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Gender Bender Fender:
LGBTQIA+, STIs and Sexual Health

L-R (top): Drs. Marcellano Cruz, Gilbert Yang, Vicente Victor Ocampo. L-R (bottom):
Drs. Mary Ann Abesamis, Armelia-Lapitan Torres, Malaya Santos, Mary Charmaine G. Castillo
and Eileen Regalado-Morales

confidentiality and the appropriate way of providing After all the lectures, participants were given the
medical information to the community through social opportunity to clarify the topics discussed through an
media. She stated that medical professionalism is about interactive open forum. This was consequently followed
giving our patients the best health care with shared by closing remarks given by Dr. Mary Charmaine Castillo,
competency standards and ethical values in mind. Secretary of the Philippine Dermatological Society. At
the end of the day, it was a very informative and fruitful
learning experience for everyone who tuned in to “Gender
Bender Fender: LGBTQIA+, STIs and Sexual Health” through
webcast and at the actual event. Genuinely, the PDS
Continuing Medical Education aims to support its members
and residents with updates and trends in our field of
specialty to sustain and uphold the highest standards of
being the #DermAuthorities.

L-R: Drs. Vicente Victor Ocampo, Malaya Santos, Gilbert Yang
and Armelia Lapitan-Torres
L-R: Drs. Mary Ann Abesamis, Armelia Lapitan-Torres, Eileen
Regalado-Morales, Vice Mayor Sheilah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan,
Jeannie Jacinto, and Marcellano Cruz

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