Bangsamoro Medical Society holds Tuli Mission in Cotabato

As part of Islamic traditions and health advocacy projects, Summer Tuli missions are regularly being held in most Muslim communities nationwide. The Bangsamoro Medical Society, which started
in Cotabato almost at the same time IMAN was established, spearheaded a
free circumcision in Markadz Sulaytiyn in Brgy. Kakar Poblacion 8, Cotabato City last May 23 2009.

IMAN Board of Directors Dr Sherjan Kalim, a Pathologist;Pediatrician Dr Mohammad Amil and wife OB-Gyne specialist Dr Sweet Almira Amil were able to serve almost 20 yatims and kids with the help of nursing graduates and students led by Mrs. Carol Piang, an OR nurse and wife to ENT Specialist Dr. Piang. Dr Guiaria Camarudin, one of the most active medical students during her time in Fatima University and also an IMAN Board Member, also supported the event through medical supplies.

Last year, IMAN was able to help around 100 kids in Maharlika Taguig receive free surgical
services through the assistance of its local barangay and volunteer nursing students from
Univ. of Perpetual Help Laguna and members of the Young Moro Professionals Network (YMPN).

Dr. Abdel Jeffri Abdulla (2nd from left) with Mrs. Abdulla and Dr Sherjan Kalim
in last year's Surgical Mission in Taguig together with IMAN officers & members,
UP-Association of Muslim Students representatives
& other volunteers

The Bangsamoro Medical Society (BMS) aims to become one of IMAN's component societies soon.

To learn more about BMS, please contact Dr Sherjan Kalim at the Department of Laboratories in Cotabato Regional Hospital or send SMS - 09176035443. nmdimacisil@gmail.com

IMAN Acquaintance Party & Oath Taking Photo Gallery

As of today, there are around 100 Muslim Physicians in the membership directory of the
Secretariat wherein 45 are members of the egroup already. The 1st Acquaintance Party and Oath Taking of Members which was held last April 26, 2009 was attended by around 30 members only but accomplishment of Committee functions and election of each of its Officers already took place.

Please check out the Photo Gallery for details of the successful event! We hope that more Filipino Muslim Physicians and medical students will attend in the upcoming activities inshaAllah.

Dr Abdel Jeffri A. Abdulla, President, reminds attendees of the need to
strengthen IMAN in his welcome speech

Dr. Naheeda M Dimacisil, Secretary, presenting updates, challenges in networking and how IMAN was conceptualized in 2007

Dr. Al-Radjid Jamiri, Treasurer, facilitating
Committee Officers' Elections

BOD Dr Maaliddin Biruar (2nd from Left), was elected as Chair of
Committee on Outreach

BOD Dr. Sukarno Gani, an Anesthesiologist at Asian Hospital
presented planned Calendar of Activities for 2009

Ms. Norina Usman of Eternal Publications shares insights
in the creation of IMAN

BOD Dr Khasmin Ismael (2nd from right) with Dr Ayeshalinda Alonto (extreme right),
and PGI Anisah Samporna. Emcee Dr Nadhira Mangondato looks over

Intern Thazmahal Escio with cousin

Oath-Taking

Dr Ummi Alonto and Dr Mohaynisah Madali

Mr. Emre Serbetci, Eternal Publications Marketing Manager, launched
a book on "Message for the Sick"
(www.philnur.com)

-Ismaels-
PGI Ismael Ammad (left), PGI Ismael Pandapatan (2nd from right)

Dr Ranyah Sacar (left), OB Resident, with sister
Princess Elham Sacar (4th yr Med)

Dr Saud Basman (left) was elected as Co-Chair for Outreach

PGI Ismael Pandapatan, also the President of Fatima University's
Assoc. of Muslim Students rendered the Opening and Closing prayer.


(more photos to come)

IMAN Acquaintance Party & Organizational Meeting

ACQUAINTANCE PARTY & ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
APRIL 26, 2009
1pm-5pm
Alvior Hall, UP Manila

FREE REGISTRATION!


IMAN will be organizing its
Summer Acquaintance Party and Organizational Meeting
to acknowledge new minds, pioneers, and encourage the
many medical students to strengthen goals for
both Muslim and non-Muslim communities from North to
South.


We invite you to become part of this most-awaited
event!
-Get to expand your network among Muslim MDs locally
and abroad
-Learn updates through Continuing Medical Education
activities
-Be part of an organization which aims to foster
Islamic brotherhood; assist Muslim communities; and
partake in International medical societies






(Dr Abdel Jeffri Abdulla with Florida-based Nephrologist Dr Samerah Razuman
during the August 2008 Meeting at Robinson's Manila)

FREE REGISTRATION

All MDs, Medical Students, Interns/Graduates are Invited!

Payment of Membership Fees (P1000 for Regular Members -Licensed MDs;
P500 for Associate Members- Med students/PGI/Graduates) may
be given to Dr Al-Radjid Jamiri on the event proper.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!
January 28, 2009

Dr Khasmin Ismael:

recently got approved as Medecins Sans Frontiers or Doctors without
Borders volunteer for Cotabato war-torn areas
which will last for 6 months starting February 2009
while on leave from her Residency Training in
Family Medicine at Fatima Hospital.

