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    Then president of Xavier University Fr. Ernesto O, Javier, S.J., inspired by a father and son who had to travel all the way from Camiguin to Cagayan just to seek medical help, envisioned an institution that would help cater to the health needs of the poor and needy.

    So in the summer of 1983, Dr. Francisco L. Oh, Dr. Agaton T. Panopio, Jr., and Dr. Candida D. Canceko started interviewing prospective students for the College of Medicine.  Its pioneer batch of 65 students held classes at the second floor of the Science Center building.

    Most of its faculty members had to be hired from Cebu as medical practitioners in the city did not show interest in teaching.  Dr. Oh was the first Dean of the college, Dr. Panopio the Assistant Dean and Chair of the Physiology Department, and Dr. Canceko the College Secretary and Chair of Anatomy.

    More than a decade after it opened, in 1997, the CHED declared the college a Center of Development in Medical Education.  It was awarded a plaque of recognition by the Professional Regulation Commission and the Board of Medicine for having ranked second for eleven consecutive years in the Physician Licensure Examinations in 2002.

    Even if the college does not have a hospital of its own, many of its graduates became Outstanding Post-Graduate Interns in various health establishments they joined.  The college had also been chosen by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development as one of their satellite medical institutions in their project on development of research capabilities.