Alvin Valeriano de Borja Marcelo, MD, FPCS CURRICULUM VITAE resume
PERSONAL DATA
PHILIPPINE OFFICE ADDRESS : National Telehealth Center, 3/F Philippine General Hospital, Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines 1000
ELECTRONIC MAIL: alvin DOT marcelo AT gmail DOT com
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING: Visiting Scientist and Fellow in Medical Informatics, National
Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (1999-2001)
RESIDENCY TRAINING : General Surgery Program. Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital Medical Center January 1992-December 1996
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION : University of the
Philippines
College of Medicine, INTARMED Program* 1984-1991 (Class 1941 Leadership Award)
COLLEGE EDUCATION : BS Basic Medical
Sciences,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine 1984-1988. INTARMED
Program*
SECONDARY EDUCATION : Ateneo de Manila
High School. 1980-1984 (First Honors)
PRIMARY EDUCATION : Ateneo de Manila.
1971-1980. (First Honorable Mention)
Sylim P, Liu F, Marcelo A, Fontelo P. Blockchain Technology for Detecting Falsified and Substandard Drugs in Distribution: Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Intervention. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(9):e10163. DOI:10.2196/10163
Marcelo A, Fatmi Z, Firaza PN, Shaikh S, Dandan AJ, Irfan M, Bari V,
Scott RE: An online method for diagnosis of difficult TB cases
for developing countries. Stud Health Technol Inform;
2011;164:168-73 PMID: 21335706
Marcelo A, Jai Ganesh, Jai Mohan, D. B. Kadam, B. S. Ratta, Gumindu Kulatunga, Sheila John, et al. 2015. “Governance and Management of National Telehealth Programs in Asia.†Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 209: 95â-101.
Marcelo, Alvin B. Health
Informatics in the Philippines [online]. In: Medinfo 2007:
Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical)
Informatics; Building Sustainable Health Systems; pages:
[2481]-[2483]. Kuhn, Klaus A (Editor); Warren, James R (Editor);
Leong, Tze-Yun (Editor). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007. Studies in
health technology and informatics, ISSN 0926-9630 ; v. 129.
Availability:
ISBN: 9781586037741. [cited 02 Mar 09].
Marcelo A, Gumapos M. Telehealth
Initiatives in the Philippines. Journal of eHealth Technology and
Application, Volume 5, Number 2 June 2007.
Marcelo A, Cualing H, Farolan M, Fontelo P.
Effect
of Image Compression in Telepathology: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2000 Nov;124(11):1653-6
(presented as an electronic poster at the Advancing Pathology
Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet Conference, Marriot City
Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 14-16, 1999. Also at the
Second Senior Arctic Council Meeting, U.S. State Department,
Washington, D.C., November 18, 1999.
Marcelo A, Ramos B, dela Rosa J et al.
Evaluation of the Decentralized Field Health Service Information
System (DFHSIS) in Selected Infectious Disease Surveillance and
Control Project (IDSCP) Sites. Department of Health, 2004.
Commissioned research by the IDSCP through a grant from the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Tolentino H, Marcelo A, Marcelo P, Maramba I et
al. Community
Health
Information Tracking System (CHITS). Funded in part by a
grant from Panasia and the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC Canada).
Tolentino H, Maramba I, Marcelo A. Mekong
Basin Disease Surveillance Project. Commissioned by the
World Health Organization and funded in part by the Rockefeller
Foundation.
Montalban J, Marcelo AB. Information and
Communications Technology Needs Assesssment of Rural Health
Physicians in the Philippines. IEEE
HealthCom 2008 Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8,
2009.
Gavino AI, Marcelo AB.
Evaluation of SMS-based Telemedicine Service in the
Philippines. IEEE HealthCom 2008
Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8, 2009.
Gavino AI, Tolentino PAP, Bernal ABS, Fontelo
P, Marcelo AB. Telemedicine via Short Messaging System
(SMS) in rural Philippines. AMIA ... Annual Symposium
proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2008:952.
Castro J, Wolf F, Karras B, Tolentino H, Marcelo
A, Maramba I. Critically Appraised Topics (CAT) peer-to-peer
network. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA
Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2003;2003:806-806.
Marcelo AB. Design and Implementation
of an Introductory Course on Information and Communications
Technology for Rural Health Workers. IEEE
HealthCom 2008 Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8,
2009.
Marcelo AB. Community Health
Information Tracking System. Open
Source Health Care Alliance Conference, Federal Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, May 8-11, 2007.
Marcelo AB. The
BuddyWorks
Telehealth Project. Open Source Health Care Alliance
Conference, Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 8-11,
2007.
Marcelo AB. Telehealth Initiatives in
the Philippines: Country Report. Asia Pacific Telecommunity
Regional Workshop on Telemedicine, Okiawa Convention Center,
Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2007.
Marcelo AB. Comparison of Open Source
Medical Information Systems. Presented at the Asia Pacific
Association for Medical Informatics 2000 Conference, Hong Kong
Convention Center, Hong Kong, SAR China, September 27-29,
2000.
Marcelo AB, Fontelo PA. Web-based
Health
Applications on Handheld Devices. Presented at the
Advancing Pathology Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet,
Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, PA, October 26-28, 2000.
Corona
W, Marcelo AB, Wadleigh R, et al. Analysis of Sciellin
(SCEL) as a candidate gene in esophageal squamous cell
carcinoma. Anticancer research. 2004;24:1417-1419.
Marcelo A, Danguilan J. A Retrospective
Study on Lung Carcinoma in the Philippines. Department of
Surgery. UP College of Medicine- Philippine General Hospital.
1996.
Abdominal Actinomycosis: A Case Report. 4th
Annual UP-PGH Boie Takeda Case Report Contest. Department of
Surgery, University of the Philippines College of
Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, June 16, 1993. Estrada
Hall, PGH.
Actinomycosis of the Colon. Case Presentation.
Bimonthly Scientific Meeting. Philippine Society of Colon and
Rectal Surgeons. July 30, 1993. Shangri-La EDSA Plaza.
Ultrasound for Imperforate Anus Patients
without Perineal Fistula. Symposium on Imperforate Anus.
Philippine Society of Pediatric Surgeons, Panay
Room, Westin Philippine Plaza, December
11, 1995.
Cecal Volvulus. Philippine Society of Colon
and Rectal Surgeons Scientific Meeting. Ciudad Fernandina,
February 1, 1996.
GENERAL MEDICINE
"Occupational Hazards in the Philippine Mining
Industry." Itogon Mines, Benguet. April 1988. Department of
Family and Community Medicine. UP College of Medicine.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Psychiatry.
Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Internal
Medicine. Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Family
Medicine. Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
UP College of Medicine Class of 1941
Leadership Award.
Palmar Scanning: Redefining a Burn Chart for
Filipinos. Department of Surgery, UP College of Medicine, 2nd
prize, Inventors and Innovators Contest, University of the
Philippines Manila, May 1997.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
MEDICAL INFORMATICS/FREE AND/OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE
Standards for Health Information in the
Philippines, First eHealth and Telemedicine Conference, Crowne
Plaza Hotel, May 6, 2009
Open Source Electronic Health Records, Annual
Convention of the Philippine College of Physicans, SMX
Auditorium, May 4, 2009
Business Models for Electronic Health Records,
Annual Convention of the Philippine College of Physicans, SMX
Auditorium, May 4, 2009
Medical Informatics, Annual Convention of the
Muntinlupa Medical Society, Asian Hospital, March 12, 2006
Careers in Biomedical Informatics. Diliman
Youth IT Council. UP Diliman Theater, September 15, 2005
Standards in Open Source Health Applications.
LinuxWorld Philippines. Dusit Hotel Nikko, September 14, 2005
Medical Record Management. Postgraduate Course
of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, UAP
Conference Room, September 2, 2005.
Introduction to Biomedical Informatics.
National Research Council of the Philippines, Pharmaceutical
Divison. University of Sto. Tomas College of Engineering,
September 1, 2005
Community Health Information Tracking System:
An Integrated Information System for the National Tuberculosis
Program. Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis. Centruy
Park Sheraton, August 18, 2005.
Introduction to Biomedical Informatics.
National Research Council of the Philippines, Clinical
Division. National Institutes of Health, July 19, 2005.
Enhancing Surgical Education through
Technology: State of the Art. 60th
Annual Convention of the Philippine
College of Surgeons, EDSA Shangrila Hotel, December 7, 2004.
Open Source Philosophy and Health. In: Open Source Open
Minds: A new look at the Open Source Paradigm. UP Alternative
Classroom Learning Experience, CAS Little Theater, November
18, 2004.
Business Opportunities in Health Informatics.
Information Technology Trends course, Computer Applications
Program, DLSU-College of St. Benilde, Manila, November 13,
2004.
The Role of Open Source in the Philippine National
Health Information Infrastructure. 2nd Philippine Open Source
Conference, EDSA Shangrila Hotel, August 19, 2004.
The Philippine National Health Information
Infrastructure. Presented to the Department of Health
Executive Committee, Office of the Secretary, Sta Cruz,
Manila, November 7, 2004.
Handhelds in Medical Practice Seminars of the
Bayside Council of Obstetrics and Gynecology (BAYCOG), Nestle
Building Henry Hall, Rockwell, August 27, 2003
Medical Informatics: Records Management
Postgraduate Course in Occupational Medicine, UAP Conference
Room, Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, August 29,
2003
Medical Informatics in the Clinics I:
Electronic Medical Records, Teleconferencing, Teleconsultation
Postgraduate Course in Medical Informatics, University of
Santo Tomas CME Auditorium, Manila, January 29, 2003
Effective Searching on MEDLINE Philippine
Dermatological Society, Astoria Hotel, Pasig, January 29, 2003
Medicine and the Information Highway, Annual
Convention of the Philippine Society of Pathologists, Midtown
Hotel, February 22, 1997.
