Source: http://upcm.ph/pediatrics/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 22:43:12+00:00

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. . . accountable to God and the nation.
Well-rounded professionals with integrity, reverence for God, and care for humanity.
Exhibit efficiency and transparency in the fund generation, utilization, mobilization, accounting, and donor acknowledgement.
Attain a sustainable human resource management in recruitment, development, placement, recognition, retention, and succession of highly qualified faculty and support staff.
The Department of Pediatrics takes pride in being the leader in pediatric education, both for the undergraduates and postgraduates. Although starting as one of the original eight departments of instruction in the Philippine Medical School, the forerunner of the the UP College of Medicine, which opened on June 10, 1907, it was only in September 1915 when Pediatrics fully functioned independently of the Department of Internal Medicine, with Dr. Jose Albert as its head until his death in 1946. Ward 11 with a 61-bed capacity was established for the purpose of providing the clinical instruction in the field of pediatrics. Academic programs were strengthened with the clinical clerkship and compulsory internship programs established in 1923.
As the Department continued to trailblaze the path of academic leadership in the field of pediatrics, the adaption of innovative teaching strategies, the provision of relevant continuing education courses, the development of subspecialty disciplines and programs, and the institutionalization of research endeavors became the natural courses of action taken. To date, the Department, which has a roster of 92 faculty members, four of whom hold the position of Professor Emeritus, offers training programs in all 17 recognized pediatric subspecialties, the only center that has achieved this feat in the country. The Department is also the only institution offering fellowship programs in Clinical Genetics, and Emergency Pediatrics, and Endocrinology and Metabolism; and the first to start pediatric subspecialty programs in Adolescent Medicine, Allergy and Immunology; Ambulatory Pediatrics; Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Intensive Care; Newborn Medicine; Nephrology; and Rheumatology, setting the trends for optimal care of patients with these special concerns. The Department maintains its Level IV accreditation status by the Philippine Pediatric Society for its pediatric residency training program since 2010 and all its pediatric subspecialty programs are accredited by the respective subspecialty societies.
Four-time hailed by the Philippine General Hospital as the Most Outstanding Department during the term of the late Prof. Luis Mabilangan (1974–1980), and two-time awarded by the UP College of Medicine the coveted Silver Cup for being the Most Outstanding Clinical Science Department under the chairmanship of Prof. Carmelo Alfiler (1999–2000) and Prof. Juliet Sio Aguilar (2016–2017), the Department of Pediatrics will continue to tirelessly seek ways to advance its mission of delivering quality pediatric education and serving the underserved with competence, dedication, and compassion.
Routine referral to the Section of all adolescent patients.
Development of technology to process local food and airborne allergens, providing allergen extracts for allergy skin prick testing and immunotherapy.
Priority child advocacy targets: homeless, mentally disabled, neglected and abandoned, youth, children in armed conflict, drug abusers, sexually and physically abused.
Major service programs include echocardiography (transthoracic, transesophageal, fetal), diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, pre- and post-cardiac surgery care.
Serves patients with ASD, MR, CP, GDD, ADHD including transition clinics for youth with disability and high-risk follow up clinics.
Systematized care in the emergency room, raising the standards of care that will be comparable to internationally acceptable standards – protocols are being developed in coordination with the different subspecialties.
Close collaboration with the Institute of Human Genetics of the National Institutes of Health for the metabolic disorders.
Revolutionized management of patients with neonatal cholestasis, chronic liver diseases, gut disorders including IBD, nutritional disorders.
Strong Masters program in Genetic Counseling.
Online discussion on difficult cases with St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
Training program provides a balance of didactics and management of clinical cases covering trauma cases, severe pneumonias, other infectious diseases, post-cardiac surgery cases, post-neurosurgical cases, other surgical post-op cases.
Training program focusing on the diagnosis and management of common and uncommon diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract with strong supervision by renal physiologists with proficiency in performing renal biopsies, implanting PD catheters, with surgical background on kidney transplantation and vascular access for dialysis.
Major strengths in wide array of cases (CNS infections, congenital malformations, brain tumors, epilepsy) and training in diagnostics (EEG, neurophysiology, UTZ).
Blends simple newborn care with advanced technologies – strong advocate for BF, KMC, human milk banking, hand hygiene.
produced ventilators, OstreaVent, conceptualized by a visiting professor from Wayne State University (Dr. Enrique Ostrea, Jr.) and partnered with UP College of Engineering, Department of Science and Technology, UP College of Arts and Sciences for its design, supported by over a decade of research, both animal and clinical studies.
Pulmonary evaluation and risk assessment for preoperative patients.
Allowed for a comprehensive understanding of rheumatologic conditions in the Philippines.
Kindly click here to download the MS Genetic Counselling PDF.
The prgram includes the development of curricular and instructional designs, research protocol development and conduct of researches, and enhancement of critical facilities related to child health care, with courses coordinated with the National Teacher Training Center for Health Professionals and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit.
The Department of Pediatrics is committed to the goal of providing complete undergraduate and postgraduate education in pediatric medicine. This goal will be in congruence with the national goal of providing for the holistic health of Filipino children and with the university goal of producing a well-rounded medical practitioner and pediatric specialist.
Chair Lorna R. Abad, M.Sc.
Ma. Liza Antoinette M. Gonzales, M.D., M.Sc.
