Posted on July 07, 2020
Congratulations to our Dean Charlotte Chiong, MD, PhD for being a National Science and Technology (NAST) awardee.
Five (5) Days to go before the 2020 NAST Virtual Awarding Ceremony.
Today, we will be introducing one of the nine (9) new members of the Academy: Dr. Charlotte M. Chiong.
Dr. Chiong is an internationally recognized expert in the field of otolaryngology. Her translational researches in otology and neurotology-skull base surgery have been very beneficial to the advancement of knowledge in these fields in the country and abroad. She pioneered cochlear implantation surgery and other implantable hearing devices in the Philippines for the surgical restoration of hearing, especially in deaf children.
She is the current Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of the Philippines Manila where she led efforts in producing physician scientists. She was also the founding Director of the Newborn Hearing Screening Reference Center, former Director of the Philippine National Ear Institute, and was responsible for the modernization of the Philippine General Hospital Ear Unit.
Dr. Chiong will officially join the ranks of NAST members on July 10, 2020 during the NAST Virtual Awarding Ceremony.
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