I wanna scream
I wanna cry
I wanna jump
up and down
and fly
News just got around
the SU Med School had
blasted off the ground
Our very first graduates
all passed
the 2010 Medical Board Exam!
Fireworks!
Cannon blast!
Let the drums roll
Let the confetti flow
SU Med School
Go! Go! Go!
Showing posts with label MDs and medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MDs and medicine. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
biggest delegation
Leaving for Manila today with 19 medical students(!) and some faculty members to attend the annual medical schools' convention, this time to be held at my alma mater, UERMMMC. I have a feeling we are going to be the biggest delegation this year. Go SUMS!
Friday, January 8, 2010
O.R. and OUT!
Needless to say, the Operating Room (O.R.) is a very high-tension place. Many of the things that happen there are acutely, and literally, a matter of life and death. Oftentimes, energies are in high gear, movements are very precise and well-coordinated, sequential events anticipated, instruments snapped smartly, equipment humming smoothly. Sometimes things can get harried, and a lot of things fly: sharp commands, instruments, tempers, assorted tissues and fluids. Those are really trying times that leave everybody spent and exhausted afterwards.
That is perhaps why the Operating Room is also one of the liveliest places in the hospital, where jokes, stories and food abound, to somehow lighten the gravity of the situations and conditions presented by each case. The OR workers need to chill and have some R and R!
So tomorrow, the OR people are going on an OUTing! To Robinsons Place, Dumaguete, to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken and anagon and then to watch Avatar. Yoohoo!
That is perhaps why the Operating Room is also one of the liveliest places in the hospital, where jokes, stories and food abound, to somehow lighten the gravity of the situations and conditions presented by each case. The OR workers need to chill and have some R and R!
So tomorrow, the OR people are going on an OUTing! To Robinsons Place, Dumaguete, to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken and anagon and then to watch Avatar. Yoohoo!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
staghorn calculi
(Warning: some blood and tissue here.)
A staghorn calculus is not a deer doing advanced mathematics. Rather, it is a stone (or stones) thats form inside the kidney and over the years, takes on the shape of the renal calyces of the kidney, hence the name.
This x-ray (copied from the Diagnostic Radiology of Houston, Texas) shows a staghorn calculus on the left kidney. Notice the stone's resemblance to the antlers of a stag or deer.
This here below is the surgeon removing part of the staghorn (golden brown, center) from the now open kidney, which was markedly enlarged and filled with pus.
We tried to save the kidney and just remove all the stones but in the end we opted to do a nephrectomy instead as leaving it in would probably do more harm than good as it was infected and already severely deformed structurally and most probably functionally as well.
open kidney and staghorn calculi, separated after many, many years
A staghorn calculus is not a deer doing advanced mathematics. Rather, it is a stone (or stones) thats form inside the kidney and over the years, takes on the shape of the renal calyces of the kidney, hence the name.
This x-ray (copied from the Diagnostic Radiology of Houston, Texas) shows a staghorn calculus on the left kidney. Notice the stone's resemblance to the antlers of a stag or deer.
This here below is the surgeon removing part of the staghorn (golden brown, center) from the now open kidney, which was markedly enlarged and filled with pus.
We tried to save the kidney and just remove all the stones but in the end we opted to do a nephrectomy instead as leaving it in would probably do more harm than good as it was infected and already severely deformed structurally and most probably functionally as well.
open kidney and staghorn calculi, separated after many, many yearsSunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Medicine Week
It's Medicine Week in Negros Oriental from September 20 to 27 and there have been daily activities which I haven't joined except for tonight's event at the Honeycomb Restaurant, a physician/pharmaceutical partnership called "If you can DO IT... we can DUET!" What else could it be but karaoke singing, a most favorite pastime of Filipinos, irregardless of profession or age. This duet (doctor and med rep pairing) singing contest, a first ever in the history of the Negros Oriental Medical Society, was a reverberating success, if one goes by the SRO status of the Honeycomb from 7 to 10 pm, tonight.
We even had legitimate judges in the persons of Dr. Susan Vista-Suarez, Rigel Suarez and another musician whose name I missed. I think in the beginning the judges thought it was going to be a serious singing contest, if one went by the outfits of the contestants, the hosts and the guests, but they quickly got on that the spirit of the event was more of fun and fellowship rather than finding the pair with the best vocals.
Among the contestants were Dr. Jasmine Lubguban, Dr. Susan Denura, Dr. Walden Ursos, Dr. Almira Bautista, Dr. Krypton Kho, Dr. Michael Singco, Dr. Verna Reyes, Dr. Mennie Soluta and Dr. Cabatingan (the winner!!). They all did duets with med reps, whose names I totally missed, naturally as the reps don't cover the anesthesiologists a lot, as we actually have very few drugs to choose from.
