Honoria Acosta-Sison | |
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Born | |
Died | 19 January 1970 | (aged 81)
Alma mater | Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | First assistant in obstetrics, Philippine General Hospital Faculty member, University of the Philippines |
Known for | First Filipino woman to become a medical doctor Research on trophoblastic diseases and toxemias of pregnancy |
Awards | Presidential Medal of Merit, 1955
Gold Medal, Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania 1959 Most Outstanding Woman Physician, Philippine Women’s Medical Association 1959 |
Honours | Stamp with her image, 1978 |
Honoria Acosta-Sison (30 December 1888–19 January 1970) was the first Filipino woman to become a medical doctor.
She was born in Calasiao, Pangasinan in the Philippines and graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1909.[1][2][3] In 1910 she married the director of the Philippine General Hospital of Manila, where she first worked as assistant in obstetrics.[1] She later was first assistant in obstetrics in St. Paul's Hospital in Manila, and in 1914 she became a faculty member at the University of the Philippines.[1] By 1940 she was professor of obstetrics and gynecology and head of the department of obstetrics there.[1]
She was known internationally for her research on trophoblastic diseases and pre-eclampsia in pregnancy.[4]