UST HOSPITAL has revived the post of assistant medical director amid the coronavirus pandemic, appointing Dr. Julius Caesar Dalupang, a topnotch pulmonologist.
Dalupang, a former editor in chief of the Varsitarian, will serve a three-year term beginning Aug. 7, according to a letter of appointment signed by Fr. Napoleon Sipalay, O.P., Dominican prior provincial and chairman of the board of trustees.
“I believe the Office of the Assistant Medical Director was revived because the task at hand is herculean and gargantuan,” Dalupang told the Varsitarian.
“The job is challenging and demanding as we keep the hospital in this time of pandemic afloat while maintaining to deliver quality patient care,” he added.
Former acting medical director Dr. Marcellus Ramirez was the last person to be appointed assistant medical director. The post was vacant for almost two years.
Dalupang earned his medicine degree from UST in 1988 and finished his residency in internal medicine at Capitol Medical Center in 1992.
He finished his fellowship training at USTH in 1994 and also trained at University of California-San Diego in 1999.
Dalupang, said to be the first Filipino interventional pulmonologist, previously served as director of the USTH Center for Respiratory Medicine.
Dalupang said he had conferred with hospital Medical Director Dr. Charito Malong-Consolacion in selecting people who will lead the departments and units of the hospital.
“[O]ur first order of change is to strengthen our human resources [..] we want to involve [everyone] in delivering holistic and quality care and we have started communicating with them, fostering collaboration and strengthening teamwork,” he said.
In July, the top leadership of the hospital was revamped, with Consolacion, a professor at the College of Nursing, replacing Ramirez as medical director, and Nursing Regent Fr. Julius Paul Factora replacing Fr. Manuel Roux, O.P. as chief executive officer.
Below are the newly appointed and reappointed department directors:
Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Sjoberg Kho
Department of Surgery
Dr. David Bolong
Department of Medical Education & Research
Dr. Maria Piedad Natividad
Department of Anatomic Pathology
Dr. Rowen Yolo
Department of Anesthesiology
Dr. Elvira Milo
Benavides Cancer Institute
Dr. Teresa Sy-Ortin
Department of Clinical Pathology
Dr. Rosella Montano
Department of Dermatology
Dr. Maria Rosario Aguila
Department of Family Medicine
Dr. Ma. Teresa Tricia Bautista
Department of Medico Legal
Dr. Ernesto Gimenez
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry
Dr. Alejandro Baroque II
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Dr. Arnold Isidro
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Gil Gonzalez
Department of Ophthalmology
Dr. Marcelino Banzon
Department of Orthopaedics
Dr. Alberto Ma. Molano
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Dr. Norberto Martinez
Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Josie Niu-Kho
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Dr. Consuelo Suarez
Department of Radiological Sciences
Dr. Emmanuel Almazan
Infection Prevention & Control Committee
Dr. John Delgado
Quality Management Office
Dr. Florian Nuevo
Data Privacy Officer
Dr. Antonio Alejandro Rebosa