Computers for Surgeons, Annual Convention of
the International College of Surgeons, Mimosa Resort Hotel,
Clark Field, Pampanga, May 1997.
The Role of Medical Informatics in Quality
Health Care. 2nd Annual Convention of the
Philippine Society for Quality in Health Care, Lung Center of
the Philippines, October 14, 1997.
Computers in the Practice of Medicine. Annual
Convention of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological
Society, Philippine International Convention Center, November
6, 1997.
Internet for Doctors. Annual Convention of
Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Manila
Midtown Hotel, November 26, 1997.
Information Technology in Health Care: the
Philippine Perspective. 2nd Annual Convention of the Marketing
Executives of Pharmaceutical-Healthcare Industry, New World
Hotel, November 26, 1997.
Computers in Medical Practice. Panel
Moderator, UP College of Medicine Grand Scientific Symposium,
January 7, 1998.
First Internet Chat Conference on
Tuberculosis. Creator and Moderator, UP College of Medicine,
Cybercafe Robinson?s Galleria, February 25, 1998.
The World Federation on Medical Education
Guidelines for Integration of Computers. Presenter, University
of the Philippines College of Medicine, April 20, 1998.
Second Internet Chat Conference on
Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia Guidelines. Convenor and
Moderator, Philippine Heart Association, Cybercafe Robinsons's
Galleria, May 19, 1998.
Internet for Surgeons. Philippine College of
Surgeons Mid-year Convention, Grand Menseng Hotel, Davao City,
Davao, April 28-30, 1998.
Second Workshop of the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Interactive Medical Curriculum (APEC-IMCP),
Philippine Representative, Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok,
Thailand, May 20-24, 1998.
Vision for Information Technology for UP
Manila. Presenter, University of the Philippines System
Faculty Conference, UP Diliman, May 26, 1998.
Informatics for Ophthalmologists. Department
of Ophthalmology, Philippine General Hospital, June 16, 1998.
Third Internet Chat Conference on Viagra.
Convenor and Moderator, Cybercafe Robinson's Galleria, June
10, 1998.
Fourth Internet Chat Conference on Nosocomial
Infections. Moderator, UP College of Medicine, MSD Resource
Center Makati, July 15, 1998.
Information Technology for Health. Resource
Speaker, UP College of Arts and Sciences Silver Anniversary,
CAS Little Theater, July 21, 1998.
Second E-Health Seminar on Telemedicine,
Master of Ceremonies, Philippine Council for Health Research
and Development, UP College of Nursing, September 11, 1998.
Organizational Issues in Medical Infromatics.
Presenter, National Telehealth Center Echo Seminar, UP Manila
Board Room, September 25, 1998.
Third Workshop Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Interactive Medical Curriculum Project
(APEC-IMCP), Philippine Representative, Ministry of Posts,
Tokyo, Japan, September 28-30, 1998.
Third E-Health Seminar on Y2K in Health, PGH
Representative and Panelist, Philippine Council for Health
Research and Development, Makati Medical Center, October 9,
1998.
Launching of the Health CyberMag, Master of
Ceremonies, National Telehealth Center, UP Manila, October 12,
1998.
Fifth Internet Chat Conference on Rheumatic
Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. Moderator, Philippine Heart
Association, CyberCafe Robinson's Galleria, October 13, 1998.
Fourth E-Health Seminar on Standards for
Health Information, Speaker, Philippine Council for Health
Research and Development, U.P. College of Nursing Auditorium,
Manila, December 17, 1998.
SURGERY
Community Surgery. 25th Continuing Medical
Education for DOH Doctors-to-the-Barrios, Hotel Kimberly,
Tagaytay City, May 9, 2009.
SEMINARS AND
TRAINING (FACILITATED/CONVENED/ATTENDED)
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Philippine Dermatological Society's Health
Information System (PDS-HIS), Discovery Suites, March 22, 2006
Philippine General Hospital E-Data Seminar (facilitator).
PGH Training Room, September 22, 2005.
First Scientific Symposium on Medical
Informatics: Initiatives in UP Manila (convenor). College of
Medicine Annex 2, October 9, 1996.
Seminar on Telepathology by Dr. Paul Fontelo
(AFIP Department of Telepathology). UP College of Medicine
Lecture Room, Nov 13, 1996.
Lecture on Electronic Health Records by Dr.
Michael Yang. Philippine General Hospital Out-Patient
Department December 2, 1996.
Second Scientific Symposium on Medical
Informatics: Application of the Computer in Health Care.
Sponsored by the Philippine Medical Informatics Society, UP
College of Public Health, July 23, 1997.
Workshop on Telemedicine by AIC Conferences.
Shangri-La Singapore, October 17, 1996
Seminar on Teaching Online. University of the
Philippines Los Banos and the University of the Philippines
open University, November 26-28, 1996
Towards an Electronic Health Record Asia '97.
Hyatt Oriental Hotel Scotts Road Singapore, October 1 and 2,
1997.
One-day seminar on the IBM RS6000 (Deep Blue),
Intercontinental Hotel, October 29, 1997.
Towards a Relevant Medical Education. Joint
Seminar-Workshop of the Commission on Higher Education,
Philippine Medical Association, and the Association of
Philippine Medical Colleges, PMA Building, January 15, 1998.
Workshop on Medical Informatics (Facilitator),
UP College of Medicine, March 13, 1998.
Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights.
University of the Philippines Faculty Center, UP Diliman, May
5, 1998.
9th Slice of Life Conference:
Computer Applications for Medical Education. University of
South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA, June 25, 1998.
E-Health Seminar Series, Philippine Council
for Research and Health Development, UP Manila Social Hall,
July 15, 1998.
Building a Personal Computer. PC Builders
Inc., Camelot Hotel, Quezon City, October 10, 1998.
Getting Started with C. Dr. Rick Troxel,
Center fro Informaiton Technology,National Institues of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 8-12, 1999.
Imaging and Communications R&D. George
Thoma, Ph.D. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC, NLM,
March 2, 1999.
DocView: document delivery R&D. Frank
Walker, M.S.E.E. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC,
NLM , March 2, 1999.
WebMIRS: multimedia database. Rodney Long,
M.A. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC, NLM , March 2,
1999
Expert Systems, AI/RHEUM System. May Cheh,
M.S. Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM, March 3, 1999.
Advanced Internet Protocols. R.P.C. (Rick)
Rodgers, M.D. , Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM , March
4, 1999.
Structured Document Management and Distributed
Retrieval. Dongwook Shin, Ph.D. Department of Computer
Engineering, Chungnam National University, Korea, LHNCBC, NLM,
March 4, 1999.
Machine Learning Research at NLM. Lawrence
Hunter, Ph.D. , Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM, March 9,
1999.
The Automated Laboratory Using LabVIEW. Mark
Holtzer, Center for Information Technology, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, March 11, 1999.
Introduction to Statistics. Ms. Fairouz
Makhlouf, Center for Information Technology, National
Institutes fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 18-19,
1999.
Introduction to Java Programming. Mr. Jai
Evans, Center for Information Tehcnology, National Institues
fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 22 and 26, 1999.
Two-dimensional Image Processing. Benes Trus,
PhD., Center for Information Technology, National Institutes
fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, March 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15,
1999.
HII99: Improving Health in a Digital World.
Friends of the National Library of Medicine, Renaissance
Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 26-28, 1999.
International G7/G8 Forum on Clinical and
Technical Standards for Telemedicine. G7/G8, Renaissance
Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 29-30, 1999.
Teleseminar on Lotus R5. ASAP Software,
1-800-991-5331. May 11, 1999.
Teleseminar on Adobe Acrobat 4.0. ASAP
Software, 1-800-991-5331. May 13, 1999.
Teleseminar on Windows 2000. ASAP Software,
1-800-991-5331. May 18, 1999.
SURGERY
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Complex
Problems in Surgery". April 7-9, 1992. Science Hall,
Philippine General Hospital.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Surgical
Infections". September 28-30, 1992. Science Hall, Philippine
General Hospital.
48th Annual Convention and Clinical
Congress: "How I do it: A Video Surgical Presentation on
Common Surgical Operations", Philippine College of Surgeons,
Westin Philippine Plaza, December 6-9, 1992.
Bimonthly Scientific Meeting. Philippine
Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. July 30 , 1993.
Shangri-la EDSA Plaza. Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Management of
the Critically Ill Surgical Patient". September 6-9, 1993.
Science Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
49th Annual Convention: "Towards
Surgical Excellence", Philippine College of Surgeons. Westin
Philippine Plaza, December 5-8, 1993.
"Total Patient Care: Current and Practical
Approaches." 1st Annual Postgraduate Course
University of the Philippines College of Medicine. January
25-27, 1994.
20th Midyear Convention: "The
Surgeons: At the Forefront Against Cancer", Philippine College
of Surgeons, Shangri-La Mactan, Cebu. April 1994.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Surgical
Diagnostics". September 12-14, 1994. Science Hall, Philippine
General Hospital.
Philippine Emergency Care: Relevance Today,
Challenges Tomorrow, Philippine Society of Emergency Care
Physicians, Inc. December 8, 1994, Hotel Intercontinental
Manila, Makati.
50th Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Philippine International Convention
Center, December 11-15, 1994.
