The Honorable FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III

Secretary

Department of Health

• On June 01, 2005, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed him as Secretary of the Department of Health.
• In October 2004 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed him as a member of her Cabinet with the rank of Secretary while serving as PHIC President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
• In June 2001 her Excellence President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed him as President & CEO of the PHIC - now and under his stewardship, the nation's largest social security agency of government with a membership bse of 64M Filipinos larger than GSIS & SSS combined.
• Pres. Duque initiated and directed PhilHealth's Plan 500/GMA Indigent Program which has been adopted as one of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) pledges of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Plan 500 Indigent Program was an enabling program which was fast tracked the enrollment of 500,00 urban poor beneficiaries into the National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP) in one (1) year. He successfully exceeded his target by 500% via the enrollment of 2.5M urban poor beneficiaries and about 2M rural indigent beneficiaries. National dailies columnists like Prof. Solita Monsod graded this performance of PHIC under the stewardship of Dr. Duque as one being the highest and one of top five SONA performers last July 2002. As of August of 2002, PHIC has extended health insurance coverage to 5.5M urban and rural poor, for the first time in the history of Medicare and Philhealth. By 2003, indigent enrolment totaled 8M beneficiaries in the NHIP.
• President GMA herself dubbed PHIC as one of the "most effective poverty alleviation programs" of government in her post SONA speech before the 54,000 urban poor gathered in the Quirino grandstand last July 24, 2002. Philippine Information Agency (PIA) reported that their survey on Regions 1, 3, 5, 7, CAR and NCR showed that PHIC is one of the top 3 with highest awareness of the programs in the benefits assistance program given by the President GMA.
• During the cabinet meeting of October 10, 2002, Pres. GMA announced that Philhealth is the "No. 1 showcase of this administration" in terms of her social development and poverty alleviation agenda.
• Under the leadership of Pres. Duque, PhilHealth successfuly implemented the enrollment of 5.9 million families or 29,901,890 beneficiaries under the GMA Sponsored/Plan5-25 Program of 2004.
• Served as the Permanent Representative of then Vice-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and concurrently DSWD Secretary, to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) Board of Directors from 1999-2001.

PROFESSIONAL

• Secretary of Health June 01, 2005.
• Promoted to a rank of Cabinet Secretary in October 11, 2004
• President & CEO, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, June 18, 2001 to present
• Undersecretary, Department of Health, Manila, March 2, 2001-June 17, 2001
• Director, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (Permanent Representative of Vice-President & DSWD Sec. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the PhilHealth Board, 1999-2000)
• Chairman of the Board, Lyceum-Northwestern University, Dagupan City, 1991-2000
• Executive Vice-President, Lyceum-Northwestern University, Dagupan City, Philippines, 1991-2000
• Administrator, Lyceum-Northwestern University General Hospital, Dagupan City, Philippines, 1991-1998
• Medical Director, Doctors' Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Veterans Village, Paranaque, 1996-1999
• Director, University of Pangasinan, 1989-1999
• President, Pangasinan Medical Center Inc., Dagupan City, Philippines 1990-1995
• President, Philippine College of Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Pangasinan Chapter, 1990-1997
• Fellow, Philippine College of Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Makati Medical Center, Makati, Philippines since 1989
• Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology, LN FQD Medical Foundation, College of medicine, 1988-1995
• Dean, Lyceum Northwestern FQD Medical Foundation, College of Medicine, 1989-1994
• Member, Philippine Medicine Association, 1989-1997
• Member, Pangasinan Medical Society, 1989-1997
• Member, Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Foundation 1989-1995
• Member, Philippine Hospital Association, 1989-1997
• Member, Pharmaceutical Health Care Association of the Philippines 1996-1997

EDUCATION

• Master of Science, 1987, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. U.S.A
• Immunology Scientific Training, 1985-1988, Department of Microbiology, Section of Immunology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
• Post-Graduate Course, Executive Education on Health Program Management, 1992, Harvard University School of Public Health and Graduate School of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Post-Graduate Course on Planning and Managing Medical Education for the 21st Century, 1990, Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Foundation, Manila, Philippines
• Doctor of Medicine, 1982, University of Sto. Tomas, College of Medicine & Surgery, Manila, Philippines
• Bachelor of Science, PRE-MED, 1978, University of Sto. Tomas, Manila, Philippines

