Sammy C. Wong

Dr. Sammy C. Wong is a general surgeon who obtained his medical degree and residency training at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical School. During his second-year general surgery residency training program, he was already designated as the Chief Resident to handle the department’s administrative functions and supervise all surgery residents and interns.

His passion for teaching started in 2001 when he taught gross anatomy in Pamantasan Lungsod ng Maynila, the first and only chartered and autonomous university funded by a city government in the Philippines. He has held various positions in the College of Medicine, which included Comprehensive Examination Coordinator for the Clerkship Program and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. At private and government schools, he has taught in other disciplines, including Nursing and Physical Therapy. He was also a senior instructor for the International Cultural Studies Education Corporation (IESEC), A KAPLAN-certified education provider in the Philippines. He has a Master’s Degree in Government Management, which he obtained as a scholarship provided by Pamantasan Lungsod ng Maynila.

• Residency training in General Surgery at University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center.
• Taught Gross Anatomy since 2001 in several medical schools in the Philippines.

• Philippine Licensure Medical Board Examination 11^th place 1992.
• Golden Scalpel Award – Chief Resident of Department of Surgery on December 1998 – January 2000 at UERMMMC.

• “Intestinal Muscular Layer Ablation in Extensive Small Bowel Resection- An Experimental Study Using Cats”
  •  2nd place winner at 22^nd Annual Surgical Forum at UERMMMC.
  • 4th place winner 2000 PMA-Abbott Research Contest.
• “ELISA II” – presented at World Leprosy Conference held in 1994 at Florida.

• Online education’s effect on learning.

• 51st Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Convention.
• Faculty Development Workshop – Seminar Workshop on Management of Curriculum Change.
• Mentoring and Teaching – Learning Strategies in Outcomes Based Education.
• Educating Physicians in the 21st Century.