Board Of Directors
Board of Directors
The By-laws of Asia Pacific Medical Center- Iloilo, Inc. (formerly known as Allied Care Experts Medical Center- Iloilo Inc.) currently has fifteen (15) Directors, three (3) of whom are Independent Directors.
Below is the profile of the 2024 Board of Directors which include their qualifications and relevant experience, length of service in the corporation and continuing education attended and their board representations in other corporations. The directors assumed their directorship during the Asia Pacific Medical Center-Iloilo, Inc. (formerly known as Allied Care Experts Medical Center-Iloilo Inc.) Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in 11 June 2024 for a term of one year, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Chairman
Dr. Biron is the Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Medical Center (APMC)group of hospitals which were separately incorporated in December 2014 (Asia Pacific Medical Center-Iloilo, Inc.), September 2017 (Asia Pacific Medical Center – Bacolod, Inc.) and December 2017 (Asia Pacific Medical Center- Aklan, Inc.). He is also the Founding President of the said hospitals and served in that capacity until June 2020 in APMC Aklan, August 2021 in APMC Iloilo, and 14 August 2022 in APMC Bacolod. He is also the Founding President and CEO of Phil Pharmawealth, Inc. until 2004 and the current President of Aesthetical Manila, Inc., and Smartlab Diagnostics, Inc. He also serves as the Chairman of Botikang Pinoy, Inc., Super BP Mart Corporation, Park3 Realty Development Corporation, Newlife Regenerative and Wellness Center Inc., and Obbo Holdings, Inc..
He was elected Congressman of the Fourth (4th)District of Iloilo from 2004 -2013 and 2006-2019 and in 2022. He previously served as Chairman of the Committee on Legislative Franchises and Committee on Trade and Industry and was recently appointed as part of the House Contingent in the Commission on Appointments. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Butuan Inc., Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – GENSAN Inc., and Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Cagayan de Oro, Inc. He is writing his thesis for a Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s College. He also took a course in Master in Business Economics from the University of Asia and the Pacific.
As one of the Directors of the Company, he attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021, and the Master class in Complete Staff Work conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on September 15-17, 2021, and September 20-22, 2021, and Family Business Governance on March 17-28, 2022.
President
Dr. Lavalle is the current President of the Company. He served as Executive Vice President of the Company from August 2019 until he was elected President in August 2021 He was the Vice Chairman of the Board from June 2016 to August 2019 and has been one of the Directors of the Company since 2014. Dr. Lavalle was a Training Officer from 1997 to 2004 and the Chairman from 2005 to 2011 of the Department of Surgery of St. Paul’s Hospital. He is also a Consultant of West Visayas State University Hospital Medical Center, Department of Surgery from 1998 to present, and Western Visayas Medical Center from 1998 to 2017. Dr. Lavalle served as the Secretary from 1998 to 2001 and President from 2002 to 2003 of the Philippine Society of General Surgeons, Panay Chapter. He also became a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippine College of Surgeons Panay Chapter from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Lavalle was a consistent Honor Student from Elementary to College. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at West Visayas State University in 1984 and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He continued his Medical Studies at the same University until he graduated in 1988. He had his Post-Graduate Internship at St. Paul’s Hospital from 1988 to 1989. Dr. Lavalle had his residency training in general surgery from 1990 to 1994 in the same hospital. He had his Fellowship Training in Surgical Oncology at UP- PGH in 1996. He is presently taking his Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s University and is currently on thesis writing. As one of the Directors of the Company, he attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021. After he was elected President, he attended the Professional Directors Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors Batch 72 held on September 28-29, 2021, October (6, 7, 12, 13, 26 & 27), 2021, and November 4-5, 2021.
Vice Chairman
Dr. Lavilla is the current Vice Chairman of the Board. She also served the Company as Asst. Corporate Treasurer from December 2014 to May 2016 and was the Corporate Secretary from June 2016 until she stepped down to become Assistant Corporate Secretary on September 2019, a position she held until her election as Vice Chairman in August 2021. She is also a Director of Asia Pacific Medical Center Bacolod Inc. wherein she served as the Corporate Treasurer from 2017 to 2018 and became Asst.Corporate Treasurer from 2019 until she was elected Assistant Corporate Secretary in 2021 up to August 2022. She was the Vice President of Asia Pacific Medical Center -Aklan, Inc. from 2018 to June 2022 and is presently also one of the Board of Directors. She has been a Director of Allied Care Experts Medical Center (ACEMC) Cagayan de Oro Inc. since 2016 and is the current Assistant Corporate Treasurer of the corporation. She is also a Founding Member of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center-Butuan, Inc., and Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – GenSan, Inc.
Dr. Lavilla took a Bachelor of Science in Biology and graduated Cum Laude from West Visayas State University in 1984. She had her medical studies at the same institution and graduated in 1988. She had her Post-Graduate Internship at St. Paul’s Hospital from 1988-1989. She then had her residency training in Pediatrics from 1990 to 1993 at West Visayas State University Medical Center and became the Chief Resident in her last year of training. She became a Diplomate of the Philippine Pediatric Society in 1998 and a Fellow Member in 2014. Dr. Lavilla is also a member of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine and is a Medical Retainer of Vitarich Corporation for VisMin from 1999 to date and Angelina Bakeshop from 2008 to 2020. Aside from being a Physician, Dr. Lavilla is also a Registered Nurse.
