Computer Fanatic Turned MEDICAL BOARD TOPNOTCHER! AUG.2001

Light&Easy · Aug 28, 2001, 08:33 PM

KUDOS TO Thadeo Garcia Catacutan!...for topping the AUGUST 2001 MEDICINE BOARD!

CONGRATS FROM THE UST FACULTY OF MEDICINE & SURGERY!...

CHECK THIS FROM PHIL STAR.!http://www.philstar.com/htmtest/archive/archive.htm

THOMASIANS DOCTORS ANG GALING NYO TALAGA!.....

Light&Easy · Aug 28, 2001, 09:29 PM

Medical board topnotcher wanted to be a computer w
By Sheila Crisostomo
Publish Date: [Friday, August 24, 2001]

Information technology’s loss is medicine’s gain.

Thadeo "Ted" Catacutan, 26, never dreamed of becoming a doctor. This year’s topnotcher in the medical board was hooked on computers when he was in his teens.

"I had my first personal computer when I graduated from elementary school. It was given to me as a gift by my parents because they realized that I was so fond of computers," Ted says.

Ted admits that he had set his mind on taking up computer science in college, but was advised by his science teacher Larne Gayatgay to consider science courses upon his graduation from high school at the Don Bosco Technical Institute.

"She asked me to take up science instead. Perhaps she thought I was good in it," says Ted. "I knew that medicine is also a good profession so I gave it a try. It is a decision I would never regret."

Ted bagged the top place in the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Professional Regulation Commission, with a rating of 87.92 percent.

"I never expected that. Maybe I am above average in science but I am not exemplary," recalls Ted. "Before the board exam I just told myself that I have to do my best. I aimed for the best."

Ted is the youngest and the only male in a brood of three. His parents are retired Navy Capt. Rodolfo Catacutan and school guidance counselor Rebecca Garcia.

"There was also a time I thought of going to military school but my father discouraged me. He said there are better opportunities in other professions," he said.

The new doctor was described by his mom as "a good son."

"He never gave us a headache. He also has a good choice of friends ... During school days, all he did was study. But during semestral break, he would do all the household chores. He is a good cook," the mother proudly reveals.

For his pre-medicine course, Ted took up Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Santo Tomas where he was a full scholar. He participated and won in various science competitions and later graduated summa cum laude.

Last year, Ted graduated magna cum laude with a degree in medicine also at UST.

But the young doctor admitted his interest in information technology has not waned.

"At present, I am studying computer animation on my own. I could use it, maybe when I make presentations during conferences. Computers and medicine are somehow related to each other," explains Ted.

With his achievements, Ted may find his hands full of job offers but he is in no hurry.

"I am planning to take up residency training in internal medicine in the United States, probably with my girlfriend," reveals Ted, in reference to Jennifer Uy who also passed this year’s board exams for physicians.

The two have been engaged for seven years but have no plans yet to get married.

"We’ll come to that .... As of now, what I want is to be able to study in the US. After that, I will go back to the Philippines to work in a hospital here. I will be back," Ted says.

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Light&Easy · Aug 28, 2001, 09:41 PM

The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 1,502 out of 2,336 passed the Physician (Complete, Finals, Finals with Prelims and Prelims) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila, Cebu and Davao this August 2001. The results of examination with respect to two (2) examinees were withheld pending final determination of their liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examination.

The members of the Board of Medicine who gave the Licensure Examination are: Dr. Rodolfo P. de Guzman, Chairman; Dr. Edgardo T. Fernando; Dr. Jose S. Ramirez; Dr. Juanito B. Billote; and Dr. Ricardo D. Fulgencio II, Members.

The results were released two (2) days after the last day of examination.

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

RANK NAME RATING
1 Thadeo Garcia Catacutan 87.92
2 Alde Carlo Patdu Gavino 87.00
3 Cherrie Mae Cortez Sison 86.83
4 Gerson Alcantara Criste 86.75
5 Ignatius Gerardo Eleazar Zarraga 86.67
6 Kathleen Joy Ong Lopez Khu 86.58
7 Hipolito Mance Custodio III 86.00
8 Cristina Paguia Rodriguez 85.92
9 Ceryl Cindy Young Tan 85.58
10 Shaun Frederick Magbuhat Aure 85.50
-----------------------------------------------------------Nothing Follows-------------------------------------------------------------

The oathtaking of the successful examinees in the said examination as well as in previous ones who have not taken their professional oath will be held before the Board on Sunday, September 9, 2001 at 1:30 in the afternoon at the Plenary Hall, Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Roxas Blvd., Manila.

source: www.prc.gov.ph

guess how many are thomasians in the top ten!?

viva santo tomas!

