Profile of Board Member Gil Cabal Fernandez, M.D., FPCP, FICS, FPAPRAS
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING:
1952 — 1955:
University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Science
1956 — 1960:
University of Santo Tomas
Doctor of Medicine
Veterans Memorial Medical Center
Internship
Veterans Memorial Medical Center
General Surgery Residency Training
Veterans Memorial Medical Center
Plastic Surgery Fellowship Training
1987 — 1989:
Ateneo De Manila University
Hospital Administration
Additional Training:
Fellowship Program General Surgery
Booth Memorial Hospital N.Y. USA (1955)
Recipient of Travel Grant under USVA thru point Assistance Program'
October 1, 1973 to January 31, 1974
Observed Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgical Technique under the direction of Dr. Clifford Snydne, Chief dept. of Surgery, Salt Lake Veterans Hospital, Chief of Section, Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery, University of UTAH Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UTAH, USA
October 1, 1973 to November 29, 1973
Observed Clinical Technique and attended conference with Dr. Frank Converse, Chairman, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center and Dr. Rose Campbell, Chief, Plastic Surgery Manhattan Veterans Administration, N.Y.,N.Y.
December 9—31, 1973
Attended the Burn Symposium by Dr. Crike—Claires, sponsored by the American College of Reconstructive Surgery
September 1—8, 1973
Attended the functions of Surgical fellow — Columbia Pseyrbetira Hospital — Department of Plastic Surgery
Brookes's Medical Center, Fort San Houston, San Antonio, Texas USA under Dr. Basil Prud
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Civil Service Eligibility:
Philippine Medical Board-- (1960)
Medical Specialist (unassembled) General Surgery -- September 30, 1973
Medical Specialist (unassembled) Plastic Surgery -- December 31, 1974
Post Graduate Service Records (General Surgery):
Fellow Philippine College of Surgeons
Fellow International College of Surgeons Charter Member, Philippine
Academy for Head and Neck Surgery (1974)
Diplomate, Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery
Fellow, Philippine Association of Plastic Surgeons Fellow International Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Member, Filipino Association of Plastic Surgeons in America (1977)
Head, Veterans Memorial Medical Center Surgical Civic Action Team to various out of town Medical — Surgical Mission
Detailed with the Department of Foreign Affairs as Medical Consultant and member Committee on Health (1967-1982)
Consultant in Plastic Surgery, Philippine Band of Mercy (1773 to date)
Consultant in Plastic Surgery, Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center (1981 to date)
Consultant in General Surgery, Department of Health, Pangasinan Provincial Hospital
Lecturer, Lyceum Northwestern Institute of Medicine, Dagupan City (1978-1980)
Visiting Professional Lecturer, A1-THAVERA Modern General Hospital Sama'a Yemen, Arab Republic (1986)
MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Philippine Association of Plastic Surgeons
Board of Director, 1991 to 2005
Training Officer Consortium Program 1994 to 1996 Consortium I — Veterans Memorial Medical Center, UERMMC, Rizal Medical Center and Makati Medical Center
Consortium II — St. Lukes Hospital, Far Eastern University Hospital and St. Martin de Porres Hospital
Elected President (3 times) 1986 to 1990
Secretary — 1981 to 1984
Philippine Society of Aesthetic Surgery
Board Member, 1984 to 2006
International Plastic and Recionstructive Surgery (Asean — Pacific Section) Congress
Secretary General of the Local Organizing Committee 4 th Asean Congress, Manila, 1985
Chairman, Council of President, Asean Federation of Plastic Surgeons,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1988 to 1990
Co-Chairman, 5 th Asean Congress, Manila 1990
Philippine Medical Associations
Chairman, Council of Past Presidents 2004 to date
President 2000 to 2002
Secretary General, 1996 to 1998
National Treasurer
Governor Central Tagalog, 1994
Member, House of Delegates, 1986 to 1996
Member of various committees
Quezon City Medical Society
President, 1988 to 1989
Re-elected President 2nd District 1983 to 1987
President 2 nd District 1983 to 1984
PRO 1981 to 1982
Councilor 1981 — 1982
Rotary Club of Manila
Chairman, Paul Haris Center 2004 to present
Chairman, Medico—Surgical Committee 1990 to 1991; 1993 to 1994; 1996 to present
Co—Chairman, Medico—Surgical Committee 1988 to 1990
Ateneo de Manila Graduate School
Member, Ad—Doc Committee, MHA Alumni Association, 1990
Vice President, MHA Class 1987 to 1989
Board of Director and Chairman Committee on Planning and Development, Ateneo MHA Alumni Association, 1991
Chairman, Veterans Memorial Medical Center Surgical Alumni Association, 1990 to date
Philippine College of Surgeons
Board of Regent and Chairman External affairs Committee, 1999 to date
National Treasurer, 1996 to 1997 (Elected twice)
Chairman, membership Committee, 1994
International College of Surgeons
Board of Regent, 1997 to 2000
Board of Governor, 2002 to present
Operation Smile Philippines
Board of Trustee, 1996 to 2005
Advisory Board, 2005 to date
Bioband International
Honorary Adviser Japan, 2002 to date
Revascularization of Chronic Ischemic lower Extremeties by Omental Transfer — 1973, Jocson — Fernandez
Management of Diabetic Gangrene, 1974, Jocson — Fernandez — Javier presented during the first Asean Pacific Diabetic Symposium, Manila 1974
Tissue Adhesive VS Sutures in Human Skin, 1979, Fernandez—Ong
First Place Paper Reading Contest, Veterans Memorial Medical Center, 1979
Health Care Program of Japan Gill C. Fernandez, 1990 — Published in the Journal of the Philippine Hospital Association, 1990
Full Thickness Skin Graft to Cover Skin Defects 1989, Unpublished
RECIPIENT OF VARIOUS AWARDS AND CITATIONS, AS SPEAKER, RESOURCE PERSON, MODERATOR AND CIVIC ACTIONS
HOSPITAL AND CLINIC AFFILIATIONS:
Lung Center of the Philippines, Q.C. MM
Capitol Medical Center, QC, MM
Jesus Delgado Memorial Hospital, QC, MM
F.E.U. Hospital, QC, MM
Plastic Surgery Association, QC, MM
Clinica Manila, Mandaluyong City
Casa Medica, Las Piñas, MM