Dr. Fe del Mundo
- 1st Filipina National Scientist (1978)
- 1st Filipina Saint Brother Miguel Febres Cordero Awardee (1994)
- 1st Filipina to be elected president of the Philippine Medical Association (1969-1970)
- 1st Filipina and 1st Asian elected president of the Medical Women's International Association (1962-1966)
- Established the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines (1957)
- 1st Filipina president of the Philippine Pediatric Society, Inc. (1952-1955)
- Founder and 1st Filipina president of the Philippine Medical Women's Association (1949-1954)
- 1st Filipina to head a government general hospital, North General Hospital (NGH, 1948)
- 1st Filipina to be certified by the American Board of Pediatrics as Board Diplomate (1947)
- 1st Filipina and 1st Asian at the Harvard University School of Medicine (1937-38)
- National Scientist (1978)
ALIAS
"The Grand Lady of Pediatrics"
DATE OF BIRTH
November 27, 1911
BIRTHPLACE
Manila, Philippines
FATHER: Bernardo del Mundo
MOTHER: Paz Villanueva
USEFUL LINKS
The Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Awards
DOST - National Academy of Science and Technology: Del Mundo Fe
Fe Del Mundo - Filipino Doctor
A Woman for all Seasons
Saint Brother Miguel Award
