PEDIATRICS AT ITS BEST
The Philippine General Hospital is the home of the one of the best, if not the best, pediatrics department in the land.
Training, service and research are the three major thrusts of the department in consonance with the goals of the Philippine General Hospital and the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines. Being the referral center of practically the whole Philippines, trainees in the department are exposed to a myriad of cases including the rarest and the most complicated of its kind. This clinical experience is complemented by the regular consultant rounds, subspecialty services, lectures for the house staff, seminars, workshops and other learning opportunities. The faculty staff of the department is composed of 66 noted pediatricians, a number of which are holders of postgraduate degrees. Aside from the traditional residency program, trainees can avail of a combined residency and masteral program. Residents can obtain any masteral degree while pursuing residency. In fact, the department also offers its own masters in child health. Further training can be obtained through any of the department's sixteen subspecialty programs.
Patient service is not only measured in terms of quantity but in quality as well. While the most evident is that the department caters to thousands of patients every year, what is not known is that the department has a number of programs lined up for its patients. Among the support groups that have been formed for the past years are the Bantay Barangayan which considers the two general pediatric wards as small communities to which the patients belong, the Teen Mom Clinic which provides comprehensive care to adolescent mothers from pregnancy to post partum, and other support groups for patients with rheumatic heart disease, epilepsy, genetic diseases and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
MISSION/VISION
We are an outstanding department, individually and collectively sustaining the growth of a community of highly competent, dedicated, God-loving and compassionate pediatricians, trainees, and support staff.
Guided by the standards and thrusts of excellence established by the University of the Philippines Manila, UP College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, we are committed to:
• Pursue learner-centered programs that are community-oriented, nationally-relevant and globally-recognized,through:
- the trailblazing of dynamic undergraduate and postgraduate curricula that will equip trainees with knowledge, skills, and values in general and subspecialty
Pediatrics
- pioneering and innovative researches that are of local and international significance
• Provide quality child health care services that are comprehensive, people-empowered and accessible, especially the underserved, by way of:
- creation of a synergy of human / physical resources and appropriate technology that will deliver the best pediatric care to the greatest number of recipients
- increase in inter-disciplinary and inter-agency linkages that will generate diverse opinions to help arrive at sound decisions and provide/ increase access to necessary diagnostic & therapeutic facilities
• Work together in a caring environment that fosters personal and professional growth, best achieved by:
- evolution of a culture unique to the department that will allow the fullest yet very flexible expression of one’s potentials amid a structured timetable of academic and extracurricular activities
- upgrading of the infrastructure for teaching and learning, institution of further incentive mechanisms for faculty and non-academic personnel, systematization of human resource management strategies for residency and post-residency graduates, and scientific and social interactions with alumni here and abroad
• Prepare each department member for the bigger and more challenging role of becoming a multi-talented leader in the community, in the country, and in the world
OBJECTIVES
The Department of Pediatrics has been committed to the goal of providing complete undergraduate and postgraduate education in Pediatric Medicine. Hopefully, this goal will be in congruence with the national goal of providing for the health care of Filipino children and with the college goal of producing a well-rounded medical practitioner and pediatric specialist, as the case may be.
1. Education and Training
a. To provide academic courses for the undergraduate medical student that will enable him to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes which would contribute to his development as a basic physician.
b. To provide formal courses and clinical programs for the resident physician-in-training to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will contribute to his development as a general pediatrician.
c. To provide post-residency training opportunities for the pediatrician to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes in relevant Pediatric subspecialties.
d. To provide continuing medical education courses in pediatrics for general practitioner, general pediatrician, residents, and other health sciences personnel.
e. To provide opportunities for graduate studies through masterate/diploma courses in Clinical Medicine (Child Health) and two-track residency and fellowship programs.
f. To provide resources and opportunities for faculty development.
2. Research
a. To promote an atmosphere that will encourage and facilitate research.
b. To provide resources and opportunities for faculty, fellows, residents, and undergraduate students to do investigative work in pediatric areas of interest (basic, clinical including delivery of health care, pediatric education).
3. Service
a. To provide resources for quality comprehensive pediatric care in both the in-patient and out-patient areas.
b. To participate in local / national health care delivery and referral system. To be able to work as a member of a team in whatever situation, be it community or hospital-based.
c. To be teachers and leaders both in the academe and in the community.
d. To pioneer/get involved in community development/outreach programs that redound to better pediatric care, both for the healthy and sick newborn infant, child and adolescent.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
| Chair | - | EDGARDO E. ORTIZ, MD |
| Vice Chair & Planning Officer | - | ROSA MA. H. NANCHO, MD |
| Asst. Chair for Academic Affairs | - | JULIET O. SIO AGUILAR, MD |
| Asst. Chair for Patient Services | - | LORNA R. ABAD, MD |
| Asst. Chair for Research and Publications | - | CARMENCITA D. PADILLA, MD |
| Asst. Chair for Training | - | JOEL S. ELISES, MD |
| Chair, Postresidency Fellowship Training | - | MADELEINE W. SUMPAICO, MD |
| EChair, Residency Training Program | - | ELIZABETH G. MARTINEZ, MD |
| Executive Assistant | - | MA. LIZA M. GONZALES, MD |
| Executive Secretary | - | MERLA F. RAMIREZ |
| Department Chairs | ||
| Year | Chair | |
| 1910 - 1945 | - | Jose Albert, MD |
| 1945 - 1953 | - | Alberto Tupas, MD |
| 1954 - 1959 | - | Florencio Quintos, MD |
| 1959 - 1968 | - | Artemio Jongco, MD |
| 1968 - 1972 | - | Domiciana F. Dauis-Lawas, MD |
| 1972 - 1979 | - | Luis M. Mabilangan, MD |
| 1979 - 1985 | - | Perla D. Santos Ocampo, MD |
| 1985 - 1991 | - | Amelia R. Fernandez, MD |
| 1991 - 1998 | - | Carmelita F. Domingo, MD |
| 1998 - 2003 | - | Carmelo A. Alfiler, MD |
| present | - | Edgardo E. Ortiz, MD |
