A Snapshot of UERM

UERM College of Medicine

The College of Medicine of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center was established in 1957 as the University of the East College of Medicine. In 1958, it became the first unit of the newly organized non-stock, non-profit foundation and renamed as the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. The foundation was named in honor of the late President Ramon Magsaysay who died in a plane crash in the same year. President Carlos P. Garcia described the founding of UERMMMC as a “great adventure, marking the advent in the Philippines of educational philanthropy”.


Outstanding Alumni of the College of Medicine

• Dr. Adrian C. Pena ’75- President, Philippine Society of Physicians, 2005
• Dr. Gabriel L. Martinez ’73 - Chairman, Board of Governors, Philippine College of Surgeons. 2005
• Dr. Romeo G. Encanto’72- Outstanding Professional of the Year 2005 in the Field of Medicine, awarded by the Professional Regulation Commission, 2005
• Dr. Sonia C. Rodriguez ’86- President Philippine Psychiatric Association, 2005
• Dr. Brigido L. Carandang ’68- National Representative, Association of Southeast Asian Neurologists, 2005
• Dr. Amado M. San Luis ’74- First Elected President of Asian and Oceania Association in Neurology, 2005
• Dr. Abdias V. Aquino ’73- President, Stroke Society of the Philippines, 2005
• Dr. Eric V. Nagtalon ’78- President, Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists, 2005
• Dr. Edith Magos-Regalado ’65- Most Outstanding Physician 2005, awarded by the Philippine Medical Association, 2005
• Dr. Susan Pelea-Nagtalon ’78- President Philippine Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2005
• Dr. Romeo A. Divinagracia ’63- President, Philippine Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2005
• Dr. Oscar T. Cabahug ’83- President, Philippine Society of Gastroenterology, 2005
• Dr. Norbert Lingling D. Uy ’79- President, Philippine Heart Association, 2005
• Dr. Gracieux Y. Fernando ’87- President, Philippine Society of Oncology, 2005
• Dr. Alberto T. Chua ’83- President, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 2005
• Dr. Cirilo R. Galindez ’78- PMA Governor, Northeastern Luzon, 2005
• Dr. Joven R. Cuanang ’62- President, Stroke Society of the Philippines 2002, Professor Emiritus in Neurology, 2005
• Dr. Jesus Tamesis, Jr. ’78- Councilor, Asian Neuro Ophthalmology Society, 2003
• Dr. Leonardo Almeda ’73- Chairman, Examining Board of the Philippine Society and Reproductive Endocrinology of Infertility, 2002
• Dr. Floro Madarcos ’76- President, Philippine Association of Academic Biochemist Society, 2002
• Dr. Antonio H. Villalon ’70- President, Philippine College of Physician, 2002
• Dr. Fidel Payawal ‘73- President, Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists, 2002
• Dr. Noel Carilo ‘76- President, Orthopedic Sports Medical Society, 2002
• Dr. Antonio Sibulo ’73- President, Cardiac Rehabilitation Society of the Philippines, 2002
• Dr. Josefina Cadorna-Carlos ’78- President, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines, 2001
• Dr. Noe Babilonia ’75- President, Philippine Heart Association, 2001
• Dr. Lauro Abraham, Jr. ’76- President, Philippine Orthopedic Association, 2001  

UST-FMS: A Closer Look

The UST-Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

This was shot at the 2009 University of Santo Tomas Freshman Welcome Walk on July 24, 2009. A UST logo is lit as a tradition during the Welcome Walk ceremonies to welcome the new freshmen into the UST community.

Famous Alumni of UST-FMS

• Mariano M. Alimurung, M.D. - founding member of the Makati Medical Center
• Jesus Dueñas, M.D. - Medical Director, Philippine Orthopedic Hospital
• Francisco Duque III, M.D. - (Doctor of Medicine) Philippine Secretary of Health
• Jose Y. Fores, M.D. - former professor of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, founding member of the Makati Medical Center, and Manila Doctor's Hospital
• Raul Fores, M.D. - Medical Director, Makati Medical Center
• Modesto Llamas, M.D. - (Doctor of Medicine, 1965) former President of the Philippine Medical Association.
• Martin Posadas, M.D. - (Doctor of Medicine, 1949) founder and first University President of Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation, San Carlos City.
• Carmencita Reodica, M.D. - (Doctor of Medicine) former Philippine Secretary of Health.
• Rosendo R. Roque, M.D. - 2006 PMA Most Outstanding Physician for Speciality/Subspeciality and Affiliate Societies.
• Reynaldo L. Vito, M.D. - (Doctor of Medicine, 1960) past President of Phoenix Phil-Am Lions Club of Multiple District 21-C, past President of the Association of Philippine Practicing Physicians of Arizona.