SUX2BU · Aug 29, 2001, 07:39 AM

Congratulations to the Royal and Pontifical UST, the NUMBER ONE medical school in the Philippines!

Pepe · Aug 29, 2001, 01:26 PM

I wonder what his pre-med course is... UP PGH has one graduate who has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree as her pre-med course... now top that!

TinaPie · Aug 29, 2001, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Light&Easy
guess how many are thomasians in the top ten!?

UST has 2, #1 and #10. UP-PGH has 6 students in the top 10, with a 98% passing rate. Way to go, PGH! Ang galing niyo!

Altwegg · Aug 29, 2001, 11:06 PM

ano number 1?
number 2?
number 3?

yung skuls ha

1. UP
2. UST
3. UERM

or

1. UST
2. UP
3. UERM

alin sa dalawa?

enteng.00 · Aug 30, 2001, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TinaPie

UST has 2, #1 and #10. UP-PGH has 6 students in the top 10, with a 98% passing rate. Way to go, PGH! Ang galing niyo!

hay nako, this thread is for the ust passers...if your trying to elucidate your triumphs here, better do it on another thread ok?

since binuksan mo na rin yung topic...during the oath taking ng kuya ko for the med board passers about 3 years ago, where an alumnus of UP topped the board, all of the UP grads were acting like gods and goddesses, my kuya nga told me that they're looking at the UST graduates 'mula ulo hanggang paa' because the top 1 was their's...but when the school's performance in terms of passing rates was announced, the Thomasian crowd became the center of attraction. though UP got a 98% passing rate compared to UST's 96%, the commisioner told that topping the board or having a 100% passing rate is not a gauge for the school's quality...true.

for example...UP's 98% during that time is seemingly a big feat, but when you try to see their number of examinees compared to the number of passer's, the 98% is kinda tricky...imagine, UP's examinees are only less than 50 while UST sent a full force of it's new grads into the exams...about more than 300 with 2 or three deficient/uneligible takers, wala ni isang bagsak. now that what made UP grad's quiet during that time.

in anyway, UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery is the best in the country...no need to elaborate.

need i say more...?

Congrats to ate jingbee and kuya Jay!!!

sana pumasa ako sa entrance ko....!!!

LeapOfFaith · Aug 30, 2001, 02:15 AM

congrats Faculty of Medicine & Surgery #1.!

The Whole Tau Mu Sigma Phi are very Proud of you people!
just see the best hospitals here in the country and abroad THEY HIRE THOMASIAN DOCTORS! why? simple THEY ARE THE BEST!

proud to be a part of TEAM USTH!

LeapOfFaith · Aug 30, 2001, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TinaPie

UST has 2, #1 and #10. UP-PGH has 6 students in the top 10, with a 98% passing rate. Way to go, PGH! Ang galing niyo!

with all due respect ms.Tinapie:

UP manila sent how many takers? and we need not surpass your feat ust medicine! is use to regularly top the board!
besides i suppose you are a medicine student too?! just like me we all know where we stand! and I am proud to say UST Medicine is just about everything Quality Medical Education Means!

still we are proud of you Ted!.....goodluck sa residency! internal medicine ba?whu!

sa states! well kasama syempre si Jenny!....

GreekGod · Aug 30, 2001, 03:27 AM

Facultas Medicinae et Chirurgiae!!!

agent1611 · Aug 30, 2001, 03:34 AM

congrats!
faculty of medicine and surgery iba talaga kayo!

lactoserum · Aug 30, 2001, 05:44 AM

only the best! Facultas Medicinae et Chirurgiae

wala ng makakapantay sa inyo!