Also Heads the NGO Al-Nisa (Women of Islam Organization)
in the country.

You may email her at alnisa_habibbi@yahoo.com
if you wish to send your salam or inquire on
how to apply as
volunteer too!


IMAN Vice President
Dr Sherjan Kalim:

Completed his Residency Training
in Pathology at UP-PGH;Passed the Diplomate Exams this January and
is Currently Head of the Blood Bank section
of the Cotabato Regional Hospital


Dr. Sweet Almira Ali-Amil
as new Diplomate in OB-Gynecology (POGS) in the recent
2009 Examinations. Dr Sweet Amil is Cotabato City-based
and is currently helping out in the establishment
of the Bangsamoro Medical Society together with
husband Pediatrician Dr Mohammad Ali Amil.


Dr Alzacar Jadjuli:

Completed the Ophthalmology Residency
training in Jose Reyes Memorial Med Center this
December 2008;
to establish practice in Zamboanga

Dr. Mohammad Abedin

An IMAN Regular Member,
Passed the Diplomate Exam in Internal Medicine
this 2009; Residency Training in
Internal Medicine completed at Makati Medical Center

IMAN now SEC Registered

UP Manila, October 26, 2008 IMAN Meeting L-R: (Standing)-Dr, Abdel Jeffri Abdulla, Dr Sherjan Kalim, Dr Angelie Dugasan, Dr Norbaida Dipantar, Dr Zhamir Umag; (Sitting) Dr Mahar Bogabong, Dr Guiaria Camarudin, Dr Nadhira Mangatong, Dr Naheeda Dimacisil, Dr Khasmin Ismael, Dr Bainary Macaurog

Not in Photo: Dr Al-Radjid Jamiri, Dr Muhammad Abedin, Dr Dreiza Hakim

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As of September 29, 2008 IMAN-Islamic Medical Association of the Philippines, Inc. was finally declared a legal entity to conduct membership expansion and work as
a national organization of Muslim Filipino Physicians in the Philippines.

As the membership grows, the IMAN will soon affiliate with international
organizations and establish a community for Muslim physicians to gain advancement
in career development, health education drive for their constituents, and possibly
establish a medical center in Manila.

IMAN in Friendster!

July 2008
Just recently, Dr. Khasmin Ismael decided to create an account for IMAN at Friendster to make easier connections with Filipino Muslim MDs and aspiring ones. Here, medical students may also get in touch with other fellow Muslim MDs from various institutions in the Philippines such as UP, MSU, Fatima University, Univ. of Perpetual Help, UST, FEU and many other major medical institutions in the country.

Specialist MDs such as Dr. Maaliddin Biruar, a Nephrologist who practices in St' Luke's and at the National Kidney Institute has joined the IMAN Friendster account too.

Get in touch with your fellow MDs and share views and tips for Medical Board Exams.
You may request membership through this email - iman.phil@gmail.com

IMAN is also planning to distribute Prayer fliers for examinees in the upcoming boards this August with the hope to share the many wonders and miracles of Islamic prayers. nmd

WAMY to put up nursing school in the country

March 19, 2008

The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) arrived in Manila this month
for plans of putting up a Medical and Nursing school in the country.
Together with the UP Institute of Islamic Studies (UP-IIS) and its Alumni Association, IMAN-Islamic Medical Association of the Philippines (IMAN), and UP Manila Association of Muslim Students, a forum with the theme "Medical Practices: An Islamic Perspective", was held at Bulwagang Salaam on March 2, 2008.


Dr. Abdurahman Mohd. Al Quraishi, Director of WAMY Medical Committee,
who admires much the service of many Filipino nurses, expressed their plans of establishing a Nursing school in General Santos City where Sheikh Salih Musa, WAMY-Philippines Country Director, will be heading. He introduced their Medicine-oriented Curriculum in Nursing in one of the prestigious institutions in Saudi Arabia, making most of their graduates successfully pass the US Licensure Examination without having to retake several times compared with other students abroad.

WAMY's Medical Committee Assistant Director Dr. Jamal Al-Hamed presented the current scenario on the continuing need to import nurses, especially from our country, and the need to train nationals as well. On the other hand, IMAN Vice-President Dr. Sherjan P. Kalim, presented the current exodus in the Philippines of physicians becoming nurses. He also mentioned in frustration that the growing number of non-accredited institutions since the high demand for nurses abroad started appear to be business-oriented rather than academic, resulting in a lower board passing rate.


Dr. Abdel Jeffri A. Abdulla, IMAN President, served as Panel Reactor and extended great appreciation of WAMY's contribution and efforts but at the same time emphasized the need to find ways to convince our fellow Filipino medical practitioners to stay in the country.


On the other hand, Prof. Mashur Bin Ghalib Jundam, Dean of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies, presented a creative interpretation of the forum's theme through
acronyms of faith and Islamic virtues.

