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microcosm

Feb 18, 2009, 10:51 PM

The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following:

1 MARKY JOD ABAY PANDES UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 87.25

2 JUDY EMIL DELA CRUZ DELA CRUZ FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION 86.83

3 KENNETH KARL LIU DY UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 86.58

4 JULIE RAE EVANGELISTA LACSON OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY- VALENZUELA 86.33

5 DON LEO SULLANO PEPITO UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 86.25

6 VICTOR DENOGA ESTACIO UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- MANILA 86.17

7 AILLEN ELEIZER NG MANGULABNAN OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY- VALENZUELA 86.08

8 CHARLIE ERCILLA LABARDA OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY- VALENZUELA 86.00

9 CLARITO DIAZ DEMAALA III UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 85.92

10 JESSICA ALCALA AMARANTE OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-
85.58

Congratulations to all the passers! :D

Full results posted here: http://boardexamresultsprc.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-2009-physician-licensure-exam.html

Warwick Bohol

Feb 19, 2009, 12:00 AM

I would surmise that there are very, very few takers from UP Manila on this exam.

sambeydacolleyj

Feb 19, 2009, 03:41 AM

Congrats to all passers! I hope most of them decide to serve our countrymen first before migrating abroad.

tubong_batasan

Feb 19, 2009, 09:21 AM

wow, pumasa yung classmate ko nung HS.
galing!
galing din ng UERM, lalo ang ang fatima.

meteorcatcher

Feb 19, 2009, 09:22 AM

microcosm

Feb 19, 2009, 10:47 AM

I would surmise that there are very, very few takers from UP Manila on this exam.

Only 14 people took the exam. They all passed. :)

Full stats here: http://media.inquirer.net/inquirer/examresults/PHY02182009.pdf

philippines123

Feb 19, 2009, 01:07 PM

Syempre, ilalagay na naman ng UE sa mga jaryo ang bagong face ng kanilang top notcher...Good strategy nga naman.
Congrats sa kanila...

Ang tanong... san san nagpre-med yang mga yan?

Tom Cruz

Feb 19, 2009, 02:01 PM

My cousin passed! Yahoo! :)

Altwegg

Feb 19, 2009, 03:10 PM

Congratulations, new physicians!

benj_luv06

Feb 19, 2009, 04:16 PM

The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following:

1 MARKY JOD ABAY PANDES UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 87.25

2 JUDY EMIL DELA CRUZ DELA CRUZ FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION 86.83
3 KENNETH KARL LIU DY UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 86.58

4 JULIE RAE EVANGELISTA LACSON OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY- VALENZUELA 86.33

5 DON LEO SULLANO PEPITO UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 86.25

6 VICTOR DENOGA ESTACIO UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- MANILA 86.17

7 AILLEN ELEIZER NG MANGULABNAN OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY- VALENZUELA 86.08

8 CHARLIE ERCILLA LABARDA OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY- VALENZUELA 86.00

9 CLARITO DIAZ DEMAALA III UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 85.92

10 JESSICA ALCALA AMARANTE OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-
85.58

Congratulations to all the passers! :D

Full results posted here: http://boardexamresultsprc.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-2009-physician-licensure-exam.html

wow congrats may nag top ulit na taga piyu.. galing*okay*

cretinous00

Feb 19, 2009, 05:07 PM

UE keeps looking better and better. no denying it. but i'd like to know where their top notchers took their pre-meds. to med school aspirants at diliman, they like to call it "UPRM."

sanpo

Feb 19, 2009, 07:32 PM

Well congratulations to all who passed!

Especially to UE and Fatima :o

Just an additional info, the top two placers of UE had to take this round of board exams since the first board exam (last year) had a saturday test day. Both of them are seventh-day adventist.

stanrinka

Feb 19, 2009, 10:27 PM

FEU remains the best.

ciprofloxacin

Feb 19, 2009, 11:39 PM

Top performing schools with 20 and above examinees

UST 49/51 96%
Saint Luke's 45/47 96%
Saint Louis 42/44 95%
West Visayas State U 31/33 94%

lockex

Feb 19, 2009, 11:40 PM

Di lang naman Diliman ang mahilig mag med sa UE. Marami ring galing Manila at Los Baños. Not their fault na hindi halos nakakapasok sa UST ang mga taga-UP.

serial_killer

Feb 20, 2009, 12:11 AM

Ang tanong... san san nagpre-med yang mga yan?

=> actually halos lahat naman sa ibang school nag pre-med, yung last year na topnotcher taga ust, yang mga taga fatima iba-iba din karamihan diyan hinatak ng fatima at ginawang iskolar for Med sa valenzuela :D

black_prinzz

Feb 20, 2009, 12:28 AM

Wow ang daming pumasa, Congrats sa lahat ng pumasa :)

Congratulations to the UERMMC College of Medicine!!!
#1 MARKY JOD ABAY PANDES UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 87.25

#5 DON LEO SULLANO PEPITO UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 86.25

Over-all passing percentage of UERM graduates is 90% against the National Passing of 64.5%.

lonerako

Feb 20, 2009, 09:45 AM

congratulations to UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST Board passers. Binubuhay nyo muli ang UE!

