Pigmentary Disorders

BIOGRAPHY

PRESENT POSITIONS:
• Chair, Department of Dermatology, Asian Hospital and Medical Center
• Consultant Dermatologist, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)
• Head, Cosmetic Dermatology Unit, RITM
• Visiting Consultant, University of Santo Tomas Hospital

ELECTED AND APPOINTED POSITIONS
• Secretary-General, International Society of Dermatology 2009-2013
• International Board Observer, American Academy of Dermatology 2010-2012
• Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Dermatology
• Member, Faculty f1000 on Pigmentary Disorders
• Member, Philippine Medical Association
• Member, Committee on Affiliate Societies, Philippine Medical Association
• Member, International Affairs Committee, Women’s Dermatologic Society (USA)
• Member, Membership Committee, American Academy of Dermatology
• Member, International Affairs Committee, American Academy of Dermatology
• Member, Acne Board of the Philippines
• Chair, Pigmentary Disorders Advisory Board of the Philippines
• Member, Medical Executive Committee, Asian Hospital and Medical Center
• Member, Peer Review Committee, Asian Hospital and Medical Center
• Honorary Member, Nagasaki Dermatological Society
• Honorary Member, Italian Dermatological Society
• Honorary Member, Sigma XI The Scientific Research Society, Newark Chapter, New Jersey Medical School
• Honorary Member-Cosmetic Dermatology Society, India
• Honorary Life Member- Indian Academy of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
• Editorial adviser – ISD Connection (official newsletter of ISD)
• Member, International Scientific Committee- XI International Congress of Dermatology, Delhi, India 2013
• Rotary Club of Makati Uptown, Board of Director (2011)

AWARDS:
• Magna cum laude, BS General, University of Santo Tomas, accelerated, full scholar
• Bene Meritus, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila
• Colombo scholarship to International Group Training in Dermatology, Institute of Dermatology, Bangkok, Thailand, under Professor Renoo Kontrajaras, 2nd Honor Award
• Monbusho scholarship to Japan as Dermatology Researcher at the Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, under Professor Hikotaro Yoshida
• Recipient of WDS Career Enhancement Award, Sydney, Australia, under Dr Jim Walter (lasers and light therapies, cosmetic dermatology)

Special Awards:
• Gold Achievement award from the Philippine Society of Cutaneous Medicine, 2002
• Most Outstanding Physician, 2004, Philippine Medical Association, Annual Convention, Manila, Philippines
• Special Citation, 2005 Department of Social Welfare and Development, Republic of the Philippines for the Scabies Eradication Campaign in Elsie Gaches Village, Muntinlupa City
• Presidential Award from the Philippine Dermatological Society for International leadership, 2010
• WDS International Pioneer Award for Distinguished Women in Dermatology, World Congress of Dermatology, Seoul, Korea, 2011

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Cosmetic dermatology, pigmentary disorders, acne, mycology, atopic dermatitis.