Background
Canlas, Benjamin D. was born on June 27, 1925 in Bacolor, Pampanga, The Philippines. Son of Benjamin C. and Rosario C. (Dizon) Canlas.
Canlas, Benjamin D. was born on June 27, 1925 in Bacolor, Pampanga, The Philippines. Son of Benjamin C. and Rosario C. (Dizon) Canlas.
Doctor of Medicine, U. Philippines, Quezon City, 1951.
Instructor, U. Philippines, Manila, 1951-1952;
assistant professor, associate professor pathology, U. Philippines, Manila, 1956-1961;
professor, U. Philippines, Manila, 1961-1990;
department chairman, U. Philippines, Manila, 1961-1967, 83-85;
professorial chair pathology, U. Philippines, Manila, 1981-1984;
clinical professor obstetrics-gynecology, U. Philippines, Manila, 1986-1990;
professor emeritus, U. Philippines, Manila, since 1992;
resident in pathology, Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, 1952-1954;
resident in pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1954-1956;
consultant pathologist, Medical City General Hospital, Mandaluyong, The Philippines, since 1967. Teaching fellow Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1955-1956. Chairman laboratory Philippine General Hospital, Manila, 1983-1985, consultant, 1956-1990.
Member National Research Council, Philippines, since 1971. Medical officer, pathologist western Pacific region World Health Organization, Manila, 1972-1977, consultant, pathologist, 1984, 89. Honorary referralcons. pathologist Lung Center of The Philippines, since 1991.
Fellow Philippine Society Pathologists (past Board of Governors, president 1963-1964, L. Gomez Memorial lecturer 1988, Pathologist of Year award 1981), Philippines Society Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (member emeritus), Society Gynecologic Oncologists (associate). Member International Academy Pathology, Internat.Soc. for Study Trophoblasts, National Academy Science and Technology, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma.
Married Rita A. Castro, September 10, 1958. Children: Maria Rosario, J. Raul, J. Miguel, Leah, Katrina.
