PROGRAMME

Manila Hotel
November 8 2007

Opening Ceremonies

Doxology: SFIC Sisters

Pangkat Kawayan
Geriatric Center—St. Luke’s Medical Center

Welcoming of Delegates
Inocencio Alejandro, MD
Over-all Convention Chair, 8th PSGM Annual Convention

Federico M. Macaranas, PhD
Executive Director, AIM Policy Center

Mr. Akamine
Traditional Okinawa Dance

Overview of the Scientific Program
Jose Leo V. Jiloca, MD
Scientific Committee Chair, PSGM

Introduction of the Keynote Speaker
Shelley de la Vega, MD
President, PSGM

Keynote Speech
Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President of the Republic of the Philippines

Interface of Medical Tourism and Geriatrics in the Philippines
2nd Emmanuel Gatchalian Sr., Professorial Lecture
Miguel A. Ramos, MD, PhD

Opening of Exhibits
Keynote Speaker /PSGM President/Over-all Chair

Election

Luncheon Symposium (Company Sponsored)

Periodic Health Examination Among Older Persons
Antonio Dans, MD

Geriatric Post Stroke Rehabilitation
Alvin Mojica, MD

Improving Compliance in Patients with Multiple Medical Problems
Summary of Best Practices
Shelley F. de la Vega, MD

Social and Cultural Challenge of Geriatric Care in Asia
Kaysar Mamun, MD
Head, Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Singapore General Hospital

Geriatric Medicine in the Philippines:
The Current Status and Challenges in the 21st Century
Emmanuel T. Gatchalian Sr., MD


Business Meeting

Healthy Longevity, Public Health and Policy                              
November 8-10, 2007, Manila Hotel, Centennial Hall
PSGM/AIM/Okinawa Longevity Insitute

The Science and Secrets of Okinawa Longevity

Brief History of Okinawa, The Longevity Islands
Hoshin Nakamura, Professor Emeritus (Okinawa)

Public Health and its Impact to Healthy Aging
Dr. Caridad Ancheta

Optimal Wellness: The Foundation of Healthy Aging
Dr. Ceabert J. Griffith (USA)

Coffee Break

Dietary Restriction as a Healthy Aging Intervention: Current
Views
Prof. Ramesh Sharma (India)

Exercise: The Ultimate Healthy Aging Strategy
Dr. Steven Blivin (USA)

Lunch

A Proposed New Definition of Japanese Elderly in the 21st
Century
Doda Nobutaka, MD, Ph D (Japan)

Panel Discussant: Dr. Nobutaka, Dr. Tokuda, Dr. Griffith,
Dr. Macaranas and Dr. Itokazu

The Science of Okinawa Food, Culture and Longevity
Yoko Aniya, Ph D (Okinawa)

Documentary Film: Public Health Nurses in Okinawa
(Circa 1950s-1972) How major infectious diseases were
eradicated

Coffee Break

Okinawa Public Health System: A Model for HealthyLongevity
David Itokazu, MD (Okinawa)

Open Forum: Wellness, Healthy Aging and Longevity
Dr. Griffith, Dr. Blivin, Prof. Aniya, Prof. Sharma, Dr. Itokazu

PSGM Fellowship Night

November 10, 2007 (Saturday)
Public Policy Towards Longevity and Well-being:
Lessons from the Philippines

Wellness Industry of the Philippines
Prof. Eduardo Morato

Geriatric Daycare – St. Luke’s Medical Center
Dance and Song Numbers

Policy on Geriatric Education
Joel Eleazar, MD

Policy on Long-Term Care
Doris Mariebel C. Camagay, MD

PSGM Recommendation for Philhealth Policy
Reimbursement
Deana Santos-Ringor, MD

Panelists:
Senator Pia Cayetano/Cong. Arthur Y. Pingoy
Chair Committee of Ageing – House of Representative
Francisco T. Duque III/Esperanza I. Cabral, MD
Secretary of Health
Secretary of Dept.  of Social Welfare & Development
Philhealth

Synthesis/ Integration
Federico M. Macaranas, Ph D

Closing Remarks
Federico M. Macaranas PhD
David Itokazu, MD
Shelley F. de la Vega, MD

Lunch:  Geriatric Multidisciplinary Case Management
Link to AIM Photo Gallery