The first woman President of the society pursued with the vigor the accredited training program of the society in order to maintain its high standard of quality. Emergence of conflicting information on the risk of Hepatitis B virus infection led to the issuance of a position paper with regard to HBsAg (+) contract workers.
During her term, the society lost one of its board of directors, the late Nicolas Zubiri – the 7th President of the Philippine Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
