"Through the efforts of then UE President Isidro D. Carino, the plan to establish the College of Physical Therapy was realized with the endorsement of a feasibility study prepared by a team composed of Dr. Juan A. Alcazaren, head of the UERMMC Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dr. Arnel V. Malaya, a Rehabilitation Medicine specialist and Serafina Maxino.In June 1988, the College first operated under the headship of Dr. Alcazaren.