The Philippine College of Surgeons (PCS) will be celebrating its 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary in 2012. In line with this momentous event, the Board has already started formulating projects and activities.

For more details, click here .

Thanks,

DENNIS P. SERRANO, M.D.

President

Philippine Urological Association, Inc.

  PHILIPPINE UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

 and

cordially invite you

to the

2^nd Bi-Monthly Meeting and Lecture

POINT_COUNTERPOINT:

Is the Philippines ready for Robotics?

Speaker: Dennis G. Lusaya, MD

               Jason L. Letran, MD 

and

BED BUGS AND THE BELEAGUERED URINARY TRACT: FAQs on the use of Fluoroquiolones

Speaker: Mario Panaligan, MD

06:30 PM

 
at

 
The A – Venue Suites

Makati Avenue, Makati City

July 15, 2009

DEAR PUA MEMBERS,

Today, we met with the Department of Social Work Secretary, Dr. Esperanza Cabral, and the Department of Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor who is also concurrently the Chair of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT).

Subject of the meeting was the new IRR or Implementing Rules and Regulations on the Trafficking of Organs which took effect last  June 21, 2009.

The IRR is several pages long and is available to you upon request from the PUA secretariat. But for the sake of brevity, let me just highlight for you the most important points in the IRR that will affect you if you are engaged in kidney transplantation (as a donor surgeon).

1. The IRR defines  "trafficking of persons"  as "recruitment, transportation, transfer or harboring, or receipt of persons by means of threat, use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud..... taking  advantage of the vulnerability of persons.... for the  purpose of slavery.... or  removal or sale of organs.

2. IT may occur WITH OR WITHOUT THE VICTIM'S (or donor's) CONSENT.

3. IT prohibits the giving of "VALUABLE CONSIDERATION" (money or anything of value ) to the donor in exchange for his donation (other than reasonable payments like hospitalization expenses, costs of medical work-up, costs of medicines and follow-up, incidental to the operation).

4. As medical practitioners, we are required to report any circumstance in which we suspect that a person was trafficked for the removal or sale of organs. Failure to do so shall be a ground for an administrative proceeding or criminal liability.

5. No foreigner can receive an organ from a Filipino non-related donor (including spouses)

6. Violation of the IRR can mean a fine of not less than 1 million pesos but not more that 2 million pesos and imprisonment of between 15-20 years.

In essence, it affects the way we practice LIVING NON RELATED KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION. Please confer with your transplant team and transplant surgeon and hospital ethics committee on measures which you may have to take in order to ensure that you do not unwittingly commit a violation of the IRR.

My suggestions are as follows:

1. Confine your operations to living related or cadaveric transplantation.
2. If you will do a living non related transplantation, it would be better if it was the recipient who brought the donor to you and ensure that there will be no exchange of payment or "valuable consideration" for the donation. If you cannot ensure this, you can have the donor and recipient pair get approval from first , your hospital ethics committee and then, for the next 2 months, the CHair of the IACAT who is USec. Blancaflor at the Department of Justice. Hopefully after two months, they would have another mechanism in place to approve or deny such donations.
3. "Ignorance" of the fact that payment took place does not excuse you from liability. In fact, everyone in the team, including the ethics committee members are liable.
4. The IACAT has given out a prescribed "donor consent form" which you should use, which should be notarized. Each of the transplant centers who attended the meeting got a copy. I can provide you one if you need it.
5. DO NOT ENGAGE DONORS WHO ARE "WALK-IN" OR THE NON-DIRECTED, NON-RELATED DONORS. THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS OUTRIGHT "SELLERS". ALSO, DONORS FROM FOUNDATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN PROCESSED UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GOING TO BE SUSPECT AS ORGAN SELLERS.

Please be very careful with the above IRR. The IACAT, DSWD, NBI and PNP are serious with the implementation. If you have any questions, you can call me up anytime.
I tried to attach a scanned copy of the IRR but the file size is too big. I will try to get an electronic copy. You can also download it from this website: www.iacat.com.ph. As i mentioned, you can get a hard copy of the entire IRR from me or the PUA secretariat.

Thank You.


Dennis P. Serrano, MD
Urologist/Transplant Surgeon

Associate Professor of Surgery
University of the Philippines, College of Medicine

The Philippine Urological Association, Inc

in cooperation with

"Current Perspective in the Difficult to Treat GUTB in Azotemic Patients"

JAIME C. MONTOYA, MD, MSc

Executive Director, Philippine Council for Health Research and Development

Department of Science and Technology

June 24, 2009 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM

Clermont Function Room

22nd flr. Discovery Suites, Ortigas 

TO ALL PUA MEMBERS:

PMA : POWER CARD 

 Pls click here to download the letter of PMA.

DR. DENNIS P. SERRANO

President 

TO ALL PUA MEMBERS:

The search for THE OUTSTANDING FILIPINO PHYSICIAN OF PHILIPPINE UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

pls click here for more info..