She is completing her thesis for a Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctors University. As one of the Directors of the Company, she attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on May 14, 2021, and the training on Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on January 12, 13 & 28, 2022.
Executive Vice President
Dr. Regozo is the current Executive Vice President of the Company and the concurrent Head of the Construction Committee. He is also the Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific Medical Center - Bacolod Inc. since 2017 and a Director at Allied Care Experts Medical Center, Butuan Inc., and Allied Care Experts Medical Center, GENSAN Inc. since 2016 and Asia-Pacific Medical Center-Aklan, Inc. since 2017. Dr. Regozo is the owner of Farmacia Neo and Regozo Family Medicine Clinic. He is also an Associate Member of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine from 1994 to the present. He was the Treasurer from 2001 to 2003 and Vice President from 2003 to 2004 of the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians, Iloilo Chapter.
Moreover, Dr. Regozo was the Assistant Secretary from 2014 to 2016, Vice President from 2016 to 2018 and a member of the Board of Directors of Iloilo Medical Society from 2018 to 2019. Dr. Regozo graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Fisheries in 1983. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at West Visayas State University in 1984. He then completed his Medical Degree at West Visayas State University, College of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Regozo had his Post-Graduate Internship at St. Paul’s Hospital in 1988. In 1999, he was conferred a Diplomate in Family Medicine. Aside from being a Physician, Dr. Regozo is also a Registered Nurse. Currently, Dr. Regozo is writing his thesis for his Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s College. As one of the Directors of the Company, he attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021, and the training on Best Practices in Strategy Execution, conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on October 28, 2021. He also attended the Risk Management in the Age of Covid 19 training conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors on April 28, 2022.
Corporate Treasurer
Dr. Agnes M. Villaflor is the Corporate Treasurer of the Company since June 2016 and has been one of its Board of Directors since 2014. She also served as Assistant Corporate Secretary of the company from December 2014 to May 2016 prior to her election as Corporate Treasurer. She is also the Medical Director of M3 Dialysis Center since 2007 and the Medical Director and Secretary of Renal Specialty Inc. from 2016 to the present. She is a Training Officer at West Visayas State University Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine and a Professorial Lecturer at the College of Medicine of West Visayas State University and Central Philippine University.
Dr. Villaflor took her Bachelor of Science in Biological Science at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas and her medical studies at West Visayas State University. She had her Post- Graduate Internship at Westen Visayas Medical Center and had her residency training in Internal Medicine at West Visayas State University Hospital. She had her Fellowship Training at Philippine General Hospital in Nephrology. She is completing her Masteral studies in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s University. As one of the Directors of the Company, she attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021 and the training on Best Practices in Strategy Execution, conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on October 28, 2021. She attended the training on Finance for Directors conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors in May 10-11, 2022. She also attended Best Practices in Financial and Operational Budgeting conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on September 7, 2022.
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Fernandez was elected as Regular Director of the Company after his resignation as Independent Director of Asia Pacific Medical Center- Iloilo, Inc. (formerly known as Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center-Iloilo, Inc.), a position he occupied from August 2018 to February 2019. He has been an Editor in Chief of The Daily Guardian since 2002. He was the President of the Rotary Club of Iloilo in 2016 and the past President of the Iloilo Press Club. Mr. Fernandez finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Iloilo in 1988.
As one of the Directors of the Company, he attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021. He attended the training on Finance for Directors conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors on May 10-11, 2022. He also attended Best Practices in Financial and Operational Budgeting conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on September 7, 2022.
Director
Dr. Lusyl Gomez was the Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company from 26, August 2021 to 29 September 2022. She was also the Assistant Corporate Treasurer from October 2020 to August 2021 and the Vice President for Finance of the Company from 2017 up to the present. She previously served as Independent Director of the Company from September 2017 to August 2018 and was elected as Regular Director in October 2020. She is a Diplomate member of the Philippine Pediatric Society and a member of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine. She served as Treasurer and Member of the Board of Healthlink (Iloilo), Inc. for four (4) years and twelve (12) years respectively up to the present.
She is a Member of the Board of Directors of Wellness Medical Pharma for six (6) years and has been its Treasurer for Four years. She is a Professor at the School of Dentistry of Iloilo Doctors College for three (3) years and was a school physician at St. Therese College and STI College for the same number of years. She is also the Vice President for Operations of Excel Global Inc. from 2016 up to 2019. She is the Head of Operations of Ipedcare Plus Pharmacy (2021). She is a graduate of BS in Biology and Medicine from West. Visayas State University. She had her Post Graduate Internship and Residency Training at Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital. She is currently working on her thesis for a Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s University. As one of the Directors of the Company, she attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021, and the training on Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on January 12, 13, & 28, 2022. She also attended a training on Finance for Directors conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors on May 10-11, 2022.