Highlights of the evening were the intermission numbers by the pedia residents and consultants of Holy Child Hospital who did a Hip-Hop dance number and the Nobody But You dance number by the all female pedia residents and consultants of the SU Medical Center. Not to be outdone, our guest of honor from Manila, pediatrician Dr. Victor Doctor, also did a special song for us. As they say, kuyaw ang mga pediatrician. Dili mahagit!
I think everybody had a wonderful time and we're all looking forward to more activities like this. From the group in our table, I heard plans that some were going to start practicing tomorrow for next year's Duet Contest. As for me, I am looking forward to hearing my super favorite singing doctor, Dr. Revey Nuico, who has The Most Amazing Voice everrr, but is so shy he only sings for his wife and kids. Hopefully, next year he'll finally join the contest, but then again, maybe he should just be a judge!
We even had legitimate judges in the persons of Dr. Susan Vista-Suarez, Rigel Suarez and another musician whose name I missed. I think in the beginning the judges thought it was going to be a serious singing contest, if one went by the outfits of the contestants, the hosts and the guests, but they quickly got on that the spirit of the event was more of fun and fellowship rather than finding the pair with the best vocals.
Among the contestants were Dr. Jasmine Lubguban, Dr. Susan Denura, Dr. Walden Ursos, Dr. Almira Bautista, Dr. Krypton Kho, Dr. Michael Singco, Dr. Verna Reyes, Dr. Mennie Soluta and Dr. Cabatingan (the winner!!). They all did duets with med reps, whose names I totally missed, naturally as the reps don't cover the anesthesiologists a lot, as we actually have very few drugs to choose from.
Highlights of the evening were the intermission numbers by the pedia residents and consultants of Holy Child Hospital who did a Hip-Hop dance number and the Nobody But You dance number by the all female pedia residents and consultants of the SU Medical Center. Not to be outdone, our guest of honor from Manila, pediatrician Dr. Victor Doctor, also did a special song for us. As they say, kuyaw ang mga pediatrician. Dili mahagit!
I think everybody had a wonderful time and we're all looking forward to more activities like this. From the group in our table, I heard plans that some were going to start practicing tomorrow for next year's Duet Contest. As for me, I am looking forward to hearing my super favorite singing doctor, Dr. Revey Nuico, who has The Most Amazing Voice everrr, but is so shy he only sings for his wife and kids. Hopefully, next year he'll finally join the contest, but then again, maybe he should just be a judge!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Dash 2500
I like this. A lot. The very nifty GE Dash 2500 vital signs monitor.
The Dash 2500 includes:
- 3 and 5 lead ECG with EK-Pro™ arrhythmia analysis
- Respiration monitoring
- Non-invasive blood pressure using DINAMAP® SuperSTAT™
- Pulse Oxymetry using Masimo SET® or Nellcor® OxiMax® SpO2
- Temperature monitoring using Alaris® Turbo Temp®
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Dr. MAS' clinic
Doctors' clinics at the SU-MAB
Dr. VTR's
Dr. BPF's
Dr. AES's
Dr. RMTO's
Dr. EBQ's
Dr. DVO's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
Dr. LEFT's
Dr. DMA and Dr. RGA's
Dr. KGK's
Dr. MSB's
Dr. EPK's clinic
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Dr. MAS' clinic
med-surg in acrylic
half-of-the-clinic
Dr. VTR's
Dr. BPF's
Dr. AES's
Dr. RMTO's
Dr. EBQ's
Dr. DVO's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
Dr. LEFT's
Dr. DMA and Dr. RGA's
Dr. KGK's
Dr. MSB's
Dr. EPK's clinic
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Dr. MAS' clinic
med-surg in acrylic
half-of-the-clinic
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Dr. EPK's clinic
Doctors' clinics at the SU-MAB
Dr. VTR's
Dr. BPF's
Dr. AES's
Dr. RMTO's
Dr. EBQ's
Dr. DVO's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
Dr. LEFT's
Dr. DMA and Dr. RGA's
Dr. KGK's
Dr. MSB's
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Dr. EPK's clinic
ceiling curls 
curly chair
secret storage
all-dressed-up dressing trolly
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
getting acquainted
The colorful invitation the students made for our acquaintance party:
As we only had softdrinks and water during the party last night, I think the coffee to cocktails theme the students made was more wishful thinking rather than fact. Four weeks into medical school and our freshmen are semi-dazed and semi-delirious, struggling to adjust to grueling lecture days and migraine-inducing study nights. They're wishing there were more hours for sleep and less body parts to memorize! Not to mention the enzymes and chemical reactions that just continue to increase in number and complexity as the chapters to read unrelentingly pile up.
