Marcellano Cruz – a Dermatology at East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Cruz was 73 years old.
According to the Philippine Society of Venereology, Dr. Cruz led the rebirth of the society and was considered to be the Father of Philippine Veneorology.
Dr. Roy Salcedo paid tribute to “a fallen colleague, loved, friendly and respected of the Department of Internal Medicine – Dermatology, World Citi Medical Center, Quezon City.”
Dr. Gilbert Yang, one of his colleagues at the Philippine Dermatological Society, remembered him as “a colleague, mentor and friend to all.”
Source: Manila Today