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Successful Examinees

Written by admin on July 8th, 2009. Posted in Updates

Successful 2009 examinees

A total of 4 candidates successfully passed the January 28, 2009 Phase III PBO two-part Examinations which consisted  of a comprehensive  presentation of at least 5 Case Reports of patients that have been treated by the candidates  and an Oral Examination  to assess the candidate’s treatment planning ability and knowledge of various aspects of treatment.

 

Dr. Rachel Yang-Lim is a Cebu-based orthodontist who had her predental education at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City and graduated from the University of the East College of Dentistry in 1992 and had her postgraduate orthodontic training at the New York University from 1993-1994.  Aside from full-time practice specializing in orthodontics she is a licensed realtor and a member of the Philippine Association of Realtors Board, the Cebu Realtors Board and currently the Cebu Lions Club President.
Dr. Crysoine Razon Marquez graduated from the University of the East College of Dentistry in 1994 and  underwent her 24 month orthodontic preceptorship training under the Tuazon Postgraduate Program in Orthodontics from 1996-1998. She is presently training and a volunteer Orthodontist at Our Lady of Peace Craniofacial Center aside from being the Company Dentist to several companies and the Orthodontist for various clinics.  Aside from Fellowship in the Association of Philippine Orthodontists her professional memberships include the Alpha Phi Omega Dental Association of the Philippines and the Filipino-Chinese Dental Society.  She is a multi-awarded leader being the Past President of the Marikina Dental Society.
Dr. Maria Janet Mapa-Pandan graduated from the Centro Escolar University College of Dentistry in 1992 after which she underwent the Dental Externship Program in Oral Surgery at the UP-PGH and underwent the orthodontic preceptorship of Dr. Ranilo Tuazon and completed the course offered by the MEAW(MultiLoop Edgewise Archwire) Study Club.  She is a Co-Founder/Corporate Secretary for Integrated Oral Health Specialties,Inc. at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center and is a Board Member with the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation Philippines, Inc.   She serves as an Orthodontist at the Smile Train Craniofacial Center Joshua Center, Taft Avenue, Manila (front of PGH) and Our Lady of Peace Craniofacial Center (OLPCC) Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Coastal Road, Paranaque subspecializing in the care of Cleft Lip/Palate (CL/P) patients.  She has attended various CL/P workshops locally and abroad in Brazil, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States both as a  Delegate and Lecturer  making her a sought-after speaker.   She is a Fellow in the Pierre Fauchard Academy and a Member of the Association of Philippine Orthodontists (APO), the Paranaque Dental Society,  and the American Cleft Lip Palate – Craniofacial Association (ACPA).
Dr. Rossana Lorenzo-Sanchez obtained her Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of the East College of Dentistry in 1988  and placed 8th in the May 1988 Dental Board Examination and was a Rotary International Group Exchange Program Scholar to Alabama, USA in 1991.   She completed the Orthodontic Preceptorship Course:  The Biological Basis and Clinical Practice of Orthodontics under Dr. Luz C. Macapanpan from 1995-1996.

One successful examinee in 2008

On Jan 30, 2008 only one successful candidate was able to participate in the PBO Phase III Examinations:

 

Dr. Maria Emilyn Bautista-de Marcaida obtained her Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of the Philippines in 1985 and undertook the Preceptorship on the Biologic Basis and Clinical Practice of Orthodontics under Dr. Luz C. Macapanpan from 1992-93. Additional orthodontic training was obtained under the preceptorship of Dr. Ranny Tuazon in 1999 and the MEAW Study Club in 2003. She took her PBO Phase III examinations in January 2008. One of her Phase III Case Reports was published in the Philippine Journal of Orthodontics in August 2008.