The Medical Skin Health Training Foundation, Inc.(MSHTFI), is an educational group of primary skin health physicians in the Philippines who have the experience to teach and share their expertise to treat every skin condition to fellow medical practitioners. MSHTFI is the exclusive training arm of Philippine Association of Primary Skin Health Physicians Inc.(PAPSHPI).

MSHTFI started its operations in October 2001 with nine pioneer medical doctors of different subspecialties who would like to expound their knowledge in clinical and aesthetic dermatology. This was organized and spearheaded by the late Dr. Albuquerque C. Lopez, Sr. and assisted by his daughter, Dr. Grace M. Lopez, a dermatologist by profession. Dr. Al Lopez, through his bright and humble ideas became the epitome of a humanitarian who rendered services both in public and private communities by providing proper skills and education for the upliftment of the medical profession especially in the field of skin care for primary skin health physicians. Since then, it rapidly grew as a training institution and doubled the population of its trainees and graduates each year.

As early as October 2003, its graduates decided to established its own association to organize cohesion and collaboration among skin health practitioners. Hence, the Philippine Association of Primary Skin Health Physicians Inc.(PAPSHPI) was born under the chairmanship of Dr. Grace M. Lopez, encouraging harmonious unity among its members and share the mission and main objectives of its training arm, the Medical Skin Health Training Foundation Inc.

In 2006, PAPSHPI became an internationally affiliated partner of the World Society of Anti-aging Medicine (WOSAAM) in Paris and the Dermatologic Aesthetic Surgery International League (DASIL) in 2015. More partnerships with medical institutions and skin health organizations are continuously being sought to expand and enrich the modular courses of MSHTFI. In May of 2009, the National Skin Center, Singapore in coordination with MSHTFI agreed to offer a training course in Family Dermatology to our graduates every year.

In January of 2016, MSHTFI linked up with the UP College of Public Health for its Mycology Course to offer exclusively for our trainee doctors to provide them more thorough knowledge and skills on basic and advance mycology that they can apply on their future practice as skin health Physician .

The education programme offered by the institution promotes the advancement in skin health and actively involved in continuing medical and public education and plans to have more linkages in both local and international countries of same interest and objectives. And most of all we bring quality primary skin health physicians delivering quality patient care with compassion and respect.

At present, MSHTFI have more than 400 medical graduates, who continue to grow and are setting high standards of quality certified primary skin health physicians who provide community services. It manages several community centers and affiliated hospitals in Metro Manila that are offering free regular consultations and medicines to patients. MSHTFI plans to open satellite branches in the regions to cater to more doctors nationwide and to expand their ideas on clinical, aesthetic and regenerative medicine and continue rendering services in rural areas.

MSHTFI is currently managed by Dr. Grace M. Lopez as its Executive Director and ably assisted by five medical doctors, who are all graduates of its training program, as instructors and mentors. Experts and resource persons are also invited to provide specialized training and valuable information to the trainee doctors.