Physician's Directory National Kidney and Transplant Institute East Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines, 1104 FOREWORD The National Kidney and Transplant Institute, from its humble beginnings as a foundation dedicated to treating kidney, genitourinary tract diseases and organ transplantation, has evolved into what is presently considered the most formidable team in their specialties in the Philippine healthcare arena. Now in its 30th year, the Institute is very proud to present the new Physicians Directory highlighting our homegrown experts and internationally-trained and acclaimed specialists. One essential factor for an organization to achieve successful healthcare implementation is through harnessing its human resources. The practice of medicine in the Institute has blossomed over time through reinforcing the expertise, capabilities and support facilities of the doctors. In light of the increasing demands of patient care, the NKTI management established a Medical Arts building for doctors in order to provide a “niche” where they can directly interact with patients, as well as to support professional growth through private practice. Over the years, the number of doctors multiplied as patient referrals increased. As a renowned training institute, NKTI has been able to realize its mandates through the sharing of expertise and transfer of knowledge by implementing effective, relevant and up-to-date training protocols that supplement service continuity – ensuring that the NKTI way of patient care and management is inherited by the present and future generations of doctors. The success of the NKTI is congruent to the success of its personnel. We are a team, a family. Despite being a specialty hospital, we are very proud that camaraderie and teamwork has long been realized in the Institution – a measurement indicator that we have sustained the holistic way of delivering healthcare through a dynamic mix of specialists and generalists, young and old, coming from the best medical schools in the country and who have been further educated in leading specialty centers around the world. I thank everyone for the success of NKTI. Let us all infuse the culture of cooperation and capacity-building towards being a more competitive and innovative institution. Special recognition goes out to our staff from the Public Information Office, Executive Offices and the Department Offices. Thank you very much for putting this directory together. JOSE DANTE P. DATOR, M.D. Executive Director TABLE OF CONTENTS NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE About National Kidney and Transplant Institute 1 Directions to National Kidney and Transplant Institute 2 Map 3 PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY ANESTHESIA 4 NUCLEAR MEDICINE 46 INTERNAL MEDICINE 9 ORGAN TRANSPLANT AND Cardiolog y 11 VASCULAR SURGER Y 48 Der matology 13 Endocrinolog y 14 RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 52 Gastr oenterology 15 Gener al Medicine 17 SURGERY 57 Hematolog y 18 Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)/ Infectious Disease 18 Otorhinolaryngology 59 Neur ology 19 Dental Medicine 60 Nutritional Oncology 20 General Surgery 61 Oncolog y 21 Obstetrics & Gynecology 62 Physical Medicine & Ophthalmology 64 Rehabilitation 22 APECS (Asia Pacific Eye Psy chiatry 23 Care Specialists) 64 Pulmonolog y 23 Orthopedic 66 Rheumatolog y 25 Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 67 LABORA TORY MEDICINE 26 UROLOGY 69 Allergolog y/Immunology 27 Adult 70 P athology 28 Pediatrics 77 NEPHROL OGY Clinic Schedule 78 Adult 32 P ediatrics 42 For more information, call 981-0300 or 981-0400 or visit www.nkti.gov.ph ABOUT NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) is a government-owned and controlled corporate tertiary specialty center attached to the Department of Health. Its mandate is to specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, rehabilitation and treatment of kidney and allied diseases through dialysis and transplantation. It focuses on service, training and research in the field of renal diseases and organ transplantation. From its auspicious beginning as the pioneer institution in specialty and tertiary health care in 1983, the NKTI has grown to become the premier transplant center in the country. The NKTI has a consultant complement of more than 300 medical specialists and 1,000 support staff. The hospital boasts of advanced medical facilities that can handle emergencies and complicated cases in surgery, urology, nephrology, and other fields of Medicine. A recent addition is the Diagnostic Center with the latest state-of-the-art equipment at par with the best private hospitals in the Philippines and Asia. Extensive programs for doctors include residency training in medicine, urology, radiology, pathology, anesthesiology, and fellowships in adult and pediatric nephrology, oncology, anesthesiology, vascular surgery and organ transplantation. Also offered are specialty training programs for nurses and other allied health-care providers. It is the first government hospital to obtain the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) certification in comprehensive specialty health services. NKTI delivers world-class quality service tempered with kindness and compassion. 