7th Investiture Ceremony and Induction of Officers of the Philippine Board of Orthodontics By Liza Marie Sayoc-Natividad, DDM December is definitely the busiest time of the year. Nevertheless, the Association of Philippine Orthodontists put together a fun night to celebrate the yuletide season. The event was held last December 13, 2014 at the Oakwood Premiere Joy-Nostalg, Ortigas.
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Good evening everyone! I would like to acknowledge the presence of our special guests: PDA President Dr. Corazon Flores. Our hardworking president just came back from her outreach mission in Mindanao. She had to cut short her trip to be able to join us for tonight’s induction ceremony. Thank you so much, we really appreciate it.
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Six months ago on August 15, 2012 at the request of PDA Pres. Arturo de Leon, UPCD Dean Vicente O. Medina convened the PDA Cluster on Standards of Care/Clinical Practice Guidelines (SOC/CPG) in conjunction with the latest global impetus in clinical practice: “Evidence-Based Dentistry”. From APO, Robert Eustaquio, Jose Rivera and Roberto Tan, formed part of the Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) for Orthodontics to be part of a larger Methodology Research Group. From systematic reviews, the CAGs from the different specialities would formulate evidence-based clinical parameters, guidelines or standards that would issue forth from the PDA SOC/CPG Council.
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by Dr. Chibelle Pike Last June 6, 2012 APO fellows convened at the familiar and comforting meeting rooms of the Rockwell Club in Makati City to elect their new set of officers. The Comelec, comprised of Drs. Sandy Adriano, Patty Claparols and Jose Rivera, deemed 59 out of the Association’s 68 fellows eligible to vote and/or be elected into office.
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