Top 1 sa Dentistry is from UE 94% passing rate
Top 1 sa Medical Board is from UE 90% passing rate
College of nursing Top #1 performing school 99% passing rate.

God bless UE!

real madrid

Feb 20, 2009, 10:32 AM

ilan kaya dito sa mga ito ang kukuha ng nursing in the future.*peace*

garapata21

Feb 20, 2009, 06:13 PM

my sister passed. congrats to her! :D

renwock

Feb 20, 2009, 06:24 PM

Congrats sa friend ko.

He passed the Physician Licensure Exam. :)

He attended UST for his pre-med, then St. Lukes.

|wyatt|

Feb 20, 2009, 08:10 PM

good job! UERM!

GOOD JOB!!!

ic3mint

Feb 20, 2009, 09:33 PM

The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 1,083 out of 1,685 passed the Physician (Complete, Prelims and Finals with Prelims) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila and Cebu this February 2009. The result of examination with respect to one (1) examinee was withheld pending final determination of his liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examinations. The results were released in two working days from the last day of examinations.

The Following are the February 2009 Physicians Licensure Exam Topnotchers (Top 10 Passers):

1. Marky Jod Abay Pandes, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Mem. Medical Ctr. — 87.25%
2. Judy Emil Dela Cruz Dela Cruz, Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation — 86.83%
3. Kenneth Karl Liu Dy, University of Santo Tomas — 86.58%
4. Julie Rae Evangelista Lacson, Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela — 86.33%
5. Don Leo Sullano Pepito, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Mem. Medical Ctr. — 86.25%
6. Victor Denoga Estacio, University of the Philippines-Manila — 86.17%
7. Aillen Eleizer Ng Mangulabnan, Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela — 86.08%
8. Charlie Ercilla Labarda, Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela — 86.00%
9. Clarito Diaz Demaala Iii, University of Santo Tomas — 85.92%
10. Jessica Alcala Amarante, Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela — 85.58%

Congrats to all of you!
kudos uermmmc!*okay*

filial_piety

Feb 20, 2009, 10:13 PM

Topnotcher didn’t expect to pass exams

By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:47:00 02/20/2009

MANILA, Philippines—Instead of burying himself in his books for the medical board exams, Marky Jod Abay Pandes took care of his two young children at the hospital.

So when friends called on Thursday night to say he had taken the top spot in the tests, he thought they were playing a joke on him.

Pandes, 26, said he had steeled himself to receive the bad news that he had failed the licensure exams for physicians because he was not confident about his chances. He had spent only a month studying in preparation for the tests.

Pandes, who studied medicine at the University of the East-Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, got a score of 87.25 in the examinations.

Kids got sick

“My expectations were the exact opposite. I was almost sure that I flopped the surgery exams. I was expecting to get at least 50 on other subjects, but I was not too sure about surgery,” he said in a phone interview.

“In the exams, if your average is passing but you fail one subject, you won’t pass,” he added.

“Friends started calling me last night, saying I passed the exam and I was No. 1. I thought it was a joke.”

Pandes said he was supposed to review for the Feb. 8 exams starting December, but his children suffered bouts of pneumonia and diarrhea and had to be placed under observation in the hospital.

Isaac and Seth

Pandes and his wife, Maria Carolina, who is also studying to become a doctor, have two sons, a 3-year-old boy named Isaac and an 8-month-old baby named Seth.

At the time his sons fell ill, Pandes said his wife was away because of work in Palawan so he had to set aside his studies to look after them.

“I had to take care of the kids. I did very little studying,” he said.

Power of prayers

Pandes prayed hard to pass the exams.

“More than anything, it was a spiritual experience. I had to rely on God. I prayed while answering the questions, I prayed even during the breaks,” he said.

Pandes is looking forward to becoming a neurosurgeon. “I really can’t see myself in other professions,” he said.

One of his grandmothers has Alzheimer’s syndrome. While it was not the main reason for his decision to go into neurosurgery, Pandes said it made him realize that the brain is medicine’s unexplored frontier.

“The human brain is very interesting. There are still a lot of treatment and modalities that can be explored,” he said. “Brain cancer, for instance, still has a high mortality rate so there’s a room for improvement in the treatment of it.”

Pandes wants to train abroad to become a neurosurgeon but wants to practice in the Philippines. His family is here and there is a need for neurosurgeons in the country, he said.

The personal touch

Being a doctor in the Philippines is also more personally rewarding.