Director
Dr. Dianco was elected as regular Director on August 26, 2021. He also served as Independent Director of the Company from October 29, 2020, to August 26, 2021. He finished his Doctor of Medicine at WVSU College of Medicine. He trained as Internist at West Visayas State University Medical Center and continued his fellowship training on Adult Cardiology and Non-Invasive Cardiology at the Philippine Heart Center and published several papers during his training. He is also a professorial lecturer at West Visayas State University, College of Medicine, and Central Philippine University, College of Medicine. Currently, he is the Assistant Chair of the ICU Committee of West Visayas State University Medical Center. He had been a President of the Philippine Heart Association Western Visayas- Panay Chapter for two (2) years and past member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of PCP – Western Visayas.
Dr. Dianco completed his Doctor of Medicine degree at West Visayas State University and his residency in Internal Medicine at West Visayas State University Medical Center. He also studied Master’s in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctors’ University.
As one of the Directors of the Company, he attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021. He also attended the training on Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping on January 12, 13 & 28, 2022 and Best Practices in Digital Record Governance & Management on 29 to 31 March 2023 which were all conducted by the Center for Global Best.
Director
Dr. Felix Nolasco, MMHoA is a Maxillofacial-Plastic Otolaryngologic-Head and Neck Surgery Specialist who was re-elected as Director of the Company in October 2020 and continues to serve as such up to the present. He had previously served the Board from December 2014 to September 2017. He is the Chairman of Sto. Tomas Doctor’s Hospital Medical Center since 2017. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Allied Care Experts Medical Center Cebu for five (5) years and is currently serving as its Vice President. He is serving as Vice Chairman of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Quezon City and Allied Care Experts Medical Center (ACE) Baliwag and has been its Director for eight (8) years and ten (10) years respectively. He is the Assistant Treasurer of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Tacloban and also serves as its Director since 2016. He previously held the following positions: President of Unihealth Baypointe Hospital Medical Center, Vice President of ACEMC Bohol, Inc., Vice -Chairman of ACEMC-Baliwag, Medical Director and Administrator of Unihealth Paranaque Hospital and Medical Center. He has served as Director of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Valenzuela ( 6 years), Allied Care Experts (ACE) Baypointe ( 7 years), Unihealth Paranaque Hospital and Medical Center, Mindoro Medical Center (2 years) and SOMOS Medical Center (2 years).
On the academic side, he was the President of the Philippine Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for eight years and is also its current director serving its 10th year, President of the Phil. Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Inc in 2005, Founding Chairman of the Phil Academy of Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery, PSOHNS, and Founding Director of the Otolaryngologic Maxillofacial Aesthetics Center at East Avenue Medical Center -a DOH Hospital.
He was a Chairman of the ENT-HNS, East Ave Med Center for nineteen (19) years and retired in 2017 as Chairman Emeritus. He was also a Former Executive Officer of the ENT-HNS Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center and Consultant of the Department of Otolaryngology, UP-PGH Medical Center.
As one of the Directors of the Company, he attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021. He also attended the training on Best Practices of Effective Boards conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on February 8, 2022.
Director
Dr. Samoro has been one of the Directors of the Company since 2014. She served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors from August 2019 to October 2021 and was previously the Vice President for Marketing. She is the President of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center Inc., Butuan and Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – GENSAN. She is the School Head/Chief Operations Officer of Iloilo Integrated School from 2005 to the present and MD Check Iloilo Inc. from 2009 to the present.
She is one of the Founding Members / Board of Directors of Healthlink Iloilo (2005 to present), Iloilo Integrated School (2001 to present), and MD Check Iloilo Inc (2009 to present). Dr. Samoro also served as Vice President of the Philippine Obstetrical & Gynecological Society, Panay Chapter in 2013, and President of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society in 2014. She is a Past Treasurer in the Council of Presidents of ACE Medical Center. Presently, she is writing her thesis for the Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s College. As one of the Directors of the Company, she attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021. She also attended a training for Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping and another training on Corporate Governance In-House Training (Session 1: New Code of Corporate Governance for Public Companies and Registered Issuers; Session 2: Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines) both conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on 21 -23 April 2021 and 16- 17 July 2021 respectively. Dr. Samoro recently attended the training on Best Practices of Effective Boards conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on February 8, 2022.
Director
Dr. Gafate-Ong is an Active Staff at the Department of Internal Medicine-Iloilo Mission Hospital and a Visiting Staff at the Department of Internal Medicine at West Visayas State University Medical Center, Iloilo Doctors’ Hospital, The Medical
City-Iloilo, Qualimed Medical Center and Holy Mary Women and Children’s Hospital. She is also a Member of the Faculty of the College of Dentristy of West Visayas State University and the Faculty of the College of Medicine of Central Philippine University.
She is also a Professional Lecturer in the College of Medicine of West Visayas State University. She became a Board Director of NEFRON Dialysis Center, Inc., for five (5) years. She is a proprietor also of ALVINMAR Catering Services. She graduated from the College of Medicine of West Visayas State University as Doctor of Medicine and finished Bachelor of Science in Biological Science in the same university with flying colors by graduating Cum Laude.
Director
Atty. Rolex Suplico was first elected as Director of the Company in October 2020. He is one of the country’s foremost experts in telecommunications, radio and television broadcast, and franchise laws. He is the President of Great Odysseus Security Agency, Inc. IKEA Philippines’ exclusive security provider, and R25 Manpower Services Corp., a manpower corporation. He is a founding member of the law firm of Suplico, Austria, and Marbella which is engaged in the general practice of law with offices at 18B Pet Plans Tower, 444 EDSA, Makati City, Metro Manila.
