Perla Santos-Ocampo
{{Short description|Filipino pediatrician (1931–2012)}}
{{Philippine name|Dizon|Santos|Ocampo|ph=married}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Perla Dizon Santos-Ocampo
| image = Perla Santos-Ocampo.webp
| order = 3rd
| office = Chancellor of University of the Philippines Manila
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 1999
| predecessor = Ernesto Domingo
| successor = Alfredo T. Ramirez
| birth_name = Perla Dizon Santos
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|7|25}}
| birth_place = Dagupan, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|29|1931|7|25}}
| death_place = Metro Manila, Philippines
| nationality = Filipino
| alma_mater = University of the Philippines Manila
| known_for = National Scientist of the Philippines
| occupation = Pediatrician
| awards = National Scientist of the Philippines
}}
Perla Dizon Santos Ocampo, MD ONS (née Santos; July 25, 1931 – June 29, 2012) was a Filipina pediatrician.
Early life and education
Perla Santos-Ocampo was born in Dagupan, Pangasinan on July 25, 1931. She pursued a medical degree at the University of the Philippines Manila and graduated in 1955. She also pursued post-graduate pediatrics training at the UP-Philippine General Hospital, and a fellowship at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States.{{cite web|title=Farewell to a Great Woman|url=http://www.capitolmedical.org/cmcupd/2012-1st-Quarter/2012_1st_4.htm|work=CMC Newsletter|publisher=Capitol Medical Center|accessdate=4 January 2014|year=2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015426/http://www.capitolmedical.org/cmcupd/2012-1st-Quarter/2012_1st_4.htm|archivedate=3 December 2013}}
Career
The policy of the Philippine Department of Health on diarrhea-related health concerns was based on Santos-Ocampo's research on diarrheal disease. Her research on the relation of malnutrition and child growth and development was instrumental to the country's fight against child malnutrition.{{cite news|title=PNoy confers National Scientist Award to Dr. Santos-Ocampo|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/04/02/11/pnoy-confers-national-scientist-award-dr-santos-ocampo|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=abs-cbnNEWS.com|date=2 April 2011}}
Santos-Ocampo also served as the Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Manila where she was noted for developing academic programs to increase the quality of health education offered by the university. She was also instrumental to the establishment of the National Institutes of Health, the National Graduate School of the Health Sciences, and the National Telehealth Center.
Santos-Ocampo was honored as a National Scientist of the Philippines on 2011.
Death
Perla Santos-Ocampo died on June 29, 2012. She died of respiratory failure due to colon cancer.{{cite news|title=National Scientist Perla Santos-Ocampo, 80|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/264027/scitech/science/national-scientist-perla-santos-ocampo-80|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=GMA News|date=3 July 2012}}
References
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Category:University of the Philippines Manila alumni
Category:Filipino pediatricians
Category:National Scientists of the Philippines
Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer in the Philippines
Category:20th-century Filipino medical doctors
Category:21st-century Filipino medical doctors
Category:Ihsan Doğramacı Family Health Foundation Prize laureates