{"id":32981,"date":"2018-08-11T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T02:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=32981"},"modified":"2018-08-10T16:45:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T08:45:01","slug":"medical-professionals-in-manila-dr-melgar-opena-matulac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/medical-professionals-in-manila-dr-melgar-opena-matulac\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Professionals in Manila: Dr. Melgar Ope\u00f1a Matulac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As an expat, there are basic necessities that you need to know to have a comfortable stay in the Philippines. Apart from food, transportation means, and emergency hotlines, it is important to be aware of health services around the metro. This includes finding a physician who can help you\u00a0with your health conditions as you live in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for someone who can give quality health care and advice to make your heart on top health, get to know Dr.\u00a0Melgar Ope\u00f1a Matulac.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melgar\u00a0Ope\u00f1a Matulac,\u00a0<\/strong><strong><b>MD, FPCP, FPCC<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong><em>Internal Medicine Specialist and Cardiologist<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32982\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Dr-Matulac-template-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Dr-Matulac-template-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Dr-Matulac-template-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Dr-Matulac-template-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Dr-Matulac-template-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Dr-Matulac-template.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Matulac practices Interventional Cardiology, treating most heart diseases. He studied adult cardiology at the University of the Philippines &#8211; Manila and underwent additional training in Taiwan. Dr. Matulac is also an internal medicine specialist at several clinics and hospitals. He is affiliated with the Manila Doctors Hospital, Medical Center Manila, and the Lakambini Diagnostic Center.<\/p>\n<p>Every function of the body is affected by the heart or affects the heart, which is why he chose to study cardiology. Dr. Matulac believes that there is no other profession nobler than saving lives. Dr. Matulac starts his day in his clinic or by reviewing his patients&#8217; records before going to the hospital to make rounds. He provides general medical check-up and medical permits, as well as performing treatments for structural heart diseases including angiogram and angioplasty.<\/p>\n<p>Make an Appointment:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adventist Medical Center Manila<br \/>\n<\/strong>Donata St. cor. San Juan, Pasay City<br \/>\nMondays: 10 am to 12 pm, Wednesdays: 2 pm to 4 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 am to 12 pm, 5 pm to 7 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matulac Medical Clinic and Pharmacy<br \/>\n<\/strong>#74 C. Jose St. Malibay, Pasay City<br \/>\nMondays to Fridays: 8 am to 10 am, 7 pm to 9 pm, Saturdays and Sundays: 8 am to 12 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Air Force General Hospital<br \/>\n<\/strong>Villamor, Pasay City Heart Station<br \/>\nMondays: 2 pm to 4 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Claire\u2019s Medical Center<br \/>\n<\/strong>Room 207, Dian St., Makati City<br \/>\nFridays: 2 pm to 4 pm, Saturdays: 9 am to 11 am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get to know Dr. Melgar Ope\u00f1a Matulac, an Internal Medicine Specialist and Cardiologist for heart health issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3683],"tags":[6821,6823,6820,6822,6824],"class_list":["post-32981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medical-feature","tag-adventist-medical-center-manila","tag-air-force-general-hospital","tag-dr-melgar-opena-matulac","tag-matulac-medical-clinic-and-pharmacy","tag-st-claires-medical-center"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/Dr-Matulac-template.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32985,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32981\/revisions\/32985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}