1 DIRECTIONS TO NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE 2 NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE HOSPITAL MAP MAIN BUILDING MAIN BLDG. ENTRANCE ANNEX I R\ O\ O\ F\ \ \ O\ F\ \ \ M\ BLDG. O.R. & CUMH WING-A\ TORY\ EXTENSIO TORY\ LABORA MAIN\CENTER POWER BLDG. ENTRANCE ANNEX I BLDG. NKTI GAS\ ROOM DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC BLDG. 3rd Flr DIAGNOSTIC CENTER ENTRANCE RCBC 3 Department of Anesthesia Department of Anesthesiology The Department of Anesthesiology was established in 1983 with Aurea Z. Ambrosio, MD, DPBA, as Chairman. They started providing anesthesia care for patients undergoing Organ Transplant Surgery and Critical Care cases. ANESTHESIA The original National Kidney Foundation which there was dedicated to renal surgical procedures and has expanded to include all services except cardiac surgery and OB and renamed as National Kidney and Transplant Institute. HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS: 1983 – Revived the living related kidney transplant in a government institution. 1986 – First Kidney Transplant from a cadaveric donor in the Philippines. 1988 – First simultaneous Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgery, the first double organ transplant in Asia. Each year, we do cases of Renal Transplant Surgery at an average of 200-400 patients/year. Since 1988, we also started doing Liver Transplant Surgery. 1996 –First Pediatric Living-Related Liver Transplant Surgery was done in the Philippines. Provides clinical anesthetic care for all types of surgical, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as: · Transplant Surgery · General Surgery · Urology · Ambulatory Surgery/Procedures · Orthopedics · Ophthalmology · Pediatric Surgery · Endoscopy · Neurosurgery · Interventional Radiology · Gynecology and Women's Health · Vascular Surgery · Minimally invasive surgeries e.g. lapcholecystectomy, lap-urological procedures including lap-donor nephrectomies and percutaneous kidney stone removal. Beyond the operating room theater, we render anesthesia care to ambulatory cases such as Peripheral and Coronary Angioplasty, ESWL, Diagnostic CT scan, MRI, and Nuclear. We give anesthesia service to state of the art procedures like endovascular aortic repair for aortic aneurysm. All procedures and cases were made possible with the acquisition of the latest state of the art anesthesia equipments. All anesthetic procedures are thoroughly monitored using state of the art monitoring like oxymetry, capnography, BISpectral monitor (measure of depth of anesthesia), and TOF watch for neuromuscular block. The anesthesia department employs newer technique like target controlled infusion for total intravenous anesthesia, regional blocks using ultrasound. 4 • The Anesthesia Department presently composed of 7 practicing consultants: – Jaime G. Velasquez, MD, DPBA, Department Chairman – Ernesto Sancho R. Castillo, MD, DPBA, Training Officer – Arnold S. Uy, MD, DPBA, Transplant Anesthesia/Anesthesia for Liver /Pain Specialists – Luis Antonio R. Aoanan, MD, DPBA, Transplant Anesthesia/Peripheral Nerve Block – Michael Y. Mendoza, MD, DPBA, Transplant Anesthesia/TEE – Ma. Imelda M. Gloria, MD, DBPA, Transplant Anesthesia/Ambulatory – Abelardo Alan P. Prodigalidad, MD, DPBA, Cardiac Anesthesia Trainings: Anesthesia training is one of the most comprehensive training in the Philippines. It includes special rotation in the fields of Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Pediatrics, Trauma, EENT, Optha and Obstetrics. Residents spend a good part of training in different centers like: – Lung Center of the Philippines – Philippine Heart Center – Philippine Children's Medical Center – East Avenue Medical Center – Cardinal Santos Medical Center Aside from outside rotation of the trainees they also do Ambulatory cases as well as acute and chronic pain management, organ transplantation and critical care. Exposure to research and doing research papers are part of their curriculum. At the end of the three-year course, the trainees should be able to: – Provide safe and quality anesthesia care for all surgical, obstetrical, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures – Do proficiently pre- and post- operative evaluation of patients – Manage competently, evaluation and treatment of critically ill patients, fluid and electrolyte replacement, and respiratory therapy – Perform competently, resuscitative procedures inside and outside the operating room complex – Provide pain relief by nerve