The scholars, all licensed and practicing medical doctors, were selected and screened by a team of medical experts under the TYKFI-Asia Brewery Inc. (ABI) Medical Specialty Scholarship Program.

The 2023 batch of doctors included Ma. Hanna Monica Sollano, who trained in autoimmune diseases and musculoskeletal ultrasound; Bryan Christopher Lao, advanced therapeutic endoscopy; Mabel Angela Sarita, advanced endoscopy and pancreaticobiliary diseases; Marie Abigail Chan, advanced minimally invasive and robotic surgery in digestive, general and Bariatric surgery, and Hasmin Hannah Lara-Layno, pediatric otorhinolaryngology.

Sollano took her training at the Department of Rheumatology of the Keio University Hospital in Tokyo, Japan on a full scholarship.

Lao trained at the Chinese University of Hongkong-Institute of Digestive Diseases and the Prince of Wales Hospital where he handled advance therapeutic endoscopy procedures.

Sarita also trained in advanced endoscopy, specifically pancreaticobiliary diseases at the Kobe University Hospital in Kobe, Japan.

Chan learned new techniques and had hands-on experiences in advanced minimally invasive and robotic surgery from exceptional mentors from the IRCAD in Taiwan and bariatric, metabolic surgery from the China Medical University Hospital in Taichung, also in Taiwan.

Lara-Layno attended a training program in pediatric otorhinolaryngology at the KK Women and Children’s Hospital in Singapore.

​Meanwhile, the TYKFI-ABI Scholarship Program sent a new batch of three doctors to various overseas institutions in 2023. They are John Alfred Raphael Pangilinan (Graduate School of Medicine in Kobe University), Juan Franco Felipe (Funabashi Orthopedic Hospital in Chiba), and Anthony Philip Calimag (Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research in Tokyo, Japan).

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Dr. Edmund Cedric A. Orlina finished his one-year training in Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Yonsei Cancer Center, a global and high-volume center for cancer patients located in South Korea under the TYKFI-ABI Medical Specialty Scholarship Program

Dr. Clarissa Marie S. Tady recently completed her Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada.
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Dr. Janys Joy O. Lim completed her Clinical Fellowship training in Developmental Pediatrics at the McMaster University in Ontario, Canada under the TYKFI-ABI Scholarship Program.
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The journey to becoming a doctor is tough and overwhelming. One needs to go through grueling years of studies and substantial financial investments for schooling and trainings - all for the end goal of serving and saving the people from acute to severe health conditions

Medical professionals and health care providers continue to grow with the developments in the medical field to provide much needed attention to different health struggles.
​    A physician by the name of Lester Bryan Co had the opportunity to become a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California through the assistance of the TYKFI-ABI Medical Specialty Scholarship Program. For one year, Dr. Co was able to practice his postdoctoral research fellowship in the Koong Lab at Stanford’s Radiation Oncology Department where they worked mainly on basic science research involving novel compounds combined with radiation in cells and mice.
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One of the most difficult things in life is trying to achieve one’s goals, more so for women in a male dominated field. This is the story of Dr. Michelle Bernadette Lim-Loo whose driven and passionate attitude helped her attain her goal of being a Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeon. The field of bariatric and metabolic surgery is focused on weight-loss procedures to help aid patients suffering from obesity and diabetes, both of which are increasing in number within the populace.
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ASIA Brewery Medical Specialty Scholar Dr. Jonard Co recently completed his Research Fellowship in Therapeutic Endoscopy at the University of Sydney’s Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia and is now back in the Philippines.

Dr. Co is a graduate of the Unversity of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC). He specialized in Gastroenterology at the University of Sto. Tomas (UST). He then proceeded for his further training in the use of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Australia.