Dr. Tomas P. Maramba

Biography

Dr. Tomas P. Maramba, Jr. is a Filipino, married and graduated from the College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1956. In 1975, he completed his Master’s Degree in Hospital Administration from the Institute of Public Health of the same university. He took postgraduate training at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila; D.C. General Hospital in Washington D.C.; University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas; and the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. The American Board of Pathology and the Philippine Board of Pathology have certified him, both in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology. Dr. Maramba has extensive experience in the field of Medicine in the specialties of Anatomic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Public Health, Regulation of Health Services, Hospital Administration and Quality Management in Hospitals and Clinical Laboratories. He was formerly Head of the Departments of Pathology of Rizal Provincial Hospital, Lungsod ng Kabataan and Lung Center of the Philippines. He established and headed the Rizal Cancer Registry and reorganized and headed the Philippine Cancer Society Tumor Registry. In the government, he served as Director of the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, Undersecretary for the Office of Standards and Regulation, Acting Chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board, Vice-Chairman of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, and Program Manager of the National Blood Services Program of the Department of Health. He is a former President of the Philippine Society of Pathologists, Philippine Blood Coordinating Council, Philippine Society of Oncology, Philippine Society for Quality in Health Care, Philippine Council for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Asian Network for Clinical Laboratory Standardization and Harmonization and Philippine Council for Quality Assurance in Clinical Laboratories. He is a former member of the Board of Governors, Philippine National Red Cross and former Associate Professor and Professorial Lecturer at the Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, former Chairman of the Department of Pathology and former Head of the Quality Management Department at the Dr. Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center. He is currently President Emeritus of the Philippine Society for Quality in Health Care and Immediate Past President of the Philippine Council for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. In the Department of Health, he is Chair of the Technical Working Group for the Strategic Plan for the National Health Laboratory Network and Chair of the Committee on Quality Assurance for Laboratory Services. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Pathology at the Dr. Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center and Associate Pathologist and Head of the Blood Bank Section of the United Doctors Medical Center. On 12 May 2010, Dr. Tomas P. Maramba, Jr., retired as Chairman of the Board of Euro-Med Laboratories Phil., Inc. and was thereupon appointed as Honorary Chairman Emeritus.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Sciences