He served as Iloilo's Vice Governor from 2007-2010. He was a Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and a member of the Commission of Appointments from 2004-2007. From 1998-2007, he represented the Province of Iloilo’s Fifth District as Congressman. He was also elected as Iloilo Provincial Board Member in 1995. He finished his AB in Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences at UP Diliman in 1983 and his Bachelor of Laws at the UP College of Law in 1989 and passed the 1989 Bar Examinations. As one of the Directors of the Company, he attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021. He also attended Roles, Responsibilities & Liabilities of Board of Directors conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on September 5, 2022, and ESG Strategy: A Boardroom Topic For Directors conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors on December 9, 2022.
Independent Director
Dr. Jerusha A. Comuelo was first elected as Independent Director in October 2020. She is a Speaker/Reactor of different Philippine Pediatric Society Accredited Hospitals in Western Visayas Chapters and pharmaceutical and nutritional companies. Currently, she is the Chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics of West Visayas State University Medical Center and West Visayas State University College of Medicine. She has been the Treasurer of the Iloilo Neuroscience Group, Inc. since 2015.
Dr. Comuelo had Pediatric Residency Training at West Visayas State University and served as Chief Resident during her year of training. Thereafter, she pursued subspecialty training in Pediatric Neurology at Philippine Children’s Medical Center. She is a Life Member of the Philippine Medical Association and member of the Child Neuro Society of the Philippines, the Philippine League against Epilepsy, and Ocean Oceanian of Child Neurology. She is working on her thesis for a Master's in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s University. As one of the Directors of the Company, she attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021. She also attended the training on Best Practices of Effective Boards conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on February 8, 2022, and the Training on Finance for Directors conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors on May 10-11, 2022. She is scheduled to attend the Corporate Governance Best Practices "Board Director's Guide for Audit Committees" to be conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on June 14, 2023.
Independent Director
Ma. Teresa Formacion-Debuque became an Independent Director in August 2021. She is the Municipal Vice Mayor of Anilao, Iloilo since 2016. She served as the first woman President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines- Iloilo Chapter from 2010-2013 and the first lady mayor of Anilao from 2007 to 2016. She has also been a mentor of the Local Government Academy of the Philippines for its Mentoring for Optimal Leadership and Development Program (MOLD) in 2016, a participant in the International Benchmarking Program of DILG on Federalism and Good Governance in 2017 at Washington DC, USA in 2017 and a panelist by the European and the Polish Presidencia of the Council of European Union during the European Development Days at Warsaw, Poland in 2011.
She is a member of the Zonta Club Iloilo City II serving as its president from 2009 to 2013. ID Debuque is a graduate of BS in Psychology, AB Economics, and Bachelor of Laws from the University of San Agustin. She has earned units in Masters in Hospital Management from Cebu Doctors College. She was awarded the Punong Bayan Award of Excellence by the League of Municipalities in 2010; Presidential Lingkod Bayan Regional Awardee/National Semi-Finalist by the Civil Service Commission in 2011; Gawad Parangal for Outstanding Local Chief Executive by the Association of Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines in 2011; and the USA Alumni Achievement Award in the field of Government Service in 2014 by the University of San Agustin. Anilao under her leadership also became a multi-awarded local government unit from 2009-2016 receiving among others the Red Orchid Award from DOH, Seal of Good Housekeeping from DILG in 2010, and 2011, Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award in 2012 and a Best Performing Local Government Unit of Region VI citations in 2009-2011 by the DILG. As an Independent Director of the Company, she attended the Roles, Responsibilities & Liabilities of the Board of Directors conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on November 19, 2021. She attended the Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on February 3, 2023.
Independent Director
Mr. Gonzales is the Founder/Proprietor/General Manager of Muebles Italiano (1989 to present), the top provider of authentic European and modern furniture in the Philippines. He is the Founder, President, and CEO of St. Joseph the Worker Builders & Realty Inc.( 2002 to present) and Disegno Di Milano, Inc. (2015 to present). He is also a Director of Gala Curated Settings Corp. (2018 to present). He finished his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of East Cum Laude.
He also attended the Graduate School of Business Dynamic Sales Management of the Ateneo de Manila University and took a Master's in Business Economics at the University of Asia and the Pacific. As an Independent Director of the company, he attended the Corporate Governance Orientation Program conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors on October 27, 2022. He is scheduled to attend the Corporate Governance Best Practices "Board Director's Guide for Audit Committees" to be conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on June 14, 2023.
Director/Assistant Corporate Secretary
Dr. Lusyl Gomez was the Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company from 26, August 2021 to 29 September 2022. She was also the Assistant Corporate Treasurer from October 2020 to August 2021 and the Vice President for Finance of the Company from 2017 up to the present. She previously served as Independent Director of the Company from September 2017 to August 2018 and was elected as Regular Director in October 2020. She is a Diplomate member of the Philippine Pediatric Society and a member of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine. She served as Treasurer and Member of the Board of Healthlink (Iloilo), Inc. for four (4) years and twelve (12) years respectively up to the present.
