University of The Philippines College of Medicine - Prominent Alumni

Prominent Alumni

The college has produced the following alumni:

• Juan Flavier - Former Philippine Senator and Secretary of Department of Health; a Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
• Manuel Dayrit - Former Philippine Secretary of Department of Health; a former officer of the World Health Organization
• Jaime Galvez Tan - Former Philippine Secretary of Department of Health; former campaign manager of Presidential Candidate Raul Roco
• Esperanza Cabral - Former Philippine Secretary of Department of Health; former Philippine Secretary of Social Welfare Administration and Development - . Renowned cardiologist and former Director of the Philippine Heart Center
• Enrique Ona - Current Philippine Secretary of Health; former Executive Director of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute
• Alfredo R.A. Bengzon - Current Dean of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health; current Chief Executive Officer of The Medical City
• Fe del Mundo - The 1st female student admitted at Harvard University Medical School; founded and owned the 1st private pediatric hospital in the Philippines - the Philippine Children's Hospital in Quezon City; a former Medical Director of the Philippine Children's Medical Center (formerly named Lungsod ng Kabataan Hospital, a government hospital for children) in Quezon City; received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service; and a National Scientist
• Paulo Campos - National Scientist; pioneer of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines
• Pedro P. Solis - Author of Legal Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence
• Hilario Lara - The Father of Philippine Public Health
  • National Scientist and the pioneer of Philippine Public Health research on cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, measles and diphtheria
  • Earned his Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health degrees from Johns Hopkins University as a Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation
  • Helped establish the National Research Council of the Philippines
  • Founded the Institute of Hygiene (now, the College of Public Health) at U.P. Manila
• Alfredo Ticzon Ramirez M.D. - The Father of Philippine Burn Medicine - Burn Surgery
  • 5th Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Manila
  • Past Dean of the U.P. College of Medicine
    • Has worked for insurance benefits of the employees of the University of the Philippines Manila
  • 1973 T.O.Y.M. - 'Ten Outstanding Young Man of the Philippines'
  • One of the four 'Finest Bred Physician' in 'The History of Philippine Medicine'
    • He founded many 'Medical Programs in Remote Areas'
  • Burn Center of the Philippine General Hospital was named after him - Alfredo Ticzon Ramirez Burn Center of U.P. - P.G.H.
    • Has worked for the 'Fire Prevention Month' in the country, and was approved by the Presidential Decree of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  • Former Executive Officer of the Department of Surgery at UP-Philippine General Hospital
  • Former Deputy Director of 'Polymedic Hospital'
  • Former Deputy Director of 'Medical City Hospital'
  • Past President of 'Philippine Medical Association'
  • Former adviser to the Director of Public Health: Alfredo R.A. Bengson
  • Took his Master of Science in Tufts University
  • He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and also a past President of Philippine College of Surgeons.
  • He was also a Fellow of Philippine College of Surgeons
    • It is during his term as President of Philippine College of Surgeons that the institute was fully renovated.
  • Alfredo's parents are alumni of the U.P. College of Medicine: Pedro Bernardo Ramirez M.D. of Bocaue, Bulacan whose mother Valentina Bernardo is from Pandi, Bulacan. Pedro was a Medical Board Examination topnotcher. Alfredo's mother is Josefina Reyes Ticzon-Ramirez M.D. of San Pablo City, Laguna. Pedro and Josefina are co-founders of the Makati Medical Center in Makati, Philippines.