Education
She pursued a medical degree at the University of the Philippines and graduated in 1955.
She pursued a medical degree at the University of the Philippines and graduated in 1955.
Perla Dizon Santos Ocampo, Doctor of Medicine ONS was a Filipino pediatrician. She also pursued post-graduate pediatrics training at the Uttar Pradesh-Philippine General Hospital, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. The policy of the Philippine Department of Health on diarrhea-related health concerns was based on Santos-Ocampo"s research on diarrheal disease.
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.
Perla Santos-Ocampo died on June 29, 2012. She died of respiratory failure due to colon cancer.