I hope their mental muscles have sufficiently been 'warmed up' this past month so we can all proceed full throttle to the 'meat and bones' of medicine. (Eherm.)
As we only had softdrinks and water during the party last night, I think the coffee to cocktails theme the students made was more wishful thinking rather than fact. Four weeks into medical school and our freshmen are semi-dazed and semi-delirious, struggling to adjust to grueling lecture days and migraine-inducing study nights. They're wishing there were more hours for sleep and less body parts to memorize! Not to mention the enzymes and chemical reactions that just continue to increase in number and complexity as the chapters to read unrelentingly pile up.
I hope their mental muscles have sufficiently been 'warmed up' this past month so we can all proceed full throttle to the 'meat and bones' of medicine. (Eherm.)
Monday, July 6, 2009
arts metallica
These trash-to-treasure sculptures made from scrap metal currently adorn Dr. MSB's MAB clinic.
not-so-heavy metal
metallic dancer
shiny skateboarder
not-so-heavy metal
metallic dancer
shiny skateboarder
Friday, July 3, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Dr. MSB's Clinic
Doctors' clinics at the SU-MAB
Dr. VTR's
Dr. BPF's
Dr. AES's
Dr. RMTO's
Dr. EBQ's
Dr. DVO's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
Dr. LEFT's
Dr. DMA and Dr. RGA's Clinic
Dr. KGK's Clinic
______________________________
Dr. MSB's Clinic
door to inner clinic
sitting area
examining table
Monday, June 22, 2009
Dr. KGK's Clinic
Doctors' clinics at the SU-MAB
Dr. VTR's
Dr. BPF's
Dr. AES's
Dr. RMTO's
Dr. EBQ's
Dr. DVO's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
Dr. LEFT's
Dr. DMA and Dr. RGA's Clinic
______________________________
Dr. KGK's Clinic
receiving room(hmm, is that the spinal column?)
shelves and light
inscriptions
Friday, June 19, 2009
it's that time of year
It's mid-June and this has been quite an overwhelming week, especially for our first year students who were in a sort of 'culture shock' as they quickly realized that medical school is not like anything they've ever tried before. It is both a privilege and a heart-pain for me to see the young hopefuls, so eager and excited to come to school, and see the growing horror in their faces as reading assignments, exams, names of all the bones and cells in the body, enzymes and chemical reactions, and all other bodily what-nots, are summarily dumped upon them one after the other, morning and afternoon, all the days of their first week in school.
I don't know how many of them will finish to become MDs, or even finish this semester, so daunted have some of them become. I try to encourage them, with this and with that. One thing for sure, it's too early to quit, yet!
As for the teacher in me, I've been swimming in Guyton's first three chapters these past days, with mitotic spindles and polymerases floating in my conscious and subconscious realms, thus the images in yesterday's post. Each year I read the chapters anew, surf the net for better images for my powerpoint presentations, and write a whole new lecture all over again. There's always something new I learn each time, something that was overlooked or did not stand out previously or even something I had not fully understood. Amidst all the novel realizations, an old theme remains, we have been 'fearfully and wonderfully made' and I am just awed, awed, awed.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Dr. DMA and Dr. RGA's Clinic
Doctors' clinics at the SU-MAB
Dr. VTR's
Dr. BPF's
Dr. AES's
Dr. RMTO's
Dr. EBQ's
Dr. DVO's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
Dr. LEFT's
door to the inner clinic
receptionist's nook
striped examining area
Dr. LEFT's
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Dr. DMA and Dr. RGA's Clinic
door to the inner clinic
receptionist's nook
striped examining area Saturday, May 16, 2009
Dr. LEFT's Clinic
Doctors' clinics at the SU-MAB
Dr. VTR's
Dr. BPF's
Dr. AES's
Dr. RMTO's
Dr. EBQ's
Dr. DVO's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
Dr. STF and Dr. SLF's
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breastfeeding is best! (crosstitched by the Dr. LEFT)
the obstetrician-gynecologist at her table
hearts and flowers made by LEFT: a closer look at details beneath the glass-top desk
Me and Lucille reflected on the examining room mirror
Dr. LEFT's Clinic
breastfeeding is best! (crosstitched by the Dr. LEFT)
the obstetrician-gynecologist at her table
hearts and flowers made by LEFT: a closer look at details beneath the glass-top desk
Me and Lucille reflected on the examining room mirror
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