TinaPie · Aug 30, 2001, 06:30 PM

It's a shame how you people start attacking non-UST people here without basis. I answered someone's question about how many UST are in the top 10 based on facts. I don't understand how that can be miscontrued as UST bashing. Ganoon ba kayo ka-insecure na sinasagot lang ang tanong, naiinsulto na kayo? Am I happy that PGH did well? You bet I am. My boyfriend is from PGH and is one of the August 2001 passers. Bilib ako sa school na yon, dahil I believe that they produce the best doctors. Their performance rates in the boards easily show that. Pero guess what, masaya rin ako na mga kaibigan ko from UST pumasa. Am I from PGH? No, I'm not. I'm from UERM and I'm taking my boards next year. Ang problema sa inyo, any comment lang professing admiration for another school, iniisip niyong insulto na sa inyo eh. Di ako taga-PGH, pero natatanggap ko na magaling sila at bumibilib ako sa kanila. Grow up! Di ganyan klaseng tao ang mga ka-rotate kong mga taga UST sa San Lazaro, kaya mahiya naman kayo sa kanila.

By the way, that argument about not being able to compare the student population because PGH graduated less than 50 and UST graduated more than 300 is invalid. PGH graduates 120 students a year. Kaya kailangan naka-percentage ang passing rate, dahil hindi mo pwedeng i-compare ang # of passers in 120 sa 300. It's basic mathematics. Putting it in percentile makes two numbers comparable. Sabihin mong 95% out of 100 takers ng PGH ang pumasa (that means 5 students ang pumasa), ang 95% ng 300 ay 285, so 15 students ang di pumasa. So pag percentile siya, ma-a-adjust mo yan....teka peeps, please, don't think naman na bina-bash kayo sa mga ganung hirit lang. Kaya kayo inaapi dito sa pex, eh. Napaka sensitive niyo sobra.

clawed_out · Aug 31, 2001, 10:46 AM

viva santo tomas!

no its not that we're being too sensitive..some of us maybe..but definitely not the majority..kaya kami bina bash? or is talagang hilig lang nila yon & most of us are just ignoring them para lang maging masaya sila..anyways we know better..

& sometimes its in the manner of our posts kung flame starter nga siya or whatever....

ih to jerrico & ivy!

newel · Aug 31, 2001, 10:13 PM

congrats to UST anway!

taun-taon na lang kayo ha! lagi-lagi na lang...

EverAfter · Sep 18, 2002, 10:37 AM

Ngayon ko lang nakita tong thread na to. I remember Thadeo. First year bio ako, fourth year siya. Cool na cool. Parang di natotoxic. Yun pala, summa.

I'm from UERM but yeah, I agree. UST Medicine is the best in the country.

faaip_de_oiad · Sep 18, 2002, 11:09 AM

Why does UST keep on saying that they are the best? why are they so insecure with UP-PGH products??? insecurity, perhaps? act like adults please. i guess you people don't have to prove yourselves here.

alj · Sep 18, 2002, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by faaip_de_oiad
Why does UST keep on saying that they are the best? why are they so insecured with UP-PGH products??? insecurity, perhaps? act like adults please. i guess you people don't have to prove yourselves here.

Oo, nga.

Altwegg · Sep 18, 2002, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by faaip_de_oiad
Why does UST keep on saying that they are the best? why are they so insecured with UP-PGH products??? insecurity, perhaps? act like adults please. i guess you people don't have to prove yourselves here.

Why do some people react this way whenever UST people post news about Thomasians topping various board exams? If you review the entire posts here, you'll realize it was a non-UST pexer who claims, "ang galing nyo!" Insecurity perhaps? Bakit whenever UST news about topnotchers and winners are posted here at The Academe, other people lambast these achievements rather than appreciate them? Siguro alj will agree with me, ano?


Aug 30, 2001, 03:27 AM	#11
GreekGod Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Metro_Manila	WOW GALING! Facultas Medicinae et Chirurgiae!!!


Sep 18, 2002, 11:09 AM	#18
faaip_de_oiad PEX GOD Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: GuardianOfDecency	Why does UST keep on saying that they are the best? why are they so insecure with UP-PGH products??? insecurity, perhaps? act like adults please. i guess you people don't have to prove yourselves here. Last edited by faaip_de_oiad : Sep 18, 2002 at 12:12 PM.


Aug 28, 2001, 08:33 PM	#1
Light&Easy ProudThomasian Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Metro_Manila	Computer Fanatic Turn MEDICINE BOARD TOPNOTCHER! AUG.2001 KUDOS TO Thadeo Garcia Catacutan!...for topping the AUGUST 2001 MEDICINE BOARD! CONGRATS FROM THE UST FACULTY OF MEDICINE & SURGERY!... CHECK THIS FROM PHIL STAR.!http://www.philstar.com/htmtest/archive/archive.htm THOMASIANS DOCTORS ANG GALING NYO TALAGA!.....


