Background
Asa, Virgilio Cortez De was born on July 7, 1947 in Manila, Philippines. Son of Mauro Estrada and Salome (Cortez) De Asa.
Asa, Virgilio Cortez De was born on July 7, 1947 in Manila, Philippines. Son of Mauro Estrada and Salome (Cortez) De Asa.
Bachelor of Science, Far Eastern University, Manila, 1966. Doctor of Medicine, Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Manila, 1972.
Senior researcher United Laboratories Inc., Philippines, 1973-1975, research project supervisor Philippines, 1975-1976. Senior medical officer Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji, 1981-1984. Lecturer pharmacology and therapeutics Fiji School of Medicine, 1980-1983, 86-88.
Chief medical officer A&E Department Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji, 1984-1988. Private practice, since 1988. United Nations examining physician, since 1999.
Physician to president Republic of Fiji Islands, 1996—2001.
General secretary Fiji Chess Federation, 1979-1988, president, 1991-1994, 96—. Member Filipino Association Fiji (president 1993-2000), Philippine Society Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Fiji College General Practitioners, New York Academy of Sciences, Fiji Medical Association.
Married Nora Aquino, December 16, 1967. 3 children.