She is a Member of the Board of Directors of Wellness Medical Pharma for six (6) years and has been its Treasurer for Four years. She is a Professor at the School of Dentistry of Iloilo Doctors College for three (3) years and was a school physician at St. Therese College and STI College for the same number of years. She is also the Vice President for Operations of Excel Global Inc. from 2016 up to 2019. She is the Head of Operations of Ipedcare Plus Pharmacy (2021). She is a graduate of BS in Biology and Medicine from West. Visayas State University. She had her Post Graduate Internship and Residency Training at Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital. She is currently working on her thesis for a Master of Arts in Hospital Administration in Cebu Doctor’s University. As one of the Directors of the Company, she attended the Corporate Governance Training conducted by PWC/Isla Lipana on 14 May 2021 and the training on Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping conducted by the Center for Global Best Practices on January 12, 13, & 28, 2022. She also attended a training on Finance for Directors conducted by the Institute of Corporate Directors on May 10-11, 2022.
Ferjenel G. Biron, MD
Chairman
Ferjenel G. Biron, MD
Chairman
Dr. Biron is the Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Medical Center (APMC) group of hospitals which were separately incorporated in December 2014 (Asia Pacific Medical Center-Iloilo, Inc.), September 2017 (Asia Pacific Medical Center – Bacolod, Inc.) and December 2017 (Asia Pacific Medical CenterAklan, Inc.). He is also the Founding President of the said hospitals and served in that capacity until June 2020 in APMC Aklan, August 2021 in APMC Iloilo, and 14 August 2022 in APMC Bacolod. He is also the Founding President and CEO of Phil Pharmawealth, Inc. until 2004 and the current President of Aesthetical Manila, Inc., and Smartlab Diagnostics, Inc. He also serves as the Chairman of Botikang Pinoy, Inc., Super BP Mart Corporation, Park3 Realty Development Corporation, Newlife Regenerative and Wellness Center Inc., and Obbo Holdings, Inc.
He was elected Congressman of the Fourth (4th) District of Iloilo from 2004 -2013 and 2006-2019 and in 2022. He is currently the Chairman of he Committee on Trade and Industry. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Butuan Inc., Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – GENSAN Inc., and Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Cagayan de Oro, Inc. He is writing his thesis for a Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s College. He also took a course in Master in Business Economics from the University of Asia and the Pacific.
Amado M. Lavalle Jr., MD
FPCS, FACS, FPSGS
President
Amado M. Lavalle Jr., MD, FPCS, FACS, FPSGS
President
Dr. Lavalle is the current President of the Company. He served as Executive Vice President of the Company from August 2019 until he was elected President in August 2021. He was the Vice Chairman of the Board from June 2016 to August 2019 and has been one of the Directors of the Company since 2014. Currently, he is also the Vice President for Procurement Services of APMCAklan.Dr. Lavalle was a Training Officer from 1997 to 2004 and the Chairman from 2005 to 2011 of the Department of Surgery of St. Paul’s Hospital. He is also a Consultant of West Visayas State University Hospital Medical Center, Department of Surgery from 1998 to present and Western Visayas Medical Center from 1998 to 2017. Dr. Lavalle served as the Secretary from 1998 to 2001 and President from 2002 to 2003 of Philippine Society of General Surgeons, Panay Chapter. He also became a member of the Board of Directors of Philippine College of Surgeons Panay Chapter from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Lavalle was a consistent Honor Student from Elementary to College. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at West Visayas State University 1984 and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He continued his Medical Studies in the same University until he graduated in 1988. He had his Post-Graduate Internship at St. Paul’s Hospital from 1988 to 1989.
Dr. Lavalle had his residency training in GeneralSurgery from 1990 to 1994 in the same hospital. He had his Fellowship Training in Surgical Oncology at UP- PGH in 1996. He is presently taking his
Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s University and currently on thesis writing.
Meride Daulo Lavilla, MD
FPPS
Vice Chairman
Meride Daulo Lavilla, MD, FPPS
Vice Chairman
Dr. Lavilla is the current Vice Chairman of the Board. She had also served the Company as Assistant Corporate Treasurer from December 2014 to May 2016 and was the Corporate Secretary
from June 2016 until she stepped down to become Assistant Corporate Secretary on September 2019, a position she held until her elections Vice Chairman in August 2021. Dr. Lavilla was also the Corporate Secretary of Healthlink Inc. for 3 years and member of its Board of Directors for 5 years. She also served as the Corporate Treasurer from 2017 to 2018 and Assistant Corporate Treasurer from 2019 until she was elected Assistant Corporate Secretary in 2021 until 14 August 2022 of Asia Pacific Medical Center Bacolod Inc. She is the Vice President of Asia Pacific Medical Center (APMC) - Aklan Inc. since 2018. She had been a Director of Allied Care Experts Medical Center Cagayan de Oro Inc. from 2016 and is the current Assistant Corporate Treasurer of the
corporation. She is also a Founding Member of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center-Butuan, Inc., and Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – GENSAN. Dr. Lavilla served as Chairman of Excel Global Inc. from 2017-2020.
Dr. Lavilla is a member of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine and is a Medical Retainer for Vitarich Corporation from 2009 to date and Angelina Bakeshop from 2008 to 2020.
