luis p gatmaitan md is a filipino medical doctor and childrens author his medical career has been cited as one of healthtoday philippines magazine s ten pillars of the philippine health care industry he also appears on a radio program doctors on line on monday mornings at dzas as a medical consultantgatmaitan was inducted into the palanca hall of fame in 2005 for his writing most of his work is in the genre of childrens literature for which he has garnered many awards including the catholic mass media awards his books include mga kwento ni tito dok and sandosenang sapatosgatmaitan has authored and published more than 30 storybooks for children tackling issues such as disability senility coping with death coping with cancer childhood diseases and childrens rights in his stories his childrens book series mga kuwento ni tito dok was cited by the manila critics circle for its popularization of the science of medicine in language and illustrations that young children can understand for its indigenizing of universal scientific principles and for its imaginative reconstruction of what happens in the human body inducted into the palanca hall of fame in 2005 he has also been a recipient of the catholic mass media awards and the pbbysalanga writers prize his childrens book sandosenang sapatos now listed in the international board on books for young people ibby catalogue for the bologna international childrens book fair 2005 was named the 2005 outstanding book for young people with disabilities by the ibby he has also been cited as one of healthtoday philippines magazines ten pillars of the philippine health care industry 2003 ten outstanding young men toym of the philippines for his contribution in the field of literature and as finalist in the 2004 ten outstanding young persons of the world toyp search published by several local publishing houses and international agencies like the unicef and world vision international gatmaitan has also chaired the pbby and kuwentista ng mga tsikiting kuting he hosts a childrens storytelling program for radio every saturday morning over dzas entitled wan dey isang araw