DR. PERLA SANTOS OCAMPO
Dr. Santos Ocampo is a giant in the field of pediatrics in the Philippines and an internationally respected physician, researcher, educator and administrator.
She is Professor Emeritus of the UP College of Medicine and former Chancellor of UP Manila (1993-1999).
As chair of the PGH Dept of Pediatrics (1979-1985) she spearheaded innovations in continuing medical education through distance study courses in her areas of research: nurition and diarrheal diseases.
A true champion of "mass-based and pro-people medical health programs" she founded the Child Develoopment and Adolescent Units, both eventually subsumed under the Multidisciplanry Child and Adolescent Unit, which she headed until 2003. She established a School for Chronically Ill Children and a Creche Child Center for the children of UP Manila employees.
She also established the National Graduate School for the Health Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Telehealth Center.
The citations she has received speak volumes of her impact on Philippine medicine. She is a recipient of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Award, the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, the Outstanding Woman in the Nation's Service (TOWNS) award, the Most Distinguished Alumna Award, the Child Health Foundation Medal and Prize (given by the World Health Organization in Geneva), the Outstanding Pediatrician in Asia (Tokyo) the Robert and Edna Langholz International Award for Nutrition (Chicago), the Ihsan Dogramaci Medal and Prize for Pediatric Education (Cairo), and the Order of Christopher Columbus by President Balaguer (Dominican Republic).
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She is Professor Emeritus of the UP College of Medicine and former Chancellor of UP Manila (1993-1999).
As chair of the PGH Dept of Pediatrics (1979-1985) she spearheaded innovations in continuing medical education through distance study courses in her areas of research: nurition and diarrheal diseases.
A true champion of "mass-based and pro-people medical health programs" she founded the Child Develoopment and Adolescent Units, both eventually subsumed under the Multidisciplanry Child and Adolescent Unit, which she headed until 2003. She established a School for Chronically Ill Children and a Creche Child Center for the children of UP Manila employees.
She also established the National Graduate School for the Health Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Telehealth Center.
The citations she has received speak volumes of her impact on Philippine medicine. She is a recipient of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Award, the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, the Outstanding Woman in the Nation's Service (TOWNS) award, the Most Distinguished Alumna Award, the Child Health Foundation Medal and Prize (given by the World Health Organization in Geneva), the Outstanding Pediatrician in Asia (Tokyo) the Robert and Edna Langholz International Award for Nutrition (Chicago), the Ihsan Dogramaci Medal and Prize for Pediatric Education (Cairo), and the Order of Christopher Columbus by President Balaguer (Dominican Republic).
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