2 March 2025. The CHSAF Board of Trustees welcomes Ditas Cristina Decena of HS-72 as a new Trustee for 2025-2028. Re-elected to the Board are Lonabel Ancheta-Encarnacion of HS-75, Angeles Madrid of HS-72/ BSC-76, Evangeline Qua of HS-70/ AB-BSC-74, and Lorraine Young-Sylianteng of HS-73. The election was held at the Annual General Membership Meeting (AGMM) on March 1, 2025.
Dr. Decena is an obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) based in the Philippines. She is professionally recognized for her medical practice and her contributions to women’s health, particularly in reproductive and environmental health advocacy. She graduated cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas in 1975 where she took up Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She pursued her goal of becoming a Doctor of Medicine and graduated also from UST in 1980. She later finished her Masters Degree in Public Health at the University of the Philippines in 2000. Her professional profile includes the following:
- Consultant, Dept. of OB-GYNE UST
- Member, Philippine Society of Climactic Medicine
- Member, Perinatal Association of the Philippines
- Member, Philippine Association of Endoscopic Surgery
- Board of Director, Osteoporosis Society of the Philippines
- Professor 1, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery
Dr. Decena and the re-elected trustees will be joining the incumbent members as follows:
– Guillermina Ong
– Victoria Torres del Rosario
– Arlene Abad-Soncuya
– Brigitte Ignacio
– Deanna Go Bio
– Corazon Guidote
– Clara Jean Fadul-Arce
– Veronica Fenix-Villavicencio
– Dennise Alexandra Baluyot
– Corazon Desiderio
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