Background
Buhain, Wilfrido Javier was born on October 12, 1940 in Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines.
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Wilfrido Javier Buhain
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Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Science, U. Philippines, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, U. Philippines, 1964.
Career
Research fellow in cardiology, U. Philippines, Philippine General Hospital, 1964-1965;
rotating intern, Queens Hospital Center, New York City, 1965-1966;
resident in internal medicine, Queens Hospital Center, New York City, 1965-1968;
clinical fellow in pulmonary diseases, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1969;
chief pulmonary function laboratory department medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1971-1972;
research fellow in pulmonary diseases, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Veterans Administration Hospital., Philadelphia, 1969-1971;
associate in medicine, cardiovascular-pulmonary division medical department, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1971-1972;
associate in medicine, department medicine, Mount Sinai School Medicine, CUNY, 1972-1974;
clinical instructor medicine, Georgetown University, 1976-1995. Chief pulmonary function laboratory department medicine Mount Sinai Hospital Superior vena cava syndrome/City Hospital Center at Elmhurst, 1973-1974. Medical director respiratory therapy department Mount Vernon Hospital, since 1978, department chairman medicine, 1987-1988, president medical.staff, 1996-1998.
Member Executive Committee Alexandria Hospital, 1983. Chairman medical affairs county Inova Health System.
Achievements
Membership
Board trustees Inova Health System. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Society Internal Medicine, Alexandria Medical Society, Virginia Medical Society, Philippine Medical Association (exec.dir., past president Metro-Washington), Association Philippine Physicians in American (vice president).
Interests
Connections
M. Carlota Torres; children: Ronald, Edgar.
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Nationality
Philippine American