Symposium on Venous Thrombosis. Rhone Poulenc
Rorer. Manila Diamond Hotel, July 1, 1995.
51st Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Westin Philippine Plaza, December 10-14,
1995.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Continuing
Challenges in General Surgery". September 11-14, 1995. Science
Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
Workshop on Values Orientation. Department of
Surgery. University of the Philippines-Philippine General
Hospital, November 1995.
"The Patient, The Family, the Community: A
comprehensive Approach to Patient Care". 3rd Post
graduate conference. University of the Philippine College of
Medicine. January 29-31, 1996
"The Identity of the Catholic Physician and
Contemporary Bioethical Problems." 60th Anniversary
and 1996 National Convention. The Catholic Physician's Guild
of the Philippines, February 4, 1996. Makati Medical Center.
"Current Issues in Colon and Rectal Surgery".
The Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-The
Filipino-American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-The
Division of Colorectal Surgery of the Philippine General
Hospital. February 22-23, 1996. Philippine General Hospital.
22nd Midyear Convention,
Philippine College of Surgeons, Baguio Country Club, Baguio
City, May 3-4, 1996.
"Nutritional Support in Surgical Critical
Care". Philippine College of Surgeons [Metro Manila Chapter].
April 11, 1996. Robinson's Galleria Suites, San Juan, Metro
Manila.
"Intraabdominal Obstruction". Case discussion.
Philippine College of Surgeons [Metro Manila Chapter]. June
1996.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery."Cine Clinics
in Surgery: the Simple to the Spectacular". September 9-12,
1996. Science Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
52nd Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Philippine International Convention
Center, December 9-13, 1996.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Perioperative
Problems in Surgery". September 9-12, 1997. Science Hall,
Philippine General Hospital.
"Evidence Based Medicine", Weekend Workshop of
the Department of Surgery, Core Faculty, Islands Cove, Cavite,
September 13-14, 1998.
Role of Chemokines in Inflammation and
Infection, National Institutes of Health, Lipsett Auditorium,
Building 10, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 25, 1999.
Breast Cancer and Breast Disease. National
Institutes of Health, Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda,
Maryland, USA, March 4, 1999.
Role of PI 3K in Cellular Regulation. Lewis
Cantley, PhD., (Beth Israel Deaconess), Masur Audtiorium,
National Institues of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, March
10, 1999.
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis
(Fidgeting): What Happens When You Eat Too Much? Dr. Michael
D. Jensen (Mayo Clinic). National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Natcher Building,
Bethesda, Maryland, March 12, 1999.
MEDICAL
EDUCATION
"The Doctor at the Crossroads".
69th Catholic Physicians Guild of the Philippines, UST CME
Auditorium, January 14, 2005.
"Benchmarking for the 21st
Century", Association of Philippine Medical Colleges, PMA
Auditorium, Quezon City, January 15, 1998.
Informatics in the Philippines: UP Medical
Alumni Society in America Journal, Winter 1996.
Director and Editor. Video Production. Tribute
to Dr. Alfredo T. Ramirez, Dean, University of the Philippines
College of Medicine, 1994.
Director and Editor. Video Production. Tribute
to Dr. Carlos Magsanoc, Chair, Department of Surgery,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine- Philippine
General Hospital, 1995.
Director and Editor. Video Production Ang
Maninistis (The Surgeon): A Documentary on History of
Philippine Surgery, 1996.
Editor and Director. Video Production of
procedures done by surgical consultants:
Video: Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage, 1994.
Video: Separation of Ischiophagus Tetrapus
Twins, 1995.
Video: Total Gastrectomy with Radical
Lymphadenectomy for Cancer of the Gastroesophageal Junction,
1996.
Video: Exploratory Laparotomy for Trauma,
1996.
Video: Radical Neck Dissection, 1996.
Video: Total Parotidectomy, 1996.
Video: Quadrantectomy, 1996.
Video: Mesh Herniorapphy, 1996.
Video: Tube thoracostomy and Thoracotomy,
1996.
Video: Vascular access, 1996.
Video: Craniotomy, Burr hole for subdural
hematoma, 1996.
Video: Craniectomy, Elevation of Depressed
Skull Fracture, 1996.
ADMINISTRATIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Chair, Medical Informatics Unit, 2001-present.
University of the Philippines College of Medicine.
Chair, Library Committee, 2001-present.
University of the Philippines College of Medicine.
Network Administrator. Department of Surgery,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine.
Assistant Chief Resident. Department of
Surgery. University of the Philippines College of
Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, 1996.
Member, Residency Training Committee.
Department of Surgery University or the Philippines College of
Medicine-Philippine General Hospital 1995-1996.
Resident Physician Course Coordinator,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Coordinator, Surgery 201, 1993-1994
Coordinator, Surgery 250, 1994-1995
Coordinator, Surgery Electives, 1995-1996.
Resident Physician-in-charge. Surgical Reading
Room. Department of Surgery. University of the
Philippines-Philippine General Hospital 1995-1996.
Contributor. Surgical Bulletin. Department of
Surgery, University of the Philippines-Philippine General
Hospital, 1994-present.
EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
Surgery Department Representative. Philippine
General Hospital Physician Association. 1993.
Member. Philippine General Hospital Physician
Association. 1992-1996.
Class President. University of the Philippine
College of Medicine Class of 1991.
Treasurer. UP College of Medicine Student
Council 1988-1989.
Editor-in-chief. UP College of Medicine Class
1991 Annual Yearbook
EXTENSION AND
COMMUNITY WORK
Surgical Mission-Catbalogan City, Western
Samar. Couples for Christ Medical Mission Foundation, Inc.,
2004.
Surgical Mission-Tangub City, Misamis
Occidental. Couples for Christ Medical Mission Foundation,
Inc., 2004.
Surgical Mission-Dipolog City, Zamboanga del
Norte. Couples for Christ Medical Mission Foundation, Inc.,
2004.
Medical Mission-Infanta, Quezon. Couples for
Christ Medical Mission Foundation, Inc., January 2005.
Volunteer physician. Surgical Mission: Lingap
para sa Kalusugan ng Sambayanan (Care for the Health of the
People) January 1993. Payatas, Quezon City.
Surgical Mission.Uganayan ng Pahinungod.
University of the Philippines-Manila. 1993. Dipolog City.
SITE VISITS
Cornell University Library Information System,
New York, New York, USA (c/o Prof. Suzanne Stensaas, PhD.),
June 29, 1998.
Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, New York,
New York, USA (c/o Dr. Cheng Wei-Tih),July 1, 1998
Veteran's Administration Hospital, New York,
New York, USA (c/o Ms. Jan Hilley), July 2, 1998.
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA (c/o Dr. Emmanuel Besa), July 7, 1998.
Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA (c/o Dr. Marlon Ilagan), July 7, 1998.
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda,
Maryland, USA (c/o Dr. Paul Fontelo), July 8, 1998.
CV of Alvin Marcelo
Alvin Valeriano de
Borja Marcelo, MD, FPCS, CGEIT, TOGAF, Archimate, COBIT5 (F/I)
CURRICULUM VITAE resume
PERSONAL DATA
ADDRESS : 547 Pedro Gil Street, Ermita, Manila,
PHILIPPINES
SEX : Male CIVIL STATUS : Married
CITIZENSHIP : Filipino
DATE OF BIRTH : April 14, 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH
: Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
PHILIPPINE OFFICE ADDRESS : Medical Informatics
Unit, UP College of Medicine, 547 Pedro Gil Street, Ermita, Manila,
Philippines 1000
ELECTRONIC MAIL: alvin DOT
marcelo AT gmail DOT com
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
CERTIFICATION The Open Group Architecture Framework level 1 and 2(TOGAF9.1)) - July 2014 www.opengroup.org
CERTIFICATION Certified in COBIT5 Foundation and Implementation December 2015
CERTIFICATION Certified in
Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) - January 2014 www.isaca.org
CERTIFICATION Certified in
Archimate - March 2015 www.isaca.org
POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING: Visiting
Scientist and Fellow in Medical Informatics, National Library of
Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
(1999-2001)
RESIDENCY TRAINING : General Surgery Program.
Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines-Philippine General
Hospital Medical Center January 1992-December 1996
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION : University of the
Philippines College of Medicine, INTARMED Program*
1984-1991 (Class 1941 Leadership Award)
COLLEGE EDUCATION : BS Basic Medical Sciences,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine 1984-1988. INTARMED
Program*
SECONDARY EDUCATION : Ateneo de Manila High School. 1980-1984 (First
Honors)
PRIMARY EDUCATION : Ateneo de Manila. 1971-1980.
(First Honorable Mention)
Note-- *INTARMED: Integrated Arts and Medicine
Program; this course requires scholastic performance beyond the usual
level to qualify for admission. Applicants are selected from the first
100 out of the usual 5,000 qualifiers of the University of the
Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT). More than 20,000 are
taking this test annually. From the 100, sixty are selected to undergo
further interviews and psychological tests. Finally, forty are
admitted annually to the INTARMED Program, as certified by the UP
College of Medicine Admissions Committee.
POSITIONS HELD
Executive director, Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) 2016 - present
Chair, Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) 2011
- 2015
Team leader, eHealth Program Management Office of
the National eHealth Governance Steering Committee and Technical
Working Group July 2014 - December 2014
eHealth Adviser to the Department of Health, January
2014 - present.
Consultant, World Health Organization Philippine
Office
Senior vice-president and Chief information officer,
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Dec 2011-May 2013
Consultant, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation,
January to November 2012
Director, University of the Philippines Manila -
National Telehealth Center, 2006- 2010
Associate Professor, Medical Informatics Unit, UP
College of Medicine, Ermita, Manila 2001-present.