Dr. Lavilla took Bachelor of Science in Biology and graduated Cum Laude from West Visayas State University in 1984. She had her medical studies at West Visayas State University, College of
Medicine in 1988. She had her Post-Graduate Internship at St. Paul’s Hospital in the year 1988-1989 and had her residency training in Pediatrics and became the Chief Resident at West
Visayas State University Medical Center from 1990 to 1993. She became a Diplomate of the Philippine Pediatric Society in 1998 and a Fellow Member in 2014. She has been a Clinical Preceptor in Pediatrics for 2nd and 3rd year Medical Students of West Visayas State University, College of Medicine from 1994 to present. She is completing her thesis for Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctors University. Aside from being a Physician, Dr. Lavilla is also a Registered Nurse.
Danilo C. Regozo, MD
DFM, FPAFP
Executive Vice President
Danilo C. Regozo, MD, DFM, FPAFP
Executive Vice President
Dr. Regozo is the current Executive Vice President of the Company and the concurrent Head of the Construction Committee. He is also the Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific Medical Center - Bacolod Inc. since 2017 and Asia Pacific Medical Center-Aklan, Inc. since 2017. He is also the Chairman of Excel Global Inc. Dr. Regozo is the owner of Farmacia Neo and Regozo Family Medicine Clinic. He is also an Associate Member of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine from 1994 to the present. He was the Treasurer from 2001 to 2003 and Vice President from 2003 to 2004 of the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians, Iloilo Chapter. He is currently the Head Department of Family Medicine and Head of Ancillary Services of the company.
Moreover, Dr. Regozo was the Assistant Secretary from 2014 to 2016, Vice President from 2016 to 2018 and a member of the Board of Directors of Iloilo Medical Society from 2018 to 2019. Dr. Regozo graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Fisheries in 1983. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at West Visayas State University in 1984. He then completed his Medical Degree at West Visayas State University, College of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Regozo had his Post- Graduate Internship at St. Paul’s Hospital in 1988. In 1999, he was conferred a Diplomate in Family Medicine.
Aside from being a Physician, Dr. Regozo is also a Registered Nurse. Currently, Dr. Regozo is writing his thesis for his Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s College.
Lusyl M. Gomez, MD
DPPS
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Lusyl M. Gomez
DPPS
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Dr. Gomez is back to being the Assistant Secretary of the Company after a one-year hiatus since she was elected in the same position on 30 June 2023. She is also the current Chairman of the Pediatrics Department of the company and Vice President for Finance. She was also the Assistant Corporate Treasurer from October 2020 to August 2021. She previously served as Independent Director of the Company from September 2017 to August 2018 and was elected as Regular Director in October 2020. She is a Fellow of the Philippine Pediatric Society and a member of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine. She served as Treasurer and Member of the Board of Healthlink (Iloilo), Inc. for four (4) years and twelve (12) years respectively up to the present.
She is a Member of the Board of Directors of Wellness Medical Pharma for six (6) years and has been its Treasurer for Four years. She is a Professor at the School of Dentistry of Iloilo Doctors College for three (3) years and was a school physician at St. Therese College and STI College for the same number of years. She is also the Vice President for Operations of Excel Global Inc. from 2016 up to 2019. She is the Head of Operations of Ipedcare Plus Pharmacy (2021) up to the present. She is a graduate of BS in Biology and Medicine from West Visayas State University. She had her Post Graduate Internship and Residency Training at Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital. She is currently working on her thesis for a Master of Arts in Hospital Administration in Cebu
Doctor’s University.
Mary Flor Gafate-Ong, MD
FPCP, FPCEDM
Corporate Treasurer
Mary Flor Gafate-Ong, MD, FPCP, FPCEDM
Director
Dr. Gafate-Ong is the current Treasurer of the Company. She is also the Corporate Secretary of Excel Global Inc and an Active Staff at the Department of Internal Medicine-Iloilo Mission Hospital and a Visiting Staff at the Department of Internal Medicine at West Visayas State University Medical Center, Iloilo Doctors’ Hospital, The Medical City-Iloilo, Qualimed Medical Center and Holy Mary Women and Children’s Hospital. She is also a Member of the Faculty of the College of Dentristy of West Visayas State University and the Faculty of the College of Medicine of Central Philippine University. She is also a Professional Lecturer in the College of Medicine of West Visayas State University. She
became a Board Director of NEFRON Dialysis Center, Inc., for five (5) years. She is a proprietor also of ALVINMAR Catering Services. She graduated from the College of Medicine of West Visayas State University as Doctor of Medicine and finished Bachelor of Science in Biological Science in the same university with flying colors by graduating Cum Laude.
Felibert O. Dianco, MD
FPCP, FPCC, FPSE
Director
Felibert O. Dianco, MD, FPCP, FPCC, FPSE
Director
Dr. Dianco has been a regular Director of the Company since August 26, 2021. He also served as Independent Director of the Company from October 29, 2020, to August 26, 2021. He is the Chairperson of Internal Medicine Department and Head of the Cardiac Laboratory Unit of the company effective August 1, 2023.
