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LEARNING
CURVES
IMCAS Asia 2019

By: Dr. Gaile Robredo-Vitas, FPDS

very year, the International Master a special session for the PDS, which was co-
Course on Aging Science (IMCAS), chaired by Drs. Gaile Robredo-Vitas and
Ea conference dedicated to providing Suzanne Datuin-DeLeon. Each gave short
relevant, up-to-date and high quality teachings lectures on the picosecond laser, with Dr.
in aesthetic surgery and dermatology, holds a Robredo-Vitas giving a short introduction
conference in Asia. IMCAS Asia 2019 was held about the PDS.
in beautiful Bali, Indonesia on July 5-7, 2019.
At the Gala dinner, the PDS was given
A handful of dermatologists from the Philippine recognition for its contribution to the
Dermatological Society represented and conference. Drs. Gaile Robredo-Vitas and Suzanne Datuin-Deleon
actively participated in the said event, with chairing the PDS session
most giving lectures and chairing sessions.

Drs. Maria Cristina Alcaraz-Puyat, Teresita For the first time in IMCAS history,
Ferrariz, Maria Agnes Espinosa-Thaebtharm,
Krisinda Dim-Jamora, Maria Suzanne Datuin- there was a special session for the
De Leon and Irene Gaile Robredo-Vitas
lectured and chaired different sessions. Dr. PDS, which was co-chaired by
Neil Oropeza also gave a lecture.
Drs. Gaile Robredo-Vitas and

Other PDS attendees included Drs. Isabel
Ballesteros-Mangubat, Raissa Francisco Suzanne Datuin-DeLeon. . .
Pasion, Stephen Thomas Lacson, and Hanna
Jinky Abragan. the PDS was given recognition for
its contribution to the conference.
For the first time in IMCAS history, there was

PDS dermatologists at IMCAS Asia 2019

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