Chief, Medical InformaticsUnit, UP
College of Medicine, Ermita, Manila 2001-November 2011.
Director, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
2005-2006.
Coordinator, Master of Science in Health Informatics
Program -- Medical Informatics Track, UP Manila, 2003 to November
2011.
Marcelo A, Gavino A, Isip-Tan I,
Apostol-Nicodemus L, Mesa-Gaerlan F, Firaza P, Faustorilla Jr J,
Callaghan F, Fontelo P. A comparison of the accuracy of clinical
decisions based on full-text articles and on journal abstracts alone:
a study among residents in a tertiary care hospital. Evid
Based Med 2013;18:48-53 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100537
M. Kimura (1), P. Croll (2), B. Li (3), C. P. Wong
(4), S. Gogia (5), A. Faud (6), Y.-S. Kwak (7), S. Chu (8), A.
Marcelo (9), Y.-H. Chow (10), W. Paoin (11), Y.-C. Li
(12). Survey on Medical Records and EHR in Asia-Pacific Region
Languages, Purposes, IDs and Regulations.
Marcelo, Alvin B. Health
Informatics in the Philippines [online]. In: Medinfo 2007:
Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical)
Informatics; Building Sustainable Health Systems; pages:
[2481]-[2483]. Kuhn, Klaus A (Editor); Warren, James R (Editor);
Leong, Tze-Yun (Editor). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007. Studies in
health technology and informatics, ISSN 0926-9630 ; v. 129.
Availability:
ISBN: 9781586037741. [cited 02 Mar 09].
Marcelo A, Gumapos M. Telehealth
Initiatives in the Philippines. Journal of eHealth Technology and
Application, Volume 5, Number 2 June 2007.
Marcelo A, Cualing H, Farolan M, Fontelo P.
Effect
of
Image Compression in Telepathology: a Randomized Controlled
Trial. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2000 Nov;124(11):1653-6
(presented as an electronic poster at the Advancing Pathology
Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet Conference, Marriot City
Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 14-16, 1999. Also at the
Second Senior Arctic Council Meeting, U.S. State Department,
Washington, D.C., November 18, 1999.
Marcelo A, Ramos B, dela Rosa J et al.
Evaluation of the Decentralized Field Health Service Information
System (DFHSIS) in Selected Infectious Disease Surveillance and
Control Project (IDSCP) Sites. Department of Health, 2004.
Commissioned research by the IDSCP through a grant from the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Tolentino H, Marcelo A, Marcelo P, Maramba I et
al. Community
Health
Information Tracking System (CHITS). Funded in part by a
grant from Panasia and the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC Canada).
Tolentino H, Maramba I, Marcelo A. Mekong
Basin Disease Surveillance Project. Commissioned by the
World Health Organization and funded in part by the Rockefeller
Foundation.
Montalban J, Marcelo AB. Information and
Communications Technology Needs Assesssment of Rural Health
Physicians in the Philippines. IEEE
HealthCom 2008 Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8,
2009.
Gavino AI, Marcelo AB.
Evaluation of SMS-based Telemedicine Service in the
Philippines. IEEE HealthCom 2008
Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8, 2009.
Gavino AI, Tolentino PAP, Bernal ABS, Fontelo
P, Marcelo AB. Telemedicine via Short Messaging System
(SMS) in rural Philippines. AMIA ... Annual Symposium
proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2008:952.
Castro J, Wolf F, Karras B, Tolentino H, Marcelo
A, Maramba I. Critically Appraised Topics (CAT) peer-to-peer
network. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA
Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2003;2003:806-806.
Marcelo AB. Design and Implementation
of an Introductory Course on Information and Communications
Technology for Rural Health Workers. IEEE
HealthCom 2008 Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8,
2009.
Marcelo AB. Community Health
Information Tracking System. Open
Source Health Care Alliance Conference, Federal Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, May 8-11, 2007.
Marcelo AB. The
BuddyWorks
Telehealth Project. Open Source Health Care Alliance
Conference, Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 8-11,
2007.
Marcelo AB. Telehealth Initiatives in
the Philippines: Country Report. Asia Pacific Telecommunity
Regional Workshop on Telemedicine, Okiawa Convention Center,
Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2007.
Marcelo AB. Comparison of Open Source
Medical Information Systems. Presented at the Asia Pacific
Association for Medical Informatics 2000 Conference, Hong Kong
Convention Center, Hong Kong, SAR China, September 27-29,
2000.
Marcelo AB, Fontelo PA. Web-based
Health
Applications on Handheld Devices. Presented at the
Advancing Pathology Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet,
Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, PA, October 26-28, 2000.
Corona
W, Marcelo AB, Wadleigh R, et al. Analysis of Sciellin
(SCEL) as a candidate gene in esophageal squamous cell
carcinoma. Anticancer research. 2004;24:1417-1419.
Marcelo A, Danguilan J. A Retrospective
Study on Lung Carcinoma in the Philippines. Department of
Surgery. UP College of Medicine- Philippine General Hospital.
1996.
Abdominal Actinomycosis: A Case Report. 4th
Annual UP-PGH Boie Takeda Case Report Contest. Department of
Surgery, University of the Philippines College of
Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, June 16, 1993. Estrada
Hall, PGH.
Actinomycosis of the Colon. Case Presentation.
Bimonthly Scientific Meeting. Philippine Society of Colon and
Rectal Surgeons. July 30, 1993. Shangri-La EDSA Plaza.
Ultrasound for Imperforate Anus Patients
without Perineal Fistula. Symposium on Imperforate Anus.
Philippine Society of Pediatric Surgeons, Panay
Room, Westin Philippine Plaza, December
11, 1995.
Cecal Volvulus. Philippine Society of Colon
and Rectal Surgeons Scientific Meeting. Ciudad Fernandina,
February 1, 1996.
GENERAL MEDICINE
"Occupational Hazards in the Philippine Mining
Industry." Itogon Mines, Benguet. April 1988. Department of
Family and Community Medicine. UP College of Medicine.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Psychiatry.
Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Internal
Medicine. Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Family
Medicine. Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
UP College of Medicine Class of 1941
Leadership Award.
Palmar Scanning: Redefining a Burn Chart for
Filipinos. Department of Surgery, UP College of Medicine, 2nd
prize, Inventors and Innovators Contest, University of the
Philippines Manila, May 1997.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
MEDICAL INFORMATICS/FREE AND/OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE
Standards for Health Information in the
Philippines, First eHealth and Telemedicine Conference, Crowne
Plaza Hotel, May 6, 2009
Open Source Electronic Health Records, Annual
Convention of the Philippine College of Physicans, SMX
Auditorium, May 4, 2009
Business Models for Electronic Health Records,
Annual Convention of the Philippine College of Physicans, SMX
Auditorium, May 4, 2009
Medical Informatics, Annual Convention of the
Muntinlupa Medical Society, Asian Hospital, March 12, 2006
Careers in Biomedical Informatics. Diliman
Youth IT Council. UP Diliman Theater, September 15, 2005
Standards in Open Source Health Applications.
LinuxWorld Philippines. Dusit Hotel Nikko, September 14, 2005
Medical Record Management. Postgraduate Course
of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, UAP
Conference Room, September 2, 2005.
Introduction to Biomedical Informatics.
National Research Council of the Philippines, Pharmaceutical
Divison. University of Sto. Tomas College of Engineering,
September 1, 2005
Community Health Information Tracking System:
An Integrated Information System for the National Tuberculosis
Program. Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis. Centruy
Park Sheraton, August 18, 2005.
Introduction to Biomedical Informatics.
National Research Council of the Philippines, Clinical
Division. National Institutes of Health, July 19, 2005.
Enhancing Surgical Education through
Technology: State of the Art. 60th
Annual Convention of the Philippine
College of Surgeons, EDSA Shangrila Hotel, December 7, 2004.
Open Source Philosophy and Health. In: Open Source Open
Minds: A new look at the Open Source Paradigm. UP Alternative
Classroom Learning Experience, CAS Little Theater, November
18, 2004.
Business Opportunities in Health Informatics.
Information Technology Trends course, Computer Applications
Program, DLSU-College of St. Benilde, Manila, November 13,
2004.
The Role of Open Source in the Philippine National
Health Information Infrastructure. 2nd Philippine Open Source
Conference, EDSA Shangrila Hotel, August 19, 2004.
The Philippine National Health Information
Infrastructure. Presented to the Department of Health
Executive Committee, Office of the Secretary, Sta Cruz,
Manila, November 7, 2004.
Handhelds in Medical Practice Seminars of the
Bayside Council of Obstetrics and Gynecology (BAYCOG), Nestle
Building Henry Hall, Rockwell, August 27, 2003
Medical Informatics: Records Management
Postgraduate Course in Occupational Medicine, UAP Conference
Room, Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, August 29,
2003
Medical Informatics in the Clinics I:
Electronic Medical Records, Teleconferencing, Teleconsultation
Postgraduate Course in Medical Informatics, University of
Santo Tomas CME Auditorium, Manila, January 29, 2003
Effective Searching on MEDLINE Philippine
Dermatological Society, Astoria Hotel, Pasig, January 29, 2003
Medicine and the Information Highway, Annual
Convention of the Philippine Society of Pathologists, Midtown
Hotel, February 22, 1997.
Computers for Surgeons, Annual Convention of
the International College of Surgeons, Mimosa Resort Hotel,
Clark Field, Pampanga, May 1997.
