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Funeral

 

      Dr. Vilma M. Co, an Active Staff Member of The Makati Medical Center and member of our association passed away early this morning (March 23, 2013).

      We invite the members of the MMC family to the nine (9) consecutive masses which will be offered by the MSA for the eternal repose of her soul. These masses will start today at 12:00 noon at our MMC chapel. 

      Her remains will be cremated and will lie in state at the no. 29 A. Bonifacio AV AFPOVAI Phase 4, Fort Bonifacio starting 7:00 pm tonight. Details of her interment will be announced later.

     Directions to AFPOVAI can be seen below.

 

 



 

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Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:52:00 -0800 MSA YEAR END GENERAL ASSEMBLY http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/msa-year-end-general-assembly-95662 http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/msa-year-end-general-assembly-95662

Dear Colleaugues,

 

Please be informed of the following upcoming activities:

 

1. MSA Year End General Assembly December 5, 2012, 12NN at the Ledesma Hall. Join us as we honor the Senior members (8o y/o and above) of our association during the meeting!

 

 

 

2. MSA Christmas Party December 18, 2012 6PM at MMC Auditorium Tower 2.

See you there....

 

MSA

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Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:40:00 -0800 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/we-would-like-to-thank-the-following-for-thei http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/we-would-like-to-thank-the-following-for-thei

List of Doctors who gave donations for flood victims

(CASH AND GOODS)

DR. ABES, GENEROSO T.

DR. ABES, PATRICIA S.

DR. APOSTOL, JOSEPHINE Q.

DR. AQUINO, NORBERTO B.

DR. ARGUELLES, VICENTE Q.

DR. BAUTISTA, LUISITA C.

DR. BERNARDO, JASMIN MELISSA

DR. BRAVO, ARLENE

DR. BUENCONSEJO, LANI

DR. CAPULE, RODEL

DR. CARPO, BEATRIZ G.

DR. CESARIO, RODRIGO

DR. DAMASO, DENNIS G.

DR. DIAZ, ARNEL D.

DR. FLOREZA, ELSIE REYNOSA P.

DR.FORES, EDGARDO

DR. HERRERA, RODOLFO B.

DR. INGLES, ROBERTO M.

DR. KING,  ANTHONY & PARTNERS

DR. LEELIN, FREDERICK

DR. PASTORES, JOHN VINCENT & ELOISA

DR. RAMOS, CLAVER P.

DR. REYNES, MA. CORAZON

DR. SAMANIEGO, RENE MENDOZA

DR. SANCHEZ, JOSE & TERESITA

DR. SISON, ROXANA

DR. TAN, GIAN CARLA

DR. TAN, REGINA L.

DR. VILLON, ROZAIDA

CVDL HEART STATION

DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY

MEDICAL SECRETARY ASSOCIATION

   MS. INOCENCIO, ERLINDA B.

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Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:19:00 -0700 MMC Physician's Alumni Night http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/mmc-physicians-alumni-night http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/mmc-physicians-alumni-night

MMC MSA & Physicians Alumni Association

Dear Colleagues 

 

We invite you to attend the 2012 MMC Physican's Alumni Association Home Coming, Friday evening, August 31, 2012 at Doctors' Lounge 2nd floor MMC Tower 1. 

Social Hour begins at 5:30PM 

Come relive the good old days with your Co-Interns, Residents & Fellows.

 

See you there!

 

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Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:46:00 -0700 MSA Painting Class http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/msa-painting-class http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/msa-painting-class

The MSA Painting Class goes into full gear under the watchful tutelage of renowned painter Fernando Sena.

 

Watch the class in action......

Members of our painting class are as follows:

MSA_PAINTING_CLASS_MEMBERS.docx Download this file
If you are not a member or would like to join the class please call the MSA Office at local 2279/2280

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Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:16:00 -0700 Doctor's Lounge Inauguration Photos http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/doctors-lounge-inauguration-photos http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/doctors-lounge-inauguration-photos

 

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Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:58:15 -0700 Doctor's Lounge Inauguration http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/doctors-lounge-inauguration http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/doctors-lounge-inauguration

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Dear Colleagues,

You are all warmly inivited to the inauguration and blessing of our Doctor's Lounge. Please visit on this special day and take a look at the improvements we have made for your enjoyment. 

The new doctor's lounge is located on the 2nd floor CP Manahan Complex beside David's Salon.

