentino, Ron and Tess Ronquillo, Joe and Stella Evangelista, Oni
and Zita Yorro, plus a few more distinguished alumni, that this group of
forty-two pioneers passed the hat and collected the first $65,000 to our
coffers. Indeed, these individuals are rightfully our foundation’s first venture
capitalists. They all took the risk. Fast forward to today. Look around you,
and see where we all are. The kinetic energy unleashed by these forty-two
individuals has reverberated across our entire alumni! We keep passing
that hat everyday…and then some more.
Through the years, our foundation has kept focus in supporting its
key objectives: improvement in infrastructure, research and development,
scholarship, indigent care, and faculty development. As stewards of our
foundation, we pause to ensure that administrative costs are always kept
at a minimum. Moreover, the results of our efforts in support of our key
objectives are reported with utmost transparency. On the other side, our
alma mater’s torch bearers back home are held entirely accountable being
the recipients of our hard work.
The challenge that lies ahead of us is trying to keep each alumni
connected. As we each have our own little story to tell, help us to spread
the word. When you come across any alumnus anywhere in the world you
may be, please tell them about these forty-two pioneers who decided to
set up their own experiment in a big laboratory and came up with pretty
impressive results. Invite them to become a part of it!
Welcome to Orlando!
Gerard Q. C. Flores MD’79
President USTMAAA and USTMAAA Foundation
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MESSAGE
Office of the Dean
UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
In behalf of our Alma Mater, the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, allow
me to express my warmest expression of support to the UST Medical Alumni
Association of America (USTMAAA) Inc. on the occasion of its 23rd Grand
Reunion and Medical Convention in Orlando Florida from July 01-05, 2015. The
medical school is one in joining you celebrate this important event.
Through the years, it is without doubt, that the kindness and selflessness of
Thomasian medical graduates overseas, has helped the medical school in
countless productive endeavors. The outpour of love has translated to medical
and surgical missions providing free medical care to the community, medical
scholars who excel here and abroad, technical expertise through exchange of
knowledge and skills and to faculty and staff development through initiatives
toward curriculum re-engineering and continuing professional development.
Needless to say, your contribution is highly valued and accounted for despite the
limitations of our systems and processes.
It is always a joy to be in the company of colleagues whose background and
orientation resonate similarly. The culture of Thomasian comradeship is both
deep and encompassing. Deep because of the tradition and history we all share.
Encompassing because of the individual and collective experiences we all went
through as we struggled our way to where we are today.
This is the reason why the Thomasian spirit is undying because in the heart of
every Thomasian physician is an indelible insigne of the Thomasian ideals of
competence, commitment and compassion. This makes us one and this sets us
apart.
Congratulations to the UST Medical Alumni Association of America!
Mabuhay ang Tomasinong MD. Maka-Diyos. Maka-dukha. Manggagamot na
Dakila.
Professor Jesus V. Valencia, MD, MHPEd, FPCS
Dean
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MESSAGE FROM OF THE OFFICE OF THE REGENT
To the members of the USTMAAA gathered in Orlando Florida for the 23rd
Grand Reunion and Medical Convention, warmest greetings and congratulations
from your Alma Mater, the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of
Santo Tomas.
Barely do we know one another as this is my first year as Regent of the Faculty
of Medicine and Surgery and I have met only a few of you at the last reunion in
Manila last January 2015.
This notwithstanding, I want to transmit to all of you my deepest sentiments
of appreciation and affection because you have brought with genuine pride the
name of your Alma Mater to the country of your adoption as true professionals
and you represent the best that the Philippines can offer to the world.
In a short time, we will have the opportunity to greet each other and to listen to
stories of struggle and success, of dreams fulfilled and efforts rewarded.
I pray and hope that this reunion will bring about a renewal of ties among all the
members of the association and your Alma Mater,
May the spirit of compassion, competence and commitment guide you and your
families in the service of God and our fellow human beings.
Rev. Fr. Angel A. Aparicio, OP
Regent
UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Meet our New Regent
BORN:
September 25, 1948 in La Puebla de Valdavia, Palencia, España
Father: Alipio Aparicio (May 13, 1918)
Mother: Angeles Abad (April 20, 1925)
PRIEST, O.P.:
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Noviciate - Ocaña, Spain, 1965
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Religious Profession - Ocaña, 1966
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Ordination Priesthood, Madrid, Spain, 1973
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Assigned to UST, Philippines, 1979 to present
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
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Elementary: Public School, La Puebla de Valdavia, 1952-59
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High School: Colegio P.P. Dominicos, Valladolid, 1959-1965
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Philosophy: Instituto de Filosofía San Pedro Mártir, Madrid, 1966-69
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Theology: Instituto de Teología San Pedro Martír, Madrid, 1969-73
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Special Studies
1. Biblical
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 1973-76
Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise, Jerusalem, 10
1976-77
Licentiate in Sacred Scriptures, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome 1977
Thesis title: “Estudio Literario de Isaias 11:1-9”
Doctoral Courses, Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise, Jerusalem, 1994-95
2. Oriental Religious and Culture
UST, Graduate School, 1980-82
TEACHING:
Faculty of Theology, University of Santo Tomas, 1979 to present
Greek and Hebrew
Introduction to Sacred Scripture
Psalms
Patrology I
New Testament (Synoptic, Gospels and Saint John)
Special Questions: for students of the Second Cycle
Sisters Formation Institute, UST, 1982 to present
New Testament
Introduction to Sacred Scriptures
Youth Marian Crusaders House of Formation, Antipolo, 1981-82
Old Testament (Wisdom Books)
Graduate School, UST, 1984, 1988
Christology
Biblical Forms
College of Education, UST, 1982-86
Guidance 103 (Great Religious Books)
Conservatory of Music, UST, 1987-88
Theology (Sacraments)
Dominican Nuns
Holy Rosary
Cainta, Rizal
HONORS/AWARDS RECEIVED:
Cruz de Oficial del Merito Civil Granted by the King of Spain
Rev Fr. Angel Aparicio has authored dozens of books, papers and articles and has written bood reviews. He is
currently doing a research on “The Miguel de Benavides Library collection of Bibles”.
His Administrative Experience include:
Prefect of Libraries, UST 1992 to present
Member, Benavides Foundation, 2007 to present
Member, UST Corporation, 2007; 2008-2011
Member, Economic Council of University, August 2000 to 2007
Member, Board of Trustees, 2007
Member of Faculty Council, Faculty of Theology, UST, 1984-87, 1993-96, 1999-2002, 2008-2011
Acting Archivist of the University, UST, 1993-95
Director of the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1985-91
Assistant Prefect for Ecclesiastical Faculties Library, UST, 1985-91
Acting, Regent, Conservatory of Music, UST 1987-88
Secretary of the Ecclesiastical Faculties, UST 1981-83
Assistant to the Rector of the UST Central Seminary 1980-1982
Assistant Editor, “Philippiniana Sacra”
Let us welcome warmly our new Regent of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery on his maiden
voyage to the United States of America!
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MESSAGE FROM THE CONVENTION DIRECTOR
My fellow Thomasians:
After a dozen years of absence in Florida, our return to Orlando
last year was a resounding success. It was therefore an easy decision
to come back to the same place and try to duplicate the wonderful
experiences that we all enjoyed in 2014. I would like to thank the
local USTMAAA Chapter of Florida for obliging us and hosting
again our 23rd Grand Reunion and Medical Convention.
Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the USTMAAA Foundation
is a big challenge for any organizer. How do we create an
atmosphere that could make a mark on a milestone event? We
missed the opportunity to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the
USTMAAAssociation in the melee that swept the observance of the
Quadricentennial Anniversary of our alma mater. But this time there
is no distraction and we are ready to tackle the task of having the
biggest party that our organization has ever had.
With so much entertainment that attracts both the young ones and
the young once, it is always a challenge to offer a program that can
compete with the attactions that abound. However, our convention
committee is apt to the task and I am sure that you will find the
convention events as enjoyable and entertaining and as educational
as ever.
So fasten your seatbelts and go for the best USTMAAA ride that you
have ever had for a quarter century, thus far.
Your TEAM USTMAAA
Primo A. Andres, MD, FACC
Executive Director, USTMAAA
Convention Director
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MESSAGE FROM THE USTMAAA FOUNDATION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The last 25 years since the founding of the USTMAA
FOUNDATION has seen tremendous growth in its endowment
fund. From our original goal of $1 million, we have now reached $5
million, not to mention the annual distributions and the $1.6 million
we have given towards the Thomasian Alumni Center. Thanks
to our generous benefactors, this endowment fund will continue
to support the medical students and the patients in the Clinical
Division in perpetuity, long after we are gone.
But we are far from being done with our mission. I believe we can
double this fund by calling on our retirees to include the USTMAA
FOUNDATION in their estate planning. Our Christian education
had weaved into our respective lives the fabric of true Christian
values, which included the virtues of sharing and caring for others.
What better way to pay forward than to share the fruits of our labor
with those who need it the most?
Again, our sincerest thanks to all our benefactors for their generous
support and to all those who gave of their time to help grow the
Foundation!
Sincerely,
Stella s. Evangelista M.D.
Executive Director
USTMAAA FOUNDATION
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E D I T O R I AL
Over the years that we have been associated with the USTMAAA it has become
apparent that when it comes to generosity the Thomasians do not play second
fiddle to anybody. They have that enviable urge to help when the need arises.
Whether in kind, monetarily or in deed they are ready to step up voluntarily.
We like to think that they are also singularly exceptional. They are the only
Fil- Am medical organization with over $5 M in their Foundation with a
yearly budgeted disbursement of funds for humanitarian, educational, and
other projects to benefit our country, school and people. They have at least 25
scholars being supported under the St. Dominic’s project; numerous yearly
missions including the Save-a-Heart, Save-a-Sight programs, and missions to
various provinces in the Philippines; funding for Lingkod-ER, a student driven
project to help the indigent patients in the ER; funding for the Sts. Cosmas and
Damian project for the indigent hospital patients; they raised $1.7 M to start the
Thomasian Alumni Center through the intercession of Rev. Fr Rolando de la
Rosa; they raised $110,000 within a few days for the victims of typhoon Haiyan
from Thomasians responding to an E-blast; it took the Thomasians led by Zita
Yorro, Primo Andres and Class 1987 to garner enough courage to undertake the
formidable task of bringing a patient (JP Borreros, with a huge ameloblastoma,
who presented every year to various missions in their area for more than 4
years) to Manila for a complicated and expensive surgery.
You may ask why is this so? Is it because Thomasian physicians are inherently
benevolent? Is it because our organization is proven and trusted because of
its transparency? Is it because its leadership has set a good example worthy of
emulation? Or is it because the USTMAAA has become an ideal vehicle for
execution and delivery of donations for the intended purpose? All of these we
believe are integral part of the equation and our expectation and objective is to
continue in the same direction ad infinitum.
So now, we will return to Orlando, Florida to repeat last year’s celebration not
just to have fun and foster camaraderie, honor the jubilarians, confer with our
UST officials, but also raise more funds to continue with our never ending
commitment as an association, as we celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the
USTMAAA Foundation. Kudos to our current Executive Director, Primo
Andres and his wife Sylvia, who again took charge of all aspects of this reunion
to ensure a successful event as always and bring lasting happiness and memories
for all.
Dionisio B. Yorro, MD, FACC
Editor, USThomasian
CME Director, USTMAAA
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MESSAGE FROM THE 2015 CME CHAIRMAN
July 2, 2016
Greeting and welcome to Orlando.
This year, the organization is blessed with a plethora of topnotch speakers. To
accommodate everyone, the Committee had to structure the sessions to start
earlier and even open one afternoon. In deference to the later speakers, I
would like to request all lecturers to please adhere to your given time slots. The
moderators have been given the responsibility to monitor and ensure timeliness.
In the interest of time, there will be no lengthy introductions. The speakers were
all asked to provide their CVs which have been abstracted and included in a
supplement together with their photos.
I would like to thank the speakers who have given their time and resources
to put together their lectures without compensation. I congratulate the CME
registrants for showing the Thomasian zeal for continued acquisition of
knowledge, for some of you despite being retired from active practice.
The CME Committee is hopeful that this annual exercise will continue to prove
beneficial to patient care.
Sincerely,
Alfonso Q. Estrada, MD, FACC
CME Chair
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THE CLASS OF ‘55
Looking Back At Our Remarkable Journey
s I leafed through the pages of our yearbook and photographs of bygone days, decades of
embedded memories of our preparation for our chosen profession surfaced. Vivid flashbacks
of the rigors of studying medicine reminded me how our goal seemed almost insurmountable.
With persistence, hard work, determination and prayers, in 1955 we were conferred our muchdesired title of Doctor of Medicine!
But this was only the first step for the Class of 55.
Our class has the singular distinction of having
4 of its alumni become Deans of Colleges of
Medicine: Drs. Tito Torralba and Ramon Sin
at the USTFMS, Dr. Josefina Leyson- Poblete
at the Cebu Institute of Medicine, and Dr. Jose
Ramos at the University of St Louis College of
Medicine in Baguio City. 3 members became
Directors of the UST Hospital. At one point in
time, almost all department heads and chiefs
of services at our medical school and hospital
were from our class. Some climbed even
higher in the hierarchy of the University as
members of the Board of Trustees, assistants
to the Rector Magnificus for External Affairs,
and Grants Director.
Members of Class of 55 distinguished
themselves in different areas of medicine in
the government and private sectors in the
Philippines and in the countries they migrated
to. They attained professorial status and
directorships in medical schools, hospitals,
and health departments, became Medical and
Specialty Board Examiners, contributed and
edited articles to prestigious medical journals
and were elected to top posts of different
medical and socio-civic organizations. The
Armed Forces of the Philippines and the USA had high-ranking medical officers in their rosters belonging
to Class of 55. Three of our classmates in the Philippines became congressmen, and many more were elected
governors and mayors of their respective provinces and towns. Some operated their own hospitals. We salute
our classmates who served in the rural areas under difficult circumstances.
Many awards, including the Thomas Award from the USTMAA and Outstanding Jubilarian Awards of
USTMAAA were granted to our class members in recognition of their achievements and services. A chosen
few were conferred by Popes the highest honorary titles and awards given to lay persons, including the title
of Knight of St Gregory the Great, Knight of St. Sylvester, and the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award also known
as the Cross of Honor.
Charitable/humanitarian services are part of the mission of our class. One became a medical missionary
nun who served among the poorest of the poor in different parts of Asia and Africa. Aside from organizing,
joining, funding medical missions to disadvantaged areas, when natural disasters hit the Philippines, the'55
graduates are in the forefront in giving a helping hand, and ready to contribute to the rehabilitation of the
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affected areas. A family built a whole community in partnership with Gawad Kalinga.
When unjust, suppressive or discriminatory events occurred, a significant number of our classmates made a
stand against these practices. Examples were their participation in protests against a repressive regime in the
Philippines, and in voicing their opposition to regulations discriminatory to foreign medical graduates in the
USA.
As UST graduates, we kept and proclaimed
our faith wherever we were. Many distinctive
cultural and religious traditions of the
Philippines were introduced to our new
adopted communities. Participation of those of
Philippine ancestry was heartwarming.
The Class of 1955 continues to nurture loyalty
to our beloved university. On our silver
anniversary, the Class 55 Lecture Hall was
inaugurated, one of the first, if not the first
to spearhead such an effort. The Learning
Resource Unit was conceived and established by
a classmate. The member-ship had generously
supported the Medical School Library, the UST
Medical Missions, the Charity Hospital, the
Scholarship Fund, and the expansion of the
Dr. Antonio Gabriel History of Medicine and
Legal Medicine Museum. The Dr. Mariano
Alimurung Memorial Lecture was initiated by
Class of 55 alumni. Since the establishment of
the USTMAAA and Foundation many have
become leaders and contributors in helping the
medical school and hospital, and the programs
of the University, including the construction
of the Thomasian Alumni Center and other
worthwhile charitable endeavors.
We will forever treasure the virtues stressed
upon us during our student days at UST, virtues
that have sustained us in our professional, family and social lives. We sincerely thank our respected mentors
who helped us lead the way and became our role models in our professional lives. Most of all, we thank our
dear parents, most of whom are now deceased, and family members for their tremendous sacrifices to help
us attain our dreams, without them we could have never reached our goals. To the Unseen Hand of God,
our immeasurable and unending gratitude for the bountiful graces and blessings bestowed on us, and to our
Blessed Mother for her gracious intercessions on our behalf. Our prayers go to our classmates who had gone
before us in eternal life and to those suffering from illnesses that prevented them from joining us today.
Last but not least, our thanks to the children of classmates, now active members of the USTMAAA and
Foundation, who volunteered to be our vanguard during the parade at our 55th anniversary celebration in
Chicago. We wish them success in following in the footsteps of their parents. We hope to see them again at
our diamond anniversary celebration.
Submitted by Adoracion Palacio-Chang, MD Class of ‘55.
Excerpts from the essays of Drs Tito Torralba, Wilberto Lopez and A. Palacio-Chang on their Golden Jubilee.
Caricatures by Dr. Ramon Pastor ’55 reprinted from the souvenir program of Class of ‘55 in 2005.
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UST MEDICINE CLASS 1960
By Dr. Irineo P. Acacio
Congratulation to the USTMAAA Foundation, its officers and board of directors, on the occasion of your
25th anniversary. Our class “The Class with Class” appreciates the work and financial help given by the
foundation through its Endowment Fund for the College, victims of natural disasters, eye patients (Save a
Sight Missions), heart patients (Save a Heart), UST Charity Hospital facilities (Lingkod ER), charity patients
(Sts. Cosmas and Damian Fund) and medical students (St. Dominic’s Project).
Our class has joined the USTMAAA’s celebrations honoring jubilarians, starting with our Silver (25th)
anniversary in Chicago in 1985; 30th anniversary in Atlantic City, New Jersey; 35th celebration in Chicago;
the 40th anniversary in San Francisco; the 45th reunion in New York City and the Grand Golden (50th)
anniversary in Chicago in 2010 where a record 107 classmates, including five from the Philippines attended,
along with their spouses. Most recently, our class celebrated its Emerald (55th) jubilee in Manila and is
continuing the celebration in July in Orlando.
The class of 1960 had 10 interns serving in the Clark Air Force Base program. A total of 588 graduated, with
4 Magna cum laudes and 22 cum laudes. A classmate, Dr. Lucio Sy, topped the Philippine Medical Board
Exams. One hundred thirty four classmates have since passed away.
The class has donated funds for the remodeling of the Pharmacology Faculty Room in the medicine
building and for the construction of the UST Alumni Center.
Four classmates entered the novitiate and two are
still very active doing medical work among the poor
in the Philippines. Sister Leonor Barrion, OSB, is in
the midst of overseeing the construction of a 25-bed
hospital in Pambujan, Samar, St. Scholastica Hospital.
Our class is raising funds to provide the hospital
with beds, furniture, equipment and supplies and
is making an effort to find another doctor who is
willing to work with Sister Barrion. Sister Rose Palacio
R.S.M., established the Mercy Mobile Clinic that
treats Christians and Muslims in Iligan City, Lanao
del Norte; helped establish the Mercy Community
Hospital, a 25 bed hospital (now a 100 bed hospital);
started the McCauley Center for abused women
and children and is involved in a feeding program;
in providing scholarships, free uniforms and school
Sister Leonor Barrion, OSB, MD
supplies to elementary students. Our class is providing
funds to her through the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pacific West
Community Development Office based in Buffalo, New York.
