First Filipino in Medicine and Healthcare

	Dr. Andres Zavalla	Profile
	1st Filipino Doctor to perform the first craniotomy for a brain tumor	1941
	Dr. Anatolio B. Cruz Jr.	Profile
	1st Filipino to devise an artificial heart valve known as Lillehei-Cruz-Kaster prosthetic valve	1963
	Dr. Camellia Posoncuy	Profile
	1st Filipina Neurosurgeon
	Dr. Carmencita Reodica	Profile
	1st Filipina Secretary of Health
	Dr. Connie Mariano	Profile
	1st Filipina-American military woman to be appointed White House Physician	1992
	Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim	Profile
	1st Filipina Clinical Psychologist	1948
	Dr. Fe del Mundo	Profile
	1st Filipina to be certified by the American Board of Pediatrics as Board Diplomate	1947
	Dr. George Eufemio	Profile
	Spearheaded the publication of the first Philippine Textbook in Surgery	1990
	Dr. Gloria T. Aragon	Profile
	1st Filipina Dean of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine (UPCM) and Director of the Philippine General Hospital	1979-1983
	Dr. Honoria Acosta-Sison	Profile
	1st Filipina Physician "Mother of Philippine Obstetrics"
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