Dr. Manny Cacdac , a neurosurgeon from Terre Haute Indiana, passed away last November 2 at his home in Florida. Doc Manny as he is known to every one, was for a long time the Convention Chair and Co-Chair of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America until he resigned this year because of lingering illness. He was also a past president of the Society.

Doctor Cacdac  was the founder of the Hydrocephalus Foundation of the Philippines, a foundation that treats and operates on hydrocephalic children in the Philippines. For his humanitarian work in the United States and in his home country, Dr. Cacdac had been the recipient of numerous awards and recognition including the SagamoreWabash Award given by the governor of Indiana and the Linkapil Award given and presented by the President of the Philippines.  He was also a recipient of a humanitarian award by his class during their 50th class reunion in Las Vegas Nevada.  He was a leader and President of many medical and social organizations in his home state of Indiana and in the United States.

A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Navy, Manny was an avid sportsman, a hunter, and a fisherman.  His many friends and acquaintances here and abroad, those he has worked with and those whose lives he  had touched, are truly touched by his passing.He is survived by this family, his wife Fe who is an internist, his three children, Maricel, Manuel Jr. Michele and four grandchildren.