Dr. Alan S. Tenerife Heart and Hypertension Clinic

27/08/2025

With TDH IM family. Internal Medicine is one of the most complex and demanding fields in medicine. We take our morbidly and mortality audits very seriously. Afterwards, we embrace the opportunity to relax and unwind.

25/08/2025

THROWBACK AUGUST 25, 2020

It was a dark time during the pandemic, and I was on our balcony reflecting and praying for a return to normal life.

Today, as we celebrate National Heroes' Day, let us remember and thank our modern heroes — the medical frontliners who risked their lives at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19.

23/08/2025

NEVER TRULY GONE

Time, the eternal healer,
Has dried my tears,
Eased the sharpness of pain,
Yet leaves me searching
In the stars above,
In the realm of dreams,
In the corners of my mind.

Though I must journey through life,
Enduring the weight of your absence,
I still hear your gentle voice
Vivid as morning light,
Echoing softly in the stillness.

I feel the warmth of your fingertips
Gently gliding through my thinning hair
As if I were a child again,
Nestled in your arms.

— Alan S. Tenerife, 8-23-2025

* dedicated to my mother, Mrs. Lourdes Sapio Tenerife (1938-2001), pioneer of Special Education in Bacolod City and awarded Most Outstanding Teacher of the Philippines in 1996.

22/08/2025

Rest in peace
classmate, Dr. Jiji Fantilaga-Duran
(WVSU Medicine Class 1998). Condolence to her family.

22/08/2025

NBDB Press Release
28 August 2025

𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Filipino Critics Circle (FCC) are now accepting nominations for the 43rd National Book Awards (NBA).

First administered by the Filipino Critics Circle or the FCC (formerly known as the Manila Critics Circle) in 1982, the NBA honors the most outstanding books written and published in the Philippines. In 2008, the FCC partnered with the NBDB to co-administer the awards.

“The National Book Awards not only rightfully honor the best works produced by our country’s finest minds and talents, they also provide an occasion for us to take stock of the zeitgeist, our writers’ current preoccupations, and where our book industry is headed,” said NBDB Executive Director Charisse Aquino-Tugade.

The deadline for nominations is on September 7, 2025. To be eligible, authors and publishers should be NBDB-registered while their works must be published in 2024 and have significance, soundness of content, quality of craft, readability, grammar, copy editing, structure of thought and ideas, and style.

READ: https://books.gov.ph/nominations-are-now-open-for-the-43rd-national-book-awards/

20/08/2025

Another thorough and extensive discussion regarding a case of pericarditis and pericardial effusion with fellow consultants and residents of The Doctors' Hospital Department of Internal Medicine.

18/08/2025

Definition and Classification of Blood Pressure from the 2025 Guidelines of the American Heart Association.

15/08/2025

With the 43rd Philippine National Book Awards fast approaching, let's take a moment to revisit the shining moments of the winning authors and publishers who were honored in the 42nd National Book Awards, held at Centro de Turismo Intramuros, Manila, on November 23, 2024.

*video ctto: National Book Development Board (NBDB)

14/08/2025

The Philippine Heart Association (PHA) is alarmed by the shortage of cardiologists in the country with only one cardiologist for every 44,000 Filipinos.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/08/13/pha-alarmed-over-cardiologist-shortage

11/08/2025

The Philippines' most prestigious book competition and a gathering of its finest authors. Now in its 43rd iteration.

This is the moment we've all been waiting for!

The National Book Development Board and the Filipino Critics Circle are honored to open the call for nominations for the 43rd National Book Awards.

We are now accepting nominations for books published in the Philippines in 2024.

Nomination and Submission steps:
1. Download and read the 43rd National Book Awards Guidelines, which contains the complete eligibility details and submission instructions:https://books.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FOR-POSTING-43rd-NBA-Nomination-Guidelines.pdf
2. Fill out the Nomination Form: https://bit.ly/43NBAform
3. Submit all requirements on or before September 7, 2025 (Sunday).

For inquiries, please contact awards@books.gov.ph.

11/08/2025

A few weeks ago, when I visited him in the hospital, he was still thinking about his patients. "Damo pa kita masalbar nga pasyente," he said. This dedication to his work really impressed me, along with his remarkable surgical skills and his way of reassuring patients and their families. Doctors have always inspired me, which is why I chose to pursue the path of medicine myself. Now, as a consultant, I continue to look up to the heroes in our medical profession, and he’s definitely one of them. Laban lang, Doc Gab.