The Philippine Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - Manila

In 1956, against overwhelming odds and formidable circumstances, an intrepid group of U.S. trained Otolaryngologists - all Fellows in good standing of the erstwhile Philippine Ophthalmological and Otolaryngological Society, inspired by Dr. Tierry F. Garcia - agreed it was time to incorporate a separate and independent group to establish a competent O.R.L. practice in the country.Encouraged initially by Drs. Napoleon Ejercito and Angel Enriquez - the 2 other Otolaryngologists with the UP-PGH Medical Center then - the idea began to shape. When the final draft of the Constitution and By Laws was completed by the Troika of the Talk of the Town of the Manila Doctors Hospital, the 5 other E.N.T. men in the country, Drs. Cesar Villafuerte Sr. (deceased), Jose Antonio L. Roxas Sr. (deceased),  

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Vicente Songco (deceased), Antonio Vicencio (deceased), Macario Tan (deceased), were invited to join while Dr. Ariston Bautista who was still at the State University of New York was inducted in absentia. This was how the group became known as the “Heroic Nine,” a quote attributed to Dr. Frank Co Tui - Creedmore Institute Science Director - who was the guest of honor and speaker at the inauguration rites.