Luis P. Gatmaitan
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Luis P. Gatmaitan, M.D., is a Filipino
medical doctor
and children's author. His medical career has been cited as one of HealthToday Philippines Magazine 's Ten Pillars of the Philippine Health Care Industry. He also appears on a radio program, Doctors On Line, on Monday mornings at DZAS
as a medical consultant.
Gatmaitan was inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame
in 2005 for his writing. Most of his work is in the genre of children's literature
, for which he has garnered many awards, including the Catholic Mass Media Awards. His books include Mga Kwento ni Tito Dok and Sandosenang Sapatos.
Gatmaitan has authored and published more than 30 storybooks for children tackling issues such as disability, senility, coping with death, coping with cancer, childhood diseases, and children's rights in his stories. His children's book series "Mga Kuwento ni Tito Dok" was cited by the Manila Critics Circle "for its popularization of the science of medicine in language and illustrations that young children can understand, for its indigenizing of universal scientific principles, and for its imaginative reconstruction of what happens in the human body."
Inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2005, he has also been a recipient of the Catholic Mass Media Awards and the PBBY-Salanga Writers Prize. His children's book Sandosenang Sapatos , now listed in the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) catalogue for the Bologna International Children's Book Fair
2005, was named the 2005 Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities by the IBBY . He has also been cited as one of HealthToday Philippines Magazine's Ten Pillars of the Philippine Health Care Industry, 2003 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for his contribution in the field of Literature, and as finalist in the 2004 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) search. Published by several local publishing houses and international agencies like the UNICEF and WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL, Gatmaitan has also chaired the PBBY and Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING).
He hosts a children's storytelling program for radio every Saturday morning over DZAS
, entitled Wan Dey Isang Araw.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
medical doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and children's author. His medical career has been cited as one of HealthToday Philippines Magazine 's Ten Pillars of the Philippine Health Care Industry. He also appears on a radio program, Doctors On Line, on Monday mornings at DZAS
DZAS
702 DZAS is an AM station owned and operated by Far East Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. The station's studio located at Karuhatan, Valenzuela City and the transmitter located at Bocaue, Bulacan.-Station Profile:...
as a medical consultant.
Gatmaitan was inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame
Palanca Awards
The Palanca Awards or Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature is the Philippines' most prestigious and most enduring literary awards and is dubbed as the "Pulitzer Prize" of the Philippines...
in 2005 for his writing. Most of his work is in the genre of children's literature
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
, for which he has garnered many awards, including the Catholic Mass Media Awards. His books include Mga Kwento ni Tito Dok and Sandosenang Sapatos.
Gatmaitan has authored and published more than 30 storybooks for children tackling issues such as disability, senility, coping with death, coping with cancer, childhood diseases, and children's rights in his stories. His children's book series "Mga Kuwento ni Tito Dok" was cited by the Manila Critics Circle "for its popularization of the science of medicine in language and illustrations that young children can understand, for its indigenizing of universal scientific principles, and for its imaginative reconstruction of what happens in the human body."
Inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2005, he has also been a recipient of the Catholic Mass Media Awards and the PBBY-Salanga Writers Prize. His children's book Sandosenang Sapatos , now listed in the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) catalogue for the Bologna International Children's Book Fair
Bologna Children's Book Fair
The Bologna Children's Book Fair or La fiera del libro per ragazzi is the leading professional fair for children's books in the world.Since 1963, it is held yearly for four days in March or April in Bologna, Italy...
2005, was named the 2005 Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities by the IBBY . He has also been cited as one of HealthToday Philippines Magazine's Ten Pillars of the Philippine Health Care Industry, 2003 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for his contribution in the field of Literature, and as finalist in the 2004 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) search. Published by several local publishing houses and international agencies like the UNICEF and WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL, Gatmaitan has also chaired the PBBY and Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING).
He hosts a children's storytelling program for radio every Saturday morning over DZAS
DZAS
702 DZAS is an AM station owned and operated by Far East Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. The station's studio located at Karuhatan, Valenzuela City and the transmitter located at Bocaue, Bulacan.-Station Profile:...
, entitled Wan Dey Isang Araw.