UP-FAHLA Center for Advanced Healthcare Informatics Launches First Certification Course

L - R: Dr. Napapong Pongnapang (Mahidol University); Dr. Yudthaphon Vichianin (Mahidol University); Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan (University of the Philippines Manila); Dr. Michael L. Tee (University of the Philippines Manila); Mr. Yuta Igarashi (FUJIFILM Philippines Inc.); Mr. Esnu Halim (FUJIFILM Healthcare Asia Pacific).

The UP-FAHLA Center for Advanced Healthcare Informatics (CAHI), in collaboration with FUJIFILM Healthcare Asia Pacific, University of the Philippines (UP), and Mahidol University of Thailand, successfully completed its first Asia Pacific Healthcare Informatics and PACS Administrator Certification Course from July 26 to 30, 2025, at the University of the Philippines Manila. The program highlighted a joint shared vision to advance healthcare education and digital transformation in the Asia Pacific region.

Designed to equip healthcare and IT professionals with essential knowledge and practical skills in digital health and imaging informatics, the course was divided into two progressive levels: Level 1, conducted by UP Manila’s College of Medicine on July 26; and Level 2, led by Dr. Napapong Pongnapang and Dr. Yudthaphon Vichianin, focused on advanced modules held from July 28 to 30, 2025. 

This program was attended by diverse pool of clinicians, healthcare and IT professionals from across the Asia-Pacific region, that fostered collaborative discussions and exchange of best practices in digital health and imaging informatics.

FUJIFILM Asia-Pacific Healthcare Learning Academy (FAHLA) is one of the educational initiatives founded by FUJIFILM Healthcare Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. The Academy aims to bring together prestigious universities within the Asia-Pacific region to collaboratively develop and deliver structured medical educational workshops.