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Dr. David, or Jun to his family, friends and colleagues,
should explore the existence of a volunteerism gene, if
only because clearly he comes from a family of selfless
community servants. Following his father’s early death,
his mother dedicated her entire life and all her own
resources to assisting calamity victims and helpless
people in the Philippines. His only sibling, Dr.
Carmencita David - Padilla, an accomplished
pediatrician in the Philippines, spends no less than half
of her time and energy in civic work and genetic research.
From finishing high school in San Beda to earning an M.
D. at the University of the Philippines, Jun exhibited high
academic excellence and engaged in extra-curricular
activities, such as editing the school paper and the
yearbook’s photography, reorganizing the youth of their
neighborhood, and conducting the church choir, and
many more for which he volunteered. Then, and to this
day, photography and music have been his consuming
interests, but his father convinced him and his sister to
make medicine their careers. He followed the advice and
now has skillfully combined all his interests.
should explore the existence of a volunteerism gene, if
only because clearly he comes from a family of selfless
community servants. Following his father’s early death,
his mother dedicated her entire life and all her own
resources to assisting calamity victims and helpless
people in the Philippines. His only sibling, Dr.
Carmencita David - Padilla, an accomplished
pediatrician in the Philippines, spends no less than half
of her time and energy in civic work and genetic research.
From finishing high school in San Beda to earning an M.
D. at the University of the Philippines, Jun exhibited high
academic excellence and engaged in extra-curricular
activities, such as editing the school paper and the
yearbook’s photography, reorganizing the youth of their
neighborhood, and conducting the church choir, and
many more for which he volunteered. Then, and to this
day, photography and music have been his consuming
interests, but his father convinced him and his sister to
make medicine their careers. He followed the advice and
now has skillfully combined all his interests.
Jun immigrated to the United States with his wife Joy Samson David in 1984. Landing in Norwalk, CT,
around which the rest of the family then lived, they later relocated to Syracuse, NY, as Jun started his
residency in Pathology at the State University of New York and a Transitional Medicine Program at St.
Joseph’s Hospital. In 1988, after a re-examination of his goals, Jun transferred to Family Medicine, which
he took at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, completing his residency training in 1991.
Simultaneously, his wife, Joy, was enrolled at Syracuse University College of Law from which she earned
her J.D. and is now a practicing attorney in family law in Albany.
Starting his medical practice at the Carver Community Health Center in Schenectady, NY, Jun volunteered
to teach medical students and spend time at the free clinics. At the Department of Family and
Community Medicine at Albany Medical College, he has held the clinical title of associate professor since
1992. In 1997, Jun co-founded a multi-specialty professional organization, Prime Care Physicians, PLLC,
that has now grown to more than one hundred physicians, and in which he is a senior partner. In 2001,
Jun was also appointed the medical director of the St. Peters Addiction Recovery Center, the largest
alcoholism and substance abuse treatment program in Upstate New York.
Upon moving to Albany, Jun and his family joined the Bayanihan Association, of which he later served as
president. With his leadership and participation, the association organized fund-raising events, medical
missions, cultural presentations and activities to promote camaraderie among the Filipinos in the area.
He assisted several recent Filipino immigrants to integrate into the American community and lifestyle.
Jun believes in taking definitive action on issues relevant to his profession or community. For example,
upon learning of the closure of the Albany Medical Center Family Medicine residency program, he
organized physicians to challenge the decision. He contacted government officials, created a legal team
and enlisted the help of media and the medical community, particularly calling attention to the loss of vital
services to the community served by fifty primary care physicians and thirty resident physicians up for
termination. Consequently, the Center decided to retain the program. Jun continues to be a tireless
advocate for fellow physicians and uses his skills to lobby for public policies to promote patient interests,
whether in New York or Washington, DC. He is currently a director of the board of the American Academy
of Family Physicians Political Action Committee. Among his causes are funding for community health
centers and the support of tort reform in the medical profession.
Through his enthusiasm for cause-oriented projects, Jun hopes to inspire others to accept, if not to seek,
socially-oriented responsibilities. He is the chair of the Nominations and Leadership Committee for the
University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA), president-elect of the
American Association of Family Physicians, initiator of the Regional Family Medicine Conference in
Albany, a meeting which has been consistently successful since its inception in 2002; Board Chair of the
New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP) in 2005 and currently alternate delegate to the
American Academy of Family Physicians Congress of Delegates; chair of the planning committee for the
Winter Weekend and Scientific Assembly of the NYSAFP in Lake Placid, NY. Jun has consistently been
awarded the NYSAFP President’s Above and Beyond Award for the past four years. In 2004, he was
appointed one of twelve delegates to the American Medical Association, representing 104,000 members
of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Last June, he led the invocation, in Tagalog, at the
opening ceremonies of the American Medical Association, which he considered a great opportunity to
feature our native language. He is currently listed in the 2006-2007 edition of the Marquis Who’s Who in
Medicine and Health Care. While humbly appreciating all these expressions of recognition, Jun is
particularly proud of the prestigious American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award which
he received in May 2006 for demonstration of leadership skills in advocacy, community service and
excellence in medicine.
Despite his busy professional and volunteer schedule, Jun strives to acquire new and unique
experiences that expand his horizons. Last April, he dared join a team of mountain climbers to scale Mt.
Everest. The expedition was not only danger ridden, but the team also had to deal with disease and
injuries. This human interest story elicited substantial media attention. But aside from coming out of the
experience alive, Jun’s most valuable material accomplishment was thousands of pictures,
professionally taken by no less than the doctor who cannot resist a good shot or two, or a thousand.
