From January to April 2023, Dr. Francis Martin Cuenco, an internist and rheumatologist from Rizal undertook his advanced training/visiting fellowship in Scleroderma, Myositis, and Connective Tissue Disease Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) and Connective Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Hypertension (CTD-PH) at Department of Allergy and Rheumatology of Nippon Medical School Hospital (NMSH) in Tokyo, Japan.

The year 2022 has been a great year for the Section of Rheumatology of University of Santo Tomas Hospital.

Dear World Lupus Federation Members:

I am pleased to share with you that this year’s World Lupus Federation patient survey is now live and we are requesting your assistance in sharing the survey with your lupus networks and communities.



On a pleasant Saturday morning in February 4, 2023, Lupus Academy Roadshow educational event was at it again! This time held onsite in Baguio City

William of Ockham once said that the best explanation of any phenomenon is the one that makes the fewest assumptions.

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year… a festive season for gatherings of family and friends and for seeing the special joys of giving.

“Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.”

One’s knowledge in the practice of medicine is endlessly enriched by each clinical encounter. On the 22nd of October 2022, no other than Prof. Emeritus Tito P. Torralba, a pillar in