Geminiano de Ocampo

Geminiano T. de Ocampo was a Filipino ophthalmologist known to some as the "Father of Modern Philippine Ophthalmology".^[1][2] He was the founder of the Philippine Eye Bank. He graduated valedictorian of his class at the Bulacan High School in 1926.

He established the first eye hospital in the Philippines, De Ocampo Eye Hospital (1952) and the first Filipino President of the Philippine Ophthalmological Society (1958). He was the first Filipino to design a corneal dissector that was manufactured in the US. He received the Jose Rizal Medal^[3] in Ophthalmology from the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology^[4] and was named National Scientist of the Philippines in 1982.

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    Order of National Scientists recipients    

1978

• Juan Salcedo, Jr., Nutrition & Public Health
• Alfredo Santos, Physical Chemistry
• Gregorio Y. Zara, Engineering & Inventions

1980

• Fe del Mundo, Pediatrics
• Eduardo Quisumbing, Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, & Morphology

1982

• Geminiano de Ocampo, Ophthalmology
• Casimiro del Rosario, Physics, Astronomy, & Meteorology
• Gregorio Velasquez, Phycology

1983

• Francisco Fronda, Animal Husbandry
• Francisco Santos, Human Nutrition & Agricultural Chemistry
• Carmen Velásquez, Parasitology

1985

• Teodoro Agoncillo, Philippine History
• Encarnacion Alzona, Philippine History
• Hilario Lara, Public Health

1986

• Julian Banzon, Chemistry
• Dioscoro L. Umali, Agriculture & Rural Development

1987

• Jose Encarnacion, Jr., Economics
• Luz Oliveros-Belardo, Phytochemistry

1988

• Alfredo Lagmay, Experimental Psychology

1989

• Paulo Campos, Nuclear Medicine

1994

• Pedro B. Escuro, Genetics & Plant Breeding
• Clara Lim-Sylianco, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

1998

• Dolores Ramírez, Biochemical Genetics & Cytogenetics
• Jose R. Velasco, Plant Physiology

1999

• Gelia T. Castillo, Rural Sociology

2000

• Bienvenido Juliano, Biochemistry

2001

• Clare R. Baltazar, Systematic Entomology
• Benito Vergara, Plant Physiology

2004

• Onofre Corpuz, Political Economics & Government

2005

• Ricardo Lantican, Plant Breeding

2006

• Lourdes Cruz, Biochemistry

2008

• Teodulo Topacio Jr., Veterinary Medicine

2010

• Mercedes Concepcion, Demography
• Ernesto Domingo, Internal Medicine/ Gastroenterology
• Perla Dizon Santos Ocampo, Pediatrics

2011

• Raul Fabella, Economics
• Bienvenido Nebres,SJ, Mathematics

2014

• Angel Alcala, Biological science
• Ramon Barba, Horticulture
• Edgardo Gomez, Marine Biology
• Gavino Trono, Jr., Marine Biology

2019

• Emil Q. Javier, Agriculture

2023

• Carmencita Padilla, Medical Genetics/Pediatrics

2024

• Romulo Davide, Plant Pathology and Nematology

• Retired

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