15/07/2026
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐' ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐
A forthcoming intimidation arose from the gathering of esteemed physicians with subdued expressions of vibrancy earlier at Sanctuario de La Salle. However, this foretells a promising potentiality that would enliven even the most timid ideals pondered to be reluctant.
The event commenced briefly with ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐. ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐, the Student Affairs Division Head, who capably served as the Master of Ceremonies. Customary formalities were succeeded by the delivery of the opening remarks by ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น ๐. ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ, the current Chair of the Medical Education Unit. Preempting the pulse of individualism, she mentioned an African proverb that perceives the long-term propensity of collaboration in forming the College of Medicine: "๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ; ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ, ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ." This marks the celebration of the collective efforts by those who share a common mission of educating future health practitioners.
Following the thematic prelude, ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐, Chair of the Quality Assurance and Faculty Development Unit, introduced the event's inspirational speaker, ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ, Medical Center Chief II of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital. In her address, Dr. Cerrada also equally emphasized that "๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด," underscoring that no single physician can address the distinctive health needs of society. She further explained that "๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ," while specialists contribute the depth and precision necessary for complex care. Rejecting rivalry between disciplines, she affirmed that "๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ," where both generalists and specialists remain "๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต." Her message highlighted that a persistent synchronicity ignites healthcare excellence in unity.
The recognition ceremonies were graced by members of the University administration, including ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ข. ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ. ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ต๐, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ . ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ ๐๐, and ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐น๐ฝ๐ต ๐. ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ, who joined ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐. ๐ง๐ถ๐ป๐ด and ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐. ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป in honoring the exceptional faculty members, associated partners, and student leaders.
Recognized former College Council officers and long-serving faculty leaders included ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฅ. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐, Dean (A.Y. 2022โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ . ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ, Head, Section of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (A.Y. 2017โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น ๐. ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ, Head, Division of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Basic Nutrition (A.Y. 2011โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐. ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ, Head, Section of Ophthalmology (A.Y. 2012โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐น ๐ฉ. ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ, Head, Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (A.Y. 2016โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ, Head, Division of Human Physiology (A.Y. 2015โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ฟ., Head, Section of Orthopedics (A.Y. 2017โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฎ. ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐บ๐ฎ, Head, Section of Bioethics (A.Y. 2003โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ, Head, Division of Family and Community Medicine, including Public Health, Preventive Medicine, and Health Economics (A.Y. 2016โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ ๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐น๐ถ, Head, Division of Anatomy (A.Y. 2015โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐จ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ, Head, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology (A.Y. 2012โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐. ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ, Head, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (A.Y. 2015โ2026); ๐๐ฟ. ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐. ๐ง๐๐น๐บ๐ผ, Head, Division of Neuroscience (A.Y. 2005โ2026); and ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ., Pioneer Faculty, Section of Ophthalmology (A.Y. 2002โ2026). Their combined years of service stand as a testament to the continued growth of the USLS College of Medicine.
The ceremony also honored the College's valued institutional and community partners, including ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น (๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐), ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ ๐ข ๐ง๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, and ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐' ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ป๐ฐ. as its clinical partner hospitals; the ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, and ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ as community partners; ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ, Chair of the Program Advisory Council; and the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑโ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ officers of the ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น (President, ๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ. ๐๐ป๐ฎ; Vice President, ๐ ๐ฎ. ๐ฅ๐ต๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ), ๐ง๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น (President, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ; Internal Vice President, ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ; External Vice President, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ), and ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ (Editor-in-Chief, ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ), in recognition of their leadership and invaluable contributions to the College community.
Presenting the College's educational reforms and newly appointed College Council officers, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ. ๐ง๐ถ๐ป๐ด outlined the College's strategic direction to enhance educational quality and institutional advancement. He highlighted the College's pursuit of PAASCU accreditation, strengthened through a revised organizational structure featuring the Medical Education Unit, Quality Assurance and Faculty Development Unit, and Health Systems Science Unit. Dr. Ting also introduced the College's hybrid curriculum, anchored on the four pillars of Health Systems Sciences, Basic Sciences, Clinical Sciences, and Bioethics and Research, alongside the ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ, which emphasizes human resource excellence, educational quality, academic innovation, research, and transformative growth. Reinforcing the College's dedication to holistic physician development, he reminded faculty that while physicians are often taught that "๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ," educators must instead embrace the principle that "๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ." He concluded with the reflection, "๐๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ," stressing that meaningful medical education begins with educators who believe in their students.
Concluding the assembly, ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป reaffirmed the importance of solidarity and servant leadership, reminding the community that "๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ" while encouraging everyone to embody that spirit. Emphasizing that "๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ'๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ," he challenged faculty, partners, and students to continue becoming "๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ." The assembly concluded with the singing of the Alma Mater Hymn, followed by departmental pictorials and a fellowship lunch, commemorating a gathering centered on the enduring values that continue to shape future physicians and define the heart of medical education.
LCM || Jacqueline Edralin
LCM || Gillian Geraldoy
LCM || Elisha Pablico and Myles Geroche
