Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health

Infobox_University
name = Ateneo de Manila University
School of Medicine and Public Health


established = 2007
type = Private medical school, Roman Catholic
dean = Alfredo R.A. Bengzon, A.B., M.D., M.B.A..
location = Don Eugenio López, Sr. Medical Complex, Ortigas Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines
website= [http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=24] |

The Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health or ASMPH is the medical school of Ateneo de Manila University, a private, Roman Catholic university of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines.

The school is located in the Don Eugenio López, Sr. Medical Complex in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, beside its partner hospital, The Medical City. Its current dean is Alfredo R.A. Bengzon. [http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=0&aid=3718 Dean and Other Appointments in the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health] ] . 26 June 2007. Last accessed 27 June 2007.]

Academic program

The ASMPH draws from the collective strengths and expertise of the Loyola Schools, the Health Unit of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, and its partner training hospital, The Medical City."Beyond Borders: 2005 Ateneo de Manila University President's Report". Published 2006 by the Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.>]

Pre-Professional Phase

The program is designed to be integrated with a pre-professional phase through the Health Sciences program of the School of Science and Engineering at the Loyola Schools. It is likewise compatible with other degree programs such as majors in Biology, Psychology, Chemistry, Physics, Medical Technology, Zoology, Economics, Interdisciplinary Studies, among others, from all other schools and universities. [http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=669 ASMPH Program of Learning] . Last accessed 27 June 2007.]

Professional Phase

The Professional Phase of the program of learning offered at the ASMPH is a double degree program leading to the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Management.

Administration

The Dean of the ASMPH is Dr. Alfredo R.A. Bengzon, M.D., M.B.A.

Serving as Associate Dean is Dr. Maria Eufemia C. Yap, M.D., M.Sc. Dr. Yap finished with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the Ateneo in 1983. She pursued her medical studies at the Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in 1987. She attended the University of Heidelberg, where she graduated Master of Science in Community Health and Health Management in 1997. She has held positions in the Ateneo’s health-related projects such the Center for Community Services (CCS) and Health Alternatives for Total Human Development Institute (HEALTHDEV), before she joined the AGSB as a faculty member and then as Associate Director and Assistant to the Vice President for the Professional Schools. Since 2003, she has been Director of the AGSB's Health Unit.

Appointed Director for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development is Dr. Ma. Luz S. Casimiro-Querubin, M.D., FPPA. She was valedictorian of the Ateneo, finishing a degree in A.B. Psychology in 1981. She graduated with an M.D. from the University of the Philippines in 1987, and obtained a Diplomate from the Philippine Board of Psychiatry in 1999. Prior to her appointment, Dr. Querubin was an attending psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Philippine General Hospital. She is currently a member of the medical staff of the Department of Psychiatry at The Medical City. She was Associate Clinical Professor at the College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, a faculty member for Ateneo’s Leaders for Health Program, and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Melbourne.

External links

* [http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=24 Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health]
* [http://www.ateneo.edu Ateneo de Manila University]

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