Godfrey T. Robeniol, MD, FPNA
President
Dr. Godfrey Robeniol is a Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Neurosciences, University of the Philippines College of Medicine. He is also a neurology consultant of the UP-PGH, Cardinal Santos Medical Center and Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brain Foundation Inc., and the Medical Director of HI-Eisai Pharmaceutical, Inc. He is also a member of the Philippine Neurological Association, Philippine League Against Epilepsy, Stroke Society of the Philippines, Manila Medical Society, and Philippine Medical Association.
He was President of the UP-PGH Faculty and Alumni of the Neurosciences (UPFANS) from 2007-2009, and President of the Philippine Neurological Association in 2009. He obtained his degree in BS Biology from the University of Santo Tomas, graduating Cum Laude, then pursued his medical degree at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. He had his residency training in Neurology at UP-PGH.
Ester S. Bitanga, MD, FPNA
Vice President
Dr. Ester Bitanga obtained her medical degree from the University of the Philippines, graduating in 1973. She is a Professor in Neurology (retired); and former Deputy Director for Health Operations, University of the Philippines College of Medicine – Philippine General Hospital.
She is a Past President of the Philippine Neurological Association, UP-PGH Faculty and Alumni of the Neurosciences (UPFANS), and Stroke Society of the Philippines. She is also the Vice-President of the Alzheimer’s Disease Association of the Philippines (ADAP).
Katherine Ann J. San Diego, MD, FPNA
Secretary
Dr. Katherine Ann San Diego is a Neurology consultant at Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center, Medical Center Taguig and the National Center for Mental Health. She is also an Associate Professor of the Neurosciences Program of San Beda University. She is a Fellow of the Philippine Neurological Association, and a member of the Philippine League Against Epilepsy and the Philippine Medical Association.
She obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology at the University of the Philippines, Manila, College of Arts and Sciences, graduating Cum Laude. She then pursued her Medical Degree at the University of the Philippines, Manila, College of Medicine, and her Adult Neurology residency training in UP-PGH.
Julette Marie F. Batara, MD, FPNA
Treasurer
Dr. Julette Batara is a Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology consultant and the Assistant Chair for Services of the Department of Neurosciences, UP-PGH. She is also an active consultant of the Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center and a member of the Executive Committee and Training Committee of the Department of Neurosciences of St. Luke’s Medical Center. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuro-oncology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution and attended clinical rotation in Medical Oncology at the Johns Hopkins International Medical Center in Singapore. She is the Vice-President of the Philippine Society for Neuro-oncology, member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Society for Neuro-oncology, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Brain Foundation of the Philippines.
Ma. Geraldine S. Espiritu, MD, FPNA
Trustee
Dr. Geraldine Espiritu is a graduate of the UP-PGH Adult Neurology residency program and pursued her fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at the St Luke’s Medical Center Q.C and The Prince of Wales Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
She is currently the Section Head of Neurology at the University of Perpetual Help Medical Center Las Pinas and a Consultant Neurologist and Electromyographer at St. Luke’s Medical Center-QC and Manila Doctors Hospital.
She was a Clinical Associate Professor at the UP College of Medicine (2004-2019) and a Consultant Specialist for the Bureau of Food and Drugs (2004-2010). She continues to pursue research and teach residents in training. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, World Stroke Organization, and the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, as well as various local medical societies and organizations.
Lynne Lourdes N. Lucena, MD, FPCS, FAFNI
Trustee
Dr. Lynne Lourdes Lucena was a Nellie Kellog Van Schaick Full Scholar at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine Intarmed Class 1991. She is a recipient of the Golden Scalpel Award for Neurosurgery, (serving the Bicol Region); Chair of the Philippine Board of Neurological Surgery, Inc. (2013-2015); Secretary, Board of Directors of the Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons Inc. from 2017-2019; International Faculty/Speaker /Lecturer-Women in Neurosurgery/ World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 2017 (Istanbul); Visiting International Surgeon Award- Women in Neurosurgery Greg Wilkins-Barrick Chair, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2016; and a Recipient of the International Scholarship from the Turkish Neurosurgical Society and World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, 2017. She is also a Poet/Author, having published “Windows to my Soul” – a collection of poems, in 2018.
Dr. Paul Matthew D. Pasco, MD, FPNA
Trustee
Dr. Paul Matthew Pasco obtained his medical degree from the University of the Philippines in 1992, after which he pursued his Residency in Clinical Neurology at the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Medical Center. He was a Translational Research Fellow at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC from 2003 – 2004, and obtained an MS in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of the Philippines Manila in 2010.
Dr. Pasco was President of the Philippine Neurological Association in 2015. At present he is Assistant Chair for Services of the Dept of Neurosciences, UP College of Medicine; and Research Science Specialist of the Child Neurosciences Division, Philippine Children’s Medical Center.
Jose Leonard R. Pascual V, MD, FPNA
Trustee
Dr. Leonard Pascual is a consultant Neurologist at the UP-PGH, a Visiting Consultant and Project Head of Saint Luke’s Medical Center Stroke Databank, a Visiting Vascular Neurology Consultant at The Medical City and a Consultant Neurologist at the Manila Doctors Hospital. He is also an Associate Professor II at the Department of Anatomy, UP Manila, and a member of the Philippine Neurological Association and UP-Faculty & Alumni of the Neurosciences, Inc. (UPFANS). He is a BS Psychology graduate of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, and obtained his medical degree from the University of the Philippines Manila. He specializes in the management of people with strokes and other diseases of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord.
Marianne G. Quebral
Trustee
Ms. Marianne G. Quebral is a senior Development Consultant who specializes in Fund Raising, Resource Mobilization, Non-Profit Management and Strategic Planning with over 3 decades of experience in progressive leadership roles. She is a pioneer in fund raising and trained at the Fund Raising School in Indiana, U.S.A. She has raised funds for organizations such as UNICEF, Asian Institute of Management, Ang Misyon, Inc. and Save the Children, to name a few. In 1999 she co-founded Venture for Fund Raising, a non-profit organization which provides fund raising training, mentoring and research for the non-profit sector. She is the author of The Fund Raiser’s Guide to Fund Raising and Fund Raising 101.
Lourdes K. Ledesma, PhD, FPNA (HON)
Executive Director
Dr. Lourdes K. Ledesma was President of the UP-PGH Faculty & Alumni of the Neurosciences, Inc. (UPFANS) from 2011 to 2015 and President of Let’s Save the Brain Foundation, Inc. from 2012 to 2016. She is a consultant at the Section of Neurology of the Dept. of Neurosciences, Makati Medical Center and likewise has her private practice at the Ledesma Center for Neuropsychological Services.
She was a Clinical Fellow at the Harvard University School of Medicine, where she trained in Clinical Neuropsychology. She is a Fellow of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, and an Honorary Fellow of the Philippine Neurological Association, and Child Neurology Society, Philippines. She is also a member of the American Psychological Association and the International Neuropsychological Society.
Residents Arm:
Dr. Karl Separa
LST Brain Resident Volunteer
Dr. Jane Pascual
LST Brain Resident Volunteer
Dr. Iris Ditan
LST Brain Resident Volunteer
Dr. Ena Elizabeth Naoe
LST Brain Resident Volunteer