The Role of Medical Informatics in Quality
Health Care. 2nd Annual Convention of the
Philippine Society for Quality in Health Care, Lung Center of
the Philippines, October 14, 1997.
Computers in the Practice of Medicine. Annual
Convention of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological
Society, Philippine International Convention Center, November
6, 1997.
Internet for Doctors. Annual Convention of
Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Manila
Midtown Hotel, November 26, 1997.
Information Technology in Health Care: the
Philippine Perspective. 2nd Annual Convention of the Marketing
Executives of Pharmaceutical-Healthcare Industry, New World
Hotel, November 26, 1997.
Computers in Medical Practice. Panel
Moderator, UP College of Medicine Grand Scientific Symposium,
January 7, 1998.
First Internet Chat Conference on
Tuberculosis. Creator and Moderator, UP College of Medicine,
Cybercafe Robinson?s Galleria, February 25, 1998.
The World Federation on Medical Education
Guidelines for Integration of Computers. Presenter, University
of the Philippines College of Medicine, April 20, 1998.
Second Internet Chat Conference on
Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia Guidelines. Convenor and
Moderator, Philippine Heart Association, Cybercafe Robinsons's
Galleria, May 19, 1998.
Internet for Surgeons. Philippine College of
Surgeons Mid-year Convention, Grand Menseng Hotel, Davao City,
Davao, April 28-30, 1998.
Second Workshop of the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Interactive Medical Curriculum (APEC-IMCP),
Philippine Representative, Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok,
Thailand, May 20-24, 1998.
Vision for Information Technology for UP
Manila. Presenter, University of the Philippines System
Faculty Conference, UP Diliman, May 26, 1998.
Informatics for Ophthalmologists. Department
of Ophthalmology, Philippine General Hospital, June 16, 1998.
Third Internet Chat Conference on Viagra.
Convenor and Moderator, Cybercafe Robinson's Galleria, June
10, 1998.
Fourth Internet Chat Conference on Nosocomial
Infections. Moderator, UP College of Medicine, MSD Resource
Center Makati, July 15, 1998.
Information Technology for Health. Resource
Speaker, UP College of Arts and Sciences Silver Anniversary,
CAS Little Theater, July 21, 1998.
Second E-Health Seminar on Telemedicine,
Master of Ceremonies, Philippine Council for Health Research
and Development, UP College of Nursing, September 11, 1998.
Organizational Issues in Medical Infromatics.
Presenter, National Telehealth Center Echo Seminar, UP Manila
Board Room, September 25, 1998.
Third Workshop Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Interactive Medical Curriculum Project
(APEC-IMCP), Philippine Representative, Ministry of Posts,
Tokyo, Japan, September 28-30, 1998.
Third E-Health Seminar on Y2K in Health, PGH
Representative and Panelist, Philippine Council for Health
Research and Development, Makati Medical Center, October 9,
1998.
Launching of the Health CyberMag, Master of
Ceremonies, National Telehealth Center, UP Manila, October 12,
1998.
Fifth Internet Chat Conference on Rheumatic
Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. Moderator, Philippine Heart
Association, CyberCafe Robinson's Galleria, October 13, 1998.
Fourth E-Health Seminar on Standards for
Health Information, Speaker, Philippine Council for Health
Research and Development, U.P. College of Nursing Auditorium,
Manila, December 17, 1998.
SURGERY
Community Surgery. 25th Continuing Medical
Education for DOH Doctors-to-the-Barrios, Hotel Kimberly,
Tagaytay City, May 9, 2009.
SEMINARS AND
TRAINING (FACILITATED/CONVENED/ATTENDED)
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Philippine Dermatological Society's Health
Information System (PDS-HIS), Discovery Suites, March 22, 2006
Philippine General Hospital E-Data Seminar (facilitator).
PGH Training Room, September 22, 2005.
First Scientific Symposium on Medical
Informatics: Initiatives in UP Manila (convenor). College of
Medicine Annex 2, October 9, 1996.
Seminar on Telepathology by Dr. Paul Fontelo
(AFIP Department of Telepathology). UP College of Medicine
Lecture Room, Nov 13, 1996.
Lecture on Electronic Health Records by Dr.
Michael Yang. Philippine General Hospital Out-Patient
Department December 2, 1996.
Second Scientific Symposium on Medical
Informatics: Application of the Computer in Health Care.
Sponsored by the Philippine Medical Informatics Society, UP
College of Public Health, July 23, 1997.
Workshop on Telemedicine by AIC Conferences.
Shangri-La Singapore, October 17, 1996
Seminar on Teaching Online. University of the
Philippines Los Banos and the University of the Philippines
open University, November 26-28, 1996
Towards an Electronic Health Record Asia '97.
Hyatt Oriental Hotel Scotts Road Singapore, October 1 and 2,
1997.
One-day seminar on the IBM RS6000 (Deep Blue),
Intercontinental Hotel, October 29, 1997.
Towards a Relevant Medical Education. Joint
Seminar-Workshop of the Commission on Higher Education,
Philippine Medical Association, and the Association of
Philippine Medical Colleges, PMA Building, January 15, 1998.
Workshop on Medical Informatics (Facilitator),
UP College of Medicine, March 13, 1998.
Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights.
University of the Philippines Faculty Center, UP Diliman, May
5, 1998.
9th Slice of Life Conference:
Computer Applications for Medical Education. University of
South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA, June 25, 1998.
E-Health Seminar Series, Philippine Council
for Research and Health Development, UP Manila Social Hall,
July 15, 1998.
Building a Personal Computer. PC Builders
Inc., Camelot Hotel, Quezon City, October 10, 1998.
Getting Started with C. Dr. Rick Troxel,
Center fro Informaiton Technology,National Institues of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 8-12, 1999.
Imaging and Communications R&D. George
Thoma, Ph.D. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC, NLM,
March 2, 1999.
DocView: document delivery R&D. Frank
Walker, M.S.E.E. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC,
NLM , March 2, 1999.
WebMIRS: multimedia database. Rodney Long,
M.A. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC, NLM , March 2,
1999
Expert Systems, AI/RHEUM System. May Cheh,
M.S. Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM, March 3, 1999.
Advanced Internet Protocols. R.P.C. (Rick)
Rodgers, M.D. , Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM , March
4, 1999.
Structured Document Management and Distributed
Retrieval. Dongwook Shin, Ph.D. Department of Computer
Engineering, Chungnam National University, Korea, LHNCBC, NLM,
March 4, 1999.
Machine Learning Research at NLM. Lawrence
Hunter, Ph.D. , Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM, March 9,
1999.
The Automated Laboratory Using LabVIEW. Mark
Holtzer, Center for Information Technology, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, March 11, 1999.
Introduction to Statistics. Ms. Fairouz
Makhlouf, Center for Information Technology, National
Institutes fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 18-19,
1999.
Introduction to Java Programming. Mr. Jai
Evans, Center for Information Tehcnology, National Institues
fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 22 and 26, 1999.
Two-dimensional Image Processing. Benes Trus,
PhD., Center for Information Technology, National Institutes
fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, March 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15,
1999.
HII99: Improving Health in a Digital World.
Friends of the National Library of Medicine, Renaissance
Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 26-28, 1999.
International G7/G8 Forum on Clinical and
Technical Standards for Telemedicine. G7/G8, Renaissance
Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 29-30, 1999.
Teleseminar on Lotus R5. ASAP Software,
1-800-991-5331. May 11, 1999.
Teleseminar on Adobe Acrobat 4.0. ASAP
Software, 1-800-991-5331. May 13, 1999.
Teleseminar on Windows 2000. ASAP Software,
1-800-991-5331. May 18, 1999.
SURGERY
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Complex
Problems in Surgery". April 7-9, 1992. Science Hall,
Philippine General Hospital.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Surgical
Infections". September 28-30, 1992. Science Hall, Philippine
General Hospital.
48th Annual Convention and Clinical
Congress: "How I do it: A Video Surgical Presentation on
Common Surgical Operations", Philippine College of Surgeons,
Westin Philippine Plaza, December 6-9, 1992.
Bimonthly Scientific Meeting. Philippine
Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. July 30 , 1993.
Shangri-la EDSA Plaza. Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Management of
the Critically Ill Surgical Patient". September 6-9, 1993.
Science Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
49th Annual Convention: "Towards
Surgical Excellence", Philippine College of Surgeons. Westin
Philippine Plaza, December 5-8, 1993.
"Total Patient Care: Current and Practical
Approaches." 1st Annual Postgraduate Course
University of the Philippines College of Medicine. January
25-27, 1994.
20th Midyear Convention: "The
Surgeons: At the Forefront Against Cancer", Philippine College
of Surgeons, Shangri-La Mactan, Cebu. April 1994.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Surgical
Diagnostics". September 12-14, 1994. Science Hall, Philippine
General Hospital.
Philippine Emergency Care: Relevance Today,
Challenges Tomorrow, Philippine Society of Emergency Care
Physicians, Inc. December 8, 1994, Hotel Intercontinental
Manila, Makati.
50th Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Philippine International Convention
Center, December 11-15, 1994.
Symposium on Venous Thrombosis. Rhone Poulenc
Rorer. Manila Diamond Hotel, July 1, 1995.
51st Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Westin Philippine Plaza, December 10-14,
1995.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Continuing
Challenges in General Surgery". September 11-14, 1995. Science
Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
Workshop on Values Orientation. Department of
Surgery. University of the Philippines-Philippine General
Hospital, November 1995.