He finished his Doctor of Medicine at WVSU College of Medicine. He trained as Internist at West Visayas State University Medical Center and continued his fellowship training on Adult Cardiology and Non-Invasive Cardiology at the Philippine Heart Center and published several papers during his training. He is also a
professorial lecturer at West Visayas State University, College of Medicine, and Central Philippine University, College of Medicine. He had been a President of the Philippine Heart Association Western Visayas- Panay Chapter for two (2) years and a past
member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of PCP – Western
Visayas.
Dr. Dianco completed his Doctor of Medicine degree at West Visayas State University and his residency in Internal Medicine at West Visayas State University Medical Center. He also studied Master’s in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctors’ University.
Lemuel T. Fernandez
Assistant Treasurer
Lemuel T. Fernandez
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Fernandez was elected as a Regular Director of the Company after his resignation as Independent Director of Asia Pacific Medical Center- Iloilo, Inc. (formerly known as Allied Care Experts
(ACE) Medical Center-Iloilo, Inc.), a position he occupied from August 2018 to February 2019. He is currently the Assistant Corporate Treasurer and the Marketing Director of the company.
He was the Editor in Chief of The Daily Guardian for many years. He was the President of the Rotary Club of Iloilo in 2016-17 and the past President of the Iloilo Press Club 1999-2000 and 2002-
2003. Mr. Fernandez finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Iloilo in 1988.
Agnes Jean M. Villaflor, MD
FPCP, FPSN
Director
Agnes Jean M. Villaflor, MD, FPCP, FPSN
Director
Dr. Agnes M. Villaflor is the current Medical Director of the company. She was the Corporate Treasurer of the Company since June 2016 to December 17, 2023 and has been one of its Board of Directors since 2014. She also served as Assistant Corporate Secretary of the company from December 2014 to May 2016 prior to her election as Corporate Treasurer. Dr. Villaflor is also the Vice President for Finance of APMC-Aklan.
She is also the Medical Director of M3 Dialysis Center since 2007 and the Medical Director and Secretary of Renal Specialty Inc. from 2016 to present. She is a Training Officer at West Visayas
State University Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine and a Professorial Lecturer at the College of Medicine of West Visayas State University and Central Philippine University. Dr. Villaflor took her Bachelor of Science in Biological Science at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas and her medical studies at West Visayas State University. She had her Post- Graduate Internship at Western Visayas Medical Center and had her residency training in Internal Medicine at West Visayas State University Hospital. She had her Fellowship Training at Philippine General Hospital in Nephrology. She is completing her Masteral studies in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s University.
Felix P. Nolasco, MD
MMHoA, FPSOHNS, FPSCS, FPCS
Director
Felix P. Nolasco, MD, MMHoA, FPSOHNS, FPSCS, FPCS
Director
Dr. Felix Nolasco, MMHoA is a Maxillofacial-Plastic Otolaryngologic- Head and Neck Surgery Specialist who was reelected as Director of the Company in October 2020 to December 2023 and he is currently the Assistant Medical Director of the company. He had previously served the Board from December 2014 to September 2017. He is the Chairman of Sto. Tomas Doctor’s Hospital Medical Center since 2017. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Allied Care Experts Medical Center Cebu for five (5) years and is currently serving as its Vice President. He is serving as Vice Chairman of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Quezon City and Allied Care Experts Medical Center (ACE) Baliwag and has been its Director for eight (8) years and ten (10) years respectively.
He is the Secretary of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Tacloban and also serves as its Director since 2016. He previously held the following positions: President of Unihealth Baypointe Hospital Medical Center, Vice President of ACEMC Bohol, Inc., Vice -Chairman of ACEMC- Baliwag, Medical Director and Administrator of Unihealth Paranaque Hospital and Medical Center. He has served as Director of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Valenzuela ( 6 years), Allied Care Experts (ACE) Baypointe ( 7 years), Unihealth Paranaque Hospital and Medical Center, Mindoro Medical Center (2 years) and SOMOS Medical Center (2 years).
On the academic side, he was the President of the Philippine Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for eight years and is also its current director serving its 10th year, President of the Phil. Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Inc., in 2005. Founding Chairman of the Phil Academy of Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery, PSOHNS, and Founding Director of the
Otolaryngologic Maxillofacial Aesthetics Center at East Avenue Medical Center -a DOH Hospital.
He was a Chairman of the ENT-HNS, East Ave Med Center for nineteen (19) years and retired in 2017 as Chairman Emeritus. He was also a Former Executive Officer of the ENT-HNS Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center and Consultant of the Department of Otolaryngology, UP-PGH Medical Center.
Atty. Rolex T. Suplico
Director
Atty. Rolex T. Suplico
Director
Atty. Rolex Suplico was first elected as Director of the Company in October 2020. He is one of the country’s foremost experts in telecommunications, radio and television broadcast and franchise laws. He is the President of Great Odysseus Security Agency, Inc. IKEA Philippines’ exclusive security provider and R25 Manpower Services Corp., a manpower corporation. He is a founding member of the law firm of Suplico, Austria and Marbella which is
engaged in the general practice of law with offices at 18B Pet Plans Tower, 444EDSA, Makati City, Metro Manila. He served as Iloilo Vice Governor from 2007-2010. He was a Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and member of the Commission of Appointments from 2004-2007. From 1998-2007, he represented the Province of Iloilo’s Fifth District as Congressman.
