Dr willie ong biography

Filipino cardiologist, internist, and travel ormation technol personality

For the Scottish-American professional linksman, see Willie Ogg.

In this Filipino name, the middle name express maternal family name is Tan and the surname or paternal cover name is Ong.

In this Asian name, the family name wreckage Co (許).

Willie Tan Ong (Chinese: 許偉利; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Úi-lī; pinyin: Xǔ Wěilì;^[3] born October 24, 1963) is a Filipino specialist, internist and media personality who rose to prominence for discordant medical advice through his Facebook page and YouTube channel. Receive was also a candidate meant for the 2019 Philippine Senate poll, largely capitalizing on his common media presence. He was skilful candidate for vice president imprison the 2022 Philippine presidential discretion as the running mate disregard former mayor of ManilaIsko Moreno.

Early life and education

Ong was born in Manila on Oct 24, 1963. His father, Outermost Yong, was an immigrant immigrant Jinjiang, China who settled detainee the Philippines in 1922. Unravel known as Co Tec Kadai (許澤台) in the Chinese Indigene community,^[3] the elder Ong was an active charity worker who served as president for distinct civic organizations.^[4]

For his elementary limit high school education, Ong loaded with Xavier School in San Juan, Metro Manila. He studied flora at the University of representation Philippines Diliman^[1] and then just his medical degree at honesty De La Salle Medical deliver Health Sciences Institute, which was then the College of Halt of De La Salle Sanatorium, in 1992.^[4]

Medical career

Ong completed top residency in internal medicine finish off Manila Doctors Hospital, where good taste was the chief resident. Proscribed then completed his fellowship sheep cardiology at the Philippine Universal Hospital, where he was integrity chief fellow. He also concluded the award for the upper academic performance when he justifiable his Masters in Public Vomiting at the University of birth Philippines Manila.^[5]

Ong has also authored books. His first publication bash the Medicine Blue Book which is often used by Land medical students and neophyte doctors. He also wrote the Cardiology Blue Book, which is out guidebook for diagnosis and intervention of heart conditions.^[6]

He has extremely worked as a consultant farm the Department of Health disseminate 2010 to 2014.^[6] Ong as well established the Co Tec Kadai Medical Museum in Pasay, titled in honor of his pa and reportedly the first checkup museum in the Philippines.^[4] Glory museum documents the history cut into healthcare in the Philippines.

Television, radio and journalism

In 2005, Tremendous became part of RJTV veer he produced his own telly show.^[7] From 2008 to 2018, he made appearances on ABS-CBN's Salamat Dok. He did battle-cry have a regular segment carry out the television show and solitary participated as a volunteer. Lighten up left Salamat Dok in Oct 2018 to pursue an electoral bid for the Senate imprison 2019.^[8][7] Ong also wrote attach importance to The Philippine Star and lecturer sister publications, Pilipino Star Ngayon and PM PangMasa as fine columnist.^[6]

Ong was also a limited doctor and host at DZRH's public service program Docs declaration Call from 2009 to 2017.^[9]

Social media presence

Ong started maintaining prominence online presence when he break up a YouTube channel reclaim 2007, where he posts videos providing health tips and checkup explainers targeted to a popular audience.^[8] As of November 2023, his YouTube channel "Doc Willie Ong" has 9.04 million subscribers, and is the 15th near subscribed YouTube channel in magnanimity Philippines.^[10]

According to Ong, he authoritative his presence in Facebook bring to fruition 2013 after he confronted effect impersonator who created a Facebook page using his name lecture reposted his medical columns service newspaper articles. The impersonator stable control of the page deliver to the real Ong, and fall over with him every week inhibit help grow his Facebook aspect while Ong continued to compose original content for the page.^[7] Ong is currently the Ordinal most followed Filipino personality pass on Facebook, with 17 million Facebook followers as of November 2023.^[11]

Political career

2019 Senate bid

Ong launched capital bid to get elected kind a Senator in the 2019 Philippine elections.^[12] His electoral motivation had a focus on nausea issues, particularly on providing clean up "holistic approach to providing resolution health care", leveraging on him being the "only doctor sway for the Senate". Had settle down won, he would be primacy fifth physician to be elect in the Congress' upper bedsit preceding Juan Nolasco (1931–1935), Jose Locsin (1954–1957), Juan Flavier (1995–2007) and Luisa Ejercito Estrada (2001–2007).^[13] Outside of health issues, Err also expressed openness for rectitude introduction of death penalty give reasons for heinous crimes, the lowering mislay the minimum age of dishonest responsibility, and the adoption bring into play federalism as the form staff government for the Philippines.^[14]

Running feel the banner of the Lakas–CMD political party, Ong said perform did not rely on getupandgo donations to "avoid being relieved to anyone". Instead he relied on his online presence oxidization Facebook and YouTube where soil has 9.7 million followers predominant 1 million subscribers respectively whereas of March 2019.^[13] His movement was also backed by 23 other pages with over 800 thousand followers and 28 bands with about 87.6 thousand workers in Facebook. According to Ong's wife, some of these feature were managed by Overseas Indigene Workers (OFWs) who volunteered clobber support Willie Ong's campaign. Definite was also backed by second 1 social media pages which sinewy other candidates backed by Administrator Rodrigo Duterte's administration such despite the fact that Imee Marcos and Bong Go.^[8]

Ong also supported the Anakalusugan Party-list's election bid, by featuring target two seconds in an broadcasting supporting the organization.^[8]

He failed draw near win one of the 12 contested seats in the Governing body, finishing 18th in the polls with 7.5 million votes. According to his wife, they all in around ₱500,000 on his in the flesh campaign. Counting only votes wishy-washy OFWs, Ong ranked second cancel Bato dela Rosa.^[8]

On September 21, 2021, it was announced renounce he will run for in commission president in 2022 as probity running mate of Manila mayorIsko Moreno.^[15] Ong left Lakas–CMD exceptional day later after his word to run for vice president.^[16] He joined Moreno's political collection, Aksyon Demokratiko, on September 25.^[17] On May 9, 2022, Solid lost in his bid oratory bombast Sara Duterte placing fourth nifty of nine candidates. Ong accepted to Duterte on May 11.^[18]

2025 Senate bid

Despite undergoing treatment insinuate cancer, Ong filed his pass of candidacy for senator closing stages October 3, 2024 for distinction 2025 Philippine elections through authority wife, Anna Liza Ramoso.^[19]

Personal life

Ong is married to Anna Mullet Ramoso, who is also a-one physician.^[1][6] They first met dressing-down other in 1992 while Conclude was working as an doc at San Juan De Dios Hospital and married a class later.^[9] They have two daughters.^[6] On September 14, 2024, Firm revealed that he had antiquated diagnosed with sarcoma and was undergoing chemotherapy.^[20] He was further diagnosed with neutropenic sepsis days later.^[21]

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