Our Present Endeavors

Supporting Trainees in International Research Presentations

Financial assistance for poster presentation of their research papers, with acceptance letters from the XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023) in Montreal, Canada on October 15-19, 2023.

MAXINE LOURRAINE TY (UP-PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL)

Conference: XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023)

Date: 15-19 October 2023

Venue: Montreal, Canada

Research paper: “INITIAL MRI AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOME IN A PROSPECTIVE COVID-19 COHORT.”

RYAN O. ALIÑAB (THE MEDICAL CITY)

Conference: XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023)

Date: 15-19 October 2023

Venue: Montreal, Canada

Research paper: “BEYOND THE LIMIT: SALVAGING THE POSTERIOR CIRCULATION TERRITORY VIA LATE ENDOVASCULAR THROMBECTOMY.”

LORD JOHN ELMER B. ARCENAS (MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER)

Conference: XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023)

Date: 15-19 October 2023

Venue: Montreal, Canada

Research paper: “INTRAPARENCHYMAL HEMORRHAGE IN FILIPINO PATIENTS WITH COVID-19: A CASE SERIES.”

CARA CAMILLE MATUTE (MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER)

Conference: XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023)

Date: 15-19 October 2023

Venue: Montreal, Canada

Research paper: “A CASE REPORT ON PURE CELL GERMINOMA IN A 27-YEAR OLD MALE.”

FRANZELLE P. PADILLA (MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER)

Conference: XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023)

Date: 15-19 October 2023

Venue: Montreal, Canada

Research paper: “FULL BODY AUTOPSY OF A MALE PATIENT WITH KNOWN X- LINKED DYSTONIA PARKINSONISM.”

JOSE LEANDRO T. TUASON (MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER)

Conference: XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023)

Date: 15-19 October 2023

Venue: Montreal, Canada

Research paper: “SLE PRESENTING AS PARKINSONISM AND CEREBROVASCULAR HEMORRHAGE IN A FILIPINO FEMALE: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE.”

DR. KRISVERLYN B. BELLOSILLO (MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER)

Conference: XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023)

Date: 15-19 October 2023

Venue: Montreal, Canada

Research paper: “A CASE REPORT ON PRIMARY SPINAL GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT”

RONN VICTOR L. AZURIN (THE MEDICAL CITY)

Conference: XXVIII World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2025)

Date: October 12-15, 2025

Venue: Seoul, South Korea

Research paper: “A CASE REPORT ON PROSOPOMETAMORPHOPSIA AS AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF CEREBRAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS IN A 33-YEARS OLD FILIPINO.”

(Committed for release October 2025)

Other Endeavors

ENGAGING NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

To cap off his advanced training in electroencephalography (EEG) and epileptology, and to dive deep into continuous EEG monitoring and epilepsy surgery, Dr. Kevin Michael Moalong embarked on an observership at the prestigious University of Sydney – Westmead Hospital from July 1 to August 31, 2024.

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FUNDING RESEARCH IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

Financial support for the Research Grant to Ms. Lilianna Mae M. Mora, MS Pharmacology Student, UP College of Medicine and Project Technical Specialist III, UP Drugs of Abuse Research Laboratory, for her Master’s Thesis entitled “Association of CYP2C19 Polymorphisms with Escitalopram Metabolism and Intolerance in Filipinos.”

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