Tag: rehabilitation medicine
Rehabilitation medicine
Educating the Educators-in-training: Two Days with the Music Education Majors at the UP College of Music
More fun than clinic! We wrapped up two days of hybrid talks for future music educators regarding performing artists’ health, scheduled for February 5 and 6, 2026. Thankful to everyone who joined us in-person and over Zoom for each of the four sessions (yes we did every informational talk 4 times, to accommodate all the […]
Glass Harp: Making Music with Water and Wine(Glasses)
Enjoy GlassDuo’s rendition of Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming – a German Christmas carol first printed in 1599, harmonized and translated to English by Michael Praetorius in 1609. #performingartsmedicine commentary: The glass harp consists of multiple wine glasses that contain varying amounts of water, with each glass representing one note. Aside from possessing musical […]
Slay and Sashay Away Part 2: We Held a Webinar on Drag Queen Health
Following our recent publication about the health of drag queens, we presented our findings and discussed their health and healthcare access in a webinar hosted by the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA). It featured three of our authors: If you missed it, the webinar was recorded and should be available on the PAMA website soon. […]
Health Screening at the UP College of Music (DIVA Protocol)
We were busy this week! Thank you very much to the University of the Philippines College of Music (UPCMu) for hosting our group last September 9 and 10 for the students’ health screening event. We saw dancers and musicians, undergrads, postgrads and even some staff and faculty during the two days we spent in Diliman. […]
Slay and Sashay Away: We Wrote a Paper on Drag Queen Health
From data collection and analysis in 2017, to poster presentation in 2018 and oral presentation in 2023 at the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) Annual International Symposium… our paper on health issues in drag queens is finally published! What a long and winding road, but here we are. And a webinar is in the works […]
Dare to be XXV at Tanaw (Graduation)
University of the Philippines College of Medicine Recognition Rites (aka. the “college graduation” as opposed to the “university graduation” which happened earlier, for all the graduating students from University of the Philippines Manila campus). Faculty from all departments marched into the auditorium; my colleagues from Rehabilitation Medicine came in with the clinical departments. I got […]
July 2025: Adventures in Academia, USA Edition
A productive (but tiring) trip to the USA. Whew! Conference #1 of 2: (Please don’t) Break a Leg: an Introduction to Performing Arts Medicine. Ran a little over time because I asked the audience to stretch after sitting through 60 minutes of lectures from other people. But they needed it! Grateful for the opportunity to […]
Dancing the Afternoon Away with Experiential Learning and Wellness
Our Philippine General Hospital Department of Rehabilitation Medicine did some experiential learning last Friday, coupling two short talks on dance with ballroom dancing. We started with a talk from physiatrist and lifelong dancer Dr. Ria Panis, who brought her dance + medicine expertise with an introduction to dance medicine. I followed this with a “rehearsal” […]
High Voltage, High Stakes: Neurosciences Grand Rounds (Adult Neurology)
This past Wednesday, June 18, 2025, I had the privilege of being one of the reactors at Adult Neurology’s Grand Rounds. Our Ward 5 neighbors invited me to talk about the rehabilitation considerations in the not-very-common condition of spinal cord injury due to electrical injury. The neurologists presented the case of a billboard installer whose […]
Ginhawa + Awit = Ginhawit: Singing Therapy and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
After months of planning, yesterday we had the first session of what singer and medical doctor Leslie Diaz (“Doc Les”) has dubbed “Ginhawit” – using singing as a means for pulmonary rehabilitation. He combined the Filipino words “ginhawa” (comfort, relief) and “awit” (song) to come up with this witty title. According to the American National […]