"The Patient, The Family, the Community: A
comprehensive Approach to Patient Care". 3rd Post
graduate conference. University of the Philippine College of
Medicine. January 29-31, 1996
"The Identity of the Catholic Physician and
Contemporary Bioethical Problems." 60th Anniversary
and 1996 National Convention. The Catholic Physician's Guild
of the Philippines, February 4, 1996. Makati Medical Center.
"Current Issues in Colon and Rectal Surgery".
The Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-The
Filipino-American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-The
Division of Colorectal Surgery of the Philippine General
Hospital. February 22-23, 1996. Philippine General Hospital.
22nd Midyear Convention,
Philippine College of Surgeons, Baguio Country Club, Baguio
City, May 3-4, 1996.
"Nutritional Support in Surgical Critical
Care". Philippine College of Surgeons [Metro Manila Chapter].
April 11, 1996. Robinson's Galleria Suites, San Juan, Metro
Manila.
"Intraabdominal Obstruction". Case discussion.
Philippine College of Surgeons [Metro Manila Chapter]. June
1996.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery."Cine Clinics
in Surgery: the Simple to the Spectacular". September 9-12,
1996. Science Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
52nd Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Philippine International Convention
Center, December 9-13, 1996.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Perioperative
Problems in Surgery". September 9-12, 1997. Science Hall,
Philippine General Hospital.
"Evidence Based Medicine", Weekend Workshop of
the Department of Surgery, Core Faculty, Islands Cove, Cavite,
September 13-14, 1998.
Role of Chemokines in Inflammation and
Infection, National Institutes of Health, Lipsett Auditorium,
Building 10, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 25, 1999.
Breast Cancer and Breast Disease. National
Institutes of Health, Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda,
Maryland, USA, March 4, 1999.
Role of PI 3K in Cellular Regulation. Lewis
Cantley, PhD., (Beth Israel Deaconess), Masur Audtiorium,
National Institues of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, March
10, 1999.
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis
(Fidgeting): What Happens When You Eat Too Much? Dr. Michael
D. Jensen (Mayo Clinic). National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Natcher Building,
Bethesda, Maryland, March 12, 1999.
MEDICAL
EDUCATION
"The Doctor at the Crossroads".
69th Catholic Physicians Guild of the Philippines, UST CME
Auditorium, January 14, 2005.
"Benchmarking for the 21st
Century", Association of Philippine Medical Colleges, PMA
Auditorium, Quezon City, January 15, 1998.
Informatics in the Philippines: UP Medical
Alumni Society in America Journal, Winter 1996.
Director and Editor. Video Production. Tribute
to Dr. Alfredo T. Ramirez, Dean, University of the Philippines
College of Medicine, 1994.
Director and Editor. Video Production. Tribute
to Dr. Carlos Magsanoc, Chair, Department of Surgery,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine- Philippine
General Hospital, 1995.
Director and Editor. Video Production Ang
Maninistis (The Surgeon): A Documentary on History of
Philippine Surgery, 1996.
Editor and Director. Video Production of
procedures done by surgical consultants:
Video: Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage, 1994.
Video: Separation of Ischiophagus Tetrapus
Twins, 1995.
Video: Total Gastrectomy with Radical
Lymphadenectomy for Cancer of the Gastroesophageal Junction,
1996.
Video: Exploratory Laparotomy for Trauma,
1996.
Video: Radical Neck Dissection, 1996.
Video: Total Parotidectomy, 1996.
Video: Quadrantectomy, 1996.
Video: Mesh Herniorapphy, 1996.
Video: Tube thoracostomy and Thoracotomy,
1996.
Video: Vascular access, 1996.
Video: Craniotomy, Burr hole for subdural
hematoma, 1996.
Video: Craniectomy, Elevation of Depressed
Skull Fracture, 1996.
ADMINISTRATIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Chair, Medical Informatics Unit, 2001-present.
University of the Philippines College of Medicine.
Chair, Library Committee, 2001-present.
University of the Philippines College of Medicine.
Network Administrator. Department of Surgery,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine.
Assistant Chief Resident. Department of
Surgery. University of the Philippines College of
Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, 1996.
Member, Residency Training Committee.
Department of Surgery University or the Philippines College of
Medicine-Philippine General Hospital 1995-1996.
Resident Physician Course Coordinator,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Coordinator, Surgery 201, 1993-1994
Coordinator, Surgery 250, 1994-1995
Coordinator, Surgery Electives, 1995-1996.
Resident Physician-in-charge. Surgical Reading
Room. Department of Surgery. University of the
Philippines-Philippine General Hospital 1995-1996.
Contributor. Surgical Bulletin. Department of
Surgery, University of the Philippines-Philippine General
Hospital, 1994-present.
EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
Surgery Department Representative. Philippine
General Hospital Physician Association. 1993.
Member. Philippine General Hospital Physician
Association. 1992-1996.
Class President. University of the Philippine
College of Medicine Class of 1991.
Treasurer. UP College of Medicine Student
Council 1988-1989.
Editor-in-chief. UP College of Medicine Class
1991 Annual Yearbook
EXTENSION AND
COMMUNITY WORK
Surgical Mission-Catbalogan City, Western
Samar. Couples for Christ Medical Mission Foundation, Inc.,
2004.
Surgical Mission-Tangub City, Misamis
Occidental. Couples for Christ Medical Mission Foundation,
Inc., 2004.
Surgical Mission-Dipolog City, Zamboanga del
Norte. Couples for Christ Medical Mission Foundation, Inc.,
2004.
Medical Mission-Infanta, Quezon. Couples for
Christ Medical Mission Foundation, Inc., January 2005.
Volunteer physician. Surgical Mission: Lingap
para sa Kalusugan ng Sambayanan (Care for the Health of the
People) January 1993. Payatas, Quezon City.
Surgical Mission.Uganayan ng Pahinungod.
University of the Philippines-Manila. 1993. Dipolog City.
SITE VISITS
Cornell University Library Information System,
New York, New York, USA (c/o Prof. Suzanne Stensaas, PhD.),
June 29, 1998.
Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, New York,
New York, USA (c/o Dr. Cheng Wei-Tih),July 1, 1998
Veteran's Administration Hospital, New York,
New York, USA (c/o Ms. Jan Hilley), July 2, 1998.
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA (c/o Dr. Emmanuel Besa), July 7, 1998.
Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA (c/o Dr. Marlon Ilagan), July 7, 1998.
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda,
Maryland, USA (c/o Dr. Paul Fontelo), July 8, 1998.
CV of Alvin Marcelo
Alvin Valeriano
de Borja Marcelo, MD, FPCS CURRICULUM
VITAE resume
PERSONAL DATA
ADDRESS : 547 Pedro Gil Street, Ermita,
Manila, PHILIPPINES
SEX : Male CIVIL STATUS : Married
CITIZENSHIP : Filipino
DATE OF BIRTH : April 14, 1966 PLACE OF
BIRTH
: Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
PHILIPPINE OFFICE ADDRESS : National Telehealth Center, 3/F Philippine General Hospital, Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines 1000
DAYTIME NUMBER : (632) 426-2315
FAX NUMBER : (632) 525-6501
ELECTRONIC MAIL: alvin DOT marcelo AT gmail DOT com
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
POST-DOCTORAL
TRAINING: Visiting Scientist and Fellow in Medical Informatics, National
Library of Medicine, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (1999-2001)
RESIDENCY TRAINING : General Surgery Program.
Department
of Surgery, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital
Medical
Center January 1992-December 1996
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION : University of the
Philippines
College of Medicine, INTARMED Program* 1984-1991 (Class 1941 Leadership Award)
COLLEGE EDUCATION : BS Basic Medical
Sciences,
University of the Philippines College of Medicine 1984-1988. INTARMED
Program*
SECONDARY EDUCATION : Ateneo de Manila
High School. 1980-1984 (First Honors)
PRIMARY EDUCATION : Ateneo de Manila.
1971-1980. (First Honorable Mention)
A, Fatmi Z, Firaza PN, Shaikh S, Dandan AJ, Irfan M, Bari V,
Scott RE: An online method for diagnosis of difficult TB cases
for developing countries. Stud Health Technol Inform;
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Marcelo, Alvin B. Health
Informatics in the Philippines [online]. In: Medinfo 2007:
Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical)
Informatics; Building Sustainable Health Systems; pages:
[2481]-[2483]. Kuhn, Klaus A (Editor); Warren, James R (Editor);
Leong, Tze-Yun (Editor). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007. Studies in
health technology and informatics, ISSN 0926-9630 ; v. 129.
Availability:
ISBN: 9781586037741. [cited 02 Mar 09].
Marcelo A, Gumapos M. Telehealth
Initiatives in the Philippines. Journal of eHealth Technology and
Application, Volume 5, Number 2 June 2007.
Marcelo A, Cualing H, Farolan M, Fontelo P.
Effect
of
Image Compression in Telepathology: a Randomized Controlled
Trial. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2000 Nov;124(11):1653-6
(presented as an electronic poster at the Advancing Pathology
Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet Conference, Marriot City
Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 14-16, 1999. Also at the
Second Senior Arctic Council Meeting, U.S. State Department,
Washington, D.C., November 18, 1999.
Marcelo A, Ramos B, dela Rosa J et al.
Evaluation of the Decentralized Field Health Service Information
System (DFHSIS) in Selected Infectious Disease Surveillance and
Control Project (IDSCP) Sites. Department of Health, 2004.
Commissioned research by the IDSCP through a grant from the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Tolentino H, Marcelo A, Marcelo P, Maramba I et
al. Community
Health
Information Tracking System (CHITS). Funded in part by a
grant from Panasia and the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC Canada).
