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2021 UPAAA Distinguished Alumni

C I. C. T , MD
2021 UPAAA Dis nguished Alumnus in Radia on Oncology & Community Empowerment

• Served as Radia on Oncologist at the Blake Medical Center
and the Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, FL.
• Served as Associate Professor, Department of Radia on On-
cology and Biophysics, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
• Vice President, Manatee County Medical Society Founda on
2015-present
• Co-founder and medical advisor of Caring Friends/Blake Hos-
pital Cancer Support Group from 1986 to the present.
• Serve in the Deacon Board of the First Bap st Church, and the
Ci zens Advisory Board of the Bradenton Herald
• Member of the Board of Directors of We Care Manatee
• Received the 2014 Life me Achievement Award, Champions
of Healthcare, Manatee Chamber of Commerce.
• Ac ve member of UPMASA Southeast Chapter and Mu Sigma
Phi Founda on; Earned his MD degree in 1970 from UP and BS Pre-Med in 1965 from UP Iloilo.

M G. Y III, MD, JD
2021 UPAAA Dis nguished Alumnus in Pathology & Medico‐Legal Jurisprudence

• Served as Ac ng Medical Director of Pathology for John Stroger Hos-
pital of Cook County for 2 years.
• Had extensive broad-based hospital prac ce experience in laboratory
medicine including general anatomic and clinical pathology (35 years)
prior to re rement.
• Had experience in se ng up outreach laboratory programs (hospital-
based) and administra on; had extensive experience in business as-
pects of running a laboratory as well as teaching medical technolo-
gists, laboratory assistants and technicians, medical students, resi-
dents and conduc ng post-graduate lectures.
• Had experience in Quality Assurance and U liza on Review, Transfu-
sion, and Creden als commi ees along with administra ve medico-
legal experience in all commi ee work.
• Served as a consultant in medico-legal issues as an outside contractor; served as part- me assistant medical
director in medium-sized expanding blood bank in Chicago for 8 years.
• Served as Chief Opera ng Officer of UPMASA for 2 years; Serves as Chair, UPMASA Permanent Endowment
Fund (PEF) from 2011 to the present. PEF funds have increased six mes under his leadership.
• Earned his Juris Doctor (JD) degree in 1988 from University of Illinois, Chicago; his MD degree in 1972 from UP
and BS Pre-Med in 1968 from UP Diliman.