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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE


In behalf of the Philippine Urological Association, I would like to invite everyone to be in Manila on November 24-26, 2009 for our tripartite meeting with the East Asia Society of Endourology and the Asia-Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel.

The Philippines is proud to host this rare joint venture. We have lined up a full pack of world-class speakers for minimally invasive urologic surgery as well as pediatric urology. They will delve on not only the latest in advances in their field but as well as the controversial issues and topics. We have also included live surgery demonstrations to complement the plenary  and state-of-the-art lectures in our roster of continuing medical and surgical education activities.

On the side, we would also like the delegates to enjoy the world-renowned Filipino hospitality. November is a nice month in Manila. The weather is cool and festivities for the Christmas holidays will definitely be in full swing.  Not only will you enjoy a holiday like atmosphere all over the city, there will also be unending night life activities and daytime shopping sales that will cater to you and your company’s every whim.

So again, let me invite everyone to what promises to be a highly educational and fun-filled  meeting.  See you in Manila!

Mabuhay!

 

DENNIS P. SERRANO, M.D.

President

PHILIPPINE UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. 

 


 

PUA MIDYEAR MESSAGE

Dear Members,

The year is half past gone and I feel that it is time to take stock of both what is in store for the next half and that which has come to pass.

GOVERNANCE. We had an auspicious start for the year for the executive council. We expanded our roster to include representatives from the different regions of the country. They are as follows:

      Dr. Manuel Hipolito   Ilocos region

      Dr. Benny Sunga   Baguio, La Union

      Dr. Tony Guzman   Central Luzon

      Dr. Boy Garcia   Southern Luzon

      Dr. ROnnieUrsua   Bicol Region

      Dr. BoniCabahug   Central Visayas

      Dr. Pete Tingson   Iloilo, Bacolod

      Dr. Harry Longno   Northern Mindanao 

This was a move approved by the council in an effort to get a more palpable pulse of what the majority of the urologists feel and want and have that echoed in our council meetings. It is sort of experimental and we will have to decide at the end of my term whether we will continue it or not

Our treasurer, Raul Andutan and Secretary, Jim Balingit have both moved to relocate our funds, both foreign and local currency to higher yielding but still, short term instruments. We still have a hefty amount of collectibles from last year and this year's midyear meeting proceeds have added on to that list. We have around P21 M in our various accounts but we expect to spend a lot in the coming Annual meeting which is a tripartite undertaking with the Philippine Endourology Society and the Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists.

We have assigned Dr Andutan to head a committee to look into the possibility of buying or constructing a building for the PUA in the future. There are ongoing talks that the PCS building might be up for sale or transfer and we felt that it might be high time to find a place of our own.

MEETINGS. We had a very successful and event filled Midyear Meeting in Bicol. I can never congratulate nor thank the Bicol group enough for their efforts in making this one of the more memorable meetings in recent history. I would also like to thank Dr. Benny Sunga for "taking on" Cong. EdcelLagman in an impromtu point counterpoint in the proposed Reproductive Health Bill. AmbethOcampo, our third speaker was likewise very warmly received by the audience. His dissertation on Rizal’s life as a“Urologist” was both revealing and entertaining.

Our upcoming bi-monthly scientific meeting schedule is as follows:

2nd Quarter                

June 24, 2009 “Current Perspective in the Difficult to treat GUTB in azotemic patients”  Sponsored by PharexPharma 

3rd Quarter                 

August “Point-Counterpoint: is the Philippines ready for robotics? Sponsored by Bayer Philippines 

4th Quarter   

October “ Current  prospects of PCNL as a stone treatment option in different  training centers in the Philippines” – by NKTI, USTH, UP- PGH & SLMC Sponsored by Patriot Pharma 

Our 52nd Annual Meeting this year ushers in many changes from the way we have conducted previous annual meetings. First of all, it will be a tripartite meeting between the PUA, the East Asia Society of Endourology and the Asia Pacific Society of Pediatric Urologists. Second, we will be holding it earlier than usual, i.e. November 24-26 at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel. This is so because we have tried to accommodate the availability of our international speakers and delegates in order to maximize their attendance in the meeting. Third, the meeting will combine not only a gamut of plenary and state of the art lectures but we will also be holding live surgery demonstrations and workshops for a day at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute. It promises to be a very exciting and educational event and I hope that each and every PUA member will be there to experience it.

OUTREACH. The outreach committee had a very busy 1st quarter outreach activity in Cagayan de Oro where around 11 major surgeries were done together with a free outpatient clinic and a UTI and BPH lecture in the evening. As of this writing they just finished their mission in Bacolod (May 29-31) of which I have yet to receive a full report. The  remaining missions will be on: 

    3rd Quarter             (August 7-9 2009) Bohol Sponsored by UNILAB, Biomedis 

    4th Quarter             (October 9-11 2009) Ilocos Sur Sponsored by Abbott Lab. 

    All of the missions will be attended by either myself or Dr. Gana, our vice president in order to hold simultaneous dialogues with the PUA members in that region.

    Our National DRE will be held on two Saturdays, June 13 for the Mindanao group who are having it early because they have a scheduled annual post-graduate activity in General Santos city on June 20. The rest of the country will have it on June 20, the traditional day before Father’s Day event. As usual, our Pharmaceutical partners will be there to help with the activities. 

      RESEARCH. We have received a substantial research grant from MulticarePharma as announced during our Midyear meeting. This is being spent by or Research Committee to fund worthy research proposals from the different institutions and to hold research training workshops for our residents in training. This should hopefully boost our research output for the coming years.

The rest of our committees are busy preparing for the annual meeting. The Membership Committee has processed the applications of the recent and would be passers of the PBU qualifying examinations. The Website and Publications committee are “renovating and updating” our website in order to cope with the online queries for the meeting and the sending out of information to our members. The Sports and Socials committee are likewise finalizing plans for the annual meeting festivities and they promise new and more fun activities for the fellowship night. We have two new affiliated clubs – SILIP Photography and the Gun clubs- which are both very active.

I will be giving quarterly updates for the rest of the year. I hope that all members are gearing up for the activities outlined above. The secretariat and myself are always open to complaints, suggestions, and recommendations. Please e-mail us at pua_org@yahoo.com or dpserrano@yahoo.com.  

Sincerely  

Dennis P. Serrano, MD

President

Philippine Urological Association,Inc. 
 

 



February 19, 2009

 

 
Dear Colleagues,
 
The Philippine Urological Association will be hosting the 25th Midyear Convention at the Avenue Plaza Hotel in Naga, Camarines Sur from April 16 to April 18, 2009
 
Our schedule of activities are as follows:
 
April 16 at 7:00AM Competitors for the SILIP Photography Contest will troop to the hydroelectronic hot springs resort. From 8:30 AM til 12:00 most of us will be at the Camarines Wakeboarding Center (ten kilometers away from Avenue Plaza Hotel) for various water sports activities like the Dragon Boat Race, Kayaking, Jetskiing and Wakeboarding. The Badminton competition will be held in Legazpi, about two (2) hours drive away at the same time at 2:00 PM there will be a Practical Pistol
Competition, will have six courses of fire at the CWC Shooting Range. Firearms will be available on site..
 
 
 
 
Yours truly,
 
JAIME C. BALINGIT, M.D.
Secretary P.U.A
Chairman Organizing Committee