DR. FE DEL MUNDO '33
Dr. Del Mundo graduated at the top of her class and the first female and the first Filipino to enroll in the Pediatrics program at Harvard.
Aside from being the editor-in chief of the Textbook of Pediatrics and Child Health, Dr. del Mundo has written more than 150 scientific papers.
She established the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines (1957). Of her extensive research, Dr. Del Mundo is most proud of her work on poliomyelitis, rubella and varicella. Her clinical research served as references in the use of vaccines and immunization in the country. She invented devices for the care of newborns and toddlers (newborn incubators, cloth weighing scales and bamboo radiant warmers) for use in the rural areas.
She received more than a hundred awards, among them- the Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service; Elizabeth Blackwell Award, and the American version of the Nobel Prize for Outstanding Service to mankind.
The Children's Medical Center was recently renamed the Fe del Mundo Medical Center in honor of a doctor who has gone beyond the call of duty.
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