[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] UPMASA was formed in 1980 by the UPCM alumni in America, united by love, respect and concern for one another. Dr. Cosme Cagas, UPCM ‘1960, was the first President of UPMASA. Throughout the years, his many successors have guided UPMASA in promoting excellence, scholarship, service and the well-being of the Filipino people. As […]
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The Doctors to the Barrios program was created by the DOH in 1993 to address the lack of doctors practicing in rural communities in the Philippines . Since then, 36 batches of doctors have been deployed to various geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas in the Philippines to work in primary care and public health. There
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UPMAS | UPMASA | UPCM 1995 Annual Postgraduate Course How to Thrive in a Pandemic: Updates on COVID-19 Philippines : Fri | Dec 18, 2020 | 8:00-12:00pm Manila USA: Thurs | Dec 17, 2020 | 7:00-11:00pm EST; 4:00-8:00pm PST Register at http://hybrid-web.global.blackspider.com/urlwrap/?q=AXicFcPBCQIxEAXQ34KNTGKICJ5EFBesYg2jE8gmMjsspDHxrI2pD97qjOcb0M9v6SEKzbrQNOaSWjVthVKb4A_DUI-3k_dxs95CuGonTpIXVs17ZuGxmFDTO8TsMe-cu2aj0t0l2_gffPAA4gv4AtIhJZw&Z. Watch at http://livestream.upm.edu.ph or thru https://www.facebook.com/upmedwebinars *CME and CPD will be provided for
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The Medical Science Building Update: SEPTEMBER 2020 Conceived and presented to the UPMASA in 2015, the project was originally intended to replace the dilapidated and aging BSLR (Basic Science Lecture Rooms). Riding the momentum of fervent UP alumni contributing to funding the auditorium, construction began Jul 2016 only to get set back when the Sheet
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A team of medical and engineering experts was able to complete the prototype OstreaVent for adults (OstreaVent II) in a record time of 5 weeks. The OstreaVent II is a pressure or volume limited, time cycled ventilator with Positive End Expiratory Pressure Ventilation (PEEP), Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation (CPAP) and Biphasic Positive Airways Pressure
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Dear colleagues at UPMASA, Thank you for your interest in developments at the College of Medicine and the Philippine General Hospital. As you have been briefed, UP Manila has been very busy on many fronts: Designation of PGH as the COVID Referral Center Development of the local COVID testing kit Conduct of the field
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PGH COVID-19 Fight is “de-mistified” during an interview with the PGH Director Dr. Gap Legaspi April 17, 2020 During the Webinar portion of the recently concluded Board of Governors electronic meeting, the PGH Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi spoke about how PGH is faring in their fight against Covid-19. I was struck at how well prepared
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April 11, 2020 From the Office of the Dean: BAYANIHAN: The Spirit of the Filipino Comes Alive During the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 came to Philippine shores with news of a 38-year old woman who traveled from Wuhan along with her husband who eventually was also diagnosed with the virus and was the first reported mortality.
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UPMASA – March 30, 2020 I am proud to announce that the Executive Committee of the UPMASA has agreed to provide financial support to the development of a prototype adult ventilator. This adult ventilator will be a modified version of the OstreaVent. The infant ventilator was invented by an UPMASAn, Dr. Enrique Ostrea and his group
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