Tolentino H, Maramba I, Marcelo A. Mekong
Basin Disease Surveillance Project. Commissioned by the
World Health Organization and funded in part by the Rockefeller
Foundation.
Montalban J, Marcelo AB. Information and
Communications Technology Needs Assesssment of Rural Health
Physicians in the Philippines. IEEE
HealthCom 2008 Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8,
2009.
Gavino AI, Marcelo AB.
Evaluation of SMS-based Telemedicine Service in the
Philippines. IEEE HealthCom 2008
Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8, 2009.
Gavino AI, Tolentino PAP, Bernal ABS, Fontelo
P, Marcelo AB. Telemedicine via Short Messaging System
(SMS) in rural Philippines. AMIA ... Annual Symposium
proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2008:952.
Castro J, Wolf F, Karras B, Tolentino H, Marcelo
A, Maramba I. Critically Appraised Topics (CAT) peer-to-peer
network. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA
Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2003;2003:806-806.
Marcelo AB. Design and Implementation
of an Introductory Course on Information and Communications
Technology for Rural Health Workers. IEEE
HealthCom 2008 Conference, Biopolis Way, Singapore, July 8,
2009.
Marcelo AB. Community Health
Information Tracking System. Open
Source Health Care Alliance Conference, Federal Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, May 8-11, 2007.
Marcelo AB. The
BuddyWorks
Telehealth Project. Open Source Health Care Alliance
Conference, Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 8-11,
2007.
Marcelo AB. Telehealth Initiatives in
the Philippines: Country Report. Asia Pacific Telecommunity
Regional Workshop on Telemedicine, Okiawa Convention Center,
Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2007.
Marcelo AB. Comparison of Open Source
Medical Information Systems. Presented at the Asia Pacific
Association for Medical Informatics 2000 Conference, Hong Kong
Convention Center, Hong Kong, SAR China, September 27-29,
2000.
Marcelo AB, Fontelo PA. Web-based
Health
Applications on Handheld Devices. Presented at the
Advancing Pathology Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet,
Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, PA, October 26-28, 2000.
Corona
W, Marcelo AB, Wadleigh R, et al. Analysis of Sciellin
(SCEL) as a candidate gene in esophageal squamous cell
carcinoma. Anticancer research. 2004;24:1417-1419.
Marcelo A, Danguilan J. A Retrospective
Study on Lung Carcinoma in the Philippines. Department of
Surgery. UP College of Medicine- Philippine General Hospital.
1996.
Abdominal Actinomycosis: A Case Report. 4th
Annual UP-PGH Boie Takeda Case Report Contest. Department of
Surgery, University of the Philippines College of
Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, June 16, 1993. Estrada
Hall, PGH.
Actinomycosis of the Colon. Case Presentation.
Bimonthly Scientific Meeting. Philippine Society of Colon and
Rectal Surgeons. July 30, 1993. Shangri-La EDSA Plaza.
Ultrasound for Imperforate Anus Patients
without Perineal Fistula. Symposium on Imperforate Anus.
Philippine Society of Pediatric Surgeons, Panay
Room, Westin Philippine Plaza, December
11, 1995.
Cecal Volvulus. Philippine Society of Colon
and Rectal Surgeons Scientific Meeting. Ciudad Fernandina,
February 1, 1996.
GENERAL MEDICINE
"Occupational Hazards in the Philippine Mining
Industry." Itogon Mines, Benguet. April 1988. Department of
Family and Community Medicine. UP College of Medicine.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Psychiatry.
Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Internal
Medicine. Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
Outstanding Medical Intern in Family
Medicine. Philippine General Hospital. 1991.
UP College of Medicine Class of 1941
Leadership Award.
Palmar Scanning: Redefining a Burn Chart for
Filipinos. Department of Surgery, UP College of Medicine, 2nd
prize, Inventors and Innovators Contest, University of the
Philippines Manila, May 1997.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
MEDICAL INFORMATICS/FREE AND/OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE
Standards for Health Information in the
Philippines, First eHealth and Telemedicine Conference, Crowne
Plaza Hotel, May 6, 2009
Open Source Electronic Health Records, Annual
Convention of the Philippine College of Physicans, SMX
Auditorium, May 4, 2009
Business Models for Electronic Health Records,
Annual Convention of the Philippine College of Physicans, SMX
Auditorium, May 4, 2009
Medical Informatics, Annual Convention of the
Muntinlupa Medical Society, Asian Hospital, March 12, 2006
Careers in Biomedical Informatics. Diliman
Youth IT Council. UP Diliman Theater, September 15, 2005
Standards in Open Source Health Applications.
LinuxWorld Philippines. Dusit Hotel Nikko, September 14, 2005
Medical Record Management. Postgraduate Course
of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, UAP
Conference Room, September 2, 2005.
Introduction to Biomedical Informatics.
National Research Council of the Philippines, Pharmaceutical
Divison. University of Sto. Tomas College of Engineering,
September 1, 2005
Community Health Information Tracking System:
An Integrated Information System for the National Tuberculosis
Program. Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis. Centruy
Park Sheraton, August 18, 2005.
Introduction to Biomedical Informatics.
National Research Council of the Philippines, Clinical
Division. National Institutes of Health, July 19, 2005.
Enhancing Surgical Education through
Technology: State of the Art. 60th
Annual Convention of the Philippine
College of Surgeons, EDSA Shangrila Hotel, December 7, 2004.
Open Source Philosophy and Health. In: Open Source Open
Minds: A new look at the Open Source Paradigm. UP Alternative
Classroom Learning Experience, CAS Little Theater, November
18, 2004.
Business Opportunities in Health Informatics.
Information Technology Trends course, Computer Applications
Program, DLSU-College of St. Benilde, Manila, November 13,
2004.
The Role of Open Source in the Philippine National
Health Information Infrastructure. 2nd Philippine Open Source
Conference, EDSA Shangrila Hotel, August 19, 2004.
The Philippine National Health Information
Infrastructure. Presented to the Department of Health
Executive Committee, Office of the Secretary, Sta Cruz,
Manila, November 7, 2004.
Handhelds in Medical Practice Seminars of the
Bayside Council of Obstetrics and Gynecology (BAYCOG), Nestle
Building Henry Hall, Rockwell, August 27, 2003
Medical Informatics: Records Management
Postgraduate Course in Occupational Medicine, UAP Conference
Room, Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, August 29,
2003
Medical Informatics in the Clinics I:
Electronic Medical Records, Teleconferencing, Teleconsultation
Postgraduate Course in Medical Informatics, University of
Santo Tomas CME Auditorium, Manila, January 29, 2003
Effective Searching on MEDLINE Philippine
Dermatological Society, Astoria Hotel, Pasig, January 29, 2003
Medicine and the Information Highway, Annual
Convention of the Philippine Society of Pathologists, Midtown
Hotel, February 22, 1997.
Computers for Surgeons, Annual Convention of
the International College of Surgeons, Mimosa Resort Hotel,
Clark Field, Pampanga, May 1997.
The Role of Medical Informatics in Quality
Health Care. 2nd Annual Convention of the
Philippine Society for Quality in Health Care, Lung Center of
the Philippines, October 14, 1997.
Computers in the Practice of Medicine. Annual
Convention of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological
Society, Philippine International Convention Center, November
6, 1997.
Internet for Doctors. Annual Convention of
Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Manila
Midtown Hotel, November 26, 1997.
Information Technology in Health Care: the
Philippine Perspective. 2nd Annual Convention of the Marketing
Executives of Pharmaceutical-Healthcare Industry, New World
Hotel, November 26, 1997.
Computers in Medical Practice. Panel
Moderator, UP College of Medicine Grand Scientific Symposium,
January 7, 1998.
First Internet Chat Conference on
Tuberculosis. Creator and Moderator, UP College of Medicine,
Cybercafe Robinson?s Galleria, February 25, 1998.
The World Federation on Medical Education
Guidelines for Integration of Computers. Presenter, University
of the Philippines College of Medicine, April 20, 1998.
Second Internet Chat Conference on
Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia Guidelines. Convenor and
Moderator, Philippine Heart Association, Cybercafe Robinsons's
Galleria, May 19, 1998.
Internet for Surgeons. Philippine College of
Surgeons Mid-year Convention, Grand Menseng Hotel, Davao City,
Davao, April 28-30, 1998.
Second Workshop of the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Interactive Medical Curriculum (APEC-IMCP),
Philippine Representative, Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok,
Thailand, May 20-24, 1998.
Vision for Information Technology for UP
Manila. Presenter, University of the Philippines System
Faculty Conference, UP Diliman, May 26, 1998.
Informatics for Ophthalmologists. Department
of Ophthalmology, Philippine General Hospital, June 16, 1998.
Third Internet Chat Conference on Viagra.
Convenor and Moderator, Cybercafe Robinson's Galleria, June
10, 1998.
Fourth Internet Chat Conference on Nosocomial
Infections. Moderator, UP College of Medicine, MSD Resource
Center Makati, July 15, 1998.
Information Technology for Health. Resource
Speaker, UP College of Arts and Sciences Silver Anniversary,
CAS Little Theater, July 21, 1998.
Second E-Health Seminar on Telemedicine,
Master of Ceremonies, Philippine Council for Health Research
and Development, UP College of Nursing, September 11, 1998.
Organizational Issues in Medical Infromatics.
Presenter, National Telehealth Center Echo Seminar, UP Manila
Board Room, September 25, 1998.