Aug 28, 2001, 09:29 PM	#2
Light&Easy ProudThomasian Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Metro_Manila	Medical board topnotcher wanted to be a computer w By Sheila Crisostomo Publish Date: [Friday, August 24, 2001] Information technology’s loss is medicine’s gain. Thadeo "Ted" Catacutan, 26, never dreamed of becoming a doctor. This year’s topnotcher in the medical board was hooked on computers when he was in his teens. "I had my first personal computer when I graduated from elementary school. It was given to me as a gift by my parents because they realized that I was so fond of computers," Ted says. Ted admits that he had set his mind on taking up computer science in college, but was advised by his science teacher Larne Gayatgay to consider science courses upon his graduation from high school at the Don Bosco Technical Institute. "She asked me to take up science instead. Perhaps she thought I was good in it," says Ted. "I knew that medicine is also a good profession so I gave it a try. It is a decision I would never regret." Ted bagged the top place in the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Professional Regulation Commission, with a rating of 87.92 percent. "I never expected that. Maybe I am above average in science but I am not exemplary," recalls Ted. "Before the board exam I just told myself that I have to do my best. I aimed for the best." Ted is the youngest and the only male in a brood of three. His parents are retired Navy Capt. Rodolfo Catacutan and school guidance counselor Rebecca Garcia. "There was also a time I thought of going to military school but my father discouraged me. He said there are better opportunities in other professions," he said. The new doctor was described by his mom as "a good son." "He never gave us a headache. He also has a good choice of friends ... During school days, all he did was study. But during semestral break, he would do all the household chores. He is a good cook," the mother proudly reveals. For his pre-medicine course, Ted took up Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Santo Tomas where he was a full scholar. He participated and won in various science competitions and later graduated summa cum laude. Last year, Ted graduated magna cum laude with a degree in medicine also at UST. But the young doctor admitted his interest in information technology has not waned. "At present, I am studying computer animation on my own. I could use it, maybe when I make presentations during conferences. Computers and medicine are somehow related to each other," explains Ted. With his achievements, Ted may find his hands full of job offers but he is in no hurry. "I am planning to take up residency training in internal medicine in the United States, probably with my girlfriend," reveals Ted, in reference to Jennifer Uy who also passed this year’s board exams for physicians. The two have been engaged for seven years but have no plans yet to get married. "We’ll come to that .... As of now, what I want is to be able to study in the US. After that, I will go back to the Philippines to work in a hospital here. I will be back," Ted says. Back \| Search Again \| Printable Version FROM THE PHIL-STAR! AUG 24,2001


Aug 28, 2001, 09:41 PM	#3
Light&Easy ProudThomasian Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Metro_Manila	The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 1,502 out of 2,336 passed the Physician (Complete, Finals, Finals with Prelims and Prelims) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila, Cebu and Davao this August 2001. The results of examination with respect to two (2) examinees were withheld pending final determination of their liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examination. The members of the Board of Medicine who gave the Licensure Examination are: Dr. Rodolfo P. de Guzman, Chairman; Dr. Edgardo T. Fernando; Dr. Jose S. Ramirez; Dr. Juanito B. Billote; and Dr. Ricardo D. Fulgencio II, Members. The results were released two (2) days after the last day of examination. The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following: RANK NAME RATING 1 Thadeo Garcia Catacutan 87.92 2 Alde Carlo Patdu Gavino 87.00 3 Cherrie Mae Cortez Sison 86.83 4 Gerson Alcantara Criste 86.75 5 Ignatius Gerardo Eleazar Zarraga 86.67 6 Kathleen Joy Ong Lopez Khu 86.58 7 Hipolito Mance Custodio III 86.00 8 Cristina Paguia Rodriguez 85.92 9 Ceryl Cindy Young Tan 85.58 10 Shaun Frederick Magbuhat Aure 85.50 -----------------------------------------------------------Nothing Follows------------------------------------------------------------- The oathtaking of the successful examinees in the said examination as well as in previous ones who have not taken their professional oath will be held before the Board on Sunday, September 9, 2001 at 1:30 in the afternoon at the Plenary Hall, Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Roxas Blvd., Manila. source: www.prc.gov.ph guess how many are thomasians in the top ten!? viva santo tomas!


