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By Janie Octia INQUIRER.net QUEZON City, Philippines – Medical board exam topnotcher Marlon Garcia always wanted to become a doctor. "I learned to love the profession as I was studying and I got to interact with the patients,” said the 26-year-old Garcia who finds the Anatomy and Surgery part of the board exam the hardest. Watch this video interview with Garcia: In an interview with INQUIRER.net, Garcia said the country suffers from the unequal distribution of qualified doctors and the lack of adequate facilities to perform medical procedures. He said most of the doctors are located in the city while far-flung provinces are in dire need of more doctors. "Ang ratio ng pasyente sa doktor is 1:50 o 100, so I guess we need to improve the manpower and facilities," he said. Garcia plans to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination and specialize in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Though planning to practice abroad, he believes that Filipino doctors have an edge over other nationalities when it comes to doctor-patient relationship as Filipinos are more compassionate and personal. "The best thing about being a doctor is that you have the privilege is to help those who need you the most and those who are suffering from diseases. I guess every aspect of the human life not just sickness but the totality of a person," Garcia said. Garcia has not slept for the last two days waiting for the results until he got a call informing him he topped the board exam with a score of 88.75 percent. A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Biology at the De La Salle University Manila and Doctor of Medicine at the Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Garcia graduated cum laude.