Council Members

Dr. Pearl Tamesis Villalon

Name: Pearl Medina Tamesis-Villalon
Date of Birth: 10 June 1950
Spouse: Antonio H. Villalon MD, medical oncologist
Children: Juan Gabriel Villalon age 18 yrs
Other Interest: Oil and watercolor painting
Parents:
Father: Jesus V. Tamesis Sr. (deceased) , ophthalmologist / Executive Organizer of the First APAO Congress in Manila, 1960
Mother: Teofila Medina Tamesis, optometrist & nurse
Siblings:
The second of 10 children / 9 siblings , 5 of whom are physicians, 2 of the 5 are ophthalmologists (Jesus M. Tamesis Jr. neuro-ophthalmologist based in Manila, Philippines & Richard R. Tamesis, glaucoma and uveitis specialist, based in Nebraska USA)

Contact

Home Address: 52 Mangyan Rd., Loyola Grand Villas, Quezon City Philippines 1118
Clinic Address: Clinica Tamesis, 42 Quezon Avenue Ext., Quezon City, Philippines 3008
Phone: +63-2-712 3570
Fax: +63-2-712 4446
Email: funnyface@i-manila.com.ph / funnyface@pldtdsl.net

Education / Medical / Ophthalmology/ Specialty Training:
  • Primary and Secondary : St. Theresa's College, Quezon City, Philippines 1955-1967
  • College: Premedical Education: University of the Philippines 1967-71
  • Medical Education: University of the Philippines College of Medicine 1971-1975
  • Internship: Philippine General Hospital 1975-1976
  • Residency in Ophthalmology: University of the Philippines College of Medicine 1979-1981
  • Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Microsurgery : University de Lyon-Claude Bernard / Hôpital dela Crôix-Rousse, in Lyon, France under Professeur Mireille Bonnet 1984-1985
Present Positions:
  • President, Vitreoretina Society of the Philippines, 2004,2005,2006-2007
  • Chief of Vitreoretina Service, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, UP-PGH since 1996 to present
  • Chief, Retina-Vitreous Service, International Institute of Ophthalmology , St. Luke's Medical Center, since 1996 to present
  • Associate Professor, University of the Philippines College of Medicine
  • Associate Professor, William Quasha College of Medicine (St. Luke's Medical Center)
  • Member, Philippine Board of Ophthalmology, since January 2006
  • Regional Secretary, Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology since April 2005
Past Positions:
  • Former President of the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology 1998-1999
  • Former Vice chair, PAO Ethics Committee 2005
  • Host (PAO) Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology president to, and 2nd Vice President of 17th Congress of the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Manila 1999
  • Distinguished Service Awardee, Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology 1999
  • Distinguished Alumna of the Ophthalmology Residents Alumni Association, UP-PGH, 2000
  • International advisory board member , WORLDEYES 2002
  • Former Secretary, Board of Trustees, Philippine Band of Mercy 2005
Academic Interests:
  • Posterior segment trauma especially management of Intraocular Foreign Bodies
  • Surgery of Complicated Retinal Detachments
  • Diabetic Traction Management
  • Co-editor of a handbook on Optical Coherence Tomography (in press) of the International Institute of Ophthalmology, at the St. Luke's Medical Center