Interim Guidance for Training Programs in Philippine Adult Cardiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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A Special Report of the Joint Task Force on Adult Cardiology Training: the Subcommittee on Core Curriculum, Heads and Training Officers of Various Training Programs, and the Specialty Board of Adult Cardiology, Philippine College of Cardiology/Philippine Heart Association
The Philippine Task Force for Adult Cardiology Training May 2020
Steering and Writing Committee Core Group
Specialty Board of Adult Cardiology
Joel M. Abanilla, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Chair)
Alex T. Junia, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Raul L. Lapitan, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Jorge A. Sison, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Lerma R. Noval, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Core Curriculum SubCommittee
Frederick Philip B. Gloria, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Chair)
Felix Eduardo R. Punzalan, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Jose Donato A. Magno, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Nelson S. Abelardo, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Officers and Board of Directors of the Philippine Heart Association
Aurelia G. Leus, MD, FPPS, FPSPC (President)
Orlando R. Bugarin, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Vice President)
Gilbert C. Vilela, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Secretary)
Jude Erric L. Cinco, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Treasurer)
Ronald E. Cuyco, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Director)
Rodney M. Jimenez, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Director)
Vicente V. Valencia, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Director)
Nannette R. Rey, MD, FPCP, FPCC (Immediate Past President)
Heads and Training Officers of Cardiology Training Institutions (as of May 2020)
Jose Donato A. Magno, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Frederick S. Gabriel, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Angeles University Foundation Medical Center
Ofelia A. Najos-Valencia, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Michael Joseph T. Reyes, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Asian Hospital and Medical Center
Joselito Atabug, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Ramoncito B. Tria, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Capitol Medical Center
Erwin D. Dizon, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Maria Angela Cruz-Anacleto, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Cardinal Santos Medical Center
Manuel T. Lim, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Cebu Doctors Hospital
Timothy C. Dy, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Henry L. Chan, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Chinese General Hospital
Maria Rosan A. Trani, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Elaine L. Gallardo, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Chong Hua Hospital
David Raymund K. Salvador, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Rei A. Salangsang, MD, FPCP, FPCC
De La Salle University Medical Center
Aileen Cynthia F. De Lara, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Mildred Sayco-Penas, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center
Saturnino P. Javier, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Valerie Z. Geron, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Makati Medical Center
Rogelio V. Tangco, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Manila Doctors Hospital
Emma Gaspar-Trinidad, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Ian Herbert Estanislao, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Manila Medical Center
Michael Charles Tabora, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Liezl L. Comia, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Mary Mediatrix Medical Center
Marivic V. Vestal, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Edwin K. Tiempo, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Perpetual Succour Hospital-Cebu City
James O. Ho Khe Sui, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Ronald H. Estacio, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Philippine Heart Center
Ma. Adelaida Iboleon-Dy , MD, FPCP, FPCC
Rodney M. Jimenez, MD, FPCP, FPCC
St. Luke’s Global City
Gregorio G. Rogelio, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Edgar Y. Ongjoco, MD, FPCP, FPCC
St. Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City
Carlos P. Esguerra, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Michaelangelo L. Sabas, MD, FPCP, FPCC
The Medical City
Romeo C. Grino, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Ian Dennis T. Francisco, MD, FPCP, FPCC
University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center
Eugene B. Reyes, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Felix Eduardo R. Punzalan, MD, FPCP, FPCC
University of the Philippines– Philippine General Hospital
Milagros E. Yamamoto, MD, FPCP, FPCC
Alvin C. Lim, MD, FPCP, FPCC
University of Santo Tomas Hospital
Wilfredo Ypil Jr., MD, FPCP, FPCC
Jose Albert B. Mejia., MD, FPCP, FPCC
Vicente Sotto Medical Center Hospital
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