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The Inauguration will commence at 6 pm on July 6, 2012. Enjoy drinks, good food and camaraderie!

We all hope to see you soon. 

MSA

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Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:32:15 -0700 Condolences http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/condolences http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/condolences

We, at the MSA wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the family of  Dr. Maria Liza Gozon Francisco whose mother Ester Pascual Gozon passed away on June 24, 2012. Her body lies in state at La Funeraria Paz, Chapel 2, C3 Highway, La Loma, Caloocan City, Philippines.

We would like to also extend our deepest sympathy to Dr. Victoria Sarmiento whose husband Eleuterio Sarmiento has passed on June 23, 2012. His body was cremated and wake is being held at Mount Carmel Church, Broadway Center, Quezon City.

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Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:06:00 -0700 Happy Birthday! http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/happy-birthday-31278 http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/happy-birthday-31278

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Birthday Greetings to Drs Jing Isidro & Mike Wassmer

from,

MSA Family

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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:00 -0700 Happy Birthday! http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/happy-birthday http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/happy-birthday

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Birthday Greetings to Drs Boyet Ko & Liza Maceda-Galang

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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:04:00 -0700 Happy Birthday! http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/happy-birthday-89342 http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/happy-birthday-89342

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Birthday Greetings to Dr Dax Kanapi from your MSA Family

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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:07:00 -0700 Our thoughts and prayers are with you! http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/our-thoughts-and-prayers-are-with-you http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/our-thoughts-and-prayers-are-with-you

 

We, at the MSA wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Esperanza Yatco who died Friday, 13th April 2012. She is the mother to Dr. Maria Lourdes 'Melou' Yatco, our consultant at the Breast Clinic

We stand by you in this trying moment of challenge, and join you and your family in prayer and seeking strength from the Almighty God to overcome this tragic moment.

There will be a mass at 8:00 pm tonight, April 16, 2012 at Chapel 1, St Alphonsus Parish, Humabon St., Magallanes Village, Makati City, Philippines

There will be a 10:00 am mass, April 17, 2012 also at St Alphonsus Parish, Humabon this will be followed by a cremation at the The Loyola Memorial Chapels & Crematorium.

 

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Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:59:00 -0700 Dental X-rays May Raise Risk of Brain Cancer http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/dental-x-rays-may-raise-risk-of-brain-cancer http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/dental-x-rays-may-raise-risk-of-brain-cancer

Frequent exposure to dental x-rays correlated with a twofold increase in the risk of meningioma, investigators reported.

Regardless of age at the time of exposure, people who reported at least annual bitewing x-rays had a significantly higher risk of meningioma.

Frequent exposure to panorex films or exposure at a young age also was associated with an increased risk of meningioma, particularly among individuals exposed before age 10, as reported online in Cancer.

"The findings presented here are important, because dental x-rays remain the most common artificial source of exposure to ionizing radiation for individuals living in the U.S.," Elizabeth B. Claus, MD, PhD, of Yale University, and co-authors wrote in the discussion of their findings.

"The primary environmental (and generally modifiable) risk factor consistently identified for meningioma is exposure to ionizing radiation," they added.

The American Dental Association has issued a statement encouraging dentists to weigh the risks and benefits of dental x-rays and noting a paucity of evidence to use x-rays to search for occult disease (J Am Dent Assoc 2006; 137: 1304-1312), the authors noted.

Studies have shown that exposure to ionizing radiation increases the relative risk of meningioma by as much as tenfold. Many of the studies, however, included patients exposed to high levels of radiation, such as survivors of atomic bombs, the authors wrote in their introduction.

Studies that have concentrated on exposure to lower levels of ionizing radiation are few and have fewer than 200 total cases. Studies focusing on the risks of dental x-rays have produced suggestive evidence but have involved few cases and have spanned an era when higher-dose x-ray methods were used, the authors continued.

No recent studies have examined associations between dental x-rays and meningioma during the era when radiation doses for conventional x-rays have decreased and newer imaging techniques, such as computed tomography, have been introduced.

To update the potential associations, Claus and colleagues examined records for 1,433 patients who had meningioma diagnoses from May 2006 through April 2011. They compiled a control group matched for age, sex, and geography.

