Tag: rehabilitation medicine
Rehabilitation medicine
PAM Clinic + Lunar (Chinese) New Year… we’re open anyway!
28 years after discovering Performing Arts Medicine in medical school, this is a dream come true! Thanks very much to UP Kolehiyo ng Musika, UP College of Medicine and PGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine for making this happen. We did not realize we were opening on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which […]
62. Busy with Virtual Choir and Vocal Changes (Bizz-y, VC, VC)
Our medical school class is putting together a music video as part of our homecoming celebrations next year – 2024 will be 25 years since we graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine in Manila. The song accompanying the video was arranged in four voices for choir: soprano 1, soprano 2, alto […]
#ASPAH2023 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
November 25, 2023 Made it to Brisbane for the the Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare annual conference. First in-person meeting since 2019, and learning from the pandemic: it’s a hybrid conference that is also available online! As with most formal Australian gatherings, there was a Welcome to Country ceremony from a representative of the […]
Cross-posting: blog post from the Philippine-American Physiatrist Association (PAPA)
Here is something I wrote for Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month, originally posted on PAPA’s website, papaorg1975.com. To access the blog post, click here, or just keep on reading. This also marks the first social media post with my new professional headshot! Many thanks to PAPA for having me as part of their Ask a […]
That was fun… we’d like an encore, please!
September 30, 2023 Maraming salamat, UP Symphony Orchestra! We enjoyed the collaboration between our university musicians and our Performing Arts Medicine team from the PGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in this series of three musicians’ health talks. Dr. Ria Panis and Ms. Florence Culaba (psychologist) talked about ergonomics and mindfulness, respectively, before their Saturday rehearsal […]
9th Annual Balik-Scientist Convention
September 27, 2023 Today’s (out of of town) event: 9th Balik Scientist Program (BSP) annual convention. Arrived at the convention center Tuesday the 26th, did a dry run of the presentation, had dinner with local relatives in the Angeles City area. To refresh your memory: I received a Balik Scientist Program award grant for a […]
First day of clinic: look, I match the wall!
I suppose that’s a good sign, right? After leaving the clinical world in 2019 for a 2-year expensive and soul-searching sabbatical + 1 year of health issues + easing back into medicine after that year through teaching duties… here I am! Outpatient clinic every Thursday afternoon. May consider doing Tuesday afternoons too, if needed. But […]
Musicians’ Health Series with the UP Symphony Orchestra
Proud of our PGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine team at today’s musicians’ health series talks with the University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra! We did a short slide show on optimizing performance followed by a warm-up and stretching regimen in preparation for their Saturday morning rehearsal. Grateful for the opportunity! Read about our first session […]
From the New York Times: When to Try Physical Therapy before Surgery
Some sociocultural commentary:Compared to the American population, I’ve found Filipinos are more receptive to starting with conservative therapy first (e.g., physical therapy or the local indigenous “hilot”). Partly because of the financial cost of medical care: the lack of insurance options, and sub-optimal coverage by Philhealth (universal healthcare), and partly because of surgery and strong […]
24. Webinar Morning – All the World’s a Stage
July 17, 2022 pre-webinar coffee Doreen for support picked out a suitable hat Edited to add: survived live Q and A session ready for a nap
