Dr. Roman was elected second president of the society. His vice presidents were Oscar Liboro and Dr. Porfirio Recio. Dr. Sol Alvarez was the secretary, Dr. Elpidio Gamboa the treasurer. It was during his term that the incorporation papers were processed. The society was again represented in the Third World Congress of Gastroenterology in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Oscar Liboro saw to it that the medical information obtained during that meeting could be shared by his colleagues back home. He organized a post-congress series of lecture in the Philippines. Invited were noted figures like Drs. Watkinson and Billing of the UK, Drs. Pollard Ross, Nugent, and Steigman from the United States.