Elementary School Town of Pinili, Ilocos Norte (3rd Grade)

First Place               

1951

Gabaldon Elementary School, Dingras, Ilocos Norte               

Valedictorian

1954

Super Valedictorian Contest, Dingras, Ilocos Norte

2nd Place

1954

Dingras Provincial High School, Dingras, Ilocos Norte

Valedictorian

1958

University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

A.A.

1960

M.D.
Magna cum laude
(meritissimus)

1965

United States Naval Station Hospital (Subic Bay, Phil)

Rotating Internship 

1964-1965               

Kings County Hospital

Intern, Pediatrics

1965-1966

State University of New York Downstate Medical Center

Resident, Pediatrics 

1966-1967

Children's Hospital of D.C.                                                     

Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology

1967-1969

Georgetown University Medical Center

Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology

1969-1970

Georgetown University Medical Center

Research Fellow in Medicine
Cardiovascular Research

1970-1971

Georgetown University School of Medicine            

Assistant Professor 

1970-1974

Georgetown University Medical Center   

Attending Physician

1970-2009

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Associate Professor

1974-1983

Georgetown University

Ph.D. (Physiology)
(Defended dissertation with Distinction)

1976

Georgetown University Medical Center

Georgetown University Medical Center
Director, Pediatric Nephrology                

1976-1991

Georgetown University Medical Center

Associate Director, Special
Pediatric Laboratories             

1980-1996

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Professor of Pediatrics & Physiology

1983-2009

Georgetown University Medical Center

Acting Director, Pediatric
Critical Care Unit

06/88-06/89

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Acting Chairman, Department of Pediatrics               

09/1-10/1/88

Georgetown University School of Medicine       

Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics

10/2/88-2003

National Institutes of Health, Experimental Therapeutics Branch

Visiting Scientist

09/1/90-08/31/94

George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics

07/6/00-01/31/09

Sun Yatsen University Medical School, Guangzhou, China

Visiting Professor

2001-2003

3rd Military Medical University of China, Chongqing, China

Visiting Professor

2004-present

University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Clinical Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy

2008-2010

Georgetown University School of Medicine            

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular &Cellular Biology

2011-present

Children’s National Medical Center        

Director, Center for Molecular Physiology Research

02/2009-02/2012

George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Professor of Pediatrics

2009-2012

George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Professor of Medicine            

2010-2012

University of Maryland School of Medicine           

Professor of Medicine            
Professor of Physiology

2012-present

Anhui Institute of Cardiovascular Disease

Anhui Provincial Hospital, Anhui, China

Visiting Professor   

2014-2018