Yvette Marie Santiago, MD

Yvette Marie Santiago

Yvette Marie Santiago, MD, DPBO

Associate

Specialties

  • Orbit
  • Oculoplastics and Lacrimal Surgery

Medical Education

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine

Residency and Sub-specialty Training

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center
  • Harvard University

Certification

  • Diplomate
  • Philippine Board of Ophthalmology

Affiliations

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center, Q.C.
  • Pacific Eye Laser Institute

Professional Memberships

  • Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology
  • PSOPRS

Gabriel S. Bunagan, MD

Gabriel S. Bunagan

Gabriel S. Bunagan, MD, DPBO

Associate

Specialties

  • Orbit
  • Oculoplastics and Lacrimal Surgery

Medical Education

  • University of Santo Tomas

Residency and Sub-specialty Training

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center
  • New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

Certification

  • Diplomate
  • Philippine Board of Ophthalmology

Affiliations

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center, Q.C.

Professional Memberships

  • Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology; PSOPRS

Joseph Anthony Tumbocon, MD

Joseph Anthony Tumbocon

Joseph Anthony Tumbocon, MD, DPBO, FPAO

Associate

Specialties

  • Glaucoma

Medical Education

  • University of Santo Tomas

Residency and Sub-specialty Training

  • University of Santo Tomas
  • University of Toronto

Certification

  • Diplomate
  • Philippine Board of Ophthalmology

Affiliations

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City
  • Cardinal Santos Medical Center

Professional Memberships

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center,QC
  • Cardinal Santos Medical Center

Jay Marianito Vicencio, MD

Jay Marianito Vicencio

Jay Marianito Vicencio, MD, DPBO

Associate

Specialties

  • Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Medical Education

  • University of Santo Tomas

Residency and Sub-specialty Training

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center

Certification

  • Diplomate
  • Philippine Board of Ophthalmology

Affiliations

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center
  • Q.C. and Global City

Professional Memberships

  • Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology

Sharah Mae Kaw De Castro, MD

Sharah Mae G. Kaw

Sharah Mae Kaw De Castro, MD

Consultant, Associate

Specialties

  • Oculoplastics & Reconstrutive Surgery
  • Lacrimal & Orbital Surgery
  • Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Medical Education

  • University of Santo Tomas ‘07

Residency and Sub-specialty Training

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center ‘11

Certification

  • Diplomate
  • Philippine Board of Ophthalmology ‘12

Affiliations

  • St. Luke’s Medical Center, Q.C.
  • Perfect Sight Eye Center, SM North EDSA

Professional Memberships

  • Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology

Donna Udasco-Tanedo, MD

Donna Udasco-Tanedo

Donna Udasco-Tanedo, MD, DPBO

Consultant

Specialties

  • Comprehensive Ophthalmology
  • Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Medical Education

  • University of Santo Tomas
  • Faculty of Medicine & Surgery

Residency and Sub-specialty Training

  • Santo Tomas University Hospital
  • Department of Ophthalmology

Certification

  • Diplomate
  • Philippine Board of Ophthalmology

Affiliations

  • Cavite Medical Center

Professional Memberships

  • Philippine Medical Association
  • Cavite Medical Society
  • Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology

Dante Mark D. Udasco, MD

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Dante Mark D. Udasco, MD, DPBO, FPAO

CEO, Consultant

Specialties

  • Comprehensive Ophthalmology
  • Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Medical Education

  • University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery

Residency and Sub-specialty Training

  • Santo Tomas University Hospital
  • Department of Ophthalmology

Certification

  • Diplomate
  • Philippine Board of Ophthalmology

Affiliations

  • Cavite Medical Center
  • St. Luke’s Medical Center
  • Makati Medical Center

Professional Memberships

  • Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Philippine Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
  • European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
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Philhealth Cataract Sweeping

“Matakot sa Hakot!”

“Matakot sa hakot” is the battle-cry of the ophthalmologists of the Southern Tagalog or STSO. For years, the Southern Tagalog region as well as the rest of Philippines now has been victimized by cataract “sweepers”. Elderly patients in the barangays are being offered free cataract surgery in the guise of charity work, regardless if surgery is truly warranted, and in areas well served by local ophthalmologists. These patients are handpicked based on their Philhealth membership and given free transportation to an ambulatory surgical center in Metro Manila, where the cataract surgery is performed.

Paid recruiters knock on doors of patients and convince patients to have surgery. Patients often have no informed consent and are not even aware of their doctor’s identity. Worse, often they don’t even have adequate pre-operative check up resulting in many patients whose blurring of vision is due to causes other than cataract to be missed or mismanaged. Furthermore many of these patients are deprived of proper post-operative check up as they are speedily bussed back to their home towns where their local ophthalmologists are left to handle any complications if any that resulted from the surgery. By this time the unethical doctors have already charged the philhealth payments for their surgeries.

Because of this unethical solicitation of patients, the existing humble indigent programs of the local ophthalmologists are no match to the resources of the sweepers as they are backed by deep financial resources , man power , non government organizations,and local politicians who believe that the sweepers are better as they come from impressive sounding ambulatory centers in Metro Manila . The reputation of respectable ophthalmologists in the health care system has been tarnished. While the “True indigents patients” with no Philhealth are done in make shift operating rooms, convents, lying in etc. Ophthalmologists with conscience are making a stand to protect their reputation, curb the rampant abuse by unethical colleagues, ensure the responsible utilization of Philhealth benefits so as not to deplete its resources for unneeded surgery and, foremost, protect the rights of the Filipino patient.

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Bring back that 20 year old vision

If you are one of the following:

  1. Have been denied in a refractive laser procedure (LASIK, PRK, ICL) to correct myopia and or hyperopia.
  2. Above 50 years old and have difficulty reading small prints at arms length.
  3. Have Cataracts.

And want to return your vision back to that of a normal 20 year old, Refractive Lens exchange or Premium Cataract Surgery maybe for you.

This Premium IOL can bring back the youthful vision in you.

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Laser Cataract Surgery

Udasco Clinic now offers the state of the art Femto-Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery. The True and Only Laser-Cataract Surgery in the world. Don’t be misled by other cataract surgeons telling you that they use laser but in reality it’s only the traditional automated plain cataract surgery called Phacoemulsification. This procedure is for those distinctive individual who wants precision cataract surgery outcomes. Dr Udasco is an affiliate surgeon of St Lukes Medical Center using the LenSx system as well as the Pacific Eye Laser Institute using the LensAr system, where your premium cataract surgeries may be performed. Please watch the YouTube video below for an animated description of Femto-Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery versus Traditional Phacoemusification.