DENNIS P. SERRANO, M.D.

President

The Makati Medical Center

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Section of Urogynecology

and

Department of Surgery

Section of Urology

 cordially invite you to the

"HANDS-ON URODYNAMICS WITH BIOFEEDBACK

& ANORECTAL MANOMETRY TRAINING COURSE"

MR. RAYMOND LABORIE

Chairman

Laborie Medical Technologies, Inc.

DR. LAUREN SUN

Clinical Trainer,

Laborie (China)  Medical Technologies, Inc.

APRIL 6 - 7, 2009, 8:00 AM, Ledesma Hall

9th floor, Makati Medical Center

Makati City, Philippines 

Click here to download the program.. 

PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS'

COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FOR FELLOWSHIP IS ON OR BEFORE

APRIL 30, 2009 (THURSDAY)

APPLICANTS WHO SATISFACTORILY  COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE INCLUDED FOR THIS YEAR'S INDUCTION DURING THE PCS 65TH ANNUAL CLINICAL CONGRESS ON DECEMBER 6, 2009

Pls click here to download the application and requirements

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE

FEBRUARY 22 and MARCH 1, 2009

PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BOARDROOM

3RD FLOOR PCS BUILDING, 992 EDSA QUEZON CITY 

--->FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE<---

________________________________________

 COURSE OUTLINE:

FEBRUARY 22, 2009 (1st day) 

    9:00 AM FIRST SESSION

            Opening and intro of staff

            Camera operations, menu, understanding exposure, depth of   field, lenses and all about the menu and explanation of technical terms in the manual of cameras. 

    12:00 - 1:00 PM        L U N C H  

    2:00 PM SECOND SESSION

            Composition and elements of design

 MARCH 1, 2009 (2nd day)

    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM  

            Shoot at wildlife session starts at wildlife

            Back to venue of seminar, download of photos taken at the wildlife

            Lighting patterns intro to digital imaging basic

 end of 2nd day session

             Distribution of certificates, speeches and awards

___________________________________________ 

LIST OF MODERATORS:

1. ADOR PAMINTUAN

    Senior Lecturer

    Topic: CAMERA ICONS AND MENU AND HOW TO HAVE A CORRECT EXPOSURE. DEPTH OF FIELD, PLANNING SHOTS, ETC. 

       ** He is also a professional lecturer of St. Benklde which is the first school offering a 3 year course in AB Photography.

     ** He has been with us since the FPPF started to offer workshops in 1993

2. JOEY TANEDO

   ** Professor of the University of the Philippines

   ** Assistant Dean College of Fine Arts

   ** Teaching photography for decades

   ** Teaching also at Collge of St. Benilde

   ** His lecture will be on Art history and elements of design.

 3. DENNIS ARANETA

   ** retired employee of Kodak and will soon be part of the CSB Faculty.

   ** He is the moderator on lighting and technical part of photography.

 4. LITO N. BELTRAN

   ** Project director of the FEDERATION of the PHILIPPINE PHOTOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION since 1987.

   ** Handles the organizational requirements of the annual PhotoworldAsia and overseas the educational programs of the FPPF.

 _________________________________________

 REQUIREMENTS:

Preferably SLR Camera 

_________________________________________ 

FEES:

P2,000.00    Course Fee, Lunches and Snacks

            P1,500.00    SILIP MEMBER 

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TO SILIP and ALL interested PUA MEMBERS:

BASIC PHOTO COURSE 

on

February 22, 2009 (Sunday)

and

March 1, 2009 (Sunday)

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

3rd flr. PCS Building 

992 EDSA Quezon City

PCS Boardroom

Registration:    P 2,000.00 (with lunch and snacks)

PLS TEXT or EMAIL Ms. Miles to confirm.. 

(0918-927-2088 / pua_org@yahoo.com) 

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AOGIN Philippines

Asia Oceania (research organization on Genital Infections ans Neoplasia) 

TO ALL PUA MEMBERS:

The Asia Oceania (research organization on) Genital Infections and Neoplasia - Philippines (AOGIN-RP) will be holding its first Annual Convention on February 21, 2009 at the Garden Ballroom, EDSA Shangri-La.

A series of interesting and relevant scientific lectures by prominent local speakers as well as practical modules for adult vaccination and single visit approach for cervical cancer prevention have been lined up for the whole day. In this regard, we would like to be a good opportunity for all of us to have an update on scientific advances in genital infections and neoplasias int he Philippines. We look forward to your enthusiastic participation in this endeavor.

Truly yours,

MARIA JULIETA V. GERMAR, MD

Overall Chair, AOGIN-RP 2009 Annual Convention

Vice President,  AOGIN-RP

CECILIA L. LLAVE, MD, PhD

President Elect, AOGIN-RP

EFREN J. DOMINGO, MD, PhD

President, AOGIN-RP