Classmates Dr. Ernesto Jocson (now deceased) and his wife Aida Tanyag-Jocson were inducted as Knight
and Lady of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (a Papal Knighthood) and elevated to the rank
of Knight Commander and Lay Commander in 2008. Both received the Pontifical Honor – Benemerenti
medals and certificates from Pope Benedict XVI. Dr. Diosdado Maranan is a deacon of the Catholic Church
and Dr. Apolonio de Jesus, who was a Surgeon General in the Philippine Air Force, founded the Great
Physician Ministries in 1994.
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A classmate, Dr. Basilio N. Baustista,
started the Hope Foundation in
Delaware that funded medical
missions to the Philippines,
established the Hope Medical
Clinic for the uninsured and the
Child HELP Foundation which
helps children with disabilities in
Delaware. Dr. Ramon Sy cofounded
the Aloha Medical Mission that
provides free medical and dental
care in Hawaii and has conducted
numerous missions in 15 countries
including the Philippines. Dr. Estella
Paje-Villar, a distinguished professor
in Pediatrics and Pharmacology of
the UST Faculty of Medicine and
Surgery, graduated cum laude and
Sister Rose Palacio, RSM, MD distributing free food
placed seventh in the Philippine
Medical Board Exams. She has
received multiple awards from UST, Dangal Ng UST for outstanding professor, Outstanding Thomasian
Alumni (TOTAL) award in the Field of Health and Medicine and the T.H.O.M.A.S. award for Education.
She has participated in important Philippine Government projects including Chair of the Therapeutic
Committee for Hospital and Rural Health Units of the Ministry of Health, a member of the Task Force on
Pharmaceuticals of the Department of Health, Chair of the National Drug Committee of the Department
of Health, and Consultant of the Philippine Australian National Drug Policy Cooperation Project. She has
also served as consultant to the World Health Organization, was actively involved in the preparation and
publication of several editions of the Philippine Pharmacopeia and was the first woman Medial Director
of the Santo Tomas University Hospital. All three of the above have been awarded the USTMAAA Most
Outstanding Alumni Awards.
Several 1960 graduates have served in the Philippine and US Armed Forces, including two Brigadier
Generals – Drs. Virgilio Maralit and Floro Gascon who served in the Philippine Constabulary and Army
respectively. Several US-based classmates served in the Vietnam War including Lieutenant Coronels Vergel
Cruz, Benjamin Ventura, and Albert Yu. Lt. Coronel Jose Morelos received the Soldier’s Medal, the highest
award given to a non-combatant when he removed a live grenade from the chest of a soldier while serving
as a surgeon in the US Medical Corps in Vietnam. Captain Raynaldo Garcia served with the Philippine Air
Force in Vietnam and Colonel Nenita Rubio-Duazo served active duty in the Pacific Gulf War and post
9/11. Captain Danelo Canete was command surgeon of the COMUSNAVCENT, where all naval medical
activities in the Middle East were reported to him.
A classmate, Dr. Andres O. Botuyan, who was the founding president of the USTM Alumni Midwest, which
fathered the USTMAAA, has championed the rights of foreign medical graduates in the US, testifying
before the US Congress in 1991, which led to new laws benefitting foreign graduates. Dr. Restituto De
Ocampo is the Chairman of the Board of Medicine of the Professional Regulations Commission that
administers the Philippine Medical Board Exams.
Most members of the class are now retired. Attention is focused on children and grandchildren, traveling,
attending reunions and joining medical missions.
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On the occasion of their Golden Jubilee at Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii
FABULOUS CLASS OF 1963
Fifty two years earlier in 1958, freshmen from all over the country that had nurtured hopes of being
healers of men, staked their claim at the newly inaugurated Medicine Building of the University. Thus, this
batch comprised the historic first occupants of the new Medicine Building. The dean then was Dr. Virgilio
Ramos and his assistant Dr. Antonio Gisbert.
Class 1963 was a privileged group. It broke the all-time record for having the largest number of honor
graduates- 1 Summa Cum Laude; 5 Magna Cum Laudes and 35 Cum Laudes.
Class ‘63 is also noted for being the group with the biggest number of U.S.T. graduates leaving
the country. To date, Class ‘63 remains one of the largest groups of graduates currently practicing in the
mainstream of American Medicine.
On its silver jubilee celebration in 1988, Class ‘63 donated to the University 1.2 million in the form
of 5 professorial chairs namely: Dr. Lourdes Andaya Professorial Chair in Neurology, Dr. Honorio Ronquillo
and Dr. Teresita Ibasete-Ronquillo Professorial chair in Physiology; Dr. Alfredo L. Legaspi Professorial Chair
in Anesthesiology; Dr. Estelito Madrid Professorial chair in Biochemistry; and the UST Medical Class 1963
Professorial Chair in Basic Sciences.
Dr. Ma. Teresa Guerrero-Bissonette and Dr. Leonard Bissonette were major donors to the Medical
Library Trust Fund together with a substantial donation from our class.
In keeping in the technology era, Class ‘63 donated to the first computer-learning center later renamed
Learning Resource Unit/Medical Informatics in the year 2002. In addition, it undertook the complete
refurbishing of lecture Rm. 404 in the Medicine Building including acoustic sound and audio-visual aids. The
Class ‘63 also established Learning Resource Unit TRUST FUND.
Class ‘63 has been generous in its donations to the USTMAAA Foundation entering the Rector’s Circle
of Endowment with its donations over $50,000 and additional $29,000 for the UST Alumni Center for which
it received recognitions.
It is not alien to the needs of its own. Its foundation set up a Day Care and Feeding Center in the
after-math of the Mount Pinatubo eruption called Sta. Ursula Feeding Center in Betis, Pampanga which it
maintains to the present time in collaboration with the City Government and Department of Education.
In addition through generous donations from class members two Gawad Kalinga Villages were established
comprising of more than 60 homes in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan which it also maintains to this day.
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Currently class 63 is involved in helping barangay
Gupa in Dipaculao, Aurora Province under the
initiative of Dr. Hector Mendez. This includes
continuing medical and dental services and over-all
community well being and development.
Class 63 is a multi awarded class. Individually
UST has conferred the following awards to Class ‘63:
Dr. Vay Liang W. Go, Thomas Awardee in Medical
Science and Research 1988
Dr. Brenda Agagan-Lopez, Thomas Awardee in
Government Service 2008
Dr. Rhandy PeBenito, UST Dangal Award for Best
Book (“Easy and Practical Pediatric Neurology”) 2003
Dr. Jacinto Bautista, Quadricentennial Awardee 2012
and 2013 Thomas Awardee in Leadership Health &
Health Related Issues.
Dr. Rena Magno Nora, USTMAAA Awardee, Most
Outstanding Sapphire Jubilarian
Dr. Manuel Estioko, Outstanding Academic
Achievement, USTMAAA
Dr. Bibiano Ouano Jr., Outstanding Community
Service for Pioneer UST Medical Mission Physician
(Kalinga, Ifugao, Mountain Province)
Dr. Josefina Peñas Ouano,Most Outstanding Jubilarian
Dr. Josefina Enriquez, Most Outstanding USTMAAA
Alumnus in Service to Community.
Drs. Frisca Yan and William Go Vay Liang, Most
Outstanding USTMAAA Alumni Award for
Academic
Achievement 2013
Dr. Edgardo P. Ragaza, , Most Outstanding Alumnus
in service to Alma Mater, 2013 and recipient of the
Distinguished Silver Cross Service Award & Lifetime
Achievement Award, Knights of Rizal, International
20th Assembly, Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Ragaz
Dr. Edgardo
a, Service to
Alma Mater
Dr William Go Va
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isca Yan,
Academic Achiev
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Dr. Josefina Enrique
Dr. Josefina Peñas
Ouano, Golden Jub
ilarian of the Year
Class’63 has also distinguished itself in the local and international medical circles. Numerous members have
become presidents of their respective areas of specialty, professors and renowned scientists in the field of
research, and recognized authorities in the medical field. They are respected members of the community,
having headed civic and governmental societies and agencies thus gaining national and international
prominence. Indeed UST Class ‘63 has been privileged group, blessed with fulfilled and distinguished careers,
ideal life members of the Thomasian Community.
MABUHAY FABULOUS CLASS ‘63!!!
-Asuncion Abella-Reloza, M.D.
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CELEBRATE our SUCCESS and ACHIEVEMENTS
By Josefina del Mundo Vallarta, MD, USTMAAA Class 1958
"Celebrate our success, every milestone achieved.
Physicians set high standards to serve and heal.
Our culture promotes despair, if desired results are not obtained,
That if we aren't certain of success, we should not even begin.
Nevertheless those who make the greatest impact know
That change comes when we act despite our doubts
Learning as we go and persisting despite failures.
Thinkers and achievers savor their journey of engagement,
Exhibiting defiance, resilience and persistence.
We act, no matter what the seeming odds.
We remain true to our core values.
To open up new possibilities, the impossible will take time.
No success is linear; there are always bumps on the road.
We shall inspire, teach and energize those around us,
To promote our vision and mission with passion."
A career in medicine is the most challenging, exciting, mentally and emotionally stimulating
profession available to anyone; one in which the learning process never ceases. In all the world's
professions, medicine has been the most permanent. All lands have known and honored the
healing arts. Kings have fallen, nations have disappeared into history, trades have lost their
usefulness, still the doctor has come through the centuries. A career in medicine requires
courage, firm resolution and above all a keen and perceptive mind. Hippocrates wrote "we must
bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance so that instruction taking root may bring forth
proper and abundant fruit. " William Osler's four attributes for the physician are: the art of
detachment, the virtue of method, the quality of thoroughness and the grace of humility. To these
we must add respect for the dignity of man and reverence for life. We became doctors of medicine to save lives, heal the sick, relieve pain and suffering and
promote healthy minds and bodies. Our immigrant history and our "frontier experience" helped us
evolve a unique culture of self reliance, independence , resourcefulness, pragmatism and novelty.
Our success was based on individual merit and our education in a multicultural, tolerant,
egalitarian, individualistic and future oriented society. We became self made men and women who
love our medical profession, achieved our goals, practiced our core values and gave them to our
children. We practiced medicine with the highest moral and ethical values according to the ideals
and moral principles set forth in the oath of Hippocrates, the Greek physician and founder of
medicine. We learned the technological and biomedical advances in the past 50 years. The profiles of 84 Filipino physicians who graduated from the University of Santo Tomas
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Class 1958 are in Part 2 of our book " The Thomasians 2008
Golden Jubilarians". Our lives started in the Philippines where we experienced the loss of loved
ones, the destruction of our homes and the devastation of World War II during our childhood. We
all came from humble beginnings but were inspired to pursue our education. With the sacrifices of
our hard working parents, our courage and determination, we were able to fulfill the rigorous
requirements to enter medical school. We had to learn the basic sciences, the anatomy,
physiology, biochemistry and pathology of the human body. We had to learn to practice clinical
medicine during our internship and residency training in hospitals, to qualify for board
certification in our specialties. We spent long hours studying to pass the ECFMG, licensing and
specialty board examinations. We ventured into the unknown culture of foreign countries, far
away from our motherland and families to complete the requirements of our postdoctoral training
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in our specialties. Most of us got married and started our families during our residency training,
with meager financial compensation.
We succeeded and achieved our goal to practice medicine with skill, expertise, compassion
and dedication. We became respected physicians and leaders in the communities where we
practiced. Some became faculty members of medical schools of prestigious universities, authors
of medical articles and books, recipients of research grants, presidents of medical staffs and
medical societies, speakers at medical meetings, directors of hospital programs and teachers of
health care professionals. We gave our children the education, faith, love and support to achieve their goals, in the
fields of their choice to become independent. They are now raising our grandchildren guided by
our core values. We are continuing our mission to serve, heal, relieve pain and suffering. Many
classmates participate in surgical and medical missions in remote and poor communities in the
Philippines. We continue to share our gifts, talents, treasure and time with the sick, foundations to
aid the poor, our churches, communities, medical schools and hospitals. "The Thomasian Class
1958 Doctors' Legacy Gawad Kalinga Village "in Towerville, Bulacan was funded by more than 200
donors from our class. We distributed 1,000 books , " The Thomasians 2008 Golden Jubilarians "
about the lives, achievements and legacy of our class. We collected close to US$ 70,000 from our
book donations for 33 houses , health, education, livelihood and training programs in our GK
Village. The lives of 183 extremely poor residents in our village have been transformed. Our class
donated generously to support the projects of the USTMAAA Foundation for our Alma Mater.
We are now enjoying the fruits of our labor, our golden years with our families and friends.
We have a lifelong commitment to self directed learning and successful aging. Our children and
grandchildren are growing with love and success in their own pursuits. We are engaging in new,
meaningful and enriching activities. We never achieved great fame but our achievements have
given us joy and fill our lives with faith, hope and love. We are celebrating our success and
achievements. We thank God for His abundant blessings, for our happy and beautiful lives.
Rx for HAPPINESS, JOY and PEACE
PRAY, it is the greatest power on earth. LOVE, it gives great pleasure and joy.
GIVE , to care and share your blessings. READ, it is the fountain of wisdom.
THINK, it is the source of brain power. PLAY, it is the secret of perpetual youth.
LAUGH, it is the music of the soul. WORK, it is the price of success.
SAVE, it is the secret of security. EAT RIGHT and EXERCISE, it will keep you
Young, healthy and strong. HOLD a FRIEND, don't worry, don't hurry.
FILL your HEART with SIMPLE JOYS. BE HAPPY ! 23
GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL !
from UNFORGETTABLE CLASS 64- the Glowing Goldies of 2014
Congratulations USTMAAA Foundation on this Silver Anniversary! USTMED Class 1964 takes pride
in their achievements. So many “FIRSTs “ occurred because of our Class 64’s exemplary leaderships. Ten
medical students ( Anthony Galleta, Casimiro Garcia, Alexis Guerrero, Heraclio Castro, Tindalo Adaniel,
Dy Bun Yok, Eddie Jurilla, Carlos Lu, Alexander Gapay, Santiago Ching) pioneered a student medical
mission to Benguet. This pursuit led to the formation of the “Medical Missions Inc.” of the University of
Santo Tomas, our noted foremost legacy. The first officers of the Student Philippine Medical Association (
President-Emeterio de Castro Jr. ) and the first Miss SPMA came from our class during our junior-senior
years. They made possible with Dean Virgilio Ramos, the subsequent internship training in collaboration
with the International Foreign Medical Student Association that benefitted Class ’65. Magnanimous honors
were laurels of Class 64 members, starting with 1 Summa Cum Laude, 5 Magna Cum Laudes, and 21 Cum
Laudes among the 517 graduates. Four topped the Medical Boards at the top 5 positions ( Drs. Dy Bun Yok,
Marivi Ora, Cora Chico David, and Jorge Garcia) There was a large exodus to the USA, but what is sterling
about Class 64 are the various ways we gave back to our beloved Philippines. Class 64 has its’ own yearly or
biannual USTMED Class 64 Mission Group since early 90”s which started as a trio, a quartet in 1998, then to
a five surgeon team in 2002, serving up to now. We have our own USTMS Class 1964 Foundation Inc. since
1992, (Presidents- Hilario Salas Jr, Dion Consengo Jr., Leticia Peralta Velarde, Lory Dimaano-Floro, Dewey
Torres, Ignacio Luna Jr, Loreto Tanael and Senen Tabangay) dedicated in supporting the annual missions
of the USTMED Class 64 Surgeons - Drs. Jason Burgos (our voted Most Outstanding Golden Jubilarian),
Roger Basa, Homer Bunag, Cesar Co and Heraclio Castro Jr. Multiple medical missions were led by Drs.
Renato Rivera, Tony Daquipa, Dewey Torres, Jose de Leon, Pol Gonzalez et al. and numerous members
were/are involved several times in many groups internationally. We take pride of our 2014 Thomas Awardee
for Leadership in Public Health, Dr. Jorge Garcia who performed the first heart transplant at the Makati
Medical Center, and with the first president of the USTMAAA, the late Dr. Rodrigo Floro (Most Outstanding
Alumnus, Posthumous- USTMAAA 1999) founded the first internationally known Asian Hospital. Both got
the Most Outstanding Sapphire Jubilarians. Dr. Rogelio Mendiola, 1999 Thomas Awardee for Community
Service, redesigned the USTMAA logo. From our class came the founder of the People Helping People
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Foundation International, Inc. for poverty alleviation, Dr. Dalmacio Paraguya Jr. who led 33 missions and
helped organize several chapters worldwide. Dr. Evelyn Alcantara, our Secretary since 1989 got the Most
Outstanding Alumna for Service to the Alma Mater award in 2009. Dr. Modesto Peralta got the Most
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year 2014; Drs. Corazon Chico-David and Lourdes Dimaano-Floro, tied for the
Most Outstanding Alumnae for Academic Achievement 2014. Class 64 chronicled its history and memories
in a 380 page Souvenir Album-Directory, compiled by Drs. Manuel Marban and Marylou Javier, showcasing
almost 300 members since student years. A copy was presented to the USTMAA for its’ Museum last year.
Before Manila festivities, Class 64 rallied for $20,000 assistance to Yolanda typhoon victims. Three medicalsurgical missions were done in Gen San, Bohol and Leyte by three teams after the Manila golden festivities
of January 2014, attended by more than a hundred. Some 100 Class 64 members, in black and gold attires,
danced almost flawlessly to the “Hello Dolly” foxtrot music in Orlando last year… and did it end there? Oh
No! Class 64 had a Dubai-India trip in November 2014, and an Asia Cruise in Feb. 2015. Cruise reunions,
outside of yearly reunions, were frequent with us : the Alaska Cruise with CME had 176 voyagers in August
2004 after our Ruby Jubilee blast in Las Vegas; the Mediterranean Cruise in Sept 2006; the Iberian cruise/
Fatima in 2010; the Australia- New Zealand cruise with 58 voyagers of Feb 2011; and the South American
cruise of Feb 2012 with Machu Picchu as a pre-trip. Giving back to the Alma Mater and to the deprived, was
not amiss with Class’64. Drs. Rodrigo and Lory Floro, during their presidency tenures with the UST Medical
Association of the Midwest, which aided significantly in the formation of USTMAAA, initiated a Faculty
Development Program that benefitted 6 members of the UST Faculty of Medicine in the Basic Sciences
for further USA training. In spite of the cancellation of the Manila Silver Jubilee Homecoming in 1989,
secondary to the political unrest, Class 64 members raised $20,000 which was matched by Dr. Flor Yuzon
(the Most Generous Benefactor Award from our Class 64) with another $20,000 for the Neonatal Intensive
Care of the STUH Charity Hospital. Fifteen houses at the Gawad Kalinga were financed by our donation
of $15,000. Proceeds from our Chicago reunion in 2007 were donated to the Tuloy Foundation for the
homeless street children in Manila. Noted to have built hospitals in our homeland are Dr. Florentino Aquino
in Sarangani province, Dr. Ferdinand Martinez in Tondo, and Dr. Melinda Regner-Borja in Bohol, whose
hospital hosted more than 9 surgical missions. Our USTMS Class 1964 Foundation Inc. donated $25,000 to
the USTMAAA Foundation in 2004, rendering Class 64 as permanent member of the USTMAAA Board.
