HUMANITARIAN AWARDS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Elma Mera Steves, Dr. Agustín Arbulú & Dr. Oscar Talledo

In honor of our 50th Anniversary celebration, the Lifetime Achievement award was presented to Dr. Elma Mera Steves, Dr. Agustín Arbulú, and Dr. Oscar Talledo, founding members of PAMS that were present at the first meeting on 9 September, 1973 in Atlanta, GA.  We were delighted with the presence of Dr. Mera Steves and Dr. Arbulú.  Dr. Talledo, was unable to attend the anniversary gala.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Mrs. Maria Montesinos & Dr. Efrain Montesinos 

Mrs. María Montesinos received the Lifetime Achievement Award presented to her and her late husband, Dr. Efraín Montesinos.  The Montesinos established the thoracic cardiology unit at the Dos de Mayo National Hospital in Lima, saving the lives of hundreds of people. Their efforts of caring for patients and performing highly complex cardiac surgeries continues through PAMS members including Dr. Julio Peralta, Chair of Cardiac Thoracic Dept, Dos de Mayo Hospital, Dr. Aldo Rafael with Salvando Corazones Mission, and Dr. Juan Carlos Alejos with Corazones con Esperanza.  

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Victor Raúl Felipa & Mrs. Janice Felipa

Dr. & Mrs. Felipa have participated in PAMS Missions to Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Iquitos. Dr. Felipa was the first Medical Director of Selva in Action Mission from 2007-2014. He volunteered in SIA Mission Telemedicine during the pandemic and partipated in Selva in Action Mission in June 2022 at the age of 86. Mrs. Felipa obtained international grants to repair schools and build water system in the village of Centro Fuerte, Rio Momon, Iquitos.

In 2022, their established the Raul & Janice Felipa Mentorship Grant which covers costs of participating in a Selva in Action Mission for a Medical Student from San Fernando and a Nursing Student from Iquitos, and includes continued tele-mentoring with grant recipients). The Felipas are Active Rotarians.  Dr. Felipa volunteers at a Rotary sponsored free clinic in Gilroy, CA.

HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Dr. Pablo Pérez

PAMS President, 2017-2018, PAMS Para el Peru President, 2017-2022, Santiago de Chuco Mission founder & medical director, 2009 to present. Participated at Medical mission to Huancavelica Aqua Quechua town in the Peruvian jungle Saposoa. Led the PAMS’s Disaster Relief foundation to the north of Peru in 2017 due to the destruction and flooding caused "El Niño".  Dr. Perez coordinated the PAMS help to the people of Trujillo with water/food, medical care, medicines, mosquito’s repellants, fumigation, latrines and community meals to many in those in northern of Peru. 
 

Dr. Perez participated in relief efforts in four Medical missions to Haiti after the earthquake in 2011, and has been part of a medical mission to Guatemala Clínica Santiago in Solola since 2015.  Humanitarian efforts also include a March 2022 donation of insulin and medical supplies to a hospital at the Poland-Ukraine border.

Dr. Perez offers a grant every year in support of young physicians who wish to train in the US, Scholarship candidates need to pass Steps I and II of the USMLE exams and have participated in PAMS medical missions. This grant is done quietly and is part of the many contributions Pablo makes to PAMS.  

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Maria H. Sjogren

Medical Degree. UNMSM San Fernando. Master Public Health. John Hopkins. Internal Medicine, sub-specialty Gastroenterology/Hepatology. Yale University. US Army Medical Corps Colonel. Active member of PAMS for over 30 years. Past President (2 years) of PAMS. Artifice of the Endowment fund. Serves as Vice President of PAMS Polyclinic Directorio, and has been a member of several Committees throughout many years. 

Participated in many Medical Missions. President of the San Fernando Chapter. Assisted in San Fernando getting international certification.  Named to Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2013 Extremely supportive of the Chincha Polyclinic;  exceptional contributor to the educational Webinars and serves a chair of the education committee. Has created venues in Peru for immunization programs (hepatitis). 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Federico Alva

Medical Degree: National University of Trujillo. Obstetrics and Gynecology: Jewish Hospital New York. Medical practice in Southern California for 40 years. PAMS active member for more than 25 years. President of Southern California Chapter, multiple times. Member of several PAMS committees throughout the year.

Dr. Alva volunteered in many PAMS Medical Missions throughout the years. He was the Trujillo Medical Mission director & organizer, and obtained $1-2 million in medicines, equipment, for the Regional Hospital Trujillo and the Belen Hospital.

HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Walter, was born in Trujillo. Medical Degree: San Fernando UNMSM.  Specialty: Cardiothoracic surgery. Lalita, was born in India. Financial Planner, President of the US National Committee for the United Nations Women. 

Together, they administer the Walter and Lalita Janke Charitable Foundation. Active members of PAMS for many years.  Committing time, effort, and financial support to PAMS activities. Walter serves in the PAMS Board as Director of Finance, and in the Finance and Marketing Committee; He also serves in the Directory of PAMS Polyclinic in Chincha.  He is the Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee. 

Lalita has served as leader and member of the PAMS Auxiliary Committee. Walter and Lalita, independently and through their Foundation have made several large donations to PAMS, PAMS Polyclinic - construction and maintenance, San Fernando Chapter of PAMS and PAMS Auxiliary. 

Most recent donation of $34,000 to obtain a new x-ray machine for the PAMS Polyclinic is just an example of their generosity. 

The Jankes are a committed couple who loves Peru and the work we all do there.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Ralph Kuon

Dr. Ralph Kuon has been a distinguished PAMS member since 1985.  He has served PAMS in a number of capacities being most notable his involvement in PAMS medical missions to Perú with Dr. Efrain Montesinos. This relationship allowed Ralph to participate in many medical missions, including him becoming the leader of the Ayacucho Medical Mission for several years and the Huancavelica Medical Mission thereafter.  These missions became very successful and now are led by other distinguished PAMS members. Ralph has also participated in other medical missions such as those to Tacna, Abancay, Trujillo, Cusco and Moyobamba.  

Ralph’s leadership is exemplified by him serving as President of the PAMS Chapter in Southern California and being elected twice as President of PAMS.  Ralph led PAMS to institute its Endowment Fund that has become a mainstay of PAMS.  He has been recognized by PAMS as recipient of the PAMS Humanitarian Award, and as a leader in the Colegio Medico del Peru and has been accepted as member of the Academia Peruana de Cirugia. 
  

Dr. Kuon is a graduate of the San Fernando Medical School of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.  There he underwent training in General Surgery and subsequently he worked in the Organ Transplant program in the Peruvian Navy.  He the underwent a two-year Fellowship training in Cardio Thoracic Surgery at the University of Southern California.    
  

He has received many awards for his leadership roles in Peru and in the USA including being the recipient of the Paz Soldan Medal from the Peruvian Government and the Ministry of Foreign Relations.