Third Workshop Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Interactive Medical Curriculum Project
(APEC-IMCP), Philippine Representative, Ministry of Posts,
Tokyo, Japan, September 28-30, 1998.
Third E-Health Seminar on Y2K in Health, PGH
Representative and Panelist, Philippine Council for Health
Research and Development, Makati Medical Center, October 9,
1998.
Launching of the Health CyberMag, Master of
Ceremonies, National Telehealth Center, UP Manila, October 12,
1998.
Fifth Internet Chat Conference on Rheumatic
Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. Moderator, Philippine Heart
Association, CyberCafe Robinson's Galleria, October 13, 1998.
Fourth E-Health Seminar on Standards for
Health Information, Speaker, Philippine Council for Health
Research and Development, U.P. College of Nursing Auditorium,
Manila, December 17, 1998.
SURGERY
Community Surgery. 25th Continuing Medical
Education for DOH Doctors-to-the-Barrios, Hotel Kimberly,
Tagaytay City, May 9, 2009.
SEMINARS AND
TRAINING (FACILITATED/CONVENED/ATTENDED)
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Philippine Dermatological Society's Health
Information System (PDS-HIS), Discovery Suites, March 22, 2006
Philippine General Hospital E-Data Seminar (facilitator).
PGH Training Room, September 22, 2005.
First Scientific Symposium on Medical
Informatics: Initiatives in UP Manila (convenor). College of
Medicine Annex 2, October 9, 1996.
Seminar on Telepathology by Dr. Paul Fontelo
(AFIP Department of Telepathology). UP College of Medicine
Lecture Room, Nov 13, 1996.
Lecture on Electronic Health Records by Dr.
Michael Yang. Philippine General Hospital Out-Patient
Department December 2, 1996.
Second Scientific Symposium on Medical
Informatics: Application of the Computer in Health Care.
Sponsored by the Philippine Medical Informatics Society, UP
College of Public Health, July 23, 1997.
Workshop on Telemedicine by AIC Conferences.
Shangri-La Singapore, October 17, 1996
Seminar on Teaching Online. University of the
Philippines Los Banos and the University of the Philippines
open University, November 26-28, 1996
Towards an Electronic Health Record Asia '97.
Hyatt Oriental Hotel Scotts Road Singapore, October 1 and 2,
1997.
One-day seminar on the IBM RS6000 (Deep Blue),
Intercontinental Hotel, October 29, 1997.
Towards a Relevant Medical Education. Joint
Seminar-Workshop of the Commission on Higher Education,
Philippine Medical Association, and the Association of
Philippine Medical Colleges, PMA Building, January 15, 1998.
Workshop on Medical Informatics (Facilitator),
UP College of Medicine, March 13, 1998.
Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights.
University of the Philippines Faculty Center, UP Diliman, May
5, 1998.
9th Slice of Life Conference:
Computer Applications for Medical Education. University of
South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA, June 25, 1998.
E-Health Seminar Series, Philippine Council
for Research and Health Development, UP Manila Social Hall,
July 15, 1998.
Building a Personal Computer. PC Builders
Inc., Camelot Hotel, Quezon City, October 10, 1998.
Getting Started with C. Dr. Rick Troxel,
Center fro Informaiton Technology,National Institues of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 8-12, 1999.
Imaging and Communications R&D. George
Thoma, Ph.D. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC, NLM,
March 2, 1999.
DocView: document delivery R&D. Frank
Walker, M.S.E.E. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC,
NLM , March 2, 1999.
WebMIRS: multimedia database. Rodney Long,
M.A. Communications Engineering Branch, LHNCBC, NLM , March 2,
1999
Expert Systems, AI/RHEUM System. May Cheh,
M.S. Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM, March 3, 1999.
Advanced Internet Protocols. R.P.C. (Rick)
Rodgers, M.D. , Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM , March
4, 1999.
Structured Document Management and Distributed
Retrieval. Dongwook Shin, Ph.D. Department of Computer
Engineering, Chungnam National University, Korea, LHNCBC, NLM,
March 4, 1999.
Machine Learning Research at NLM. Lawrence
Hunter, Ph.D. , Computer Science Branch, LHNCBC, NLM, March 9,
1999.
The Automated Laboratory Using LabVIEW. Mark
Holtzer, Center for Information Technology, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, March 11, 1999.
Introduction to Statistics. Ms. Fairouz
Makhlouf, Center for Information Technology, National
Institutes fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 18-19,
1999.
Introduction to Java Programming. Mr. Jai
Evans, Center for Information Tehcnology, National Institues
fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 22 and 26, 1999.
Two-dimensional Image Processing. Benes Trus,
PhD., Center for Information Technology, National Institutes
fo Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, March 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15,
1999.
HII99: Improving Health in a Digital World.
Friends of the National Library of Medicine, Renaissance
Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 26-28, 1999.
International G7/G8 Forum on Clinical and
Technical Standards for Telemedicine. G7/G8, Renaissance
Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 29-30, 1999.
Teleseminar on Lotus R5. ASAP Software,
1-800-991-5331. May 11, 1999.
Teleseminar on Adobe Acrobat 4.0. ASAP
Software, 1-800-991-5331. May 13, 1999.
Teleseminar on Windows 2000. ASAP Software,
1-800-991-5331. May 18, 1999.
SURGERY
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Complex
Problems in Surgery". April 7-9, 1992. Science Hall,
Philippine General Hospital.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Surgical
Infections". September 28-30, 1992. Science Hall, Philippine
General Hospital.
48th Annual Convention and Clinical
Congress: "How I do it: A Video Surgical Presentation on
Common Surgical Operations", Philippine College of Surgeons,
Westin Philippine Plaza, December 6-9, 1992.
Bimonthly Scientific Meeting. Philippine
Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. July 30 , 1993.
Shangri-la EDSA Plaza. Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery: "Management of
the Critically Ill Surgical Patient". September 6-9, 1993.
Science Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
49th Annual Convention: "Towards
Surgical Excellence", Philippine College of Surgeons. Westin
Philippine Plaza, December 5-8, 1993.
"Total Patient Care: Current and Practical
Approaches." 1st Annual Postgraduate Course
University of the Philippines College of Medicine. January
25-27, 1994.
20th Midyear Convention: "The
Surgeons: At the Forefront Against Cancer", Philippine College
of Surgeons, Shangri-La Mactan, Cebu. April 1994.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Surgical
Diagnostics". September 12-14, 1994. Science Hall, Philippine
General Hospital.
Philippine Emergency Care: Relevance Today,
Challenges Tomorrow, Philippine Society of Emergency Care
Physicians, Inc. December 8, 1994, Hotel Intercontinental
Manila, Makati.
50th Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Philippine International Convention
Center, December 11-15, 1994.
Symposium on Venous Thrombosis. Rhone Poulenc
Rorer. Manila Diamond Hotel, July 1, 1995.
51st Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Westin Philippine Plaza, December 10-14,
1995.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Continuing
Challenges in General Surgery". September 11-14, 1995. Science
Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
Workshop on Values Orientation. Department of
Surgery. University of the Philippines-Philippine General
Hospital, November 1995.
"The Patient, The Family, the Community: A
comprehensive Approach to Patient Care". 3rd Post
graduate conference. University of the Philippine College of
Medicine. January 29-31, 1996
"The Identity of the Catholic Physician and
Contemporary Bioethical Problems." 60th Anniversary
and 1996 National Convention. The Catholic Physician's Guild
of the Philippines, February 4, 1996. Makati Medical Center.
"Current Issues in Colon and Rectal Surgery".
The Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-The
Filipino-American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-The
Division of Colorectal Surgery of the Philippine General
Hospital. February 22-23, 1996. Philippine General Hospital.
22nd Midyear Convention,
Philippine College of Surgeons, Baguio Country Club, Baguio
City, May 3-4, 1996.
"Nutritional Support in Surgical Critical
Care". Philippine College of Surgeons [Metro Manila Chapter].
April 11, 1996. Robinson's Galleria Suites, San Juan, Metro
Manila.
"Intraabdominal Obstruction". Case discussion.
Philippine College of Surgeons [Metro Manila Chapter]. June
1996.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery."Cine Clinics
in Surgery: the Simple to the Spectacular". September 9-12,
1996. Science Hall, Philippine General Hospital.
52nd Annual Convention, Philippine
College of Surgeons, Philippine International Convention
Center, December 9-13, 1996.
Postgraduate Course in Surgery:"Perioperative
Problems in Surgery". September 9-12, 1997. Science Hall,
Philippine General Hospital.
"Evidence Based Medicine", Weekend Workshop of
the Department of Surgery, Core Faculty, Islands Cove, Cavite,
September 13-14, 1998.
Role of Chemokines in Inflammation and
Infection, National Institutes of Health, Lipsett Auditorium,
Building 10, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 25, 1999.
Breast Cancer and Breast Disease. National
Institutes of Health, Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda,
Maryland, USA, March 4, 1999.
Role of PI 3K in Cellular Regulation. Lewis
Cantley, PhD., (Beth Israel Deaconess), Masur Audtiorium,
National Institues of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, March
10, 1999.
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis
(Fidgeting): What Happens When You Eat Too Much? Dr. Michael
D. Jensen (Mayo Clinic). National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Natcher Building,
Bethesda, Maryland, March 12, 1999.
MEDICAL
EDUCATION
"The Doctor at the Crossroads".
69th Catholic Physicians Guild of the Philippines, UST CME
Auditorium, January 14, 2005.
"Benchmarking for the 21st
Century", Association of Philippine Medical Colleges, PMA
Auditorium, Quezon City, January 15, 1998.
