New officers, a medical mission for PMA Chicago INQ7.net
July 05, 2006
Manuel Sanchez MD, an FEU Class ’68 alumnus and anesthesiologist practicing in Illinois’s Kankakee/Bourbonnais area, recently assumed presidency of the Philippine Medical Association in Chicago (PMAC).
The PMAC is composed of over 1,000 physicians based in Chicago and suburbs, and an umbrella organization of the PMAC Auxiliary, PMAC Foundation, Cebu Institute of Medicine Alumni Association in the Midwest, Far Eastern University Medical Alumni Association in Northern Illinois, Manila Central University Medical Alumni Association in the Midwest, Southwestern University Medical Alumni Association in the Midwest, University of the East Medical Alumni Association in the Midwest, University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society of Chicago and Northern Indiana, University of Santo Tomas Medical Alumni Association in the Midwest, other Philippine medical alumni groups, and second generation Filipino physicians.
The PMAC 46th anniversary induction dinner dance will be on Sept 30, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois. It will be preceded by an Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education scientific seminar on recent developments and updates in medicine and surgery.
Dr. Sanchez’s focal project is the annual medical surgical mission from January 17 to January 23 2007, in San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines. Free healthcare services will be provided to indigent and less fortunate local citizens who would not have any access to a physician for lack of resources.
Major and minor surgeries, including cataract extraction, intraocular lens implantation, cleft lip repair, thyroidectomies, mastectomies, cholecytectomies, lumps and bumps excisions, hernia repair, etc., will be performed for four days. Comprehensive outpatient general, pediatric, and medical consultations in asthma, skin lesions, hypertension, tuberculosis, cardiac problems, gastrointestinal ailments, infections, etc. will also be extended.
Volunteer physicians, surgeons, and paramedical professionals provide their own travel and lodging expenses.
Other officers to be inducted with Dr. Sanchez include Jose Guevarra MD, president-elect; Aurora Atienza MD, vice president, Rene Florcruz, secretary; Fe Monterola, treasurer; Brenda Narcelles Banez MD, auditor; Virgilio Jonson MD, parliamentarian; Noemi Fogata MD, press relations officer; Celso del Mundo MD, CME chairman; Mariano Dy MD, sergeant-at-arms; Cesar V. Reyes MD, executive director; Board governors Anita Avila MD, Meneleo Avila MD, AL Estrada MD, Jun Baladad MD, Vince Battung MD, Roger Cave MD, Ed Borda MD, Gerardo Guzman MD, Roger Liboon MD, Benj Lumicao MD, Virgilio Magsino MD, Leonardo Malalis MD, Luis Mangubat MD, Ed Relucio MD, Elenita Rubio MD, Nunilo Rubio MD'67, Greg Tolentino MD, and immediate past president Lito Fajardo MDs.
Anyone interested in attending the free 6-hour ACCME-accredited CME meeting in Chicago on Sept 30, 2006 or joining the January 17-23 2007 medical surgical mission in San Fernando City, Philippines, please contact Dr. Sanchez at snchmn5@comcast.net or Dr. Cesar V. Reyes at acvrear@aol.com.