More “ first” achievements to mention: Dr. Jose Ventosa was the first Asian-American Pediatrician to have
diagnosed Progeria- 1972, to have diagnosed Kawasaki Disease in 1983-84, and Reye Syndrome in an 8 yr.
old with Flu given ASA in 1972-73. Dr. Severina Cabuyao Nadres, as first lady Mayor of Tayabas, established
Tayabas finally a city, since its’ founding in 1578. For the selfless commitment to serve consistently- the
Medical Missions, for the outstanding professional leaderships, distinguished academic contributions and
unwavering support for the Alma mater, another first – A Recognition Award to the Unforgettable Class 64
from USTMAAA was awarded last year. Truly, as many have said,” The stars fell from heaven on Class 1964!”
In reality, it has continued to do so for 51 years ! God Bless the Unforgettable Class 1964!
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The UST Medicine Awesome Class 1965
Ananias C. Diokno, Concepcion Jaleco, Cynthia Dulay Bruce & Gloria Bartolome Duffy
FIFTY years ago, we received our Doctor of Medicine degree from our Alma Mater, the
Royal & Pontifical University of Santo Tomas (UST). This class started a journey well
before it matriculated at UST in 1960. We were born during or immediately after World
War ll. We experienced first hand the effects of inhumanity and sufferings that influenced
our choice of profession in favor of humanity and compassion.
Following the medical graduation on May 18, 1965, 567 of us went on to different
directions but with one aim: to be the best in our chosen field …. and 25 years later at our
silver anniversary, these ambitious cohesive group had already ACHIEVED many of their
goals individually and as a class. For these overachievers, it was an awesome outcome and
former Regent Father Fausto Gomez during our Silver Jubilee celebration aptly
acknowledged the nickname of the Class, AWESOME. He was quoted as saying “They say
they are awesome, O, LORD … and they are! They are!.”
Many of us went to the United States while some elected to stay in our native
Philippines. The first class reunion was held in Philadelphia on Sept. 21,1968. This successful
reunion was a harbinger for many more successful reunions with annual mini-reunions in
America and the grand reunions in the Philippines during each jubilee celebrations of Silver
(1990), Pearl (1995), Coral (2000), Ruby (2005), Sapphire (2010), & Golden (2015).
This awesome class of ’65 has been and will always be grateful to its Alma Mater for
providing us not only wonderful memories at the campus but for the outstanding medical
education and preparation for our chosen profession. It fueled the achievers in us. Recall,
class 65 had 8 class members landing in the first 10 places of the 1965 Board Examinations
and 11 of 16 internship positions at the USAF Base Hospitals (Clark & Subic). As well we
have excelled in drama, oration and music. In politics, a class member was elected President
of SPMA, and another chosen as Miss SPMA the same year. On the occasion of our Silver
Jubilee in 1990, our class raised the highest financial amount
Gala night: The Lion King
UST MEDICINE AWESOME CLASS 1965
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UST MEDCLASS OF 1966 : A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
“ Let ’s take a walk down memory lane of my classmates , The Amazing Class of 1966”
ur class was caught in the interim between 1959 and 1961. Before 1959 pre-med in UST was a 2 year
course and after 1959 it became 3 years. In 1960 by virtue of the Medical Act of 1959 the pre-medical
requirement became a 4 year course.
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There was a significant decrease in the student enrollment in 1961, we only have 400 registrants. We were
the smallest group in the recent history of the UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery to graduate in 1966. The
number was more or less 266, with 119 women and 147 men compared to the usual 1000 plus registrants.
The number of graduates before 1966 was between 600 to 700.
In the first two years, we were studying basic sciences. In the third and fourth years were clinical rotations
closer to practicing Medicine. We were Interns in our fifth year. In 1965, the newly built Charity Hospital of
UST was opened. We were the first Live-in female interns to occupy the top floor of the hospital. A select
group of male interns were sent to the US Military and Naval Hospitals. The rest were sent in rotations to
various facilities in the area , such as the Quezon Institute , National Mental Hospital, Maternity and Children Hospital, National Orthopedic Hospital, the original “CSI”, the FBI and many more. After one year of
internship, we went through the oral examination, the REVALIDA where each of us were questioned by a
panel of 3 professors on basic, clinical and emergency sciences.
In May 9,1966, Graduation Day, we convened to receive our diploma as Doctors of Medicine and Surgery
. All our struggles and sacrifices were over. We earned the right to be addressed as Doctors, much to the
delight of our proud parents. After the National Boards, we quickly scattered in our own direction. We chose
our own path to follow our goals and ambitions. Most of us migrated abroad in search of the better standard
and quality of life. We were among the “brain drain” who left for better opportunities. In the 70s , the World
Health Organization (WHO) published a detailed 40-country study. Close to 90 % of all migrating physicians
were moving to just 5 countries: Australia, Canada, Germany , UK and USA.
In 1991, we all reassembled for the first time in CHICAGO and MANILA to celebrate our Silver Jubilee. We
felt kinship and camaraderie. Most of us were still easily recognized despite the receding hairlines and increasing girth. Photos of our children were passed around. There were animated conversations recalling the
days when we were medical students.
Every five years, since then, we gathered midyear in different cities around the US but the bigger reunion
was always in Manila in December and just changed to January in 2011 when we celebrated our 45th Year
(SAPPHIRE) coinciding with the 400th JUBILEE of the UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS. Each time was
celebrated with a sense of nostalgia.
When we celebrate our 50th Year (GOLDEN) Jubilee next year, in 2016, some will not be able to attend due
to illness and disabilities but sadly, because some have passed away.The last known count in 2011 was 37.
Our Amazing classmates are in their 70s now. We have our fair share of the bumps in the road but we get
past them and move forward and became stronger. We have been blessed.
The walk down memory lane of the Amazing Class of 1966 will continue to extend and bring back those
glory days to live in our hearts forever.
“THOUGH NOTHING CAN BRING BACK THE HOUR OF SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, OF BEAUTY
IN THE FLOWER : WE WILL GRIEVE NOT, RATHER FIND STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS BEHIND.”
MARIA LUISA P. FLORES, M. D .
CLASS PRESIDENT
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Cl a s s 1 9 6 6 Thro u g h the Yea r s
1991 Silver Jubilee, Anatomy Lecture Room, a Class Legacy
2001 Coral Jubilee, Makati ShangriLa
1991 Silver Jubilee, Manila Hotel
2011 Sapphire Jubilee, UST Medicine Auditorium
2006 Ruby Jubilee, Medicine Auditorium
2012, 46th mini-reunion, Little Quiapo, Chicago
2011 Sapphire Jubilee, Lipa Resort
2006 at Johnny Aya-ay Bohol residence
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2011 Sapphire, Makati ShangriLa
1996 Pearl Jubilee, Los Angeles
The Magnificent Class of 1968
By Dionisio B. Yorro, MD, FACC
Of all the different alumni classes in the USA, the magnificent class of 1968 ranks as one of the
most outstanding in many categories. The camaraderie among us is extraordinary. There is genuine
care, respect and unconditional support for each other. Anyone can be a listener or adviser, leader or
follower. The joy of belonging to this class is in knowing that every one will always be there when you
need them.
The class has made a tremendous impact on the USTMAAA. A number of us have been the
pillars of the association. The dynamic visionary, Joe Evangelista, was able to unify the different alumni chapters and thereby founded the USTMAAA. In the succeeding years, a string of our classmates
have served as Presidents of both the USTMAAA and Foundation. ( Drs. Joe Evangelista, Oni Yorro,
Antonio Gonzales, Stella Evangelista, Mark Granada, Zita Yorro). The class have donated the most
monies to the Foundation collectively as a class and individually. They have also donated and pledged
a significant amount towards the Thomasian Alumni Center. Stella Evangelista and Zita Yorro and
their husbands have continued their unselfish commitment and service to the association to ensure
its viability and integrity. For many years they were both responsible for running the yearly reunions
and conventions aided by their enthusiastic classmates who are always around to help either with their
time and/or finances: Tony and Auring Gonzales, Hunna Saw, Bobby Barretto, Alex and Veng Aquino, Romy Fajatin, Cora Abundo, Othello Repuyan,Tony Chan, Nandy Tiongson, Joey and Meng Sto.
Domingo, Norma Talbo, Grace and Victor Bautista, Rosemarie and Chico de Leon, Maria Lim Kong,
Ray Billena, Dante Gabriel, Mario Oliveros, Quentin Pulido, Evelyn Navarro Smoke, Vicky Navarro,
Oscar Castro, Gene and Cely Quimbo, Melecito Baga, Greg Lipat, Nap Almaria, Moises Alviar, Philip
Yutan, Dope Perido, Benito and Anita Chua Laddaran, Eleonor Constantino, Purita Ringor, Armando
Santiago, Noni Villafranca, Offie Norico, Alex Ocampo, Charlie Orca, Ong Eng Liat, Cris Carlos, Mark
and Ed Granada, Luis Collo, Andy Crame, Kelly Concepcion, Len Beup, Alice Enrile Alimbuyogen, Boy
Buzon, Letty Escasa, Rolly Diokno, Rosita Ebron, Dante Geronilla, Anna Marie Villanueva Dumaoal,
Lina Lobrio Estrada, Tem Largoza, Emilio Chu, Tony Ong, Ruben Betia and the late Ely Figueroa, Leo
Gutierrez, Nelson Yap, Oscar Belarmino, Augusto Abad and Cecilia Japlit Largoza, and of course our
Philippine based classmates, Nellie Tan, Myrna Ragaza, Salud Bagalso, Marilyn Oconner, Elpidio De
la Cruz, Marianne Ordonez
The humanitarian spirit is also in our hearts with countless projects, medical missions and aids
for our Filipino compatriots. Tony Gonzales founded and runs the Save-a-sight mission; Primo Andres, Joe Evangelista and Oni Yorro with the Save-a-Heart mission; the first GK village in Ilocos Sur
by Zita Yorro; Ruben Romero with the McArthur Foundation; Chico de Leon and his Foundation for
congenital heart diseases; Alex Aquino with his kidney transplant program; other individual medical
missions by Joe and Stella Evangelista, Nandy Tiongson, Oliver Diaz, Ely and Jose Tiongson, Zita and
Oni Yorro, etc. A special mention has to be done regarding one of our classmate who is missionary
nun: Puring Ringor has done both medical and religious work in the extremely dangerous and poor
areas in Africa. What a tremendous sacrifice when she can otherwise be in the USA or Philippines.
Thus our magnificent class of 1968 has made our mark through our various endeavors both
collectively and individually. This is why we can say without reservation that we are so proud to belong
to Class ’68. Congratulations to our class of 1968 and hope to see most of you during the USTMAAA
cruise in October.
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The Magnificent Class of 1968 through the Years
Silver Anniversary at Ritz Carlton, Dearborn, Michigan, 1993
Sapphire Anniversary at Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki, Honolulu, HI, 2013
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THE SENSATIONAL CLASS OF SEVENTY
Dr. Freddie Custodio, MD’70
Anno Domini, MCMLXX.......just another year.
Or, was it?
Drift back to...."that year"
Let's see now........
(Rewind)
"That year" our beloved Pinas was mired in civil unrest. Protests against the government, staged through
violent rallies and demonstrations, intensified and which nothing would quell - not even Paul VI's papal visit to
this profoundly religious and predominantly Catholic nation.
"Let It Be" - ah - how can we forget this one. The song was released by the mop-topped boys from Liverpool
and as usual, anything they did then would set their adoring fans in a frenzy. The song turned the already
crazed fans to near-insanity despite the line -"Speaking words of wisdom (really?), let it be, let it be...." being
mentioned in the song over and over again.
"Houston, we've had a problem" ... alarming words that were radioed back from space to mother earth by the
troubled Apollo13 mission. The distress message has now become a popular household phrase which you and I
would utter when confronted with even the slightest of mishaps.
And don't forget that weird-looking car. For less than two grand, in the US, one could own this vehicle.Yes,
for a measly $1875 you could get all of it. Yes, the "whole" car. And no, that was not just "half " a car. Remember
the AMC Gremlin?
There! It's all coming back. And as we look back, fondly, at these "sooooo our time" memories we say- "Oh
yeah, I remember that one,.... and that one as well" But do we care? Perhaps not. Hardly, if at all. They are now
just fond memories. Nothing more.
Right?
But then , for some - for one particular "bunch"....it was indeed - "some year". Memorable, to say the least.
" Doctoris in Medicina et Chirurgia" - a degree (in such "strange lingo?") was conferred to each individual
belonging to that bunch, in a rite celebrated one typically hot day in April of that year. This was more than
enough to make that year really special, for them. A piece of lambskin - a diploma - was issued to each, attesting
to the academic award conferred by the "Pontificia et Regalis Universitas Sancti Thomae, Universitas Catholica
Philippinarum" (What? That language again?) In fact, the entire text on that piece of "rough-to-touch" lambskin
was in "that language" - which set it apart from others. And which made it endearingly different! Unique!
Classic! Loved it! Still do!
Graduation! Time to go each one’s separate way. Parting time. But some of them did not see that “sweet” part
in - “Parting is such sweet sorrow” (Not so, Bill Shakespeare) -so what did they do? “Get married” like any
practical and sensible people would. Or, was it because perhaps they were in love? (But of course!) Yes, there are
quite a few couples in the bunch. See?
Now, armed with the degree, and with the Hippocratic oath in mind always, they set out and in each one's
own special way did their mission - the healings, - the alleviation of pain and suffering, the saving of lives.
However, such noble deeds, needless to say, are in no way unique to them as other classes prior to and after
them did the same. There was something else that would set the bunch apart.
Their compassion did not stop at providing medical care. What somehow defines the bunch from a different
perspective, and worth mentioning, is their collective desire to get together to help the unfortunate - most often
our poor kababayans - who fall victims to calamities, that our country seems to always get a big share of. They
get involved in projects.... for human habitations; projects that provide basic needs - potable water, shelter,
food....these, to name a few. They even go so far as lobbying the government to resolve conflicts for the
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betterment of the medical profession and the patients. They show no hesitation to take the lab coat off and set
aside the stethoscope temporarily to perform tasks other than what medicos usually do..
The bunch is one big, extended, close-knit family. They, through the years, never lose contact and whenever
feasible they hold reunions, be they small or well-attended, during which they renew ties and re-bond. One
unique feature - in their reunions - musical entertainment is provided by their musically-gifted classmates.
And they have gotten closer even, thanks to modern technology. With social media and group e-mailing they
have been sharing and exchanging messages 24/7. Everybody knows what's going on with whom...and where.
Over there, he just became a lolo. Over here, everyone knows, she has been a lola for the umpteen'th time. And
they know what who's apo's name is! Yeah, share everything and anything. Tsismis? Why not!
Sapphire Jubilarians! That's who "we" are now. (From hereon let's switch from "they" to "we")
"Sapphire" - a gentle (or politically correct?) way of saying... how many years has it been since we graduated?
That many years! OMG!
Seriously now. Here we are and finding it not easy at all to say in words alone how we value and relish being
with beloved fellow Thomasians as our Class celebrates this milestone. To the Administration and Leadership
of THE USTMAAA for so masterfully putting together this significant and meaningful Grand Reunion and
Medical Convention - “MARAMING SALAMAT PO” .
That "Doctoris in Medicina et Chirurgia" degree conferred by the "Pontificia et Regalis Universitas Sancti
Thomae" in the year "Nineteen Hundred and Seventy" we will forever cherish. (By the way, inspite of that
classic-sounding Latin name, the institution is nowadays referred to, colloquially, as "USTE" as in ...OOSTE
which I think is "just simply appealing and endearing") Luv it!
We, of "that year" call ourselves, with a hint of pride, (make that - a whole lot of pride) - "THE
SENSATIONAL CLASS OF SEVENTY" (And why do we call ourselves that?....That's another story.)
Now, forty-five years later, we look back and proudly say...."That year" ...MCMLXX, after all, was NOT just
another year".
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Reprinted from the 2012 USTMAAA Souvenir Program
Congratulations also to
Dr. Filomeno “Dante” C. Gapultos, Jr., MD
The
Outstanding Ruby Jubilarian for 2012
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U.S.T. MEDICINE
CLASS OF 1972
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Reprinted from the 2012 USTMAAA Souvenir Program
We are the first to graduate under the new curriculum
allowing medical students to finish after four years. We
are the first to taste the Residency matching program
that scattered us all over the Philippines. We are the
first to serve the far corners of the nation and to
experience first hand rural medicine. We are the
product of an experiment that was launched with a lot
of hope. We are the survivors of the project that needed
stalwart people to anchor.
Yes, we are the Clerks of 1972!
And we are here to celebrate our
Ruby Jubilee
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Congratulations to
Congratulations
The Most Outstanding
to the Ruby
Jubilarian of the Year
USTMAAA
Foundation
&
on its
Dr. Primo A. Andres
Dr. Zenaida Young-Bhatia
Silver Anniversary
Nominee for
USTMAAA Most Outstanding Alumnus
of the Year!
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SOME LEGACIES OF UST MED CLASS 1974 (2014 RUBY JUBILARIANS)
For many years now, members of UST Medicine Class1974 (Ruby Jubilarians) have dedicated themselves not only to the
promotion of health care in the Philippines and abroad, but also as loving and altruistic Christians serving selflessly for the
welfare of others.
The following are a few of the many activities of Med Class 74 members:
The COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, FUNDRAISER and MISSIONARY (Dr. Lilia Hernandez)
Lilia (Pediatrician) helped in the initial implementation of the community based health programs of the Philippines in Isabela
in 1976. She has since been a strong advocate of the projects of the organization.
In 1995, she co-founded the Fil-Am Center for Community Health and Development (FACCHD), an organization based
in Pleasanton, California. It supports the Visayas Primary Health Care Services, Inc., which develops affordable and accessible
health care, including the training of local health workers. It primarily serves poor farmers and fishermen of Bohol, Cebu, and
Negros islands.
The association also supports Child Hope Asia Philippines, which assists street children of Metro Manila.
The HUSBAND AND WIFE MISSIONARIES (Dr. Antonio Gabarda and wife Aida, B.S.N.)
The husband and wife tandem of Toniski (Oncologist) and Aida (Nurse) have been involved in varied medical missions. They
joined the medical mission in Bantayan island, Cebu where materials for roof and building construction were donated also. They
also visited an orphanage in Cebu and the Missionaries of the Poor and distributed donations to Gawad Kalinga villages.
The Gabardas also joined medical missions in Roxas City, Capiz, Dao in Iloilo and other towns in Panay island in conjunction
with Tau Mu Sigma Phi and USTFMS Class 1987. As members of Couples for Christ, they also distributed rosaries and other
religious items. They also support the ANCOP (Answering the Cry of the Poor) build houses and the Child Sponsorship Program
for education of deserving kids.
The WATERMAN (Dr. Renato Reyes)
During the Ruby Class reunion in Manila in January 2014, the jubilarians contributed P 39,701.35 as part of the donation to
the typhoon Yolanda victims.