“In the States, they are really strict about malpractice suits and I think it limits the art of medicine,” Pandes said. “It is also more business-oriented there. Doctors here maintain very good relations with their patients.”

RougePercer

Feb 20, 2009, 11:55 PM

Congratulations to all who passed the PLE.

Most especially to UERMMMC College of Medicine. Good job guys, well done.

#1 and #5, galing galing. :)

mandrakes_2006

Feb 21, 2009, 12:18 AM

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST and to all boards passers!!!

1 MARKY JOD ABAY PANDES UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 87.25

5 DON LEO SULLANO PEPITO UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 86.25

Good job schoolmates!

totoo ba na si Dr. Romulo de Villa dean na sa UERM?

LuvKoBading

Feb 21, 2009, 06:20 AM

“In the States, they are really strict about malpractice suits and I think it limits the art of medicine,” Pandes said. “It is also more business-oriented there. Doctors here maintain very good relations with their patients.”

Good for you, but I hope I don't bump into you on some street in the U.S., in Canada, or in London 10 years from now, earning mucho $$$ but eating your words...

tamawow

Feb 21, 2009, 07:15 AM

Congratulations to all our new physicians esp. to the Tamaraw Doctors! :bashful:

joshua3

Feb 21, 2009, 02:05 PM

ganda ng avatar mo tamawow!

congrats sa mga bagong physicians!

garapata21

Feb 21, 2009, 04:39 PM

Congrats sa friend ko.

He passed the Physician Licensure Exam. :)

He attended UST for his pre-med, then St. Lukes.

St. lukes ** ate ko. haha.. and she also passed. :lol:

ic3mint

Feb 21, 2009, 06:34 PM

Syempre, ilalagay na naman ng UE sa mga jaryo ang bagong face ng kanilang top notcher...Good strategy nga naman.
Congrats sa kanila...

Ang tanong... san san nagpre-med yang mga yan?

hindi talaga mawawala ang mga ganitong post..:rolleyes:

mandrakes_2006

Feb 21, 2009, 06:38 PM

St. lukes ** ate ko. haha.. and she also passed. :lol:

bukas paba ang St. Lukes?

garapata21

Feb 22, 2009, 12:03 PM

bukas paba ang St. Lukes?

yup! bukas pa sila. :lol: balita namin na parang mga scholars ang inaacept nila. ewan ko lang. haha:lol:

light-emitting

Feb 22, 2009, 04:54 PM

hindi talaga mawawala ang mga ganitong post..:rolleyes:

It's a relevant question though. Saan nga ba sila nagsi-premed?

cholinergic

Feb 22, 2009, 10:31 PM

wow galing! naman, congrats sa mga bagong physician apat ang nakapasok galing OLFU congrats to OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-Valenzuela

lonerako

Feb 24, 2009, 09:13 AM

weell hindi kasalanan ng UE na napunta sila samin, Kasalanan ng other school yan kung bakit hindi nila tinaggap.

ic3mint

Feb 25, 2009, 02:23 PM

weell hindi kasalanan ng UE na napunta sila samin, Kasalanan ng other school yan kung bakit hindi nila tinaggap.

ganun talaga..pag ibang schools nagtop sobrang papuri na maririnig mo sa mga iba dyan..

pero pag ue nag-top ang dami mo maririnig na comments. kesyo ganyan kesyo ganito..

di sila makapaniwala at ayaw nila tanggapin..

kala nila unibersidad lang nila magagaling...:)

Amazing_Warrior

Feb 25, 2009, 10:39 PM

CONGRATULATIONS UERM

Ang galing galing talaga.

Mga bitter nga naman. Nagtop na nga ang UE dami pa sinasabi. :lol:

steephen

Feb 25, 2009, 11:17 PM

:rotflmao: lameeeg

MisterHappy

Feb 25, 2009, 11:25 PM

CONGRATULATIONS UERM

Ang galing galing talaga.

Mga bitter nga naman. Nagtop na nga ang UE dami pa sinasabi. :lol:

Baka may mag-boycott na naman niyan ha? :lol:

sanpo

Feb 26, 2009, 04:17 AM

For anyone that tops college board exams,

then ask, san ba sila nag high school? :D

Anyway, I'm impressed with Fatima. Although alot say that those are the "chosen ones", meaning they get special attention and review priviledges compared to normal.

Dacs

Feb 26, 2009, 06:22 AM

Simple lang yan.

Di naman ang degree nila sa pre med nila ang nagbibigay ng karapatan na kumuha ng med board exam. Eh kung engineering pala yung pre-med nila, ang kaalaman nila sa mga shear and bending moment ang makakasagot sa mga tanong tungkol sa anatomy?

Haaayyyyyyssssss :rolleyes:

Sometimes it doesn't hurt to exercise logic to overcome your biases. In this case, full credit must be given to the person and the institution they got their MD.

Congrats sa mga pumasa :)