She had her residency training in Anesthesiology at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. She pursued her clinical fellowship training in Pain Management at the Pain Management Research Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia and obtained the degree of Master of Medicine in Pain Management from the Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA) and a Fellow of the Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP), World Institute of Pain (2006).