CIVIC

• Deputy District Governor (DDG), Rotary International District 3790, Rotary Year 1998-1999
• District Governor's Group Representative (DDGR), Area II, Rotary Year 1993-1994
• District Chairman, District 3790 Conference (the first in Dagupan City), Rotary year 1995-1996
• Chairman, Educational Facilities Committee, Rotary Year 1997-1998
• District Chairman, RI District 3790 Year-End review, Rotary Year 1995
• President, Rotary Club of Dagupan East, Rotary International District 3790, 1992-1993
• President, Dagupan Jaycees Inc. 1990
• Vice-President, Anti-Drug Abuse Foundation (PADAF), 1993-1998
• Chairman, Scholarship Committee, YMCA, Pangasinan, 1992-1995
• Chairman, LN Community Outreach Program (LN-COP), 1992-2000
• Treasurer, Metro Dagupan Civilian Reconstruction Fund Foundation, 1995-1998
• Chairman, Media Affairs and Publicity Committee, Dagupan City, Civilian Earthquake Reconstruction Fund Foundation, 1991-1997
• Chairman, Dagupan Sankalinisan (Public Information Drive on Health and Sanitation of Dagupan City), 1989

AWARDS and TESTIMONIALS

• Most Outstanding Rotary President, District 3790 awarded by Rotary International, 1993
• Rotarian of the year Award, awarded by Rotary Club of Dagupan East, RJ District 3790, 1994
• Most Outstanding Director, awarded by Rotary Club of Dagupan East, Rotary International District 3790, 1992
• Presidential Award, awarded by Rotary Club of Dagupan East for chairing the District Year-End Review, 1995
• Paul Harris Fellow, 1993
• Most Outstanding Jaycee President, Area I, given by Philippine Jaycees, September 1990
• Most Outstanding Chapter during the Presidency of the local Jaycees given by Philippine Jaycees, September 1990
• Special Merit Award, awarded by Rotary Club of Dagupan East for the multi-sectoral project aimed at improving the health, sanitation and environment conditions in the city of Dagupan, 1991
• 100% Attendance Award awarded by Rotary Club of Dagupan East, Rotary Year 1994-1995
• District Award for hosting PESETS II, 1992 and Summer Youth Exchange,1993
• Service Leadership Award, awarded by Pangasinan Medical Society for fund raising activities meant to alleviate the victims of the July 16, 1990 earthquake
• National Awardee of Audio Visual presentation of Dagupan Earthquake in connection with its fund raising drive for victims of the July 16 earthquake given by the Philippine-Jaycees, September 1990
• Certificate of recognition of Public Health Services given by the Philippine Jaycees, September 1990
• Most Outstanding Fraternity Plebe given by Zeta Beta Mu Fraternity, University of Sto. Tomas, College of Medicine, 1978

INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Presentation of two Scientific works during an Immunology Workshop held in the Georgetown University School of Medicine, September 1987 (Note: The 2 scientific works on the Regulatory and Accessory Functions of the Immune System were eventually published in the U.S. wide Journal of Regional Immunology, 1988, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.)
• Guest Lecturer, Immunology of AIDS, Dae Jeun Sung Sim Hospital (Residents, Interns, Nurses, Medical Staff and Laboratory personnel). South Korea, February 16, 1993
• Presentor, Paper/Case Study on the Social Marketing Strategies in Improving Enrollment in Non-traditional Medical Schools, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. July 1992
• Speaker, Modules on AIDS Prevention, Environmental Protection and Economics of Medical Education, Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Foundation, Inc. (APMCFI), January 1993
• Guest Lecturer, Science of Immunology, Philippine Association of Medical Technologies, Sept. 1991
• Reactor/Resource Speaker, 4th Post-Graduate Course on Immunology, U.S.T. November 1991
• Guest Speaker/Resource Speaker in at least 40 Rotary Clubs of RL District 3790

SOCIAL CLUBS

• MEMBER, Board of Governors, Georgetown Club of the Philippines, 2000-2001
• MEMBER, Manila Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, 1990-1997
• MEMBER, Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, 1991-1996
• MEMBER, Tagaytay Highlands Country Club, Subic Bay Metropolitan Administration, Subic, 1996-1997
• MEMBER, Baguio Country Club, Baguio City, Philippines, 1995-1997
• MEMBER, La Vista Homeowners' Association, La Vista, Quezon City, 1997