Accomplishments
Education
Seven residents from Southeast Asia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana, Jr. Educational Award 2019 as sponsorship to attend the 16th Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (AAAPCN), Zhu-Bei City, Hzin-Chu County, Taiwan, October 2019
Two residents from the Philippines received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana, Jr. Educational Award 2019 for the Jacksonville Traveling Fellowship supported by The Trinity Love Hoblit Foundation.
Ten residents from Brazil and Indonesia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana, Jr. Educational Award 2019 as sponsorship to attend Innovations in CV Science and WFNS Endorsed Bypass Skull-base Course, Jacksonville, Florida, April 2019. This award is exclusively supported by the Trinity Love Hoblit Foundation.
Six residents from Southeast Asia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana, Jr. Educational Award 2018 as sponsorship to attend the 15th Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (AAACPN), Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, November 2018
Educational Surgical Mission 2018: Updates in Care of the Neurosurgical Patient, on vascular, spine, and pediatric cases, Cebu, Philippines, June 2018
Seven residents from Southeast Asia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana Jr., Educational Award 2017 as sponsorship to attend the 14th Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (AAACPN), Seoul, South Korea, December 2017
Four residents from Southeast Asia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana Jr. Educational Award 2017 as sponsorship to attend the Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (AAACPN), Shanghai, China, January 2017
Educational Surgical Mission 2016: Endoscopic 3rd Ventriculostomy + Choroid Plexus Coagulation (ETV+CPC), Cebu, Philippines, July 2016
Eight residents from Southeast Asia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana Jr. Educational Award 2016 as sponsorship to attend the Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (AAACPN), Kolkota, India, January 2016
Four residents from Southeast Asia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana Jr. Educational Awards2015 as sponsorship to attend the Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (AAACPN), Indonesia, January 2015
Educational Surgical Mission 2014: Philippine Advanced Neuroendoscopy Symposium, Global City, Philippines, June 2014
Six residents from Southeast Asia received Dr. Benigno S. Aldana Jr. Educational Award 2014 as sponsorship to attend the Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (AAACPN), Singapore, January 2014
Dr. Benigno S. Aldana, Jr. Educational Award 2013 was presented to Dr. Junior U. Borja of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center, Philippines, June 2013
Educational Surgical Mission 2012: Seminar on Neuroendoscopy for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines, December 2012
Dr. Benigno S. Aldana, Jr. Educational Award 2012 were presented to Dr. Ronnie Baticulon of the University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital and to Dr. Medardo Joseph E. Millares of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center, Philippines, July 2012
Educational Surgical Mission 2010: Seminar on Neuroendoscopy for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, June 2010
Service
Presented gift bags and conducted in-patient and home visits of CURE/NOF Hydrocephalus Program patient families, Cebu City, ESM 2018, June 2018
Updates in Care of the Neurosurgical Patient, lectures, training, a surgeries performed on charity patients with local neurosurgeons in Cebu City (ESM 2018)
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy + Choroid Plexus Coagulation (ETV-CPC) surgeries performed on charity patients with local neurosurgeons in Cebu City (ESM 2016)
Neuro-endoscopic surgeries performed on charity patients with local neurosurgeons in Cebu City (ESM 2010), Dagupan City (ESM 2012) and Manila (ESM 2014)
Presented Anna’s Bandanas to the pediatric patients of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu, Philippines, June 2014
Presented Anna’s Bandanas to pediatric patients of the Philippine General Hospital, Philippines, June 2014
Presented Anna’s Bandanas to pediatric patients of the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, Florida, December 2013
Support
Created NOF’s Neurosurgical Patient Care Fund to benefit patients in Philippine General Hospital, Manila, April 2021
Donated Zeiss OR Microscope to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu, Philippines, November 2019.
Supported World Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida Day Event, VSMMC, Cebu, Philippines, October 2019
Donated Anna’s Bandanas to Children’s National Neurosurgery Department, Washington DC, USA, August 2019
Donated medical/surgical supplies and instrumentations to Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines, June 2019
Donated medical/surgical supplies and instrumentations to Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines, June 2018
Created NOF Emergency Patient Fund for VSMMC neurosurgical patients, ESM 2018, Cebu, Philippines, June 2018
Presented the department of neurosurgery, Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, aneurysm clips and other instrumentations, ESM 2018, Cebu, Philippine, June 2018.
Presented a financial gift to benefit pediatric hydrocephalus patients, the Neurosurgery Department, Vicente Sotto Medical Center, Cebu, Philippines, July 2016
Donated a new, portable, complete endoscopic unit to the Philippine General Hospital, Manila and Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu, Philippines, 2015
Donated surgical equipment to the Philippine General Hospital, Philippines, September 2014
Donated surgical equipment to the Department of Neurosurgery, Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu, Philippines, June 2014
Presented a financial gift to the Pediatric Neurosurgical and Craniofacial Operating Unit of the Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines, June 2014
Donated surgical equipment to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu, Philippines, 2010
Fundraising
Filipiniana, a 19th Century Philippine-themed 10 year anniversary fundraising gala with art, music, dancing, and food crafted by the Jax Filipino Chefs, Jacksonville, FL, August 2019
The Chef’s Supper Club in cooperation with Jax Filipino Chefs featuring Chef Wesley Nogueira and Chef Leni Rose Magsino, Modern Filipino Menu, Jacksonville, Fl, June 2018
The Supper Club by The Perfect Pear, Moroccan Menu, Jacksonville, FL, March 2018
Chipotle x NOF Fundraising, Jacksonville Beach, FL, August 2017
The Supper Club by The Perfect Pear, August Menu, Jacksonville, FL, August 2017
Arya Esha Jewelry Party, in honor of moms, Jacksonville, FL, May 2017
Une Soiree Avec Margaux, a benefit dinner featuring the wines of Chateau Margaux, Jacksonville, FL, January 2017
Dance Matters! Eat, Drink, Shop, and Dance for all Matter that is Gray, Jacksonville, Fl, October 2015
Endothon 2015: Buffalo Dances for the Philippines, Buffalo, NY, February 2015 (Check on Facebook www.facebook.com/endothon2015).
Endothon Bake Sale, Buffalo, NY, December and January, 2014
CYCLE100 indoor cycling fundraising event presented by RPM Automotive, Orange Park, Florida, October 2014
A Night for the Neurons, NOF’s biennial fundraising event, Jacksonville, Florida, October 2013
Community fundraiser “Tuesday Tacos” at Olio Market, Jacksonville, Florida, October 2012
Cena Y Sangria, NOF’s biennial fundraising event, Jacksonville, Florida, October 2011