Through the initiative of Renato "Ato" Reyes (Surgeon), and with the assistance of his wife Linda Balatbat (Anesthesiologist,
Class 1972), the class purchased accessory equipment (submersible pumps, water tubings, carbon filters), for the installation of
Water Purifying Machines. Ato set up the water purifiers himself, including the two units in Guiaun, Samar, among a total of
7 localities in Leyte and Samar. Aside from helping the people with their water needs, this project also resulted in unexpected
donations from other philantropic individuals of 12 fishing bancas for Guiaun, including 2 motorized bancas for Gawad Kalinga
Hernane village. All the bancas of Hernane village (composed of 16 families which lies along a stretch of "abortion road", so
called because of the forsaken bumpy road leading to Borongan Samar), were lost during the calamity. These bancas are the only
means that the people can catch fish, just enough for their daily sustenance.
Through his kindness and right connections, Ato also facilitated the transportation of the bancas to the devastated areas.
The HUSBAND and WIFE TEAM MISSIONARIES (Drs. Rodelio de Sagun and Rose Quimpo- de Sagun)
Del (Cardiologist) and Rose (Pediatrician) joined the relief and medical mission of UST Simbahayan "Tulong sa Visayas" on
December 14-16, 2013 in Batan and Altavas Aklan, to help the Yolanda typhoon victims.
The initial great challenge that the group faced was the fact that there was no water service, electricity had not been fully
restored and no previous assistance had reached the areas prior to the visit of the team. The mission included 10 consultants, 6
trainees, 6 medical students and 1 priest. One hundred (107) boxes of medicine and relief goods were brought and the bus that
carried the volunteers served as the mobile warehouse. There were 3005 persons served, 100 plus immunizations given, 30 plus
minor surgeries done, 1000 relief bags distributed, 300 eyewear fitted, and vaccines and deworming kits donated.
The De Saguns also joined the UST Medical Missions, Inc. projects in Tacloban and Tanauan in Leyte from February 22-25,
2014.
The EDUCATOR and HOPE for the YOUTH (Dr. Nenita Batallones- Retizos)
Nits (Psychiatrist) established the Action for Youth Literacy and Awareness Foundation (AYLA) in 2010, in memory of the
untimely demise of her niece (Ayla Batallones Manahan, 1979-1989).
Her foundation was formed to serve the underprivileged youth of the Philippines by promotion and reinforcement of literacy
awareness thru education. This benefits educational institutions and related activities, focusing specifically on library programs
with the inauguration of the AYLA library in Cabuyao, Laguna. Other programs include computer skill training, reading skills
support and educational tours.
PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER (Dr. Francesca Cando-Gajete)
Ces, as a public health worker, has been doing some humanitarian work in the Philippines. She is a member of the Private
Sector Disaster Management Network, an organization involved in responding to calamities, including the rehabilitation of
typhoon Yolanda victims. She is also a member of the Public- Private Partnership program of the Department of Health. She is
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involved specifically with the National Leprosy Control program, supervising facilities in leprosy work.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (Dr. Filemon R. Quinio, Jr)
After the Golden Elementary Class Reunion in 2012 in Tiaong, Quezon province, Chito (a physiatrist with his wife Amor, a
pediatrician of Med Class 1973), decided to sponsor underprivileged students who have little or no means to support themselves
for their high school education. Initially, Chito's classmates, whom he had not seen for 50 years, requested to set up a class
fund for medical care and for funeral services. Instead, he suggested a scholarship program for students who are related to the
members of the golden jubilarians. The candidates must also pass other criteria (especially intelligence).
A committee, composed of enthusiastic volunteer members of Elementary Class of 1962, was established and the Quinios
agreed to an initial funding for twenty scholars. This project will continue for as long as there would be available funds, as
stipulated in their living will.
The PAINTER (Dr. Charie del Rosario)
Charie (a pediatrician and known to the class as "The Little Voice"), an avid and amateur artist, organized with the help of coartist friends, a painting workshop for 50 grade school students of Barangay Guadalupe Viejo, Makati under the Committee on
Child Advocacy of the Makati Medical Society. She is the current Committee Chairperson of this group and former president of
the society. She participates in the regular monthly free clinics at Barangay Moonwalk, Paranaque, which is also a project of the
same medical organization.
The HUSBAND and WIFE FUNDRAISERS and MISSIONARIES (Drs. Francis and Carmencita Ong)
Francis (Plastic Surgeon) and wife Elsie (Anesthesiologist), are members of the Philippine Medical Society of Northeast
Florida (PMSNEF) This organization has been raising money to build a village to house 22 families in an area devastated by
typhoon Haiyan. The husband and wife team are involved in the fundraising effort to raise $ 150,000.00, primarily to build
homes, ship medical and surgical equipment, and support a medical and surgical mission in the area.
Francis has been the Medical Director of the PMSNEF Medical Team since 2005, which has treated more than 18,000 medical
patients, 1635 dental patients, instructed 237 basic life support trainees and has performed 1,500 surgeries in the different areas
of the Philippines. The organization has also donated an ambulance, mobile computer training center, 14 (40 ft) containers of
hospital beds, anesthesia machines, monitors, dialysis machines and other medical and surgical equipment.
The PHILANTHROPIST (Dr. Danny Martinez)
Danny (an interventional radiologist) spearheaded the Gift of Sight project as president of a Filipino organization in Chicago.
He was able to raise funds and also obtain cataract lenses primarily donated by Little Company of Mary hospital where he
worked. The eye surgeries, done by ophthalmologists at The Medical City hospital and at a minimal cost of one hundred dollars
each, continue to benefit charity patients, which now number over a hundred grateful individuals.
One of his sons, a radiologist also, was inspired to do his own charity work, after having observed as a medical student in the
Emergency Department of Quirino Memorial Hospital in Manila. With the help of his father, Danny, the family has been sending
boxes of medical supplies, including surgical gloves.
Danny has also participated in other medical missions in the Philippines, aside from sponsoring two students complete a
nursing career.
The SURGEON turned SCIENTIST (Dr. Manuel Datiles)
With his experiences as a resident in Ophthalmology at the UP-PGH Medical Center, as an anterior eye segment fellow at
the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and in varied missions performing eye surgeries, Manny was
overwhelmed by the human suffering caused by cataract, the cause of half the blindness in the world.
With the aging of world populations, a huge backlog of un- operated cataract patients exists. Manny conceived an alternative
medical management to prevent or reverse the development of this ailment. He dedicated his life to this research as a senior
investigator/ full professor at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. His team of scientists around the world
have uncovered the cause of the most common types of age related cataracts and are getting close to testing safe and effective
medical treatment. Hopefully, instead of intricate and expensive eye surgery, one may only apply eye drops or take pills to cure
blinding cataracts!
Manny has also partnered with NASA scientists to help in Mission to Mars 2030. The cataract research is part of this outer
space project because astronauts develop this disease from prolonged exposure to cosmic rays. Since cataract surgery is not
available in outer space, he is assisting in developing special telemedicine devices to remotely detect the earliest signs of cataracts
and prevent its development through the use of the anti-cataract eye drops.
The names of individuals mentioned above are being published here to encourage and inspire other members of the class and
other UST graduates to share their blessings and good fortune to others, and not for anything else.
There are other philanthropic efforts that members of the UST Medicine Class 1974 have been involved with. The Ruby
Jubilarians have also contributed generously for the benefit of
others, whether financially, thru the class prayer brigades, and by
reaching out to others thru constant communication utilizing the well- established class website and attending class reunions.
(Researched and Edited by Filemon "Chito" Quinio, Jr., M.D.
Class 74 Volunteer Chronicler (Thru the Class 1974 web-site,
especially messages from the involved individuals)
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USTEfren
MD
CLASS
Estrella,
MD’75 1975
Our class started no different than any of the previous years. Greenhorns from all corners of
the Philippines (and a few from abroad) filled the classrooms with a “deer in headlights” look.
The anxiety of those early days quickly faded as we settled into our daily routine and discovered
“handouts”. Mimeographed copies of lectures abound, peddled by enterprising classmates friendly
to upperclassmen, for the price of a meal or so. Gone was the need to drag 10 - 15lbs bag of books to
school day in and day out, the need to burn both ends of the candle sorting out details of a lecture
through pages and pages of textbooks. These handouts did that for you already. Everything that was
important to know was meticulously written, some even highlighted in bold text. Everything you
need to pass an exam, unless a professor aware of such enterprise decided to play a mean joke on all
of us, throw us a curve ball and take questions from the book not covered by the handouts. Lucky
for us, such mean spiritedness was seldom witnessed. They are humans after all or perhaps just too
lazy to prepare another test different from the one at hand. There really was just more than one way
to skin a cat and anybody can be outsmarted, and so we thought. As our knowledge bloomed, so too
was our curiosity which made us seek more information than what was provided in those handouts,
so on to the books we went and learned. Thinking back I realized we were the ones outsmarted,
lessons well learned and thankful for, however.
The year we took the board examination, we saw many of our classmates, seven to be exact, ranked
amongst the top ten scorers, a crowning achievement from a class whose members have monikers like
“Walabak”, “Camel”, “Manok”, “Pusa”, “Surot”, “Kabayo”, “Buwaya”, “Daga”, “Kulangot”, “Ipis”, ‘Barok”
and “Palaka”, just to name a few. The class that witnessed one of its member sang “Basket butas butas,
mukha ko butas butas” on the third floor fire escape landing during a fraternity initiation. The class
that made UST proud when two of its members anchored the swim team and won the intercollegiate
swimming competition, the first for UST in almost 100 years. Yes, we studied hard but we also played
hard and had fun and all these we did without the help of iPads or iPhones, search engines like
Google or Yahoo, and no referencing Wikipedia. As we spread our wings, some to the far corners of
the world, our education allowed us to dominate in many fields, and flourished we did. Educators,
authors, researchers, government and community servants, many of us became. As we forged ahead
and widened our horizon, we never forgot to look back and be proud of the education we got from
our dear Alma Mater, who even got her own moniker, “USTe”. We stayed connected through social
media and continue to meet, send emails, pictures, with our families joining together to form a giant
web of extended members.
This, our 40th year anniversary is a special one particularly because many of us officially entered
the gate to the golden years and some of us took early retirement, harvesting the fruits from years
of hard work but that’s not all. We are especially proud at the selection of Dr. Jesus Valencia as the
Dean of the College of Medicine and Surgery, of classmates who currently hold or have held office
as Department Chairs, such as Dr. Imelda David (Neurolory), Dr. Antonio Cruz (Pathology), and
Dr. Matt Bagsic (Anatomy). Other important positions like those of Dr. Josephine Lumitao (former
Assistant Dean), and the late Dr. Placido Calimag (former president USTMAA Philippines) and
most recently the selection of two of our members as recipients of this year’s Thomas Award for
Medical Research, Dr. Emerita Cruz Andres-Barrenechea and for Community Service, Dr. Robert
Peter Dioso Alojipan. From its humble beginning, we have evolved into the USTMD Class of 1975
- The Millennium Medics.
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CELEBRATING OUR CORAL REUNION IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Imelda Ancheta Borja, MD’80
UST Medicine Class 1980, the Mighty Arriba Ochenta, had a great time celebrating their 35th Jubilee Reunion in
the Philippines. Twenty five classmates from the United States, New Zealand and Australia returned to our beloved
country travelling thousands of miles to join and spend time with classmates in the Philippines from January 1418, 2015. The travel is long, but it passes quickly when you meet Ruby and Nats del Carmen serendipitously before
boarding time and again sit adjacently in the plane.
The trip to Bagac, Bataan on January 14 was the opening salvo of Arriba Ochenta’s reunion. For those who live in
Quezon City and its surroundings, the meeting place was at Santo Domingo Church. We arrived early but the bus was
late. Classmates at the Makati pick-up site took their time. We were all on vacation mode. We did not mind waiting.
We went in the church to pray for the arrival of the bus and then Rey Malilay talked to the coffee shop manager to
open so that we can have coffee and cake for breakfast. Class 1980 prays hard and works harder to get what they want.
This is the apt description of the Core Group of the Philippine Coral Reunion Organizers led by Leslie B. Gatchalian.
They gave us a reunion to remember.
The bus ride was comfortable. Some slept, others brought reading materials, but most of the classmates were in deep
conversation catching up on each other’s news about work and family. They also recalled good old times in medical
school. I have not seen Mercy Juan since graduation in 1980. She came from Australia.
The bus arrived at Geery’s Grill. This was our stop for lunch. A place in the restaurant was prepared for us solely for
our pleasure to enjoy the array of Filipino dishes. Lunch was delicious and we thanked the Philippine contingency for
their thoughtfulness.
We finally arrived at our desination: Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. This is a resort where the big old houses taken
from different parts of the country, brought to the place and built back to their original form. The houses are named
after the place they were taken from. We stayed at Mecauayan House. Ruby and Nats, Monsie Silverman, Winnie
Borja and I. From the bus, we were picked up by a jeepney to go to the check in area. The jeepney has to cross a
bridge. Under the bridge, is a river that flows to the sea which is about 200 meters from the bridge. The water is clear
with plenty of fish but it is prohibited to go fishing.
After we had freshen up in our rooms, we wore our native costumes to have our pictures taken at the more prominent
areas of the resort. Pictures were taken at the plaza, balcony, by the river, at the bridge and by the fountain. I made
sure that my tennis shoes did not show while I had my Maria Clara skirt on.
Dinner was served on the second floor of one of the big houses. After dinner, there was a cultural show presented by
the teenage employees of the resort. The music was upbeat so it was like modern cultural dances. The dancers gave
their best so it was a joy to watch. After the performers danced singkil, they enjoined some of the classmates to dance
the tinikling. No feet were hurt. Arriba Ochenta danced as if they were teenagers too, watching their steps so as not
to be squeezed by the bamboos. After the dancing, there was karaoke singing. The crooners of the group, Ferdie
Ramos and Erna Balbas sang individually and had a duet too. While they sang, most of the classmates danced. It did
not matter whether you are a good dancer or not, as long as you can move to the beat of the music, it was okay to go
to the dance floor and enjoy the night. But the night did not stop here. Others found time to play mah-jong in their
quarters before retiring for the night.
Morning came, and we found Malou Kassab, Joji Bunag, Marissa Santos, Erna Garcia, Mercy Juan, Lolit Sayseng and
Emily Ulanday at the breakfast area. After breakfast, a tour guide brought us around the resort telling anecdotes of
every house we visited. Then it was time to check out and take the bus ride back to Quezon City.
In the bus, Eugene Ramos made the ladies spill the beans regarding their journey to marriage. Ana Cruz was the first;
I was the second; Jopie Ramos was not spared, then came Joji. When it was time for Malou to tell hers, we reached
Fortune Seafood restaurant for lunch. Malou was spared. Everyone was tired after lunch. You had a choice sleeping
or watching the movie in the bus. We arrived back at Santo Domingo Church safe and sound.
On Friday morning, we attended the mass at the Medicine auditorium. After the mass, a luncheon was served. Only
a few of us were in attendance: Zeny Maquilan, Marivic Tan, Ruby Cartagena, Nats del Carmen, Mercy Juan, Omie
Leynes and Willie Tupas.
On Saturday, it was the gala night at the Makati Shangrila Hotel. The theme was Doctors on Broadway. Arriba
Ochenta presented Chicago. The dancers: Zeny, Marivic, Lyda Largoza, Luzvi, Carol Madarang, Beth Madarang,
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Eva Almendras, Becky Agcaoili and Leslie Gatchalian stole the show with their marvelous performance. Bebot and I
performed supporting roles as fan holders. Everyone enjoyed the night dancing to their heart’s desire to the tune of
the 70s. There were several dance instructors who were willing to teach or just dance with the seasoned dancers.
The class night on Sunday was the finale of our Coral reunion in the Philippines. It was held at the Quezon City
Sports Complex. Nearly everyone came to attend wearing their 70s costumes: Hippy look. Debbie won first price as
the best costume. Ferdie came second with his Afro hair. The food as plenty, the music was great and the activities of
the night allowed everyone to participate in the dancing and group singing by sections. Section D won in terms of the
number of attendees. Section C did their best. But Sections Beautiful and Awesome sang the best. This is according to
my standard.
The Philippine Coral Reunion activities was so enjoyable that it will always be remembered.
In retrospect, during the past 5 years, 2011-2015, Arriba Ochenta has traveled a long way accomplishing goals
while enjoying the company of classmates who have become friends to treasure. Each time we group together in the
restaurant to welcome classmates visiting from afar or to have potlucks to meet to discuss goals or how to accomplish
them, we have become closer like a family. We have jointly supported 2 medical missions (Iloilo and La Union)
coordinated by Ferdie and Elynn, donated 4 Gawad Kalinga houses in Laguna, given financial aid to the victims of
typhoon Yolanda 3 days after it occurred; as individuals, given support to Jim’s Surgical van and to classmates who
have needed assistance.
Arriba Ochenta has travelled 35 years since graduation in 1980 feeling blessed and happy for each goal that it has
accomplished and the gift of friendship of each classmate.
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UST Medicine Class 1985
“Bequeathing a Legacy”
Submitted by Tony Leachon,MD, FPCP, FACP, President, Philippine College of Physicians Foundation
President , UST Medical Alumni Association 2015-2016
When we reflect on our student days at UST medicine , we remember with fondness our great journey.
We have travelled a great length both in time and distance after our graduation thirty years ago from our
beloved Alma Mater. Our lives then were so much simpler ; we lived each day under the shadows of our
books , classrooms and laboratories. Our attachments and linkages have grown deeper as we shared dreams
and frustrations together and found that we had a common ground upon which to build lasting friendships.
How fast time flies... And as we look at ourselves today with pride and joy , we see a large family of leaders
, achievers and distinctive alumni that take pride in their shared heritage. The 30 th anniversary becomes
even more meaningful with the fulfillment of our dreams in the presence of friends , fellow Thomasians ,
and significant others.
It's been 30 years for us, coming off on the historic coming of the Pope Francis on UST grounds on January
18th this year.
There is no better proof of the power of the UST medical alumni to leave imprints than those of you who
have returned to UST. You've honored us and UST through your several achievements in your professions
and your communities, through your civic engagement and through your capacity for service-and most of
all by your presence here today.
As you savor your time in our reconnecting with some of the people that made your student years
memorable and exploring all that the university offers today, you can be proud we have reached a new high
point - 75 th anniversary of UST MAA.
Never in our history have we been stronger or better positioned to meet the needs of our faculty , students
and the challenges of the world. With our focus and commitment , we look forward to even greater
achievements at our 75 th year and beyond.
We would like to thank all Thomasian physicians , our mentors , generous benefactors , all the unsung
heroes who have contributed their time , effort , skills and resources to bequeath this legacy of value
formation , education and training to all of us here - grateful and triumphant Thomasians.
Our esteemed classmates , Thomas awardees, and distinguished physician leaders will be called again to
lead in a different time for various reasons and to respond to the needs of our patients and our country.
Have no doubt about it. We will be summoned upon to lead someday. And as leaders, we are not designed
to maintain the status quo. We are designed to challenge the process.
Yes, it's time to step up and harness our talents and skills for a higher cause. It's great feeling paying
homage to our alma mater , the campus that has brought us inspiration and endless triumphs in our
professional career. Our alma mater has provided the Thomasian medical alumni a rendezvous for our
shared dreams - clearly a " home away from home. "
Our class is proud to have leaders in our alumni association. We have envisioned a roadmap for our future
Thomasian colleagues.
