by: K-SPY
Aside from teaching Pathology, Dr. Annette L. Salillas has numerous contributions in the field of Medicine including several research studies and case reports on Pathology. Her most recent work---Cryptococcal Lymphadenitis in a Filipino Patient with Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome---was presented in the 31st European Congress of Cytology which convened at the Palais des Congress on 2-5 October 2005. For this, Dr. Salillas holds the distinction of being the first Filipino thus far to make a contribution in the field of Cytology. This was a result of a pioneering technique she introduced in the international medical field known as “Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy†(FNAB), a simple accurate, fast and economical way of diagnosing tumors and non-neoplastic tumors.
In the XV International Congress of Cytology in Chile on 11-15 April 2004, she presented her case report in “Primary Hodgkin’s Disease of the Thyroid Gland: Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology.†This helped medical practitioners gain insight into standard diagnosis, treatment and outcome measures of patients presenting with primary thyroid lymphoma. The congress, which is a gathering of all members of the International Academy of Cytology (IAC), happens every three years and Dr. Salillas was the first Filipino to be chosen to give a poster presentation.
An Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist, Dr. Salillas is an alumna of Southwestern University (SWU) where she was a consistent scholar, finally graduating magna cum laude. She was also awarded as the Most Outstanding Medical Student for SWU in 1987. She is active in community service providing free medical missions notably to the Manobo tribes of Surigao, having spent her teenage years in Surigao del Sur. She also watches over the care of 43 abandoned children of the Sto. Nino Children’s Home in Sibunga, Cebu.
Living in Cebu City, she is currently the Head Pathologist for Cebu City Medical Center, AMOSUP-Seamen’s Hospital, Mactan Medical and Dental Center, Tagbilaran Community Hospital, Borja Family Clinic and Hospital and Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital, both in Tagbilaran City and other major hospitals in the Visayas.
(Reprinted from the Programme of the 21st Charter Anniversary Celebration and 17th Rotary Outstanding Surigaonon Award sponsored by the Rotary Club of Metro Surigao on 30 August 2006 at Diamond Hall Hotel Tavern in Surigao City.)
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By roots, Dr. Annette L. Salillas is a Tagon-on, her mother being the most accomplished dentist Tago has ever produced, Dr. Teofila Laurente-Salillas.
Dr. Annette L. Salillas. Exceptional. Service-Oriented. Tagon-on!
(Note: Sr. Merceditas O. Ang, SPC was also an awardee.)
Dr. Annette and Sr. Merceditas right after the Awarding Ceremony.
