History of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines

Question 1

1956

Answer 1

Opening of the radioisotope laboratory at the Philippines General Hospital through the leadership of Dr. Paulo C. Campos

Question 2

Founder of emilio aguinaldo college and hospital

Answer 2

Lourdes Campos (Wife of Paulo Campos)

Question 3

Three (3) required components for the beneficial use of nuclear energy in Medicine:

Answer 3

1. Appropriate instrumentation
2. Targeting radiopharmaceutical
3. Trained human resources

Question 4

1966

Answer 4

Birth of Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine (PSNM)
- Only organization in the Philippines that is dedicated to Nuclear Medicine
- 3rd Nuclear Medicine Society in Asia

Question 5

1st president of Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine

Answer 5

Dr. paterno C. Chikiamco

Question 6

Father of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines

Answer 6

Dr. Paulo C. Campos

Question 7

founders of Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine

Answer 7

• Dr. Paulo C. Campos
• Paterno C. Chikiamco
• Flaviano O. Felizardo
• Manuel Fetalino,
• Herminio J. Germar
• Carlos Marquez
• Flora M. Pascasio
• Roberto Reodica
• Antonio D. Talusan
• Leland S. Villadolid.

Question 8

year when the PSNM became a founding member of the Asian Federation of Nuclear Medicine

Answer 8

1969

Question 9

where the first gamma camera was installed in the PH

Answer 9

John F. Cotton Hospital

Question 10

pioneered the use of computers with gamma camera

Answer 10

Dr. Edmundo Villacorta (1976)

Question 11

1976

Answer 11

the year when the use of computer with gamma camera started

Question 12

established the first structured residency program

Answer 12

Dr. Edmundo Villacorta
Dr. Juan F. Torres Jr.

Question 13

where the the first structure residency program was established

Answer 13

Philippine Heart Center

Question 14

1977

Answer 14

PSNM became an official, registered organization and hosted the 2nd Asia and Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine in November 1980.

Question 15

number of countries which participated in the 2nd Asiaand Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine in November 1980.

Answer 15

24

Question 16

The invited participants in the 2nd and oceania congress

Answer 16

Professor Henry N. Wagner, Jr.
Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Rosalyn Yalow

Question 17

1982

Answer 17

• creation of the Philippine Specialty Board of Nuclear Medicine
• six examinees successfully passed the PSBNM certifying examinations.

Question 18

Certified Nuclear Medicine diplomates

Answer 18

• Dr.Teofilo O.L. San Luis Jr.
• Orestes P. Monzon
• Evelyn G. Laureta
• Consolacion O. Obmerga
• Benigno L. Ong
• Emmanuel C. Limlingan

Question 19

Trinity College

Answer 19

supposed to be the first institution to establish a Nuclear Medicine Program/ Course

Question 20

Dr. Teofilo O.L. San Luis Jr.

Answer 20

the doctor who offered the program as well as working with the curriculum

Question 21

Accredited training institutions

Answer 21

Philippine Heart Center
Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center
Makati Medical Center
University of Santo Tomas Hospital
Cardinal Santos Medical Center
St. Luke’s Medical Center – Quezon City
St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City

Question 22

1986

Answer 22

• the First SPECT was installed in Makati Medical Center
  (PECT - Single-Photon Emission Computerized
  Tomography)

Question 23

1990

Answer 23

Cebu Doctors Hospital became the first nuclear
medicine facility to be established outside Metro Manila

Question 24

1993

Answer 24

St. Luke’s Medical Center operated the first bone densitometer

Question 25

device that measures the density, or the degree of darkening, of a photographic film or plate by recording photometrically its transparency

Answer 25

Densitometer

Question 26

2008

Answer 26

St. Luke’s Medical Center acquired the first PET-CT scanner

Question 27

2009

Answer 27

PSNM inducted its first foreign diplomats after having taken the required PSBNM examinations

Question 28

2010

Answer 28

The Philippine Journal of Nuclear Medicine became included in the Western Pacific Region Index Medicus.

Question 29

2013

Answer 29

PSNM cooperated with Dr. Richard Baum of Germany and the other members of the World Association of Radiopharmaceutical and Molecular Therapy (WARMTH) in successfully holding the 8th International Conference on Radiopharmaceutical Therapy in Manila.

Question 30

2014

Answer 30

St. Luke's Medical Center Performed the first MIBG therapy; for tumors

Question 31

scan is used for localization of known or suspected neuroectodermal derived tumors, including pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuroma, ganglioneuroblastoma, paraganglioma, carcinoid tumor and neuroblastoma

Answer 31

MIBG - meta-iodobenzylguanidine;

Question 32

2016

Answer 32

Inauguration of the Philippines’ first-ever centralized cyclotron facility and PET/CT scanner at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI)

Question 33

how many nuclear medicine facility is in Luzon?

Answer 33

48

Question 34

how many nuclear medicine facility is in Metro Manila

Answer 34

28

Question 35

how many nuclear medicine facility is found in Visayas? (eastern , central , and west)

Answer 35

6

Question 36

how many nuclear medicine facility is found in Mindanao? (northern)

Answer 36

4

Question 37

how many nuclear medicine facility does the Philippines has?

Answer 37

58