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By Yahoo! Southeast Asia Editors – September 13th, 2010 By Alexander Villafania, loQal.ph QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA –Wearing their traditional hijab, Naheeda Dimacisil and Khasmin Ismael attended the weekend celebration of the end of Ramadan at International Ramadan Fair in Quezon City last Saturday. They were joined by at least 100 other Muslims who took time from a long fast to renew ties with their friends and families from the Muslim faith. Despite their status in life – Dimacisil is married to an Indonesian imam (priest) while Ismael is single – both are practicing doctors and are in fact, among the few female Filipino Muslim doctors that are in the medical field. They are also members of the Islamic Medical Association of the Philippines (IMAN), a relatively young group of Muslim medical practitioners. Dimacisil, who grew up in Batangas, said there are many challenges to being a Muslim, even in a country where there are Islamic communities. The constant issue is the stereotype of...

Sherjan P. Kalim, MD IMAN BOD Last September 18-19, 2010, in partnership with the Bangsamoro Medical Society (BMS), a Medical Outreach project organized and sponsored by the Southeast Asia Development Committee Foundation, Inc. (SADCFI)- Kuwait was conducted in Mahad Kutawatu Shimaley al-Islamiya located in Barangay Manaulanan, Pikit, North Cotabato. The mission encompassed medical and pediatric consultations, minor surgeries, and cataract extraction. In the medical consultations, we were joined by 2 guest Kuwaiti physicians: Drs. Barjas MMS Almutairi and Almunther WMAA Alhasawi. The medical team of SADCFI was headed by Dr. Ybanez, a Chief of Hospital and practicing anesthesiologist based in Pagadian City. The cataract extraction was through the generosity of Dr. Kadil M. Sinolinding, the DOH-ARMM Secretary. Bangsamoro Medical Society members present were Drs. Ibrahim Pangato, Jr, President; Zul Qarneyn Abas, Vice President; Sweet Almira Ali-Amil, Secretary; Sherjan Kalim, Treasurer; ...

IMAN Congratulates two of its active Medical Student members, DR. ANGELIE DUGASAN and DR. ZHAMIR UMAG for successfully making it to the AUGUST 2010 Roster of New Physicians! Alhamdulillah! A blessed Month of Ramadhan for you both and to all Muslim Physicians who made it.

1. ABDALLAH, MAGDALENA JONE BARGO 2. ABDULLAH, ARABECCA SHANIA ALUG 3. ABEDIN, JALILAH MACAROMPUN 4. AMBOR, NASRODEN BARAMBANGAN 5. ANDIG, JOHARA BALT 6. ARTETA, LUVIMINDA MAROHOM 7. ASANJI, SITTI ZARRAH-ANN AMING 8. ASRI, ZAHRA DEWI SARANI 9. BARAPANTAO, BINGJAHAR KADER 10. DATUKON, SHEELA ANN GERONIMO 11. DILANGALEN, SITTIE ARMIE DILANGALEN 12. DISOMANGCOP, NABILLAH CORNELL 13. DUGASAN, ANGELIE PANTIL 14. GUILING, ISMAEL CATIPON 15. HADJIRIL, SORAYA KARINA VEA 16. HARON, IFTIZAR NAKAN 17. HASSANNOOR, ADLEE WATAMAMA 18. IBRAHIM, AHLIAH ESMILLA 19. LUCMAN, OMAIRAH SY 20. MANUA, NORHANAH MACARAYA 21. MAULOD, RHIANA HAMAD 22. MOHAMAD, NOR-AISHA ANGUINDARAT 23. NORDEN, JAMEL OMAR 24. ONTOK, ABDUL-AZIZ DIALO 25. ONTOK, ZULAIKA MAAS 26. SAFAEE CHALKASRA, SAEID GUZMAN 27. SANGUAN, AINNIE JEHAN SARIP 28. SANI, AMEERAH SANTOS 29. UMAG, ZHAMIR MIGRIÑO 30. WALANDA, AIDA ABEDIN

June 12 2010 --- In celebration of the National Independence Day, the Office of Muslim Affairs (OMA) officially announced its transition as the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF). By participating in the national event held at the Luneta Grandstand from June 12-13, NCMF through Mr. Abdulbadi Radzak, invited IMAN's physicians to assist in providing free medical consultations. Together with the Asia America Initiatives headed by Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman, who provides free medical supplies for outreach missions, and NCMF's medical and allied health professionals, the 2-day medical mission became a success. Among those invited by IMAN to join the medical team were the University of the Philippines-Association of Medical Students (UP-AMS) headed by medical student Bin Rashid Chin. Dr. Nadhira Mangondato, Dr. Ayeshalinda Alonto, Dr. Salma Sumndad and Dr. Naheeda Dimacisil-Mustofa were among IMAN members present. President Dr. Abdel Jeffri Abdulla also came to assess t...

Reminiscing the disastrous Ondoy flashfloods last year,IMAN would like to share with you its experience during the medical missions at Brgy. Tumana, Marikina City and Brgy. Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City with the assistance of Barangay Officials, Greenhills Traders Association, and muslim womens' groups such as An-Nisa and Ijtihad. These medical missions were spearheaded by IMAN BOD Dr Guiaria Camarudin and Membership Committee Secretary Dr Nadhira Mangondato together with other volunteers from IMAN, YMPN, and other muslim NGOs. Not included in this album are other medical missions where IMAN members have participated in their respective institutions and medical societies in and around Manila and Laguna.

BURAHIM, MOH ALIH ANDAS DATUMANONG, NORMAN PRINCE DATUKON DIRONGAWAN, PUTRI SAPHIA BENEDICTO GURO, ROCANISAH DALIDIG ISRAEL, NURHADA AMMAD JUMIANJANG, ISMAEL SANA KAMENSA, NUR AINEE DUI KANSI, NOR-AINE PENDONG KARAY, ALMUSAIDI ANIK KUNTING, IVY MAGALLANES LOMONDAYA, SITTIE HAWA MARUHOM MATARUL, MIDZRIFA MUKSAN MIRA-ATO, ALINOR MINDALANO MOHAMMAD, ABDEL-TAZER YUSOP MUKARAM, BANISADAR ADDALINO ONTOK, HASSANA DIALO SAHIPA, SHALHUA JAILANI SAMPORNA, ANISAH MINDALANO UNTO, ALEXIS JAMES ISMIL