Tag: university of the philippines
The Medicine in Art: Launching the Medical Humanities “Extra” Program
We did a thing last Wednesday, February 11, 2026. The University of the Philippines College of Medicine has an annual Wellness Week that started in 2023, celebrating all the ways that students can decompress from all the stuff they have to do on the way to becoming six-star physicians. This year’s week organized by the […]
A glimpse into a full teaching schedule
So this is how it feels to be a full-time teacher… for one day: January 21, 2026, Wednesday. No clinic, no research, no writing… just teaching! 8:00 to 10:00 AM: I typically designate Wednesdays as my “St. Luke’s Day”. The St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial has its General Faculty and […]
Two Medical Humanities Classes – Twice the Fun!
Two schools, two Medical Humanities classes, two wonderful co-teachers in this past week. And when you have enough time: panel guests too! And now time to breathe, for the humanities and the arts provide opportunities for the physician to reflect and create. Hopefully our formal introductions to the Medical Humanities for the upcoming generation of […]
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 […]
Musika at Ginawa (Music and Comfort): Holistic Health for Music Teachers and Students
Musika at Ginhawa (Music and Comfort): a two-day symposium focusing on the holistic health of tertiary level pre-professional musicians brought to you by the University of the Philippines College of Music and the PGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. The first day (Monday, March 17, 2025) was for an audience of music teachers in the UPCMu […]
Multigenerational UP Alumni Family Award
Grateful for the legacy of education at the premier State University. Our Bongco-Juinio family was honored on August 17, 2024 by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association for having three generations exemplifying the university motto – Honor, Excellence and Service. From the UPAA website: “The UPAA grants the awards to UP alumni who have […]
Medical Education Award
Humbled and honored to receive one of the three 2024 Excellence in Medical Education Awards from the University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA) at their 39th Annual Grand Convention this past weekend.
Performing Arts Medicine Clinic Goes Live!
February 10, 2024. Lunar new year (year of the wood dragon). Today I got to do what I set out to do in medical school: have a clinic exclusively for performing artists. Could not have done this without the support of many, many people across the years – grateful to them, and to God who […]
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 […]
2024 Grand Alumni Homecoming Launch
Many schools in the Philippines have this tradition that the silver jubilarian alumni class (i.e., the alumni who graduated 25 years ago) organizes and hosts the alumni homecoming for that year. Since we graduated from medical school in 1999, that would be us and here we are hosting a year’s worth of events for the […]
