Editorial Team
Editor in chief
JOSE FLORENCIO F. LAPEÑA, JR., MA, MD
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, UP College of Medicine
Charter President, Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE)
Past President, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Editors (APAME)
Secretary, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
Associate Editors
CHRISTOPHER MALORRE E. CALAQUIAN, MD
Otorhinolaryngologist and Head & Neck Surgeon
Philippine General Hospital, Manila Doctors Hospital, Asian Hospital, and Ospital ng Muntinlupa
Deputy Director for Ancillary Services, Ospital ng Muntinlupa
CPG Committee Chair, Asian Hospital PhilHealth Coordinator, PGH
Assoc. Professor I, San Beda College of Medicine
Philippine National Ear Institute Consultant Staff
RYNER JOSE C. CARRILLO, MD, MSC
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Otorhinolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon
Philippine General Hospital, Manila Doctors Hospital, Marikina Valley Medical Center, and Medical Center Taguig
Visiting Consultant, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of the Philippines College of Medicine Chair, UPM-REB Panel 4, Philippines
SAMANTHA R. SORIANO-CASTAÑEDA, MD
Otorhinolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon
The Medical City, Rizal Medical Center
Assistant Professor 2, Ateneo School of Medicine & Public Health, Philippines
Immediate Past Chair/Section Head of Pediatric ORL, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center
Assistant Professor 7/Section Head of Rhinology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of the East-Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center
Founding Member/Director, Philippine Academy of Pediatric ORL
Founding Member/Immediate Past Chair, Philippine Academy of Rhinology
Founding Board Member, Asian Pediatric ORL Group
Founding Member (Society of the ASEAN Rhinologist) ASEAN Rhinology Society
Otorhinlaryngologist - Head and Neck Surgeon
Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, St. Luke's Medical Center- Global City
Head, Allied Health Services
Vice Chairman, Philippine Academy of Rhinology
Otorhinolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon
Rizal Medical Center, The Medical City, Providence Hospital, and Pacific Global Medical Center, Philippines
MARIFEE U. REYES, MD
Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery- Bicol Chapter President
NICC Doctors Hospital- Chief of Clinics
Bicol Access Health Centrum: ENT Centre Chief
Naga Hope Christian School: Board of Director
FILIPINA T. CEVALLOS-SCHNABEL, MD, DNP
Assistant Faculty, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Pediatric Otolaryngology, Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital in Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Managing Editor
Clinical Associate Professor, UP College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Philippine National Ear Institute, UP-NIH
Otorhinolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon
Quirino Memorial Medical Center, UP-Philippine General Hospital, Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center, Philippines
Editorial Advisory Board
JOSE M. ACUIN, MD, MSc
Otorhinolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon
De La Salle University
Las Piñas City, Philippines
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
University of Melbourne, Australia
Dean and Professor, UP College of Medicine
Research Professor 12, University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health
Member, National Academy of Science and Technology (DOST Philippines)
Past Director, Philippine National Ear Institute and Newborn Hearing Screening Reference Center, University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health;
Faculty, U.P. College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Active Consultant- Manila Doctors Hospital, Philippine Otolaryngology Group, Inc.,Capitol Medical Center and Malolos EENT Hospital, Philippines
JOSE ANGELITO U. HARDILLO, MD, PhD
Academic Medical Specialist 8 (Assistant professor 8). Department of
Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Erasmus MC- University Medical Center Rotterdam
Coordinator for the Transoral Robotic Surgery Program (Da Vinci). Department of Otorhinolaryngology. Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
Co-chairman. Rotterdam Workgroup for Head and Neck Tumors
Visiting Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital
KJ LEE, MD
Inventor, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Simplicity® and Meridian Support Company, Inc.
Consultant to CH Healthcare Investment Fund to develop private healthcare in China
Consultant to Health Hub USA, LLC and Health Hub China
Senior Advisor: Board of Advisors, The New York Head & Neck Institute, Northwell-Hofstra School of Medicine
Editorial Assistant
APRIL CHRISTINE E. DAGAME
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Quezon City, Philippines
