The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) successfully held the 49TH Philippine College of Physicians Annual Convention Theme: “Optimizing Value in Healthcare“ last 5 May – 8 May, 2019 at SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

Finally after much yearning and rigorous planning to spend dedicated time with one another, the enthusiastic Thomasian rheumatologists’ grand alumni homecoming pushed through on May 5, 2019

Excerpts from “Hope for the Butterflies” – a handbook for lupus patients and caregivers.

The Intramuros of Manila was historically known as the seat of government and center of political alliances during the colonial era.

Intramuros, Manila – The University of Santo Tomas Hospital (USTH) Section of Rheumatology hosted another successful postgraduate course last 04 May 2019 at The Bayleaf Intramuros on the topic “Musculoskeletal Imaging in Clinical Practice.” The event was headed and facilitated by the course director Dr. Sandra V. Navarra

“You cannot choose your destiny, but you can always choose happiness.”

Phenomenal as a word to describe the 2019 Philippine Rheumatology Association (PRA) Annual Meeting is an underestimation.

Join me in congratulating Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, on promotion to Professor of Medicine—and in thanking her for the work and service that underlie it. She arrived on the Loma Linda University campus in 2013.

A support group provides an opportunity for people to share personal experiences, feelings, and coping strategies about their illnesses. It may serve as a bridge to meet their psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Pulmonary manifestations in CTDs are diverse and may range from acute pneumonitis to chronic pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease. Presented by UST Rheumatology Fellow, Dr. Mika Ana Sususco-Frio, the first case typified the natural course of a patient with