Thomasian Leaders at every level understand that the world is changing, and changing rapidly. If we want
to remain effective, the most valuable investment we can make is the development of our leaders today to
ensure great leadership tomorrow.
The culture change initiatives that we have proudly launched , do not extol only the past but likewise paves
the way for future alumni - the present day Thomasians to be resonant and relevant to the needs of our
patients and country.
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If we are going to be successful in the future, we need to start investing in our leaders today, so we can
cultivate great leadership of tomorrow.
When all of our talents and skills are cultivated, the most compelling is leadership from within ourselves.
As leaders of the future, we will need the capability to see what’s missing and what needs to be cultivated,
beginning with ourselves. Others count on us to be the best we can be, and the future awaits no one. The
present is here now, with an opportunity to begin creating our best future selves.
We have been away but never really out of touch. But we are all back - to bequeath a lasting legacy.
We are proud- We are Thomasian physician . Always. Forever.
A Reason to Celebrate
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THE SILVER JUBILARIANS OF 2015 – THE CLASS OF 1990
Noble Service to God and Humanity
#Competence #Compassion to Others #Commitment to Excellence
by Gladys Guevarra Dizon, M.D.
The year 1986 was a turning point in the history of our country. For us so-called “Martial
Law babies” we have never known any other president, other than President Ferdinand E.
Marcos. But that year, “people power” happened and we ushered a new era of governance in
our nation. By the time we donned our white uniforms and became freshmen at the Faculty
of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas, we had elected the first female
president of our country, President Corazon C. Aquino.
As the wind of change was blowing through the land, the class of 1990 was ready to tackle
the challenges ahead. We took pride in being the first batch imbued with such national and
patriotic fervor that was sweeping the country at that time. We became eager students of the
art and science that is medicine. For four years, we endured long endless nights of studying,
and hours of direct patient care at the Clinical Division. Along the way, we discovered each
other, and helped one another reach the goal of becoming a true disciple of Hippocrates.
Trained in the Thomasian way of life, we, the Class of 1990, full of hope and aspirations,
were ready to make our mark in the world.
That was twenty-five years ago. Since then, we have chosen different paths to carve our
niche in our own respective fields, in the Philippines or abroad. Some of us have stood out
and excelled in our medical specialties. Some have achieved distinction in research and
medical education. Some are proud to have a successful medical practice. While some of us
veered off into a different course by going into other professions, there are others who devoted themselves in the raising and nurturing of their families. We have become academicians,
university professors, department heads, clinicians, skilled surgeons, nurses, hospital directors, community leaders, artists, business entrepreneurs, fathers and mothers. The Class of
1990 has proudly done this all, not just in the confines of the university or in our own country, but all over the world.
We are excited as we remember our journey in our beloved university during our Silver
Jubilee Celebration. We are forever grateful to our Alma Mater for it not only instilled in us
medical competence, but more importantly, compassion to others, and commitment to excellence. The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas inculcated in
each one of us the Thomasian spirit – as we graciously offer ourselves in the noble service to
God and humanity.
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July 1-5, 2015
Visit the Parks on your own
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
08:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Registration
Palazzo Foyer D
08:00AM to 12:00 PM
USTMAAA Board Meeting
Palazzo D
0100 PM to 05:00 PM
USTMAAAF Board Meeting
Palazzo D
05:00 PM to 06:00 PM
Welcome Ceremonies Palazzo E-H
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06:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Board Reception Thursday, July 2, 2015
06:00 AM to 07:00 AM
5-K Fun Run Walk
Grande Lakes Resort Track
07:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Registration
Palazzo Foyer D
+
07:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Exhibits Palazzo E
07:50 AM to 12:00 PM
CME I *Palazzo F-H
01:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Photography
Palazzo F-H
12:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Visit the Parks on your own
06:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Individual Class Reunions
Friday, July 3, 2015
05:30 AM to 6:30 AM
Zumba Dance Exercise +
07:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Registration
Palazzo Foyer D
+
07:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Exhibits Palazzo E
07:00 AM to 12:10 PM
CME II *Palazzo F-H
01:00 PM to 02:00 PM
Meet the University AdministrationPalazzo F-H
02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
CME III
Palazzo F-H
06:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Disney/Frozen/USTMAAA Talent Palazzo D-H *
Saturday, July 4, 2015
05:30 AM to 06:30 AM
Zumba Dance Exercise +
08:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Registration
Palazzo Foyer D
+
07:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Exhibits Palazzo E
07:00 AM to 12:30 PM
CME IV *
Palazzo F-H
01:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Potpourri: Workshop on interesting topics + Palazzo F-H
See schedule at registration desk
06:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Gala Dinner . Formal attire . Theme “Red White & Blue” *
Palazzo D-H
Sunday, July 5, 2015
08:00 AM to 09:30 AM
Thanksgiving Mass
12:00 PM
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By invitation only
2 3 rd U S T M A A A G R A N D R E U N I O N G A L A D I N N E R
“RED WHITE & BLUE”
J. W. Marriott, Grande Lakes Resort, Orlando, Florida
Saturday, July 4, 2015
PROGRAMME
06:00 PM
Assembly, Opening of Doors, Seating of Guests, Cocktails, Dancing
06:30 PM
Introduction of the Masters of Ceremony Dionisio B. Yorro, MD’68
Zenaida Young-Bhatia, MD’72
Special Video Presentation
06:45 PM
National Anthems and UST Hymn Class 1979
Ako’y Isang Tomasino
Jesus Chua, MD ‘79
Tamasinong Manggagamot
InvocationRev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, OP
Rector Magnificus
07:00 PMDINNERDINNERDINNERDINNERDINNERDINNER
07:20Welcome AddressMary Lou Javier-Buendia, MD’75
President, USTMAAA Foundation, 2015-2016
0720 PM
Induction of Officers of
Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, OP
USTMAAA and USTMAAA Foundation Rector Magnificus
07:45 PM
Valedictory Address
Gerard Quincy C. Flores, MD’79
President, USTMAAA and
USTMAAA Foundation, 2013-2014
Leadership Award
Jose L. Evangelista, MD’68
Founding Father of USTMAAA
08:00 PM
Special Address
Jose G. Vijungco, MD’66
Founding Father of USTMAAA Foudation
08:15 PM
DANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCE
0830 PM
PARADE OF THE JUBILARIANS
Jubilarian Coordinators:
Zenaida Young-Bhatia, MD ‘72 Clerks
Cyren Lapus-Estrada, MD’76
09:00 PM
Jubilarian of the Year and
Rev. Fr. Herminio V.Dagohoy, OP
Most Outstanding Alumni Awards
Jesus V. Valencia, MD’75, Dean USTFMS
Gerard Flores, MD’79, President
Filomeno C. Gapultos, MD ‘72
Chairman, Awards Committee
09:15 PM
JUBILARIAN PRESENTATIONS
Jubilarian Coordinators
Stage Managers
10:15 PM
Closing Remarks
Cecilia Bayes-Vallejo, MD ‘742
USTMAAA President 2015-2016
DANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDA
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USTMAAA PRESIDENTS
Rodrigo Floro +1988-1990
Nacianceno Largoza +1990-1992
Jose L. Evangelista1992-1994
Leticia de Castro1994-1995
Jose Vijungco1995-1996
Leonardo Martin +1996-1997
E. Gary Villanueva1997-1998
Stella Salgado-Evangelista1998-1999
Angelina Pozon-Jaurigue1999-2000
Dionisio B. Yorro2000-2001
Mark Granada2001-2002
Edilberto Beltran2002-2003
Primo A. Andres2003-2004
Noel Canlas2004-2005
Alfred Donaire2005-2006
Gregorio Tolentino2006-2007
Filomeno C. Dante Gapultos, Jr. 2007-2008
Antonio Gonzales2008-2009
Eduardo Cabigao2009-2010
Antonio Buendia2010-2012
Eustaquio Abay II2012-2013
Peter Yu2013-2014
Gerard Quincy C. Flores
2014-2015
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USTMAAA FOUNDATION PRESIDENTS
Gregorio Tolentino1990-1991
Jose Vijungco1991-1992
Jose L. Evangelista1992-1994
Dionisio B. Yorro1994-1996
Noel Canlas1996-1998
Alex Cueto1998-2000
Orlando Sison2000-2001
Antonio Gonzales2001-2003
Rosa Rosales-So +2003-2004
Samuel Fernando2004-2006
Primo A. Andres2006-2008
Zita Balbin-Yorro2008-2010
Filomeno C. “Dante” Gapultos, Jr. 2010-2012
Antonio Buendia2012-2013
Gerard Quincy C. Flores
2013-2015
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USTMAAA OFFICERS
2014-2015
GERARD QUINCY C. FLORES,
CECILIA BAYES VALLEJO, MD’72
PETER L. YU, MD’79
MARY LOU BUENDIA, MD’75
SUSAN GUMABAO-FLORES, MD’75
FERDINAND RAMOS, MD’80
ZENAIDA YOUNG-BHATIA, MD’72
CONCEPCION JALECO, MD’65
PRIMO A. ANDRES, MD’72
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT-ELECT
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER
AUDITOR
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
USTMAAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REXINOR P. AGTARAP
MARK O. ASPERILLA
SALVADOR L. ABIERA
EUGENIO L. BALBUENA
FIDELINA BARACEROS-BOUFFARD
DAVID CALIMAG
AMELITO P. CANLAS
SANDRA V. DEE
PROSPERO A. LIM
STELLA S. EVANGELISTA
SOTERO FABELLA
TORIBIO C. FLORES
CYREN L. ESTRADA
EVALQUERO CUENCO
NORMA MAGPOC
ANTONIO R. PENILLA
EMMANUEL V. TAGUBA
DELILAH P. TAPIA
ZITA B. YORRO
RAUL TEMPLONUEVO
EDGARDO C. VALLEJO
USTMAAA PRESIDENTS
2003-2004 - PRIMO A. ANDRES
2004-2005 - NOEL D. CANLAS
2005-2006 - ALFRED DONAIRE
2006-2007 - GREGORIO TOLENTINO
2007-2008 - F. C. DANTE GAPULTOS
2008-2009 - ANTONIO M. GONZALES
2009-2010 - EDUARDO C. CABIGAO
2010-2012 - ANTONIO V. BUENDIA
2012-2013 - EUSTAQUIO Q. ABAY, III
2013-2014 - PETER L. YU
2014-2015 - GERARD QC FLORES
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SIR E. GARY VILLANUEVA - 1997-1998
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ANGELINA P. JAURIGUE - 1999-2000
DIONISIO B. YORRO - 2000-2001
MARK J. GRANADA - 2001-2002
EDILBERTO BERTRAN - 2002-2003
EX-OFFICIO OFFICERS
Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
President, USTMAA
CONTACT US
JESUS V. VALENCIA, MD’75
ANTHONY LEACHON, MD’90
USTMAAA Executive Office
P.O. Box 2240, 3900 South 7th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47802
(248) 626 2878 / (812) 238 1216 / FAX (812) 232 0341 / Email: [email protected]
Staff:
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USTMAAA FOUNDATION OFFICERS
2014-2015
GERARD QUINCY C. FLORES, MD’79
MARYLOU BUENDIA, MD’75
ANTONIO V. BUENDIA, MD’75
EDUARDO CABIGAO, MD’79
ZITA YORRO MD’68
ZENAIDA YOUNG-BHATIA, MD’72
AURORA GONZALES, MD’68
PETER YU, MD’79
STELLA S. EVANGELISTA, MD’68
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT-ELECT
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER
AUDITOR
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
USTMAAA FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CONCEPCION JALECO, MD’65 Rep
ANGELINA JAURIGUE, MD’57, Tri State
Rep
ERNESTINA MAC. MD’65, MI Rep
RICARDO MADDELA, MD’68 Rep
JOVENCIO MANGAHAS, MD’58
PRISCILA SANTOS-PIZARRO, MD’60
EDGARDO RAGAZA, MD’63 Rep
CONSTANCIO RAMIREZ, MD
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AQUILINA SAW, MD’68 Rep
RICHARD SO, MD
HERMINIA VIJUNGCO, MD’65
ZITA B. YORRO, MD’68
RODRIGO AGBUNAG, MD’72 Int Rep
REXINOR P. AGTARAP, MD’87 Tau Mu Rep
EVELYN ALCANTARA, MD’64 Rep
ROBERT ANG, MD’76
ALEJANDRO AQUINO, MD’68
MARK O. ASPERILLA, MD’79
DAVID CALIMAG, MD’72
AMELITO CANLAS, MD’71, MD Rep’
CARLOS CAPATI,MD’70
SOTERO FABELLA, MD,’67 Rep
TORIBIO C. FLORES, MD’73
DANTE GABRIEL, MD’68
AURORA GONZALES, MD’68
AGATON GUALBERTO, MD’61
NICANOR GUEVARRA, MD’65
USTMAAA FOUNDATION PRESIDENTS
1990-1991
1991-1992
1992-1994
1994-1996
1996-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007-2009
2009-2011
2011-2013
2013-2015
GREGORIO TOLENTINO, MD’72
JOSE VIJUNGCO, MD’66
JOSE EVANGELISTA, MD’68
DIONISIO YORRO, MD’68
NOEL CANLAS, MD’69
ALEX CUETO, MD
ORLANDO SISON, MD’60
ANTONIO GONZALES, MD’68
ROSA ROSALES-SO, MD’64
SAMUEL FERNANDO, MD’69
PRIMO ANDRES, MD’72
ZITA YORRO, MD’68
FILOMENO C. GAPULTOS, JR., ME’72
ANTONIO BUENDIA, MD’75
GERARD QC FLORES, MD’79
CONTACT US
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Tel (248) 626 2878 * FAX (248) 626 3918 * Email: [email protected] * www.ustmaaa.org
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U S T M A A A
C H A P T E R S
USTMAA FLORIDA
PresidentRaul Templonuevo, M.D.
Vice PresidentVioleta Chiong, M.D.
SecretaryAmada Bouffard, M.D.
TreasurerCarlo Lim, M.D.
DirectorsEvelyn Alcantara, M.D.
Dionisio Flores, M.D.
Bonifacio Padolina, M.D.
Erlinda Z. Saguin, M.D.
ROYAL & PONTIFICAL USTMAA OF NEW YORK
PresidentProspero Lim, M.D.
Immediate Past President
Eegardo C. Vallejo, M.D.
1st Vice President
Zenaida Young-Bhatia, M.D.
2nd Vice President
Linda Ednalino, M.D.
Exeutive Secretary
Cecilia D. Castroverde-Malanum, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer
Eleonor D. Holipas, M.D.
Asst. Secretary/Treasurer
Buenaventura Pelina Jr., M.D.
Press Relations Officer
Maria Rosario Ojeda-Legarda, M.D.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Antonio Gonzales, M.D.
Secretary of External Affairs
Gregorio Reyes, M.D.
Secretary of Academic Affairs
Edgardo C. Vallejo, M.D.
USTMAA MICHIGAN
PresidentRuby C. Roc, M.D.
Vice President
Roberto Barretto, M.D.
Immediate Past Presdent
Fidelina Baraceros-Bouffard,M.D.
SecretaryMarieta Bautista, M.D.
TreasurerLiberata Pantig, M.D.
AuditorTomas Macatagay, M.D.
Public Relations Officer Gilbert M. Roc, M.D.
Business Manager
Tomas Macatagay, M.D.
Executive Director
Stella Salgado-Evangelista, M.D.
Board of Directors
Lourdes Andaya, M.D.
Virginia Pacis, M.D.
Jaime Aragones, M.D.Teresita Platon, M.D
Ascension Calaguas, M.D.Renato Reyes, M.D.
Melanio Derro, M.D
Edward Siriban, M.D.,M.B.A.
Robert Garcia, M.D.Orlando Sison, M.D.
Lucy Gatmaitan, M.D.
Norberto Sugayan, M.D.
Ernestina Mac, M.D.
USTMAA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
President
Salvador L. Abiera, M.D., D.P.T.
Vice PresidentGerald Lim, M.D.
President-electLino De Guzman, M.D.
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Immediate Past President
Remy Almirante, M.D.
Secretary
Frances Abigail Malantic, M.D., N.P.
TreasurerMarilou Dichoso, M.D.
AuditorArmi Lim, M.D.
Public Relations Officer
Bien Serrano Cruz, M.D.
Board of Directors
Lana Louie Wania-Galicia, M.D.
Tony Prudencio, M.D.
Marie Del Leviste, M.D.
Shirley Villarica Salvatierra, M.D.
Chester Mojica, M.D.
Calinica Semense, M.D.
Joey Regullano, M.D.
Manny Mendoz, M.D.
Sammy Reyes, M.D.
Amor Quinio
Antonio Romero, M.D.
USTMAA TRISTATE
President
Evacueto P. Tangco, MD
Immediate Past President
Jose G. Tiongson, MD
Vice-Presidents: Delaware
Nestor Ang, MD
New Jersey
Alfie Masecampo, MD
Pennsylvania
Eliseo Saldivar, MD
SecretaryNemesia Castro, MD
TreasurerMario Lim, MD
AuditorEduardo Magallon, MD
P.R.O.Ferdinand Aczon, MD
Executive Director
Agatona Belen Salita, MD
Special Counsel to President
Angelina Pozon Jaurigue, MD
Board of Directors
Delaware
Venerando Maximo, MD
Manuel Banez, MD
Esther Pura Asuncion, MD
New JerseyReynaldo Aseron, MD
Renato Briones, MD
Roberto Diaz, MD
Filemon Trias, MD
Leopoldo Zapata, MD
PennsylvaniaBrigida de Guzman-Cam, MD
Adelina Dunn, MD
Malu Flores, MD
Lourdeline Ramos Tarampi, MD
Jose Samson. MD
Alejandro M. Valdellon, MD
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USTMAAA CONVENTION
SILVER SPONSOR
In Memory of
Dr. Frankie Mac
Commemorative
USTMAAA Foundation
Silver Anniversary Timepiece
that will keep on ticking
like the perpetual legacy
that anchors
the Crown Jewel of the
USTMAAA
To own one, contact USTMAAA Executive Office
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A trophy for the
USTMAAA
“Cream of the Crop”
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
Hear Ye, Hear Ye!!!
Each year, the USTMAAA honors the best of its alumni members during the final event
of the Grand Reunion and Medical Convention at the Gala Dinner. This is even more
memorable this year as we celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the Crown Jewel of the
organization, the USTMAAA Foundation.
While there are many who deserve to be recognized for their lifelong personal and
professional accomplishments only a few are nominated for the different Most
Outstanding Alumni Awards in various categories. Even fewer are the actual recipients
of these awards, the elitest of the elite, the cream of the crop, although we recognize that
even just the mere nomination is already a distinct honor. Receiving the actual award is
just an icing on the cake that unfortunately not all the nominees can have.
We are therefore taking extra effort to highlight all our nominees in the best way
we know how, and that is the publication of this special supplement to the Souvenir
Program that documents the important accomplishments of our gifted and talented
members.
This publication is special in many ways as it also doubles as a rare printed issue of the
official newsletter of the USTMAAA, the USThomasian. The organization has already
shifted to electronic newsletter for a more cost-efficient way of distributing information
through the fluorishing use of the Internet and other non-printed media.
