•Professor of Medicine University of Santo Tomas – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
•Authored and co-authored 5 book chapters and several original scientific articles in peer–reviewed international medical journals until recently
•In 2020, the “Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Working Party Guidelines on IBD Management during the COVID‐19 Pandemic” Pandemic” he co-authored was awarded the Most Cited Article for 2020 by Wiley Publishing
•Member and Reviewer of the Editorial Board of several international periodicals in Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and Hepatology
•Past Chief of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit of the UST Hospital & Cardinal Santos Medical Center
•Past Chairman, Department of Medicine, St Luke’s Medical Center
•Past President, Asia Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Hepatology Society of the Philippines, Philippine Society of Gastroenterology, Philippine Society of Digestive Endoscopy, and Philippine College of Physicians
•President & Founder, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Club of the Philippines
•Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Philippine Society of Gastroenterology
•Jose P Rizal Awardee, Philippine Medical Association
•Chief, Sub-Section of Hepatology, University of Santo Tomas Hospital – shaped the 1st Clinical Hepatology Fellowship Program for the Philippines
•Medical Director, Healthway Cancer Care Hospital
