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Honoria Acosta-Sison
Honoria Dizon Acosta-Sison was the first Filipino woman to become a medical doctor.
Biography
She was born in Calasiao, Pangasinan in the Philippines and graduated from the
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
(later absorbed by
Drexel University
) in 1909. In 1910 she married the director of the
Philippine General Hospital
of Manila, where she first worked as assistant in
obstetrics
. ==Awards and honours==
Awards and honours
•
Presidential Medal
in 1955 • Gold Medal from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1959 • Most Outstanding Woman Physician from the Philippine Women's Medical Association in 1959. ==References==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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