He was also elected as Iloilo Provincial Board Member in 1995. He finished his AB Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences at UP Diliman in 1983 and his Bachelor of Laws at the UP College of Law in 1989 and passed the 1989 Bar Examinations.
Fredilyn G. Samoro, MD
FPOGS
Director
Fredilyn G. Samoro, MD, FPOGS
Director
Dr. Samoro has been one of the Directors of the Company since 2014. She served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors from August 2019 to October 2021 and was previously the Vice President for Marketing. She is the President of Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center Inc., Butuan and Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – GENSAN. She is the School Head/Chief
Operations Officer of Iloilo Integrated School from 2005 to present and MD Check Iloilo Inc. from 2009 to present. She is one of the Founding Members / Board of Directors of Healthlink Iloilo (2005 to present), Iloilo Integrated School (2001 to present) and MD
Check Iloilo Inc (2009to present).
Dr. Samoro also served as Vice President of Philippine Obstetrical & Gynecological Society, Panay Chapter in 2013, and President of Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society in 2014. She is a Past Treasurer in the Council of Presidents of ACE Medical Center. Presently, she is writing her thesis for Master of Arts in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s College.
Ma. Teresa F. Debuque
LLB
Lead Independent Director
Ma. Teresa F. Debuque, LLB
Independent Director
Ma. Teresa Formacion-Debuque became an Independent Director of the Company in August 2021. She is the Municipal Vice Mayor of Anilao, Iloilo since 2016. She served as the first woman President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Iloilo
Chapter in 2010-2013 and the first lady mayor of Anilao from 2007 to 2016. She has also been a mentor of the Local
Government Academy of the Philippines for its Mentoring for Optimal Leadership and Development Program (MOLD) in 2016, a participant to the International Benchmarking Program of DILG on Federalism and Good Governance in 2017 at Washington DC, USA in 2017 and a panelist by the European and the Polish Presidencia of the Council of European Union during the European
Development Days at Warsaw, Poland in 2011. She is a member of the Zonta Club Iloilo City II serving as its president from 2009 to 2013.
She is a graduate of BS Psychology, AB Economics and Bachelor of Laws of the University of San Agustin. She has earned units in Masters in Hospital Management from Cebu Doctors College.
She was awarded the Punong Bayan Award of Excellence by the League of Municipalities in 2010; Presidential Lingkod Bayan Regional Awardee/National Semi-Finalist by the Civil Service Commission in 2011; Gawad Parangal for Outstanding Local Chief Executive by the Association of Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines in 2011; and the USA Alumni Achievement Award in the field of Government Service in 2014 by
the University of San Agustin. Anilao under her leadership also became a multi-awarded local government unit from 2009-2016 receiving among others the Red Orchid Award from DOH, Seal of Good Housekeeping from DILG in 2010 and 2011, Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award in 2012 and a Best Performing Local Government Unit of Region VI citations in 2009- 2011 by the DILG.
Jerusha A. Comuelo, MD
FPPS, FPNA, FCNSP
Independent Director
Jerusha A. Comuelo, MD, FPPS, FPNA, FCNSP
Independent Director
Dr. Jerusha A. Comuelo was first elected as Independent Director of the Company in October 2020. She is a Speaker/Reactor of different Philippine Pediatric Society Accredited Hospitals in
Western Visayas Chapters and pharmaceutical and nutritional companies. Currently, she is the Chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics of West Visayas State University Medical Center and West Visayas State University College of Medicine. She has been the Treasurer of the Iloilo Neuroscience Group, Inc. since 2015. Dr. Comuelo had Pediatric Residency Training at West Visayas State University and served as Chief Resident during her year of training. Thereafter, she pursued subspecialty training in Pediatric Neurology at Philippine Children’s Medical Center. She is a Life Member of the Philippine Medical Association and a member of Child Neuro Society of Philippines, Philippine League against Epilepsy and Ocean Oceanian of Child Neurology. She is working on her thesis for Master in Hospital Administration at Cebu Doctor’s University.
Atty. Johanna Marie B. Bermudo-Belgira
MBM
Independent Director
Atty. Johanna Marie B. Bermudo-Belgira
Independent Director
She is the Municipal Legal Officer of the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo since 2019. She serves as the Data Protection Officer Designate and Officer-In Charge,
Human Resource Management and Development Officer IV of the said LGU since 2023 and January 2024, respectively. She also acted as the Municipal Administrator of the said LGU from 2019 until 2022. Prior to her employment in the said LGU, she
was a Local Legislative Staff Officer of the Iloilo Provincial Government from 2016 until 2019. She is a partner of Lutero, Andutan, Hongco, Bermudo and Gumboc Law Office since 2016 which is engaged in general practice of law in Iloilo City. She is the General Legal Counsel of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Philippines Barotac Nuevo Tamasak Chapter since 2023. She has been a consultant and retained counsel representing different corporations and businesses in Iloilo and Manila. She is a co-proprietor of Jinsilseong Samgyeopsal Restaurant.
She was awarded as Best Chairperson of the Most Outstanding University Student Organization and graduated as Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Arts in Political Science at West Visayas State University in 2011, earned her Bachelor of Laws/Juris Doctor at University of San Agustin in 2015, and passed the Bar Examinations on the same year. She finished her Master of Management in Business Management at University of the Philippines Visayas in 2023.