Session I

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Session I FEBRUARY 23(FRI), 2001 AMChairman
Edilberto Torres, MD Co-Chairman Bert
Esguerra, MD
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0840-0925am I am a 50y/o lawyer-professor,
diabetic for 10 years with strict sugar control
over the past 6 months. My CBC shows Hgb12,
still within N and my creatinine is 1.9, hardly
up I understand? Why cant I have my riders?
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To talk on PROGNOSTICATING THE COMPLICATED
DIABETIC

• Medical Residency Training in Internal Medicine ,
  Mary Johnston Hospital 1986-1988
• Specialty Training in Diabetes St. Lukes Medical
  Center Capitol Medical Center, 1989-1990
• Fellowship in Diabetes - University of California
  in San Francisco, 1992
• Institute for Studies on Diabetes M.S. Major in
  Diabetes 1998

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RICHARD ELWYN V. FERNANDO, MD

• Consultant in Diabetes
• St. Lukes Medical Center
• Pasay City General Hospital
• Quezon Institute, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
• Philippine Orthopedic Hospital

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930-1015AM You mean my applicants' chest x-ray
report is normal but the company sees it
otherwise? How's that?
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RECONCILING FILM-REPORT DISCORDANCE

• ROMAN REMO, MD, FPCR
• Consultant-Radiologist
• Medical Center Muntinlupa
• SouthSuperHighway Medical Center
• Ayala Alabang Village Clinic

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1016-1029 Open Forum / COFFEE BREAK
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1030-1115am I had my Coronary Bypass 5 years
ago. And my golf has been in full swing for a
year now? Can my riders be put back and my
coverage increased? The Long-Term Profile of
Post-CABG Subjects Gary A. Lopez,MD , Makati
Heart Foundation
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1120 -1205PM " My client has non-specific ECG
changes. Why is he being required to undergo TMST
for this P3M application?" -When is an abnormal
ECG significant? - EMMANUEL MASANGA ,MD
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1206-1215 Open Forum
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1216 - 130PM LUNCH
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Session II - FEBRUARY 23 (FRI), 2001
PMChairman Art Catli, MD Co-Chairman Linda
Umali, MD
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0130PM-0215PM I had limping gait six months
ago from Guillain Barre and Ive been back to
office with field work for two months now. Can my
disability benefit be considered by my insurance
company? PROGNOSTICATING COMMON NEUROLOGIC
DISORDERS VINCENT MACALINTAL, md
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0216 0300PM My clients severe hypertension
has spontaneously resolved. Yes, his CXR shows
enlarged heart, but his ECG is normal. Why is he
being declined? PROGNOSTICATING THE DILATING
HEART FELIPE LORENZO III, MD
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0301PM - 0315PM OPEN FORUM /COFFEE BREAK
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0316-0400PM I had my breast cancer surgery
done 10 years ago. I don't feel anything. My
latest medical check-up was normal except for
that mild pleural effusion report. Why can't I
reinstate my recently lapsed policy? - BREAST
CANCER - THE PROFILE MA. BELEN TAMAYO, MD
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0401-0445PM IMPLICATIONS OF ADVERSE
URINALYSIS REPORTS RACEME ERASMO, MD
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0446-0515PM The Health Economic Impact of
Smoking - A Global Perspective" -ANNETTE DAVID,
MD
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0516PM - 0530PM OPEN FORUM
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SESSION III -FEBRUARY 24 (SAT), 2001 AMChairman
Benny Delgado, MDCo-Chairman Fil Arches, MD
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0800-0845AM FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN RADIOLOGY
RAMON SANTOS-OCAMPO, MD
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0846-0930AM Agent My clients application
was postponed because of marked cardiac
enlargement and axis deviation in his ECG? How
could that be when he actually is a swimmer? -
THE ATHLETIC HEART WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW (And
Not Be Afraid Of) RAUL LAPITAN, MD
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0931-0945 OPEN FORUM / COFFEE BREAK
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946-1030AM - The client's Peak Flow was
reported normal despite ER consultations for
apparent asthma attacks !?!? How could he have
died suddenly?" -THE FATAL AND NEAR-FATAL ASTHMA
- NAZARIO A. MACALINTAL JR.,MD
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1031am 1040am Description of the
Interactive Session
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1041am - 1145am - CASE STUDY 1 (Interactive)
ReactorsAntonio A. Santiago, MD (GSIS)Leticia
B. Ong, MD (SSS)Olympia Panotes, MD - CMGAmante
Cruz, MD PhilAm LLife
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1146am - 100PM LUNCH
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Session IV - February 24(SAT), 2001 PMChairman
Ammie Zafra, MD Co-Chairman Marina Roldan, MD
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101PM 130 PM - CASE STUDY 2
(Interactive)ReactorsBenedicto G. Delgado, MD
Universal RePedro Feria, MD - CAP Life
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131pm 215pm CASE STUDY 3(Interactive)Reacto
rsAtty. Oscar Cabrera (Legal And
Claims)Emiliano B. Canonigo Jr., MD Medical
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To talk on FATAL-NEAR FATAL ASTHMA - THE PROFILE

• Medical Residency Training in Makati Medical
  Center, 1986-1988
• Pulmonary Fellowship in Makati Medical Center,
  1989- 1990
• Past President, PSIM, 1995
• Chairman, MIB Committee, PLIA, 1996-2000
• Member, American Academy of Insurance Medicine,
  1998-2000
• Fellow, Philippine College of Physicians,
  1991-2001
• Fellow, Philippine College of Chest Physicians,
  1991-2001
• Member, American Thoracic Society, 1995-2001
• Member, European Respiratory Society, 1996-2001
• Member, International Union Against TB And Lung
  Disease, 1997-2001

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RACEME ERASMO, MD
To talk on IMPLICATIONS OF ADVERSE URINALYSES

• Fellow, Philippine College of Physicians
• Fellow, Philippine Society of Nephrology
• Head, Hemodialysis Unit, Mary Chiles Hospital
• Consultant, Philippine Heart Center