About Us

Birth of the AACE-Philippines Chapter

 

"The AACE was founded in 1991 by a visionary group of leaders to serve as the active voice for clinical endocrinologists."

At the time, clinical endocrinology had no input to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), nor were clinical endocrinologists represented in the health policy-making bodies of most influential physician societies (i.e., the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine). To address this need, a steering committee of 26 clinical endocrinologiest from across the country accepted responsibility and dedicated a great deal of time and effort to creating AACE. Much care was given to choosing a name in order to reflect the organization's emphasis on providing practicing clinical endocrinologists an  avenue for the study of the scientific, social, political, and economic aspects of endocrinology consistent with maintaining the highest levels of patient care and standards of medical practice.

As the AACE membership grew and a lot of international members have been invited, different chapters internationally were put up. AACE Chapters in India and Nigeria were approved. So the night of the First Augusto D. Litonjua Professional Lecture in Endocrinology on March 11, 2005, Dr. Pauline Camacho, a Board of Director of AACE, who happened to be a recipient of the award, and Dr. Augusto Litonjua agreed to put up a Philippine Chapter. An exploratory meeting was also held in Washington on May 2005.

List of Officers and Board

Current Officers 2019-2020

Theresa Marie Valdez-Faller, MD, FACE
President
Jubilia Balderas-de Guzman , MD, FACE
President-elect
Marie Gertrude I. Santos, MD, FACE
VP
Raymond U. Oribio, MD, FACE
Secretary
Melanie Grace Valdez, MD, FACE
Treasurer

Board of Directors

Demosthenes M. Lumabi, MD, FACE
Edna V. Alcantara, MD, FACE
James K. Young, MD, FACE
Yasmin Laura Marie Zuniga, MD, FACE
Maria Leonora D. Capellan, MD
Rosario R. Bongco, MD
Francis Lee W. Ho, MD, FACE
Glenn Michael M. Ramos, MD

President Emeritus

Augusto D. Litonjua, MD, FACE
(on leave)

Council of past Presidents

Gail V. Magtolis, MD, FACE
2014-2015
Florence Amorado-Santos, MD, FACE
2013-2014
Marsha C. Tolentino, MD, FACE
2012-2013
Gerry H. Tan, MD, FACE
2011-2012
Jimmy B. Aragon, MD, FACE
2016-2017
Joy Arabelle Castillo-Fontanilla, MD, FACE
2010-2011
Reynaldo D. Rosales, MD, FACE
2017-2018
Estrellita Fernando-Lopez, MD, FACE
2009-2010
Robert Michael G. Gan, MD, FACE
2018-2019
Honolina Serro-Gomez, MD, FACE
2008-2009
George B Tan, MD, FACE
2006-2008
Jose Carlos S. Miranda, MD, FACE
‎2015-2016