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Celebrating Achievements

PDS RESEARCH FORUM

by Dr. Czarina Pineda-Chavez FPDS and Dr. Camille Berenguer-Angeles FPDS

Event Research Forum and Case Report Contest
Date November 4, 2019
Venue EDSA Shangri-La Hotel
Moderator Bryan Edgar K. Guevara, MD, FPDS
Judges Research Forum, Experimental Category:
Malaya Santos, MD, MPH & TM, FPDS (Chair)
Oscar Cabahug, MD, FPCP, FACP
Kim Carmela D. Co, RN, MSc
Research Forum. Non-Experimental Category:
Hester Gail Lim, MD, FPDS (Chair)
Eleanor Galvez, MD, MSc
Gina Antonina Eubanas, MD, FPDS
Case Report Contest:
Ma. Assumpta Cecilia S. Realubit-Serrano, MD, DPBD, FPDS (Chair)
Antonio Sison, MD, FPPD, FPDS
Johanna O. Flordelis, MD, FPDS
Opening Remarks Camille Berenguer-Angeles, MD, FPDS
Closing Remarks Peachy Paz-Lao, MD, FPDS

he Annual Residents’ Research Forum and Case oral presentation during which time the authors were asked
Report Contest, organized by the PDS Research to give a brief summary of their case reports and answered
TCommittee, were simultaneously held last November questions from the judges. All case report authors of the 11
4, 2019 at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel. The residents from training institutions participated in the oral presentation.
different institutions presented their original, impressive
research works. Dr. Oscar Cabahug, a veteran judge, having read numerous
research papers from different specialties for more than 10
There were some changes in the mechanics of the Poster years went on stage to congratulate PDS and the authors, as
Contest which we have been having for the past years. the entries for the forum, were, by far, the best manuscripts
Now called Case Report Contest, aside from just judging he has ever read. Congratulations to all the presenters and
the posters, the winners were determined by the scores their esteemed co-authors! Truly you have demonstrated
of their complete case report manuscript, poster and their that the PDS is the DermResearchAuthority!

The presenters during the PDS Research Forum, Experimental Category.
From L to R: Drs. Camille Berenguer-Angeles (Chair, PDS Research Committee), Peachy Paz-Lao (PDS President),
Julius Gatmaitan, Claudine Joy Ramos (SCFI), Franchesca Marie Ilagan (UST), Monique Lianne Lim (EAMC),
Michaela Tabalon (SPMC), Shahara Abalos-Babaran (UP-PGH), Nancy Garcia-Tan (Head, PDS Academic Cluster)

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