APPO Medical/Surgical Mission: Feb 2019

Location: Silang Cavite, Philippines Please read one of our missioners experience from the 2019 mission: A reflection on medical mission experience by Anna Camille Moreno, DO I was 11 years old when my family emigrated from the Philippines to the United States. My parents selflessly provided me with the opportunity to pursue my dream of receiving a medical education and becoming a doctor. I’ve strongly desired to return to the Philippines one...

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APPO Medical/Surgical Mission June 26-30,2023

APPO Medical/Surgical Mission June 26-30,2023

Date: June 26-30,2023 Location: Talisay, Philippines (Province Batangas) ~ 2 hours drive from the city of Manila Mission Organizers for APPO: Jessica Strasburg, MD (Medical Coordinator) We are back from a 3 year hiatus due to Covid. We are busy planning a medical mission and non-medical humanitarian project with our partner Gawad Kalinga! We need physicians, NPs, dentists, podiatrists, nurses for adult and pediatric medical clinic and also will...

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APPO Medical and Surgical Mission 2014

Thank you to Jose Ronald Ong for creating the video below featuring highlights from the Medical Surgical Mission in Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines that took place on Jan 19-24, 2014. Thank you to to the Medical Mission organizers Carmencita and Armando Damian MD, mission volunteers,A� and our local sponsors A�a�� Vice Mayor Noel a�?Ahlonga�? Ong and the Ong family headed by the indefatigable husband and wife team of Drs, Kelly Salvador and...

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APPO Annual CME & Sampaguita Ball 2014

APPO Annual CME & Sampaguita Ball 2014

The Association of Philippine-American Physicians of Ohio (APPO) Foundation will hold the Annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program and Sampaguita Ball at the Beachwood Doubletree on May 3, 2014. We would like to invite you to join us and enjoy the festivities. The theme this year is a�?Pintadosa�? which is a celebration that takes place in Tacloban, one of the areas hit hardest by typhoon Haiyan. We decided to pick this theme in honor...

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APPO – New Officers Inducted for 2013

APPO – New Officers Inducted for 2013

The Association of Philippine-American Physicians of Ohio (APPO) held the annual induction of new officers on Sunday Nov 24, 2013 at the Doubletree in Independence. In addition to welcoming the new leaders of the organization, a mass was held by celebrant Father Kit Mendoza to pray for the victims of Super-Typhoon Yolanda that hit the Philippines on November 7th of this year and caused widespread destruction. As a act of solidarity, the newly...

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Sampaguita Ball 2013

Sampaguita Ball 2013

Thank you to the chairs Rumilio Tolentino-Nogueria and Cecilia Lansang. The theme was Philippine Mardi-Gras A�MC: Hubert Fernandez.A�We raised funds for our next medical/surgical mission in January 2014. We enjoyed the Columbus Band, Phil-Am Band and the Chinese Auction.A�We enjoyed the the Itik-Itik dance performed by the APPO youth dancers and an updated modern Tinikling by the APPO/PASO dancers. View Image Gallery of The Sampaguita Ball...

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