The difficult task of deciding who are going to be the winners of the Outstanding
Alumni Awards falls on the lap of the members of the Awards Committee. They are
some of the more senior leaders of the USTMAAA who have watched and helped forge
carefully the journey of the organization and in the process have also gotten familiar
with the members. They are in a position to inject the intangibles in the selection
process that makes the awards even more unique and special.
Let us put our hands together and applaud all our nominees and shake their hands or
clap their backs for a well-deserved recognition.
Gerard QC Flores, MD’79
AWARDS COMMITTEE
PresidentChairman
USTMAAA and USTMAAA Foundation
Filomeno C. Gapultos, Jr., MD’72
Primo A. Andres, MD’72
Members
Executive Director, USTMAAA
Stella S. Evangelista, MD’68
Convention Director
Zita B. Yorro, lMD’68
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
NOMINEES FOR 2015 USTMAAA OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
MOST OUTSTANDING USTMAAA ALUMNUS OF 2015
Dr. Domingo T. AlvearClass 1965
Dr. Priscila Santos PizarroClass 1955
Dr. Fedinand M. RamosClass 1980
MOST OUTSTANDING USTMAAA ALUMNUS OF 2015
FOR SERVICE TO ALMA MATER
Dr. Benjamin EsparazClass 1980
Dr. Norma Santos MendozaClass 1965
Dr. Zenaida Young BhatiaClass 1972
MOST OUTSTANDING USTMAAA ALUMNUS OF 2015
FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Dr. Ananias C. DioknoClass 1965
Dr. Ma. Lormina Leynes-Tupas
Class 1980
Dr. Kaiser C. LimClass 1985
Dr. Edward E. QuirosClass 1970
MOST OUTSTANDING USTMAAA ALUMNUS OF 2015
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Dr. Imelda A. BorjaClass 1980
Drs. Ismael and Eleonora Holipas
Class 1970
Dr. Anthony C. LeachonClass 1985
Dr. Ernestina de los Santos Mac
Class 1965
SPECIAL AWARD
HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR
Dr. Domingo T. AlvearClass 1965
CLASS JUBILARIANS OF THE YEAR 2014
Dr. Adoracion Palacio-Chang
Dr. Florida Tabaque-Dy
Dr. Jesus Ho
Dr. Edward E. Quiros
Dr. Ray R. Romero
Dr. Carolina U. Remorca
UST Medicine Class of 1985
Dr. Gregorio Joel A. Castillo
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Diamond Jubilarian of the Year
Emerald Jubilarian of the Year
Golden Jubilarian of the Year
Sapphire Jubilarian of the Year
Ruby Jubilarian of the Year
Coral Jubilarian of the Year
Pearl Jubilarians of the Year
Silver Jubilarian of the Year
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. DOMINGO T. ALVEAR, MD’65
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMUS OF THE YEAR
Class 1965
Cum Laude & Benemeritus
Pediatric Surgeon
President, World Surgical Foundation
• Internship at Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City, one of only 12 selected, internship and General
Surgery residency at Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Med Center, Philadelphia, PA, Pediatric
Fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children & Chevalier Jackson Clinic, Temple Univ.,
Philadelphia, PA., Diplomate, American Board of Surgery & Special Competency in Pediatric Surgery.
• Appointed Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg, PA, elected President
of the medical staff of Polyclinic Medical center, Dauphin County Medical Society, Philippine Surgeon’s
Charities, World Surgical Foundation and Society of Philippine Surgeons in America (SPSA). Former Board
member of the following organizations: SPSA, March of Dimes, Leukemia Society of PA, United Cerebral
Palsy advisory panel, Pinnacle Health Foundation, Central Pennsylvania College, Dauphin County Medical
Society and Pennsylvania Medical Society.
• Profile featured in several book publications, TV features and social media outlets including you tube
links. Published at least 25 papers and articles in peer reviewed journals and magazines.
• Received the following awards & recognitions: Top Doctors in Harrisburg magazine, Legends of success
with John Resnick radio interview, Pennsylvania Medical Society International Volunteer Physician
award, Keeping America Strong award by Heartbeat of America TV series, American College of Surgeon
International Surgeon Volunteer award, Health Care Heroes – Physician of the year by the Central PA
Parent magazine, Pinnacle Health System Physician Leadership award, Legacy series -Physician award
on the occasion of the 150th anniversary celebration – Harrisburg PA, Outstanding alumnus award for
Community service by the USTMAAA, Humanitarian award by the International College of Surgeon and
the Tocqueville Society Humanitarian Award given by the United Way.
• Recipient of the 2015 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award, the greatest award bestowed to an American
immigrant by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations for his leadership in organizing multiple
missions and disaster relief services all over the world including our beloved Philippines through the
organization that he founded, the World Surgical Foundation.
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DR. PRISCILA SANTOS PIZARRO, MD’55
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNA OF THE YEAR
Class 1955
Private Practice, Internal Medicine, Child and Adult Psychiatry,
San Diego, CA
Board Member, USTMAAA and Foundation
Benefactor at the Rector’s Club level, USTMAAA Foundation
• UST graduate of Class 1955. She is a highly renowned and acclaimed physician in the field of Internal
Medicine and later as Adult and Child Psychiatrist. She distinguished herself as professor of Medicine at
University of California San Diego. Aside from being a Chief of Medical Staff at the San Diego County
Medical Health clinic in 1975 to 2002 she also had held her own Medical Private practice for over 40 years.
• Awards: Who’s Who in California 1975, Who’s Who in International Woman , 1992, Urban League
Award,1994, San Diego County 2001, Lion’s International Award 2002, Governors Awards (Medical
Mission) 1999-2011
• Although retired from her Medical practice since 2002 she kept her license active to date. Dr. Santos
Pizarro currently active Board Member of the UST Medical Association in America and Foundation and
Chartered President of the San Diego Lion’s Club 2006.
• Dr. Pizarro spearheaded the Project called “Gawad Kalinga” (Giving Care) Project. Along with her
husband Tony Pizarro, a 30 year US Navy Veteran Supply Officer and now a Businessman; They donated
funds to build 42 homes for the poorest of the poor at her home town called Santos-Pizarro GK Village in
Orion, Bataan.
• Dr. Pizarro actively engaged in the community service. With the help of her husband Tony Pizarro; and
with the support from friends, business associates and relatives she was able to complete and improved two
Catholic Chapels located in her own home town.
• Dr. Pizarro had help in collecting Library Books donated by students of Miramar College and embark to
shipped the books and help complete a library for Orion, Bataan where she was born. Actsof giving back:
• Provided direct support and annually conducting Medical and Dental Missions (1993-2011) to the
poorest of the poor of the Philippines. They have provided free medical/dental check- up and medicines.
Overall they treated over 3500 patients each year in the Pilippines; in the Provinces of Zambales, Laguna,
Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Bicol, Samar, Aklan, Quezon, Pampanga and Metro Manila. Dr, Priscila Pizarro as
Chairwoman of the Medical Mission they also have extended their services to the Aetas of Zambales and
Bataan.
Priscilla has two children; Gerard Pizarro, a graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Wendy
Pizarro Campbell, a graduate of Yale University, Oxford University for her Master’s degree and Harvard
University School of Law. Both are accomplished lawyers.
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. ZENAIDA YOUNG-BHATIA, MD’72
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNA
FOR SERVICE TO ALMA MATER
Class 1972 Clerks
Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York, NY
Auditor of USTMAAA
Treasurer of USTMAAA Foundation
Chairman of the USTMAAA Jubilarian Committee
• Class 1972 Clerks
• Graduated cum laude, Meitissiumus
• Trained at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in the Specialty of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Clinical Instructor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Attending Physician at North Central Bronx and Montefiore Hospital and Westchester County
• President, organizer and prime mover of Class 72 Clerks USA with close links to classmates in the
Philippines.
• Attends medical missions to the Philippines yearly, mostly with USTMAAA
• Gawad Kalinga advocate and avid supporter
• Principal sponsor of the Breast Cancer Prevention Clinic raising $ 50,000 for the USTMAAA Foundation
Endowment Fund for screening breast cancer in the Outpatient Department of the UST Hospical Clinical
Division.
• Voted unanimously by her classmates as the Most Outstanding Ruby Jubilarian of the Year in 2012.
• Board member and officer of the USTMAAA currently the Auditor
• Board member and officer of the USTMAAA Foundation currently acting as the Treasurer
• Acted as member, and now chairman of the Jubilarian Committee that is assigned the difficult task of
coordinating all the jubilarian activities during the Grand Reunion and National Convention.
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. NORMA SANTOS-MENDOZA
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNA
FOR SERVICE TO ALMA MATER
Class 1965
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist, Houston, Texas
• Residency training & clinical Assistant Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and as a junior faculty member, published 2 papers and
presented 3 papers in International forum.
• Medical Director of Rehabilitation Centers/Hospitals: Spring Branch Center, Health South Rehab
Hospital, North East Medical, Parkview Center Hospital, Columbia Kingwood Med Center, Mariner Health
at Woodwind Lakes and Cypresswood Center
• Elected President of the Houston Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Society and the Texas Association
of Philippine Physicians
• President for 4 years of People Caring for the Community Inc. (PCCI) after serving as a member of the
Board of Director and Co-Chair, raising $1,000,000.00 for the Philippine American Community Center in
Houston currently under construction to house educational, health and cultural programs.
• Appointed by the Mayor and City Council of Houston as Vice-Chair of the Miller Outdoor Theater
Advisory Board, the site of the Leyte Dance Theater fundraising efforts, Spearheaded the fundraising efforts
for the typhoon Haiyan disaster, raising $100,000 supporting the medical mission to Leyte and Samar.
Served as advisor of a Multi-lingual group
• Active participation in the function of class and the alumni association with personal donation to
the USTMAAA Foundation and the Tomasian Alumni Center, Chair of the class ’65 Ruby Gala night
presentation at Marquis Marriott in Broadway, NY to a standing ovation, Chair and coordinator of the class
cruises for the dancers to prepare their dance program presentations during the Ruby, Sapphire and Golden
jubilee celebration, donating their own time and money for the program, attending all jubilee reunions and
most of the annual mini-reunions, serving as officer of class ‘65 as the PRO since 2000 to the present time
• Received the Presidential Award by the Texas Association of Philippine Physicians, Rizal Excellence
Award for Medicine by the Knights of Rizal, and the Most Outstanding Professional by the Ilocano Club of
Houston and Filipino Association of Metro Houston.
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DR. ANANIAS C. DIOKNO
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS FOR
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Class 1965
Professor of Urology, Oakland Uinversity William Beaumont
School of Medicine
Retired Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Beaumont Health System
• Internship at Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City, one of only 12 selected, urologic residency and
Babcock Fellowship at the University of Michigan (UM). Urology faculty member at UM from 1971-84 and
was named Full Professor in 1982. Voted the Kaiser-Permanente Awardee for Excellence in Teaching by the
UM medical students and the Silver Cystoscope awardee by the urology residents.
• Elected president of thefollowing Societies: Michigan Urological, the Philippine American Urological, the
American Urological Association (AUA) North Central Section, the Reed M. Nesbit Alumni, the Geriatric
urologic and theUST Medicine US class 65.
• Appointed editor in chief of the International Urology and Nephrology (urology section) by Springer.
• Co-chaired the first ever United States AHCPR Guidelines for Urinary incontinence (UI) in Adults in
1992.
• Appointed Chairman of the Department of Urology at William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan (7/1/84
to 6/30/07) & the first Ministrelli Distinguished Chair in Urology. During his 23-year tenure as Chair,
Beaumont’s Department of Urology rose through the ranks from being unranked by the US News & World
Report to being consistently in the top 50 in the country.
• Published 3 books & over 250 journal articles & book chapters including publications in New England
Journal of Medicine.
• Visiting Professor at many national and international forum.
• Received numerous awards for his scientific exhibits and the coveted NIH MERIT Award.
• Conducted 19 NIH funded projects continuously since 1984 (currently a $3.8 million NIH funded multicenter research on geriatric UI).
• Selected as NAFC Urologist of the year, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of
Urodynamics & Female Urology, the AUA Presidential Citation Award, the AUA Victor Politano Award,
the Outstanding Alumni Award in health-medical by the USTAA, the AUA North Central Section Honored
Member, by the Beaumont Health System for the “Triple Threat award and by the USTMAA Thomas Award
for Leadership in Public Health & Health Related issues.
• With his retirement as Beaumont CMO in 2013, he was honored by naming the Beaumont Royal Oak
medical library “The AC Diokno Library”, named a street at Beaumont Grosse Point “Diokno Drive” and
renamed a prestigious international essay contest “Diokno-Lapides Annual International Essay contest in
Neuro-urology and Urodynamics”.
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. KAISER C. LIM, MD’85
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS
FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Class 1985
Practice Chair, Pulmonary Inpatient Service - Division of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal
Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, Associate Professor
of Medicine - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
• Kaiser C. Lim, MD has fulfilled the promise of academic, clinical, and professional excellence which was
already evident in medical school. After topping the Philippine National Medical Licensure Examination
in 1986, he went on to complete Internal Medicine (IM) Residency at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
followed by two non-consecutive fellowships at the Boston University School of Medicine – Pulmonary &
Critical Care Medicine, Allergy & Immunology, and Research Fellowship in Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital,
Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in all 4 fields of specialization. His clinical practice and
interests are focused on Pulmonary Medicine with an emphasis on airway diseases including asthma, chronic
cough, eosinophilic lung diseases and pulmonary function testing.
• He has held several leadership positions at Mayo Clinic’s Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine, including Program Director, Asthma Journal Club (2010 – 2012); Director of
Asthma Clinic and of Chronic Cough Clinic (2013 – 2014); Practice Chair, Pulmonary Inpatient Service
(2013 to present); and Project Leader since 2014. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine, College
of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. His publications, research and grants, conference presentations, visiting
professorships, and other scholarly activities are too numerous to enumerate. He is world renowned for his
expertise in chronic cough. He brings pride to his fellow Thomasians and our alma mater UST.
• He has also distinguished himself in the field of medical education at Mayo Clinic as the recipient of
several honors and awards: Outstanding CME Faculty Speaker (2006), Outstanding Educator for the
IM Residency Program (2007), Scholarly Clinical Award (2007), Excellence in Clinical Teaching (2008),
Top 75 Reviewers for Chest and American College of Chest Physicians (2009). His other awards include:
T.H.O.M.A.S. Award for Medical Education (2011), University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines;
Innovation Award (2012), Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic; and Distinguished Service Award
(2012), Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
• Dr. Kaiser Lim’s accomplishments and contributions to medicine and specifically in the field of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine at the Mayo Clinic are tremendous. His academic activities encompass a
commendable portfolio of his works in curriculum/ course development, lectures/ didactic sessions,
mentorship, presentations at regional, national and international conferences, and visiting professorships
at Loyola University School of Medicine, University of Minnesota and University of Utah, Intermountain
Medical Center.
• His research Interests are centered on Asthma Patient Self-Management Education using context based
simulation Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness in asthma; Pathogenesis and mechanism of chronic cough;
Mechanism of laryngopharyngeal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux; Mechanism of gastroesophageal
reflux associated chronic cough; Natural Course, Early diagnosis and Treatment of scleroderma associated
lung injury.
• He is presently the Co-Investigator for Detecting Radiographically Significant Rhinosinusitis: A
Prospective Study with Nasal Nitric Oxide Measurement, funded by SGP (2014 – 2016).
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. EDWARD E. QUIROS
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS FOR
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
AND MOST OUTSTANDING SAPPHIRE JUBILARIAN
Class 1970, MBA, University of South Florida, Concord University
School of Law, American Board of Surgery, American Board
of Managed Care Medicine, Fellow, International College of
Surgeons, Fellow, American College of Abdominal Surgeons,
Member, New York Academy of Sciences
• Pursued postgraduate education at the Concord University School of Law in 2004-2006, and Master of
Business Administration, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida in 1999.
• Rotating internship at the USAF Hospital in Clark Air Force Base Hospital in 1970-1971, residency
in Internal Medicine at the City Hospital Center at Elmhurst/Mt. Sinai Hospital New York, NY, Surgical
Internship and residency including Chief Residency from 1972-1977 at the New York Medical College
Hospitals, NY and Fellowship in Hand Surgery (Under Dr. Sylvester Carter). He was licensed in the states of
New York and Texas and continues to hold his Philippine license.
• Board certified by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Managed Care Medicine and by
the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Board
• Surgical positions: 1976-1977 at the Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY, NY, Assistant Attending Surgeon,
from 1976-1977 at the Midtown Hospital, NY, NY, Associate Attending Surgeon at the Golden Plains
Community Hospital, Borger, Texas and Hansford County Hospital, Spearman, Texas, and Memorial
Hospital, Dumas, Texas and Consultant at the Pampa Regional Medical Center, Pampa, Texas
• Professional organizations: Fellow of American College of Surgeons, International College of Surgeons,
American Society of Abdominal Surgeons, Society of Philippine Surgeons in America. Member of Surgical
Society of New York Medical College, American Society of Contemporary Medicine, New York Academy of
Sciences, American College of Physician Executives, Top of Texas County Medical Society (Lifetime), Texas
Medical Association (Lifetime), Vietnam Veterans of America
• Member of the Board of the Borger Country Club, the Amarillo Diocesan Board, the Board of Regents
of the Frank Phillips College from 1992-2013 during which time he helped develop the College’s workforce
Development Center and College off-campus branches to serve area-wide industries and participated in the
study and implementation of the College’s computer and information technology systems, and worked with
different organizations to build and expand College campuses in its 10 county area.
• President of the Board of the Hutchinson County Hospital Distirct establishing the hospital’s pension
system for its employees. He played a leadership role in having the hospital accredited 3 times by JCAHO
• President of Catholic Physicians Guild, Amarillo Texas
• Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at various times of Golden Plains Community Hospital
• President of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America after serving as Executive Secretary, Co-Chair
of the Surgical Missions Committee, Editor-in-Chief, Philippine Surgeon,
• Clinical Professor of Surgery, Lincoln Memorial University College of Medicine, Tennessee
• Awarded as Best Surgeon, Hutchinson County in 2011, News-Herald Borger Doctor of the Year in 2009,
Golden Plains Community Hospital, American Heart Association1991 Certificate of Recognition, Golden
Nail Awards, Amarillo, Texas, several Certificates from USTMAA, UST FMS and Philippine College of
Surgeons Awards and Recognition from several Governors, Congressmen and Senators in the Philippines.
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DRS. ISMAEL HOLIPAS &
ELEONORA HOLIPAS, MD’70
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNI
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Class 1970
Anesthesia Pediatrics
New York City
•
Ismael and Eleanora are both active members and officers of the PMAA of NY, NJ, Penn and
Delaware. They have been highly involved in the coordination and provision of anesthesia during the
organization’s annual medical/surgical mission to the Philippines where they were able to help thousands
of underserved residents of such places as Camarines Sur, Samar, Cebu, Vigan, Quezon and Dapitan City.
In 2012 Ismael served as president of the PMAAA and headed a medical/surgical Mission in Dapitan City
where 2,628 patients were served. He was given an award from the PMAAA for his outstanding leadership,
guidance, dedication and unselfish support during this mission. Eleanora is the president elect of the PMAA
for 2016 and will he head of the medical/surgical mission to be held in the underserved provinces of Maasin
and Cabatuan in Iloilo.
