Speakers

INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

Ghauri Aggarwal

Associate Professor

  • Senior Staff Specialist, Concord Centre for Palliative Care

  • Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD

  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney 

  • Chair, Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine

  • Chair, Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network

Patricia Soek Hui Neo

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive & Palliative Care National Cancer Centre Singapore

  • Head- SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive and Palliative Care Centre

  • Clinical Director, Assisi Hospice

Ivy Abrigo Gough

Clinical Nurse Consultant

  • Palliative Care Consult Service, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital Concord West, Australia

DAY 01 - Speakers

Karin
Estepa-Garcia

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • Five Star Family Doctor Awardee 2024, World Organization of Family Doctors

    • Assistant Treasurer, 24th Council, Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network

    • Immediate Past President, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Immediate Past President, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

    • Technical Working Group Lead, Department of Health Manual of Operations, Procedures, and Standards for National Palliative and Hospice Care Program

    • Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital 

    • Vice-Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Manila Doctors Hospital

Rumalie
A. Corvera

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • President, Hospice Philippines Inc.

    • Past President, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • President and Founder, The Ruth Foundation for Palliative Care

    • Technical Working Group Lead, Department of Health Manual of Operations, Procedures, and Standards for National Palliative and Hospice Care Program

    • Chair, Bioethics Committee, Asian Hospital and Medical Center

    • Palliative Care Consultant, Asian Hospital and Medical Center

Agnes
Bausa-Claudio

MD, MPH, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • Founding Board, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Project Lead, Department of Health Manual of Operations, Procedures, and Standards for National Palliative and Hospice Care Program

    • Project Lead, Department of Health Palliative and Hospice Care Training of Trainers

    • Head, Palliative and Supportive Care Unit, Jose B. Lingad Memorial and Regional Hospital 

    • Head, Palliative and Supportive Care Unit, Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center

    • Head, Palliative and Supportive Care Unit, Cotabato Regional Medical Center

    • Medical Director, ActivCare Home Health Solutions

    • Fellowship Training Consultant, University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital and Far Eastern University – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation

    • Palliative Care Consultant, The Medical City, and Cardinal Santos Medical Center

    • Clinical Associate Professor – University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital College of Medicine

Czarina
Estonactoc-Cruel

MAM-MT, NMT, DCE

    • Music Therapist, The Medical City, and Sunshine Place: Senior Recreational Center

    • Adjunct Instructor, College of Performance and Visual Arts, Silliman University

    • Adjunct Instructor, College of Music and the Performing Arts, St. Paul University Manila

Frank
Nacario

MD, MSPH, FPSA, DPBA, DPBPM

Alfonso
T. Lagaya

MD, CMA, MDM

    • 1st Director-General, Department of Health Philippine Institute of Traditional & Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)

    • Consultant/Adviser, World Health Organization in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Fiji Island, 1999-2010

    • Vice President, Philippine Academy of Acupuncture Inc.

    • Consultant, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center and Quirino Memorial Medical Center

    • Assistant Professor IV, College of Medicine, Pamantasan ng Lunsod ng Maynila

    • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery Department of Preventive, Family & Community Medicine, University of Santo Tomas

    • Lecturer, College of Medicine, Emilio Aguinaldo College

    • Senior Consultant, Medical Acupuncture Clinics St. John Bosco Parish

Suzette
H. Solis

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

Mari Joanne
G. Joson

MD, MBA, FPAFP, FSPHPM

    • President, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Head, Palliative Research Cancer Center, Makati Medical Center

    • Section Chief Palliative Medicine, Quality of Life Department, Healthway Cancer Care Hospital

    • Head, Palliative Medicine Cancer Center, Mary Mediatrix Medical Center

    • Consultant, Department of Occupational and Family Medicine, Asian Hospital Medical Center

DAY 02 - Speakers

Joyce
N. Dela Cruz

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • Secretary General, Baguio-Benguet Medical Society

    • Auditor and CME Chair, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians Baguio-Benguet Chapter

    • Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Fellow, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

    • Visiting Consultant:

      • Saint Louis University Hospital of the Sacred Heart and Medical Center

      • Pines City Doctors Hospital

      • Notre Dame de Chartres Hospital

      • Baguio Medical Center

      • Cordillera Hospital of the Divine Grace

      • Benguet General Hospital

Marck Vincent
Hortelano Lucero

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

      Fellow, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

    • Head, Supportive, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Section of:

      • Chong Hua Hospital Cebu and Mandaue City

      • Perpetual Succour Hospital – Cebu City

      • Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

      • Visayas Medical Hospital

    • Visiting Consultant, Department of Family and Community Medicine of:

      • University of Cebu Medical Center

      • Visayas Community Medical Center

      • St Vincent General Hospital

      • Southwestern University – PHINMA Medical Center

      • Allied Care Experts Medical Center – Cebu

      • Adventist Hospital – Cebu

      • Amosup Seamen’s Hospital – Cebu

Fatima May
Z. Caguioa

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Fellow, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

Jinette Lillian G. Carreon-Faner

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • Past President, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians – Nueva Vizcaya Chapter

    • Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Fellow, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

    • Head, Research Management Committee, Region 2 Trauma and Medical Center

    • Medical Specialist III, Region 2 Trauma and Medical Center

Nurijam
Tindick-Espares

MD, DFM, FPSHPM

    • Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Diplomate, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

Benedict
M. Anover

MD, FPAFP, FPSHPM

    • Fellowship Training Officer,  Section of Supportive Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 

    • Eastern Visayas Medical Center

    • Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    • Fellow, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

Join us at 2024 National Palliative and Hospice Care Summit