On Oct 16, after the Clinical Congress, Brod Boy H and Brod Armand met with several Brods who live in the San Francisco area, as depicted in the photograph: (L to R) Rene Relos '90; Cris Ylanan '90; Boy Hilvano '71;  Armand Crisostomo '81; Amanda, head waitress at Hooters; Gene Amparo '72b; Jeff Enejosa '90.

WHY HOOTERS? The first reason is geography. From the SFO hotels of our Manila Brods, it is a 10-minute cab ride to Hooters in Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. The local Brods could take the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to the Embarcadero Station and from there, it is a stone's throw to Hooters. The second reason is beer, a sine qua non for Mu meetings. Hooters has over ten different choices of beer. The third reason is sports. Hooters is a sports bar with television sets everywhere for watching baseball, football, basketball, any sport. The fourth and most compelling reason is the Hooters Girl who serves the guests. See: http://www.hootersmagazine.com/ and click on pictures and links. "Sex appeal is legal and it sells. Newspapers, magazines, daytime talk shows, and local television affiliates consistently emphasize a variety of sexual topics to boost sales. Hooters marketing, emphasizing the Hooters Girl and her sex appeal, along with its commitment to quality operations continues to build and contributes to the chain's success. Hooters' business motto sums it up, 'You can sell the sizzle, but you have to deliver the steak.'” http://www.hooters.com/About.aspx

RELEVANCE OF HOOTERS. Geography, beer, sports, and the Hooters Girl--what more can a Mu want? The answer is relevance to medicine and society. Hooters has it. When you look at hooters, slang for breasts, you remember that women in the US have a 1 in 8 (12.5%) lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 35 (3%) chance of dying from breast cancer. In fact, the Mu Brods at Hooters did discuss surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy for breast cancer. I was the only radiologist in the group, but you must recall that mammography is the primary screening tool for breast cancer and has been proven to decrease mortality. So there you have it, the Mu meeting at Hooters proved relevant to medicine and society! (Mammography article)

WHO ARE THE SFO MU IN THE PICTURE? Rene Relos 90, graduated magna cum laude from UPCM and was the class valedictorian. He is married to Gel Santos-Relos, an anchorwoman for ABS-CBN, who graduated cum laude from the UP College of Mass Communication. Rene is a surgeon at Kaiser Permanente in Hayward, CA. Cris Ylanan 90, practices internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento, CA. Gene Amparo 72b, diagnostic radiology, was an Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX; a Professor at the University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; and currently fritters away his time writing nonsensical email for the This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Jeff Enojosa 90, physician-scientist, works with a prominent pharmaceutical company in San Francisco, CA.

Rene Relos, Cris Ylanan and other members of Mu Batch '90 will be flying to Manila to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of our glorious Fraternity this coming December 17.