Aug 29, 2001, 07:39 AM	#4
SUX2BU Banned by Admin Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The Sun Spot of	Congratulations to the Royal and Pontifical UST, the NUMBER ONE medical school in the Philippines!


Aug 29, 2001, 01:26 PM	#5
Pepe Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Metro_Manila	I wonder what his pre-med course is... UP PGH has one graduate who has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree as her pre-med course... now top that!


Aug 29, 2001, 11:06 PM	#7
Altwegg Son of the 80s Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: dito sa kwarto ko	ano number 1? number 2? number 3? yung skuls ha 1. UP 2. UST 3. UERM or 1. UST 2. UP 3. UERM alin sa dalawa?


Aug 30, 2001, 02:15 AM	#9
LeapOfFaith Loverboy!!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Metro_Manila	congrats Faculty of Medicine & Surgery #1.! The Whole Tau Mu Sigma Phi are very Proud of you people! just see the best hospitals here in the country and abroad THEY HIRE THOMASIAN DOCTORS! why? simple THEY ARE THE BEST! proud to be a part of TEAM USTH!


Aug 30, 2001, 03:34 AM	#12
agent1611 Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Metro_Manila	congrats! faculty of medicine and surgery iba talaga kayo!


Aug 30, 2001, 05:44 AM	#13
lactoserum Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Metro_Manila	only the best! Facultas Medicinae et Chirurgiae wala ng makakapantay sa inyo!


Aug 30, 2001, 06:30 PM	#14
TinaPie Member Join Date: Aug 2000	It's a shame how you people start attacking non-UST people here without basis. I answered someone's question about how many UST are in the top 10 based on facts. I don't understand how that can be miscontrued as UST bashing. Ganoon ba kayo ka-insecure na sinasagot lang ang tanong, naiinsulto na kayo? Am I happy that PGH did well? You bet I am. My boyfriend is from PGH and is one of the August 2001 passers. Bilib ako sa school na yon, dahil I believe that they produce the best doctors. Their performance rates in the boards easily show that. Pero guess what, masaya rin ako na mga kaibigan ko from UST pumasa. Am I from PGH? No, I'm not. I'm from UERM and I'm taking my boards next year. Ang problema sa inyo, any comment lang professing admiration for another school, iniisip niyong insulto na sa inyo eh. Di ako taga-PGH, pero natatanggap ko na magaling sila at bumibilib ako sa kanila. Grow up! Di ganyan klaseng tao ang mga ka-rotate kong mga taga UST sa San Lazaro, kaya mahiya naman kayo sa kanila. By the way, that argument about not being able to compare the student population because PGH graduated less than 50 and UST graduated more than 300 is invalid. PGH graduates 120 students a year. Kaya kailangan naka-percentage ang passing rate, dahil hindi mo pwedeng i-compare ang # of passers in 120 sa 300. It's basic mathematics. Putting it in percentile makes two numbers comparable. Sabihin mong 95% out of 100 takers ng PGH ang pumasa (that means 5 students ang pumasa), ang 95% ng 300 ay 285, so 15 students ang di pumasa. So pag percentile siya, ma-a-adjust mo yan....teka peeps, please, don't think naman na bina-bash kayo sa mga ganung hirit lang. Kaya kayo inaapi dito sa pex, eh. Napaka sensitive niyo sobra.


Aug 31, 2001, 10:46 AM	#15
clawed_out HATERade keeps you hating Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: in your head	viva santo tomas! no its not that we're being too sensitive..some of us maybe..but definitely not the majority..kaya kami bina bash? or is talagang hilig lang nila yon & most of us are just ignoring them para lang maging masaya sila..anyways we know better.. & sometimes its in the manner of our posts kung flame starter nga siya or whatever.... ih to jerrico & ivy!


Aug 31, 2001, 10:13 PM	#16
newel Gud thoughts-sword&shield Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Verhalen	congrats to UST anway! taun-taon na lang kayo ha! lagi-lagi na lang...


Sep 18, 2002, 10:37 AM	#17
EverAfter Member Join Date: Aug 2001	Ngayon ko lang nakita tong thread na to. I remember Thadeo. First year bio ako, fourth year siya. Cool na cool. Parang di natotoxic. Yun pala, summa. I'm from UERM but yeah, I agree. UST Medicine is the best in the country.