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Ismael and Eleanora are lifetime members and active officers of the Royal Pontifical USTMAA of
NY and the USTMAAA. Ismael has served as president of the Royal Pontifical Association and Eleanora
has served as an Executive Secretary and Treasurer of the Royal Pontifical Organization, both have been
recognized and awarded for their services. They were also highly instrumental in the creation of the St
Thomas Aquinas Scholarship Fund.
•
As residents of Staten Island for over 30 years, they were highly moved to help their fellow residents in
providing support to Staten Islanders who had fallen victim to hurricane Sandy. Donations were specifically
given to the Mount Loreto Church Soup Kitchen, located in the area of Staten Island most severely affected
by the storm.
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Both have been longtime members of the South Ozone Park Empire City District 20 K-1 Medical
Lion’s Club. Ismael has served as president for 7 years and Eleanora served as secretary for 10 years. During
this period Ismael was appointed the Chairman for the Health and Wellness of Lions Club District 20-K1. It
was during this time he established the Sunset Park Brooklyn District Health Awareness Fair in 1997 which
allowed for the provision of health screenings and testing to the immigrant, uninsured, poor population of
this Brooklyn community. Since then this Health Awareness Fair has grown and is annually able to reach
out to over 5000 underserved patients in the community. Ismael, as health and wellness chairman as well as
Eleanora has helped in the coordination of numerous other Health Awareness Fairs in other parts of the area
such as in Queens, and Staten Island. They have both received numerous awards and recognitions from the
organization.
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. ANTHONY C. LEACHON, MD’85
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Class 1985
Private Practice, Internal Medicine & Cardiology –
Manila Doctors’ Hospital, Manila, Philippines
President, Philippine College of Physicians
• Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon is a Filipino physician - leader, preventive health education and health
reform advocate. Dr. Leachon was one of the PRC medical board topnotchers in June 1986. He practices
medicine as an internist and cardiologist at Manila Doctors Hospital.
• He has won several awards and recognitions as an outstanding physician leader, national and community
health advocate, including: PRC Medical board topnotcher (1986); Distinguished Fellow of the Philippine
College of Physicians (2006); one of the Outstanding Filipino Physicians(TOFP) (2008) awarded by DOH
and Philippine Jaycees; The Outstanding Filipino Awardee in Medicine (TOFIL) (2010) awarded by the
Philippine Jaycees Senate.
• Yet of all the things he has done for his patients and his country, Dr Leachon has been recognized for
authoring Executive Order 595 - Health Education Reform Order (H.E.R.O.). The HERO remains the
largest physician-led advocacy on comprehensive health education and disease prevention. For leading and
pioneering the passage of this significant Executive Order, Dr. Leachon received Presidential Citation for
helping the government with its preventive health education advocacy.
• Recently, he was the Lead proponent of the civil society in the passage of the sin tax law for tobacco and
alcohol which was signed by Pres. Benigno Aquino III last December 2012 after languishing in congress for
16 years. The pioneering sin tax law will curb smoking and alcohol illnesses and earn additional 500 billion
pesos for DOH for the next ten years. He is introducing new innovative concepts in unhealthy diet for our
healthcare system - mandatory food labeling , calorie counter and food plate.
• Currently he's working on the release of the sin tax funds earmarked for health and the crafting of
the national healthcare workforce plan to address maldistribution of doctors leading to shortage in the
countryside.
• He puts his passion to advocate for the health of our people and our nation into real, tangible action. He
is not contented with staying on the sidelines of healthcare issues that are prevalent in the local communities
and national level. He is committed to the vision of improved health for all in the Philippines and he is
tireless in his efforts to influence government policies that can hopefully translate to better care and better
health for Filipinos.
• He served as Director of Information, Publications , and Public Affairs of the University of the
Philippines- Manila from June 2012 to October 2014.
• Currently, Dr. Leachon is the President of the Philippine College of Physicians and the President - elect of
the UST Medical Alumni Association 2015-2016.
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. ERNESTINA DE LOS SANTOS MAC
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUSTANDING ALUMNA
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Class 1965
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Oakland University and William
Beaumont School of Medicine
President, Filamco Foundation Inc.
• Internship at Meriden Hospital, Meriden, Connecticut, Pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital
of Michigan, Detroit, MI, Pediatric staff at Children’s of Michigan, Henry Ford Hospital and currently
Beaumont Health System.
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Appointed by the Governor of Michigan as Commissioner of Michigan Asian Pacific Affairs Commission
Board of Director, of World Medical Relief organization
Board of Director, Phil Am Community Center of Michigan (PACCM)
Advisor of the Council of Asian Pacific American (CAPA)
Advisor of the South Oakland Karmanos anti Cancer awareness program
Advisor of the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce
• Elected President of the PMA of Michigan
• Elected President of the USTMAA of Michigan
• Elected President of the Philippine American Community Center of Michigan
• Electected President of the Filamco Foundation Inc. that helped raised funds for the Yolanda victims.
• Co-author of a book titled “DISRUPT” concerning Filipino women’ sleadership.
• Who’s Who Among Detroit Women Professionals Award.
• Charitable undertakings include supporting an orphanage in the Philippines, donating supplies to
elementary schools in Bicol and financial support to school children in Uganda, the Paaralang Pilipino
where she has taught folk dancing, Filipino arts and language, establishing scholarship fund in Ligao,Albay,
serving as patron of the arts as she was co-executive producer of “Music and Motion” and “Opening Doors”,
theatrical productions, and financial assistance to the Our Lady of Fatima Center for Human Development
in the Philippines by sponsoring one meal for the beneficiaries every month for a year. Volunteers her time to
the S.A.Y. clinic in underserved community in Highland Park, MI.
• Selected as one of the 100 most influential Filipino Women in the world by the Filipino Women network
based in California, outstanding Physician for community and humanitarian service by the Beaumont Health
System, Woman of Substance Award given by Albay Province, Humanitarian award from the Auxiliary to
the PMA of Michigan, Diversity Champion by the Birmingham, MI race relations, Corp Magazine Diversity
award, Volunteer award by the City of Troy, MI., and the Lucita Ocampo Community Service award and
International Women Who’s Who Among Detroit Women Professionals Award.
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. ADORACION PALACIO-CHANG
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING DIAMOND JUBILARIAN
Class 1955
Private Practice of Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Sterling Heights, Michigan
President, University of Santo Tomas Medicine Class of 1955
Held the presidency of the following organizations:
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2001-2008 Council of Filipino Catholics in Michigan (KKPM)-Founding President
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1992-1993 Philippine Medical Association in Michigan
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1988-1990 University of Santo Tomas Medical Alumni Association of Michigan (co-founder)
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1983-1984
Philippine College of Physicians, USA (co-founder)
Member of the Board of Directors:
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University of Santo Tomas Medical Alumni Association in America
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University of Santo Tomas Medical Alumni of the Midwest
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Filipino American Military Medical Officers Society
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Filipino American Community Council of Michigan (Community Representative)
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Filipino American Political Action – Michigan
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Philippine American Cultural Council of Michigan
Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves (retired)
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Veteran of Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War I)
Service to the Profession
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Assistant Instructor of Medicine,
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Associate Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
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Delegate from the Macomb County Medical Society to the Michigan State Medical Society
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Delegate of the Association of Philippine Physicians in America
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Featured in Wayne County Medical Society (Michigan) video, “Cultural Awareness and the Development of
Communication and Language Skills”
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Editorial staff of the Philippine Medical Association of Michigan Newsletter and the Philippine American Cultural
Council of Michigan
Service to UST
•
Fundraising for UST Medical Missions, Learning Resource Unit of FMS, Expansion and renovation of the Dr. Antonio
Gabriel Museum, renovation of the Class ’55 Lecture Room, UST Charity Hospital, and scholarships to deserving medical
students.
Previous Awards
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2005 Most Outstanding Golden Jubilarian USTMAAA
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2000 Most Outstanding Alumni for Service to Alma Mater USTMAAA
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Citation by the Dean for Donations to the USTFMS and Hospital
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Distinguished Service Award - UST Medical Alumni Association of Michigan
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Community Service Award - Michigan State Medical Society
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Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal - United States Air Force
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Commendation Medal - United States Air Force
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Plaque of Recognition in Recognition of Outstanding Work in the United States Air Force Reserve Medical Corps and
the 927 Medical Squadron
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Certificate of Appreciation for Service in the Armed Forces of the United States – Commander in Chief Bill Clinton
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Certificate from the City of Madison Heights as veteran of Gulf War 1
•
Noted Filipino American Family Award - National Federation of Filipino American Associations
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NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
DR. JESUS HO
NOMINEE FOR MOST OUTSTANDING GOLDEN JUBILARIAN
Class 1965,
Private Practice of Internal Medicine, Moundsville, WV
Past President, West Virginia Board of Medicine
• Internship at Mary Immaculate Hospital, NY, NY, Internal Medicine residency, Queens Gen Hosp, NY,
NY. Practicing Internist, Moundsville, WV from July 1971 to the present time.
• Past President (only Filipino elected), VP, and Member of the West Virginia Board of Medicine for 12
years & member of the executive, complaints, and credential committee. Initiated the requirements for
licensure for FMG to be equal for U.S. graduates and requirements of category 1 CME .25 hours yearly and
renewal of license. Successfully lobby through legislature of the House of Delegates and Senate for giving
permanent license to about 180 foreign medical graduates practicing in WV under temporary license.
• Elected President & Founding member (’72) APPA, received several awards for community service
including physician of the year from APPA. Founding President of West Virginia PMA, only President to
serve two years, Elected President of Marshall County Medical Society, Reynolds Memorial Hospital medical
& dental staff, Bisaya Medical & Tri-state Fil-Am Association and Moundsville Lions Club.
• Organized and participated on medical missions yearly for 34 years for different cities, towns and
provinces. Provided scholarships given to different medical schools. Several free medical clinics around
West Virginia sponsored by local hospitals, department of Health, as well as the Lions Club. Held medical
fundraising for the huge typhoon and flood that hit West Virginia for relief to those affected. Helped in
donating the Gawad Kalinga 40 villages in Talisay Cebu as well as completed a GK medical clinic staffed by
local physicians and nurses. Donated equipment, supplies, and medicine, along with wheelchairs, etc. from
Brothers Brother Foundation.
• Awarded the Linkapil Award for community service for overseas individual given by President F. Ramos
in Malacanang Palace, Lion of the year award by the Moundsville Lion club and the Tri-State Distinguished
Award. Humanitarian of the Year from PEACE
• Accomplished sportsman and humorist. Brought humor to the Bisaya association’s CME especially
during the Andres Lao Memorial Lectures every year. Played varsity basketball during his high school and at
Silliman University. Plays tennis, golf, skiing, etc.
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Palazzo Ballroom E & H, Lobby Level, J. W. Marriott Grande Lakes Orlando Resort
CME PROGRAM: “Current and Interesting Topics in Medicine & Surgery”
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Alfonso Q. Estrada, MD’75
O7:50 AM Opening Remarks
CME Chairman
“Symposium on Women’s Health”
Moderator: Cynthia Dulay-Bruce, MD’65
08:00 AM
Heaven is falling: Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management
of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Dean D.T. Maglinte, MD’65
08:25 AM
Leaks, Pads & Pelvic Pain: A woman’s dilemma Ananias C. Diokno, MD’65
08:50 AM Genetics and Pharmacogenetics of Salt-sensitive Hypertension: Influence of Sex
Pedro A. Jose, MD’65
09:15 AM Adnexal Torsion for Pre-menarcheal Girls: Diagnosis & Management
Domingo T. Alvear, MD’65
09:40 AM 30 minute B R E A K: 10:10 AM PLEASE VISIT THE EXHIBITS
Caring for Women with HIV Infection Ronaldo B. Supena, MD’65
10:35 AM Cardiovascular Complications of Breast Cancer Therapy: Michael Fradley, MD
The Emerging Field of Cardio-Oncology 11:00 AM Talk, Touch, Listen and Laugh 11:25 AM
Panel Discussion
Milagros Diloy Puray, MD’65
Friday, July 3, 2015
“A Pearly Day”
Moderator: Dr. Alfonso Estrada, MD’75
07:00 AM
Vitamin D: Shining Light on its Extra-Skeletal Effects
Margaret Lee, MD’85
07:25AM
Neonatal Outcome of Infants Born at the Limits of Viability Rowena Cayabyab, MD’85
07:50 AM
Updates in Preventive Care of Older Adults
08:15 AM
Myths of Aging and Economic Implications Roger Torres, MD’85
08:40 AM
Pearls & Perils of Electronic Medical Records Nelvin Largoza, MD’85
09:05 AM
30 minute B R E A K
09:30 AM
Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisMarietta M.de GuzmaMD’85
10:00 AM
An Update on Anticoagulation 10:25 AM
Update in COPDKaiser Lim, MD’85
10:50 AM
Evaluating A First Seizure 11:15 AM
Updates on Multiple Myeloma
11:40 AM
Panel Discussion
12:10 PM
LUNCH BREAK
Brenda Matti-Orozco, MD’85
PLEASE VISIT THE EXHIBITS
Maria Regina Flores, MD’85
Teresa Lim, MD
Delva Deauna-Limayo, MD’85
PLEASE VISIT THE EXHIBITS
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Friday, July 3, 2014
“Afternoon Session”
Moderators: Dr. Stella Evangelista, MD’68
Dr. Dionisio Yorro, MD’68
01:00 PM
Meet the UST ADMINISTRATIONDean, USTFMS,
Regent, USTFMS
Rector Magnificus, UST
02:00 PM
State of the Nation’s HealthAnthony Leachon, MD’85
President, USTMAAPhil
02:30 PM
New and Relevant Issues with ACGMEMary Lieh-Lai, MD’75
02:55 PM
ICD 10 and it’s impact to the Medical practice in the US Lourdes Cacanindin, MD’91
03:20 PM
The Role of Medical Review OfficerOrlando Fernando, MD’91
03:45 PM
Panel Discussion
Saturday, July 4, 2015
“Silver and Blue”
Moderator: Mark Asperilla, MD’79
07:00 AM Occupational MedicineAdonis Bernardo, MD’90
07:25 AM Emerging Spectrum of Clostridium Difficile Colitis
Ramon Reyes, MD’91
and the Role of Fecal Biotherapy
07:50 AM Improving Quality of Medical Missions and Achieving Self
Juan P. Sanchez, Jr, MD’80
Reliance and Sustainability through the RP Healthcraft Carrier
08:15 AM Chronic kidney disease for the primary care provider
Edgar Lerma, MD’91
08:40 AM Chorioamnionitis and its impact on NeonatesRenato Fontanilla, MD’90
09:05 AM Panel Discussion
09:30 AM 30 minute B R E A K PLEASE VISIT THE EXHIBITS
10:00 AM Nanotechnology and its application in Medicine
Armando Dijamco, MD’70
10:25 AM Concussion and Sports Injury Lucio Margallo, MD’70
10:50 AM Common Problems in the HandEdward Quiros, MD’70
11:15 AM The Medicine We Do Not Know: Why Doctors Get Sick
Renato Reyes, MD’74
11:40 AM Clinical Application of Stem Cell Therapy in 2015
Mark Asperilla, MD’79
12:05 PM
Panel Discussion
12:30 PM
ADJOURN
PLEASE VISIT THE EXHIBITS
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FACULTY
Presenter:
DR, DOMINGO T. ALVEAR, MD’65, FACS
Title: Adnexal Torsion in the Pediatric Age Group
Synopsis: Adnexal torsion is the most frequent gynecological emergency
in children. Sudden, severe, unrelenting lower abdominal pain is the usual
presenting symptom. The majority of adnexal torsion occurs without any ovarian
or paraovarian pathology. Some of the cases will have an ovarian lesion (cyst or
tumor) or paraovarian lesion.
Class 1965, Cum Laude &
Benemeritus, Pediatric Surgeon,
FACS, President, World Surgical
Foundation
CCDS, Clinical Documentation
Improvement Specialist
Revenue Cycle Department Sutter Delta Medical Center
Antioch, California USA
Study Design: A retrospective review of 15 patients seen in the last 10 years
Review of symptoms, sonographic, CT or MRI findings will be presented.
Controversies in the surgical management will be discussed.
Conclusion: Adnexal torsion should be suspected in girls who complain of
severe, unrelenting lower abdominal or pelvic pain. Sonography will confirm the
diagnosis. Immediate surgical intervention is imperative.
Presenter: DR. LOURDES ALBINO CACANINDIN, MD’91
Title:
ICD-10 and its impact to the Medical practice in the US
Synopsis: Are we ready for ICD-10? The ICD-10 implementation strategies
need to address the medical provider’s potential documentation gaps. A review
of the clinical documentation guidelines and coding updates is necessary
for a successful transition to ICD-10 CM/ PCS. Identifying the Top ICD-10
documentation issues in each facility that cause Diagnosis Related Group
(DRG) Changes and thus affecting their reimbursements will help determine the
provider’s educational requirement to improve clinical documentation. A more
specific ICD-10 clinical diagnosis and surgical procedure documentation will
result to a more appropriate SOI/ROM-Severity of Illness and Risk of Mortality
that will benefit the health care organization and clinician’s public reported
data and reimbursement. Peer Rankings and Pay for performance are strictly
influenced by SOI/ROM data. Bottom line: Seamless ICD-10 documentation will
improve E&M professional fee arrangements - from outpatient to inpatient to
discharge care!
Presenter: Title:
Class 1970 Valedictorian, Magna
cum laude, Board Topnothcer #1,
Nephrology in Cleveland Clinic
Practices at St. Joseph’s Hospital of
Atlanta
DR. ARMANDO C. DIJAMCO, MD’70
Nanotechnology: Why It Will Mattet To Us
Nanomedicine:
Drug Delivery: Nanobiophermaceuticals/nanoelectromechanical systems,
currently commercially available or in human clinical trials
Cancer: Drug nanocarriers, photodynamic therapy, Kanzius RF
Visualization, in vivo imaging, nanoparticle contrast agent, nanoparticles of
cadmium selenide (quantum dots)
Sensing: Nanotechnology-on-a-chip (lab-on-a-chip)/detection and dx of
cancer in the early stages from a few drops of the patient’s blood. Thousands of
nanowires able to detect proteins and other biomarkers left behind by cancer
cells. Arthroscopes smaller than a strand of hair.
Blood purification: Magnetic nanoparticles to remove toxins, pathogens, and
proteins (magnetic activated cell sorting or Dynabeads) .....
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Presenter:
DR. ANANIAS C. DIOKNO, MD’65, FACS
Title: Leaks & Pads, and Pelvic Pain: A woman’s Dilemma
Synopsis: Three common conditions will be presented in this talk: Overactive
bladder wet (urge incontinence), stress urinary incontinence and chronic pelvic
pain. Evaluation of these conditions from history, physical examination and
special diagnostic tests, and management options from behavioral modification
program to pharmacologic and surgical approaches including surgical implants
will be presented.