Jun is proud of his family, especially his wife, Joy, and their two daughters, Lori and Jennifer, who have
been very supportive of his goals. Lori just finished high school with high honors and is preparing to join
class 2010 at the University of Chicago with a degree in economics. Jennifer has a year to go in middle
school where she is doing well academically and pursues her favorite avocation, dancing.
Dr. Jose M. David is very honored by his selection as one of the Twenty Outstanding Filipino-American
Awards in the United States and Canada, which he considers to be a recognition of the values by which
he lives his life. He dedicates this award to his late mother, Loreta Miranda (Nene) David who passed
away suddenly in September 2005. During the many events honoring Nene’s own charity work, her
consistent response was that she was blessed with good children and grandchildren. Today, she is
certainly glowing warmly, as she always does when she gets news about her children.
around which the rest of the family then lived, they later relocated to Syracuse, NY, as Jun started his
residency in Pathology at the State University of New York and a Transitional Medicine Program at St.
Joseph’s Hospital. In 1988, after a re-examination of his goals, Jun transferred to Family Medicine, which
he took at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, completing his residency training in 1991.
Simultaneously, his wife, Joy, was enrolled at Syracuse University College of Law from which she earned
her J.D. and is now a practicing attorney in family law in Albany.
Starting his medical practice at the Carver Community Health Center in Schenectady, NY, Jun volunteered
to teach medical students and spend time at the free clinics. At the Department of Family and
Community Medicine at Albany Medical College, he has held the clinical title of associate professor since
1992. In 1997, Jun co-founded a multi-specialty professional organization, Prime Care Physicians, PLLC,
that has now grown to more than one hundred physicians, and in which he is a senior partner. In 2001,
Jun was also appointed the medical director of the St. Peters Addiction Recovery Center, the largest
alcoholism and substance abuse treatment program in Upstate New York.
Upon moving to Albany, Jun and his family joined the Bayanihan Association, of which he later served as
president. With his leadership and participation, the association organized fund-raising events, medical
missions, cultural presentations and activities to promote camaraderie among the Filipinos in the area.
He assisted several recent Filipino immigrants to integrate into the American community and lifestyle.
Jun believes in taking definitive action on issues relevant to his profession or community. For example,
upon learning of the closure of the Albany Medical Center Family Medicine residency program, he
organized physicians to challenge the decision. He contacted government officials, created a legal team
and enlisted the help of media and the medical community, particularly calling attention to the loss of vital
services to the community served by fifty primary care physicians and thirty resident physicians up for
termination. Consequently, the Center decided to retain the program. Jun continues to be a tireless
advocate for fellow physicians and uses his skills to lobby for public policies to promote patient interests,
whether in New York or Washington, DC. He is currently a director of the board of the American Academy
of Family Physicians Political Action Committee. Among his causes are funding for community health
centers and the support of tort reform in the medical profession.
Through his enthusiasm for cause-oriented projects, Jun hopes to inspire others to accept, if not to seek,
socially-oriented responsibilities. He is the chair of the Nominations and Leadership Committee for the
University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA), president-elect of the
American Association of Family Physicians, initiator of the Regional Family Medicine Conference in
Albany, a meeting which has been consistently successful since its inception in 2002; Board Chair of the
New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP) in 2005 and currently alternate delegate to the
American Academy of Family Physicians Congress of Delegates; chair of the planning committee for the
Winter Weekend and Scientific Assembly of the NYSAFP in Lake Placid, NY. Jun has consistently been
awarded the NYSAFP President’s Above and Beyond Award for the past four years. In 2004, he was
appointed one of twelve delegates to the American Medical Association, representing 104,000 members
of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Last June, he led the invocation, in Tagalog, at the
opening ceremonies of the American Medical Association, which he considered a great opportunity to
feature our native language. He is currently listed in the 2006-2007 edition of the Marquis Who’s Who in
Medicine and Health Care. While humbly appreciating all these expressions of recognition, Jun is
particularly proud of the prestigious American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award which
he received in May 2006 for demonstration of leadership skills in advocacy, community service and
excellence in medicine.
Despite his busy professional and volunteer schedule, Jun strives to acquire new and unique
experiences that expand his horizons. Last April, he dared join a team of mountain climbers to scale Mt.
Everest. The expedition was not only danger ridden, but the team also had to deal with disease and
injuries. This human interest story elicited substantial media attention. But aside from coming out of the
experience alive, Jun’s most valuable material accomplishment was thousands of pictures,
professionally taken by no less than the doctor who cannot resist a good shot or two, or a thousand.
Jun is proud of his family, especially his wife, Joy, and their two daughters, Lori and Jennifer, who have
been very supportive of his goals. Lori just finished high school with high honors and is preparing to join
class 2010 at the University of Chicago with a degree in economics. Jennifer has a year to go in middle
school where she is doing well academically and pursues her favorite avocation, dancing.
Dr. Jose M. David is very honored by his selection as one of the Twenty Outstanding Filipino-American
Awards in the United States and Canada, which he considers to be a recognition of the values by which
he lives his life. He dedicates this award to his late mother, Loreta Miranda (Nene) David who passed
away suddenly in September 2005. During the many events honoring Nene’s own charity work, her
consistent response was that she was blessed with good children and grandchildren. Today, she is
certainly glowing warmly, as she always does when she gets news about her children.
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