Outreach
East Palo Alto, October 2023
PMSNC collaborated with the Bay Area Global Outreach Lions Club and held a health fair entitled "Fall Into Wellness, Be Your Own Health Superhero". The team focused on diabetes awareness and nutrition education with participation of a dietitian and an endocrinologist. It was a day of both education and fun.
Volunteers provided free blood cholesterol and glucose screening, blood pressure screening and weight and BMI screening.
Flu vaccines were provided by San Mateo County and administered by the SF Host Lions.
San Jose, October 2022
PMSNC Kababayan Health Day was held in San Jose on October 29, 2022 in partnership with The FilCom of Santa Clara County and Santa Clara Family Health Plan. Deputy Consul General Raquel Solano and Vice Consul Adrian Baccay were in attendance.
San Francisco, October 2021
Health Day sa Konsulado was held last October 2021. We provided health education on Covid-19, healthy nutrition, Hepatis B, and healthy lungs. We also conducted health screenings for blood pressure, weight, hepatitis B, cholesterol, glucose, and mental health as well as provided flu vaccines. Close to 100 visitors received our health education and health screenings.
Union City, October 2019
Filipino Community Outreach at the FAJ (Filipino Advocates for Jutice) Center. Education on Diabetes including teaching and cooking demonstrations sponsored by the Kaiser Greater Southern Alameda FACE (Filipino American Care Experience) program. The event was supported and attended by PMSNC members.
UC Berkeley, Fall 2019
Students learned the basics of surgical suturing, gowning up, sterile techniques, how to start IVs, take blood pressure, etc. It was an enriching experience for our future medical professionals!
San Jose, 2017
234 visitors attended a health fair at Our Lady of Refuge Church in San Jose. Sponsored by Santa Clara Family Health Plan, Physicians Medical Group of San Jose, O'Connor Hospital Foundation, Peninsula Pharmacy Association and Safeway.
We are international lifesavers.
Every January, a team of physicians, dentists, optometrists, nurses, prosthetists, students and other allied health professionals travel to various locations in the Philippines to complete a five-day mission.
Medical services are composed of primary care, various surgical specialties, ophthalmology and dentistry. Health education for patients and continuing medical education for practitioners are also provided during these missions.
Volunteer and Patient Count Over the years
Bayambang
The 36th annual Philippine Medical Society of Northern California (“PMSNC”) Medical Mission was held on January 14-19, 2024 in Bayambang, Province of Pangasinan.
This year, our team had a total of 204 volunteers from the US, composed of 46 physicians, 68 nurses, 6 advance practice clinicians, 1 chiropractor, 3 podiatrists, 1 optometrist, 3 pharmacists, 60 support volunteers, 15 students.