Professor of Urology, OUWBSOM,
Rochester, MI
Retired EVP & CMO
Beaumont Health System,
Royal Oak, Michigan
Presenter:
DR. ORLANDO V. FERNANDO, MD’91
Title:
Role of Medical Review Officer
Synopsis:
With ever increasing work related accidents that stem from
mind altering substances, from prescription medicines to illegal drugs, the U.S.
Government has devised a system to assure public safety. This brought forth the
creation of a system that will maintain a safe working environment. The MRO
will verify the competence of employees in performing assigned tasks.
Diplomate, AB Internal Medicine;
MRO, Southern Nuclear Co., Plant
Hatch Dept. Chair, Utilization
Review Committee & Past Chief of
Staff Appling Healthcare System
Presenter:
DR. MARIA REGINA C. FLORES, MD’85
Title:
An Update on Anticoagulation
Objectives:
1. Look into the new era of anticoagulation
2 Focus on TSOACS ( Target Specific Oral Anticoagulants formerly NOACS) to
understand the bleeding risk associated with their use
3. Determine which patient is a good candidate for their use
4. To get more comfortable with practical issues that arise related to TSOACs
such as assessment of anticoagulation effect or peri-operative use and switching
to different anticoagulants
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Florida Cancer Specialists ,
Physician Partner and Coinvestigator in Clinical Trials,
Orlando, Fl
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Contnuing Medical Education Program
FACULTY
Presenter: DR. MICHAEL G. FRADLEY, MD
Title:
Cardiovascular complications of Breast Cancer Therapy:
The Emerging Field of Cardio-­Oncology
Synopsis:
Assistant Prof of Medicine
Director, Cardio-­‐Oncology Program
University of South Florida,
Morsani College of Medicine
Moffitt Cancer Center
Although breast cancer remains the most common cancer
diagnosis in women, improved therapies have improved mortality dramatically.
Despite these advances, many of the available therapies have cardiovascular
sequelae that can also cause short- and long-term morbidity and mortality. In
addition, many patients have pre-existing cardiovascular disease which can
impact their ability to receive and tolerate optimal cancer treatment. This
presentation will introduce the field of cardio-oncology and provide an overview
of the common cardiovascular complications affecting breast cancer patients with
an emphasis on diagnosis, monitoring and treatment.
Presenter:
ROWENA M. DE GUZMAN, MD’85
Title:
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Updates on Therapy and Outcome
Objectives;
Review of Juvenile idiopathic updates on disease classification and clinical
features
Define current therapy, disease course and outcome
Pediatrics -Brown University, RI;
Pediatric Rheumatology - Baylor C.
Medicine, Houston TX; Clinic Chief
Pediatric Rheumatology Center,
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
Presenter:
DR. PEDRO A. JOSE, MD’65, PhD
Title: Genetics and pharmacogenetics of salt-sensitive hypertension: influence of sex
Prof. of Medicine and Physiology,
University of Maryland School
of Medicine, Adjunct Prof. of
Biochemistry & Molecular &
Cellular Biology, Georgetown
University School of Medicine
Synopsis: The prevalence of hypertension varies with age, sex, and ethnicity and is
also affected by behavior such as the intake of dietary sodium and potassium and
other minerals. A reduction in salt intake has immediate and long-term benefits
in some but may have adverse consequences in others. Determining the genes that
are involved in salt sensitivity may be helpful in this regard. In addition, the role
of sex in salt sensitivity must be taken into account; women are more salt-sensitive
than men. This presentation focuses on genetics and pharmacogenetics of salt
sensitivity, with emphasis on the variants associated with salt sensitivity that are
not due to monogenic causes.
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Presenter:
NELVIN LARGOZA, MD’85
Title: Pearls and Perils of Electronic Medical Records
Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) documentation is the wave of the future and
offers many positive “pearly” characteristics. However, there exist numerous
pitfalls utilized by physicians (whether intentionally or unintentionally) that
put both the patients at risk and the physicians’ integrity on the line. Both
ramifications can have a huge impact on patients’ care as well as the clinicians’
professional veracity. Such vulnerabilities in the use of EMRs include, but not
limited to, “cut and paste”, “pull forward” of notes, and “make me the author”;
often creating a new world of “medical plagiarism”. These will be discussed as
well as the potential legal consequences. Physicians will be reminded on how to
be vigilant in the use of the EMR.
Presenter:
Title: Synopsis:
MD, MHA, CHC, CPC
Director, Office of Billing
Compliance, Penn Medicine
DR. ANTHONY C. LEACHON, MD’85, FPCP, FACP
State of the Nation’s Health Address ( SONHA )
The Philippines is in the midst of a healthcare crisis.The health workers said about
half of the deaths from non-communicable diseases and the majority of infectious, maternal and
newborn deaths are preventable with proper healthcare. Unfortunately, the healthcare system has been
unable to manage these scourges.
1. Most Filipinos, especially the poor, use public facilities to seek medical care
2. Of the 66 thousand physicians, 500 thousand nurses and 74 thousand midwives who are actively
practicing their profession and registered with the PRC, only 3 thousand, 5 thousand and 17 thousand
respectively, worked in a public facility as of 2013. This translates to only 0.2 physicians, 0.4nurses and
1.7midwives per 10,000 population, or a total of 2.3 healthcare workers per 10,000 population. This
number is 10x less than the 24/10,000 recommended by the WHO, as the minimum number needed to
address just the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) of maternal and child health alone.
PRC Board Topnotcher1986, IM/
CD, Pres. Phil. College of Physicians,
3. The shortage of healthcare workers affects not just the supply of doctors, nurses and midwives,
Pres. USTMAAPhilippines
but also the supply of dentists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech
EO 595 HERO proponent &
pathologists, medical technologists, and other allied medical professionals, including our partners in
champion, Sin Tax Law advocate.
healthcare, the community health workers.
Presenter:
DR. MARGARET T. LEE, MD’85
Title
Vitamin D: Shining Light on its Extra-Skeletal Effects
Synopsis:
Vitamin D - the sunshine vitamin - is a group of secosteroid
hormones essential in the regulation of calcium, phosphorus and bone
metabolism. Humans obtain vitamin D mainly from sunlight, from the diet, and
from dietary supplements. Several factors can influence the cutaneous synthesis
of vitamin D from sunlight, including seasonal variation, skin pigmentation, use
of sunscreen and clothing, ageing, and obesity. Traditionally known for its role
in bone health, vitamin D has recently received increased attention due to the
identification of its many extra-skeletal effects including on the cardiovascular,
central nervous, endocrine and immune system. This presentation will summarize
the recent data on some of the evidence for the beneficial roles of vitamin D in a
variety of physiological and preventive functions, provide guidelines to screening,
and recommendations for treatment and prevention of vitamin D deficiency.
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Class 1985, Cum Laude
Associate Prof. of Pediatrics.
Columbia University College of
Medicine, New York
Director of Hematology, CHONY
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FACP, FASN, FAHA, FASH,
FNLA, FNKF, Clin. Prof. Medicine,
Sect. of Nephrology, Univ. of
Illinois at Chicago Col.ofMedicine,
Associates in Nephro., Chicago,IL
Senior VP for Medical
Accreditation of ACGME,;
Volunteer Professor in Pediatrics,
Wayne State University
Presenter:
DR. EDGAR V. LERMA, MD’91
Title:
Chronic Kidney Disease for the Primary Care Provider
Synopsis:
Accountable-care organizations are becoming more prominent
in the United States, and therefore health care systems in the near future will
be reimbursed on the basis of their ability to care for patient populations rather
than individual patients. As a result, primary care physicians will need to be well
versed in the care of patients with common chronic diseases such as chronic
kidney disease (CKD).
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disorder that requires close
collaboration between the primary care physician and nephrologist. Most aspects
of early CKD can be managed in the primary care setting with nephrology input.
As the disease progresses, many aspects of care should be transitioned to the
nephrologist, especially as the patient nears end-stage renal disease, when dialysis
and transplantation must be addressed.
Presenter:
Mary Lieh-Lai, MD’75, FAAP, FCCP
Title:
Graduate Medical Education in the United States: Past, Present and Future
Synopsis: The presentation will include a review of graduate medical
education in the United States and Canada, starting with the Flexner Report in
1910, to the beginning of residency training and apprenticeship model of medical
education. The presentation will also include a discussion on how medical
education has evolved and the factors (good and bad) that have led to the current
format, and a look at where we should go in the future.
Presenter:
DR. KAISER G. LIM, MD’85
Topic:
Update in COPD
Objectives:
To understand the CMS COPD Readmission Policy
To evaluate the new medications available to prevent COPD readmission
To review function and its place in
Pulmonary & Critical Care
Medicine, Consultant and Asst.
Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN
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FACULTY
Presenter:
Dean D.T. Maglinte, MD’65, FACR, FSAR
Title: Heaven is falling: Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Synopsis: Pelvic floor disorders represent an increasing and complex clinical
problem, “an epidemic nobody talks about” due to the aging of the female
population and other factors. The treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction is
becoming increasingly dependent on pre-operative imaging. Thorough diagnostic
characterization of which or how many comprtments are involved is paramount
in order to plan appropriate management that may require a multidisciplinary
approach. The ability of functional pelvic floor imaging to show the full extent of
pelvic organ prolapse in all compartments and provide information on defecatory
disorders make it an objective and unifying diagnostic approach to a complex
clinical/surgical problem.
Presenter:
LUCIO N. MARGALLO, MD’70
Title:
Concussion and Sports Injury
Distinguished Prof. of Radiology
&Imaging Sciences
Indiana University School of
Medicine, Department of Radiology
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Objectives: 1. Discuss the Epidemiology and Definition of sports related concussion injury
2. Discuss the Best Practices for Concussion management plan
Sources:
1. 2013-2014 NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook.
2. 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Zurich, Switzerland 2014.
3. Boston University Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology.
4. Clinical Sports Medicine
Presenter:
DR. BRENDA MATTI-OROZCO, MD’85
Title:
Updates on Preventive Care of Older Adults
Class 1970, Internal, Sports,
Emergency & Critical Care
Medicine, Clinical Asst. Prof. at
South Dakota School of Medicince
and PA Program
Synopsis:
At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to (a)
apply principles of preventive care for older adults, and (b) perform an annual
comprehensive evaluation and screening service through a preventive visit
benefit for Medicare beneficiaries.
Screening guidelines for older adults and decision-making based on age, function
and life expectancy. will be provided. A review of the Medicare Annual Wellness
Visits will also be covered.
IM, FACP; Chief, Dept. of
Geriatric & Paliative Medicine, St.
Luke’s-Rosevelt Hospital Center,
Columbia U. Col. of Phys. & Surg.
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FACULTY
Presenter:
DR. MILA DILOY PURAY, MD’65, FAACS
Fellow, American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology
and Sexology
Tittle:
Class 1965, Cum laude, Meritissmus
Life Clinical Fellow, American
Academy of Clinical Sexologists
Asst, Prof., Rush Medical School,
Chicago, IL
Synopsis:
This presentation will provide tips on effective communication
techniques to help physicians build rapport, empathy, mutual understanding and
good will with patients and peers. It will also explore strategies and skills to create
bonding, closeness, cordial and harmonious relationships with family and loved
ones.
Abstract: A major part of our joy, happiness and satisfaction comes from
our relationships.....our families, friends, patients, peers, and the public.
Comunication skills and ways to enhance, enrich and nurture these relationships
are discussed.
Presenter:
DR. EDWARD E, QUIROS, MD’70, MBA, FACS
Title:
Class 1970, MBA
Fellow: Am. C. of Surgeons,
International C. of Surgeons,
Attending surgeon, General/Hand &
Upper Exremity surgery
Magna cum laude, Valedictorian
Chief of Gastroenterology, Iowa
Methodist MC; Clin. Asst. Prof,
Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine
Des Moines, Iowa
TALK, TOUCH AND LOVE
Common Hand Conditions:
Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
Synopsis:
This is a compendium of common hand conditions seen by most
physicians in their active clinical practice. It details how to recognize them,
pitfalls in their diagnosis and treatment both non-surgical and surgical. Both the
accepted and prevailing approaches to treatment as well as the new and recent
studies in their management will be discussed as well. Questions will be about
pros and cons of proposed treatment.
Presenter: DR. RAMON REYES III, MD’91
Title:
Emerging Spectrum of Clostridium Difficile
Synopsis:
Clostridium difficile infection is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality. The spectrum is changing. A history of antibiotic usage is no longer
necessary to acquire the disease. New strains are being identified which are both
virulent and have increased propensity to recur. Metronidazole and Vancomycin
are still standard of care but resistance is rising. Fecal microbial therapy is
emerging with great success and safety. Cure rates of up to 93 percent have been
reported. Effects may last up to several years. No major adverse events reported.
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Presenter: DR. RENATO M. REYES, MD’74
Title:
THE MEDICINE I NEVER KNEW: Why Do Doctors Get Sick
OBJECTIVES:
1. To present the following as related to CLINICAL NUTRITION STUDIES
as they impact on CV Diseases: Epidemiological Studies, Intervention Studies,
Cohort Studies, RCT (randomized controlled trials) and RPCDB (randomized
placebo controlled double blind trials), FHILL (Food Habits in Later Life) Studies
2. To present the following as Unusual Antecedents to CV Diseases:
Oxidative Stress, Endothelial Dysfunction, Oxidative Transformation of LDL
(oxyLDL), Homocysteine, Food, Vitamins, Antioxidant & Dietary Deficiencies
Magnesium & Calcium Deficiencies, “Water Story” from the US National
Academy of Sciences
3. To present “LIVING MODELS” on Dietary Intervention to Control the 3
Leading Killers in the West: CHD, STROKE and CANCER. Their lifestyle and
dietary habits provide scientifically verifiable reasons why these people are so
incredibly robust and healthy well into their senior years
Presenter:
DR. RONALD B. SUPENA, MD’65
Title:
Caring for Women with HIV Infectioin
Synopsis:
HIV remains a substantial health issue for women, who comprise
one-quarter of all people living with HIV in the U.S. Latest available data from
CDC about HIV among women and girls show some encouraging trends.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, oral or vaginal methods can be effective to a certain
degree. Behavioral interventions for women are necessary to reduce their risk
of getting HIV or to live a healthier life with it. Antiretroviral agents can be very
effective to achieve viral suppression, although not a cure yet. Preconception
counseling and care are essential for their care. Providers and health care
personnel can speak out against stigma, fear, and misinformation in our
communities to overcome the social and structural issues that place women at risk
for HIV.
Presenter:
Title:
Magna cum laude, FPCS, FPSGS
Associatre Professor of Surgery,
USTFMS; Head Renal Transplant
Team, USTH; Board member,
USTMAAP & Med Staff Asso.
Class 1965
Detroit Community Health
Retired Faculty Member, Wayne
State University
ROGER VEN TORRES, MD’85
Myths of Aging and its Economic Implications
Five non-communicable diseases account for 63% of all deaths worldwide:
cardiovascular, cancer, respiratory illnesses, diabetes and psychiatric. 80% of our
health care costs are spent on these diseases, and its economic impact worldwide is $47
trillion, accounting for 75% of the world’s gross domestic product.
Our current strategy of managing these diseases rather than preventing them has not
been working the last 30 to 40 years. Though most of these diseases are age associated,
they are not age related or a part of the aging process. Our understanding of normal
aging particularly that of the cardiovascular, neurologic, muscular and endocrine
system remains dated, which likely explains our resistance to structuring lifestyle
change into our education and practice of medicine. It is our fiduciary responsibility
to change our strategy and define explicitly how these diseases can be prevented rather
than treated.
An overview of the evidence of exercise, nutrition, sleep and tranquility as it relates to
anabolism will be presented.
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West Allis Primary Care Physicians,
S.C.; IM and Geriatrics; Assistant
Clinical Professor, Medical College
of Wisconsin Marquette University
School of Nursing
USTMAAA 23rd Grand Reunion and Medical Convention
Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the USTMAAA Foundation
Contnuing Medical Education Program
FACULTY
Presenter:
DR. DELVA DEAUNA-LIMAYO, MD’85
Title:
Multiple Myeloma 101
Synopsis:
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematologic
malignancy in the US. What was once considered fatal has now become a chronic
disease with the advances in its managment. This talk will summarize the clinical
presentation and the updated diagnostic criteria of MM; review the role of serum
free light chains in the diagnosis and monitoring of the disease; as well as discuss
the novel agents and their impact on the survival of patients with MM.
Hematology/Oncology, Clin. Prof.
Dept. of IM, U. Nevada School of
Medicine, Associate Chief of Staff for
Education - Va Southern Nevada
Healthcare System
Conratulations and
more power to Class 70!
From
The Nikki San Agustin Foundation
Norman & Biba San Agustin
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THE EVANGELISTA FAMILY
Jose S. Evangelista, III, MD (Pulm /Critical Care /Hyperbaric)
Marcus S. Evangelista, MBA, CPA, ESQ. (CFO and Legal Counsel, Evangelista Group)
Cristy S. Evangelista, BSE, CPM (COO, Evangelista Group)
Jose L. Evangelista MD, FACC, FACP, FRCP (C)
Stella S. Evangelista , MD, FAAP, CMD
Maristella S. Evangelista, MD, MBA (Plastic & Microvascular Surgery)
Edmund S. Evangelista, MD (Physical Med/Rehab)
Augustus Peter Evangelista, MD, MBA (Physical Med/ Rehab)
Congratulations to the
Officers and Board Members
of the
USTMAAA Foundation
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Zita, Oni & Hayden
Chris, John Paul (JP), Meaghan & Joanne
On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the USTMAAA
Foundation, we are extending our congratulations and
deepest gratitude to all the Foundation Presidents and
Officers and benefactors for their unselfish dedication
and contributions to the Foundation. We also welcome
all Class Jubilarians to our annual grand reunion in
Orlando, Florida. We hope that you will all have an
enjoyable and memorable reunion.
From the Yorro’s
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Introducing the newest addition to our family
Olivia Gael Andres
with
Lola Sylvia, Lolo Primo & Manang Sophia
Congratulations to the
USTMAAA Foundation
on its Silver Anniversary
Graceful maturity agrees with you.
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CRUISE OF A LIFETIME XI
FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL
October 16-November 1, 2015
SANTIAGO
LOURDES
RIO DOURO
FATIMA
For more information: [email protected], [email protected]
Come join Us
In a Trip of a Lifetime
To 3 of the Major Religious Shrines
Lourdes, Santiago de Compostela and Fatima
Contact
Jun Magpoc of the [email protected]
757 416 6702
or Primo Andres: [email protected], 812 208 0271
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Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the USTMAAA Foundation
Contnuing Medical Education Program
FACULTY
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USTMAAA 23rd Grand Reunion and Medical Convention
Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the USTMAAA Foundation
Contnuing Medical Education Program
FACULTY
Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, Master of Public Health
in Occupational & Environmental
Health
Presenter:
DR. ADONIS D. E. BERNARDO, MD’90, MPH, FACOEM
Title:
Think Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Synopsis:
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been demonstrated to
significantly increase health risks and safety. Excessive daytime sleepiness due
to OSA is a significant cause of poor performance, injuries and motor vehicle
crashes. Obesity, Hypertension and Diabetes are the tip of the iceberg which
could potentially be associated with OSA as the underlying undiagnosed disease.
The purpose of this presentation is to help the physicians in identifying their
patients who are at risk for OSA and confirming the diagnosis using the Gold
Standard.
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