Awardee, Gawad Dangal ng Lipi 2008 Health

HOMETOWN: Bulacan

MILESTONES:

• PhD in Medical Sciences from Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands ( 2011-2013
• Clinical Fellowship in Neurotology-Skull Base Surgery University of Toronto –Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center (1992-1993)
• Research Fellowship in Otology, Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (1991-1992)
• Doctor of Medicine from U.P. College of Medicine (Class 1985)
• Graduate of B.S. Zoology in U.P. Diliman (Summa Cum Laude, 1981)
• 17th Dean of the U.P. College of Medicine starting June 24, 2018.
• Currently serves as Research Professor and Director of the Philippine National Ear Institute and Director of the Newborn Hearing Reference Center at the National Institutes of Health in U.P. Manila.
• Internationally recognized in otolaryngology, a pioneer in cochlear implantation surgery.
• Lead researcher and advocate for the enactment of a national universal newborn hearing screening programme (R.A. 9709)