Others present were Dr. Muhammad Matli, College Secretary of UP-IIS; UP-IIS Alumni Association President Mr. Abdulhadi Daguit; Professor Macrina A. Morados; Master of ceremonies and Moderator UP AMS President Zhamir Umag; and various support groups including the Young Moro Professionals Network, Inc. -NMDimacisil, MD

IMAN applies for SEC Registration

March 2008

Acting President Dr. Abdel Jeffri A. Abdulla, Professor in Surgery and a UP-PGH Scholar, presides over monthly meetings of the newly established IMAN-Islamic Medical Association of the Philippines, Inc.

Dr. Al-Radjid Jamiri, Surgery Resident, has been appointed as Treasurer; Dr. Sherjan P. Kalim, Resident in Pathology also at UP-PGH has been voted as Vice President while Dr. Naheeda M. Dimacisil, an Internal Medicine Resident became IMAN's Acting Secretary.

Dr Khasmin M. Ismael, a graduate of OLFU and an OB Resident at present, was among the five incorporators of the association while PGI Guiaria S. Camarudin,UP Manila 3rd year medical students Angelie P. Dugasan and Zhamir Umag served as witnesses in the recently signed Articles of Incorporation last February 3, 2008 at UP Manila.

The Constitution and By-Laws formulation has become a tedious task for the incorporators including other core members, Dr. Alzacar Jadjuli and Dr. Sweet Almira Ali. Thus, Atty. Rasol Mitmug, Jr. and law students like Former UP USC Chair Rommel Romato and AMAL Bar Ops 2007 Chair Abdulhamid Alawi, Jr. have volunteered to assist IMAN in its registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Many Filipino Muslim Physicians and medical students will finally receive formal invitations to become Regular or Associate members, respectively, once the finalization of the CBL has been accomplished. -NMDimacisil,MD

February 2009 Board Passers

1. Abbas, Hania Macmac
2. Alauya, Sitty Jiamerah Macatuman
3. Alibasa, Madyusuf Jr Perlas
4. Alim, Khaled Paguital
5. Camarudin, Guiaria Sali
6. Camlian, Kaier Jumahadi
7. Casalin, Sitti Nurussamsi Abdulla
8. Decampong, Alfatah
9. Hadjail, Nurhaya Aming
10. Hadjirul, Yahiya Baddong
11. Ibrahim, Muhaser Napii
12. Macapeges, Harmila Dalud
13. Macumbal, Aleah Macarampat
14. Madzaman, Almairah Zamanira
15. Misuari, Jehada-Inn
16. Pendatun, Jihan Lumambas
17. Puting, Muhammad Motio
18. Salialam, Abdugafar Jr Paraji
19. Warid, Fatma Warram
20. Ynawat, Farahnaz Abubakar

August 2008 Board Passers

1. ABBAS-ABDULLAH, JEHAN MACMAC
2. ALI, RUSTHOME SANDIGAN
3. ALI, SHORAYNAH MALOMALO
4. ALONTO, JOE BAIR JARDIO
5. AMBOR, SITTIE-ALLIYAH MACABUAT
6. ARIMAO, PRINCESS JEHANN CARIM
7. BAHJIN, RANIA REEDA IKBALA
8. BANGCOLA, RASLANIE UMPA
9. BASMAN, SAUD ALFAIZAL VILLAREAL
10. BATUAMPAR, DELALIA PUNDUG
11. BURUNGAWAN, NUR-HANNAH BUSRAN
12. DARAPA, MAHAYLA MANARONDONG
13. DIAMLA, RAISALAM SARIPADA
14. DIAMPUAN, JOHARA DERON
15. DIMAIPUNG, SOHAINAH MANDA
16. ELLONG, MOHD ZHAIN ELIAS
17. GUINOMLA, MOHAMMAD KHALIL ABPI
18. GURO, RASHIDAH ABUBACAR
19. HASHIM, FRANZEED SAKALURAN
20. IBAOC, KHALIL BERGADO
21. ISMAEL, AL ZAYED DE LEON
22. ISMAEL, ESHIR ABPI
23. LAO, JALILAH MACABANTOG
24. MACALIMBON, AMIDA ANDOG
25. MACARAMBON, NAILA ALIP
26. MACARAYA, MONRIZAH DISOMANGCOP
27. MACASINDIL, NIHAYA PANGANDAMAN
28. MANALA-O, MARWA DIRON
29. MANGELEN, SHEILA FARISHA KUSIN
30. METMUG, ANWAR MACATAMAN
31. MOKSIR, JALILAH BARODI
32. OYOD, AMERAH GAYAK
33. PATADON, MEYASSER TULA
34. PUNGGINAGUINA, JASMINE TAMPOGAO
35. SALIC, RUSSELL LANGI
36. SANSARONA, ALMALYN MACABADA
37. SAYMAARAN, ALZHEEDIMARL TAALAL
38. SHAMAILEH, RAJI RADWAN
39. SHAMSODDIN, MASSOMEH VITO CRUZ
40. TAMBURANI, AL-NIZAR MOHAMMAD
41. USMAN, AMIREL SANDAY