Overall, the patients were twice as likely as the control group to report a history of at least annual exposure to bitewing x-rays (OR 2.0). A significant difference persisted across all age groups:

10 to 19, OR 1.6
20 to 49, OR 1.9
≥50, OR 1.5

Less-than-annual exposure to bitewing x-rays also was associated with increased odds for meningioma, ranging from 1.1 to 1.6 across age groups. The differences were significant for all but the oldest age group.

Annual or more frequent panorex dental x-rays increased the odds for meningioma by 2.7 to 3.0 in the three oldest age groups, and any exposure to panorex imaging before age 10 was associated with a meningioma odds ratio of 4.9.

The authors acknowledged the inherent potential for under- and over-reporting in epidemiologic studies (in this case, the frequency of dental x-rays). They also pointed out the unknown potential for genetic variation in susceptibility to ionizing radiation exposure.

Finally, the authors acknowledged that some of the exposures occurred before lower-dose dental x-ray techniques were widely used.

In response to a request from MedPage Today and ABC News, clinicians and authorities on radiation safety weighed in on the findings.

Henry D. Royal, MD, of Washington University in St. Louis, called the study flawed and cited the absence of radiation doses and lack of control for nondental radiation exposures.

"Causality seems improbable," Royal responded in an email. "The dose to the brain from dental x-rays should be trivial.

To know whether dental x-rays caused meningiomas, you would want to know the radiation dose to the part of the brain where the meningioma occurred, and you would need to show that there was a statistically significant dose response."

In contrast, health physics specialist Steven King, of Penn State-Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania, credited the authors with confirming an association between dental x-rays and meningioma reported in previous studies.

"The current study is well done and confirms that even in the 'modern era,' radiation exposure from repeated dental x-rays conveys an increased risk of these tumors," King wrote in an email.

Robert J. Emery, DrPH, of the University of Texas at Houston, said the study points to a need for closer examination of the issues, such as actual review of patient records, documentation of the types of exams and imaging, and radiation dose. He also pointed out that dentists and patients can take precautions to limit radiation exposure.

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Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:14:00 -0700 Social Media Etiquette: 10 Commonly Overlooked Best Practices in Social Media http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/social-media-etiquette-10-commonly-overlooked http://mmcmsa.posterous.com/social-media-etiquette-10-commonly-overlooked

Every day more and more individuals are using the internet and not just for sending emails. People have created whole businesses solely over the internet and are very successful. So much so that I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to revisit some well-known, yet easily forgotten etiquette tips.

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Here are 10 Commonly Overlooked Best Practices in Social Media:

  1. Do unto others – “Please” and “Thank You’s” do go a long way. If you wanted to be respected you first have to give respect.
  2. Be nice – Remember, what you do on the internet is a reflection of you and quite possibly your business. Be positive and encouraging. No one wants to be associated with a negative individual.
  3. Don’t be too quick to judge – You know the old saying: “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? It still holds true today. When meeting individuals online, you should strike up a conversation, get to know them a bit before you judge who or what they are. In social media and in marketing, relationships matter. Start building yours today!
  4. Be respectful – Just because you are “hiding” behind a computer doesn’t give you free reign to act as you please. You still need to treat people properly.
  5. When marketing-use a first name – If you want someone to actually respond back to you, you need to make your connection more personable. Using their first name is a great way to start!
  6. Don’t be annoying – Don’t continue to send emails out every hour on the hour. It’s annoying and clutters up one’s inbox. If you don’t hear back from an individual right away, give them some time. Some people aren’t surgically attached to their computers like some of us! :)
  7. Play by the rules – Be respectful of group and community rules. Follow the terms of use of the social platform you are using.
  8. Don’t abuse your network – Use your network the right way. Don’t post how your day is going to your network all day long. It’s unprofessional and quite frankly, unnecessary. If you must post something, post something of significance that your network can actually use, like a great social media link you just found or some sort of tip, advice or quote you find significant.
  9. Add a profile picture – Everyone likes to “see” who they are talking to. It’s easy to do and having a picture on file does make you look more reputable and professional.
  10. Above all – don’t be too quick to react.  People are trying to figure out the most proper ways to communicate and millions are entering as rookies on a monthly basis, so show patience, kindness and assume those trying to interact are naive before you assume they are malicious.

These are just a few etiquette tips that are meant to be reminders, but do bear repeating. There are obviously many more. Just be thoughtful, kind and use common sense; the rest will come naturally.

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