Ma. Esterlita V. Uy, M.D.
Training Committee Chairs Anna T. Ong-Lim, M.D.
Gracia V. Agrasada, M.D., Ph.D.
Ediiberto G. Garcia, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
11. Vanessa F. Torres-Ticzon, M.D.
13. Mary Anne R. Castor, M.D.
14. Roxanne J. Casis-Hao, M.D.
15. Aimee Lou M. Nano, M.D.
17. Bernadette J. Madrid, M.D.
18. Merle P. Tan, M.D.
19. Angelica Cecilia H. Tomas, M.D.
20. Melissa P. Ramboanga, M.D.
22. Olympia Q. Malanyaon, M.D.
23. Jose Jonas D. del Rosario, M.D.
24. Ma. Concepcion C. Sison, M.D.
25. Cecilienne S. Acosta, M.D.
26. Dexter Eugene D. Cheng, M.D.
28. Stella G. Manalo, M.D.
29. Rita Grace R. Villadolid, M.D.
30. Ma. Anna Lourdes A. Moral, M.D.
31. Maria Isabel O. Quilendrino, M.D.
32. Victoria Dominique C. Ang-Nolasco, M.D.
34. Ma. Victoria C. Ribaya, M.D.
35. Fides Roxanne M. Castor, M.D.
37. Lorna R. Abad, M.D., M.Sc.
38. Sylvia C. Estrada, M.D.
39. Caridad M. Santos, M.D.
41. Juliet O. Sio-Aguilar, M.D., M.Sc.
42. Germana V. Gregorio, M.D., Ph.D.
43. Novette Regina M. Lagunzad, M.D.
46. Ma. Melanie Liberty B. Alcausin, M.D.
47. Mary Ann R. Abacan, M.D.
48. Mary Anne D. Chiong, M.D., M.S.
49. Mercy Y. Laurino, PhD.
51. Pamela D. Fajardo, M.D.
52. Jochrys I. Estanislao, M.D.
54. Salvacion R. Gatchalian, M.D.
56. Marimel R. Pagcatipunan, M.D.
57. Ceclia Nelia C. Maramba-Lazarte, M.D., M.S.
58. Carmina A. de los Reyes, M.D.
60. Hannah Vera M. Villamor, M.D.
61. Karen E. Bambo, M.D.
62. Charissa Sharmaine E. Cua, M.D.
65. Francisco E. Anacleto, Jr. M.D.
66. Eric Emmanuel T. Aragon, M.D.
67. Lourdes Paula R. Resontoc, M.D.
69. Marissa B. Lukban, M.D.
70. Marilyn A. Tan, M.D.
71. Cheryl Anne P. Lubaton-Sacro, M.D.
72. Loudella V. Calotes-Castillo, M.D.
73. Martha L. Bolaños, M.D.
74. Rhea Angela M. Salonga-Quimpo, M.D.
76. Jacinto Blas V. Mantaring III, M.D., M.Sc.
77. Ma. Esterlita V. Uy, M.D.
78. Aurora Gloria I. Libadia, M.D.
79. Kathlynne Anne C. Abat-Senen, M.D.
80. Fay S. de Ocampo, M.D.
82. Kevin L. Bautista, M.D.
83. Roslyn Marie K. Dychiao, M.D.
84. Kristine H. Tanega-Aliling, M.D.
85. Arnel T. Suratos, M.D.
86. Cristina H. Lozada, M.D.
87. Leonila F. Dans, M.D., M.Sc.
89. Carmelita F. Domingo, M.D., M.Sc.
90. Ramon L. Arcadio, M.D., M.H.P.Ed.
91. Carmelo A. Alfiler, M.D.
92. Lulu C. Bravo, M.D.
The Department of Pediatrics envisions itself as a hub for collaborative, interdisciplinary research addressing the country’s health issues and concerns. It has created a solid research agenda in line with the thrust of the University to promote a culture of research among its constituents. The past years have been fruitful, with the department seeing a steady rise in the number of research outputs from the consultants, fellows, and residents through the years. Several researches, particularly involving the faculty, have also been published in both local and international publications, as well as presented in various conferences and research forums in the country and abroad.
This year, stricter and earlier research deadlines were imposed on all residents in order to provide ample time for the mentors and technical advisers to give constructive comments and suggestions. The Department also held research writeshops in June 2017. The writeshops were one-day activities, categorized by the trainee year level, in which the residents were focused on specific tasks to meet their research requirements. In attendance were the Assistant Chair for Research, the research consultant assigned for each batch, and the Chief Resident. The Department also hired a research assistant and a statistician to help the pediatric residents and fellows in their research requirements. The Department hopes that these changes will help increase the number of research publications among residents and fellows.
To further assist its constituents in such endeavors, the Department has created a Research Manual that outlines the salient information needed in the conduct of researches including the guidelines and procedures for approval of research protocol, from submission for technical and ethical review to certification by the University of the Philippines Manila Review Ethics Board (UPMREB) and the Expanded Hospital Research Office (EHRO), among others.
The Department of Pediatrics annually holds the Pediatric Research Week usually in the last week of September. Various categories of the week-long research contest included oral and poster research papers and case reports for fellows and residents.
The Department of Pediatrics residents and fellows also regularly participates in the UP-PGH Annual Research For a. In 2017, the department garnered awards in the systematic review, experimental and case reports categories.

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