Lourdes Capito

Lourdes Capito is a candidate for the position of FIGO Regional Trustee Asia-Oceania 2023–2025.

Biography

Education

B.S. Pre Med Universtity of the Philippines ( Diliman 1966 1969
Doctor of Medicine University of the Philippines College of Medicine 1970 1974
Rotating Medical In ternship UP Philippine General Hospital 1974 1975
Residency in OB GYN UP Philippine General Hospital 1976 1978

Licensure exams

  • Medical Board Exams, Philippine Regulations Commission, Jun 1975
  • Diplomate Board Exams in OB-GYN, Philippine Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1981

Fellowship

  • Trophoblastic Diseases, UP-Philippine General Hospital and Population Commission Foundation of the
  • Philippines, 1979-1981
  • Ultrasonography, Endocrinological Study, Immunology in Perinatology, Kobe University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe, Japan, Jun-Aug 1982; Sep-Nov 1984
  • Perinatology Medicine and Management of Choriocarcinoma, Kobe University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe, Japan, Sep-Nov 1984
  • Management of Trophoblastic Diseases, Kobe University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe, Japan, Mar-Apr 1990

Academic positions

  • Professor VI, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009-2015
  • Professor V, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2008-2009
  • Professor II, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2006-2008
  • Associate Professor VII, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002-2006
  • Associate Professor VI, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997-2002
  • Assistant Professor V, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1996-1997
  • Assistant Professor IV, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1994-1996
  • Assistant Professor I, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jun 1, 1990 - Dec 31, 1993
  • Assistant Professor I, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jun 1, 1988 - May 31, 1990
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, UP-PGH Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jun 1, 1983 - May 31, 1988
  • Clinical Instructor, UP-PGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, May 1, 1982 - May 31, 1983

Administrative positions – UP Manila-Philippine general hospital 

  • Deputy Director for Health Operations, UP PGH 2013 2015
  • Training Coordinator, UP-PGH 2011-2012
  • Vice Chair, PGH Bids and Awards Committee, Philippine General Hospital Oct 23, 2012 - 2013
  • Chair, Technical Working Group (ISO Accreditation), Philippine General Hospital, 2008
  • Chair, LU 7 Committee, College of Medicine, UP Manila, 2007 - 2009
  • Chair, PGH 101st Foundation Celebration, Philippine General Hospital, 2008
  • Member, Faculty Committee, UPCM, 2007- 2009
  • Vice Chair for Education and Training, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UP-PGH, Jan 2004 - 2005
  • Chair, Medical Peer Review Board, Philippine General Hospital, 2004 - 2005
  • Vice Chair for Services, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002 - 2005
  • Chief, General Service C, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UP-PGH, 1998 - 2005
  • Vice Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UP-PGH, 2001 - 2003
  • Chief, Trophoblastic Disease Service, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UP-PGH, 2001 - 2003
  • Member, Committee on Admissions, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, 1998 - 2002

FIGO

  • Chair, Committee for the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women’s Health, 2021-2023
  • Member, Committee for the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women’s Health, 2019-2021

POGS

  • President, 2009
  • Chair, Committee on the Revision of Ethical Guidelines, 2020-2021
  • Chair, Committee on the Revision of the Administrative Manual, 2020
  • Chair, Committee on Ethics and Medical Practice, 2011-2013, 2020 to present
  • Program Director, Advances in Labor & Risk Mgt Int’l Program, (SOGC/FIGO/POGS) 2015- 2018
  • Chair, Family Planning Program, Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, 2017 - present
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Medico-legal Affairs, Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, 2017
  • Chair, Task Force on Revision of the Constitution, POGS, 2014
  • Chair, Committee on Review of the Constitution, POGS, 2010
  • Chair, Task Force on AUB CPG, 2011, 2015
  • Chair, Com. on Continuing Medical Education, POGS, 1999, 2005 and 2007
  • Member, FIGO Advisory Panel on Safe Motherhood (Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2005
  • Chair, Committee on Nationwide Statistics, POGS, 2004.
  • Examiner, Philippine Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001 - 2003
  • Chairman, Committee on Maternal and Fetal Welfare, POGS, 1997 - 1998
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Trophoblastic Disease, POGS, 1994 - 1995
  • Chairman, Committee on Research, Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
  • Faculty Chair, Advances in Labor & Risk Mgt (ALARM) of SOGC-FIGO-POGS International Program

Past President

  • Philippine Society for the Study of Trophoblastic Diseases, 2006-2008
  • Philippine Society for Responsible Parenthood, 2011-2013
  • Philippine Society of Climacteric Medicine, 2017-2018

Hospital Affiliations

  • Chair, Department of OBGYN, University of the Philippines and Philippine General Hospital, 2007-2012
  • Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Manila Doctors Hospital, 2001 - 2006
  • Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, 2002 - 2005
  • Vice Chair and Training Officer, Dept of OB-GYN, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, 2001 - 2003

Awards

  • 2023 FIGO Women’s Awards: Recognizing Female Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • 2022 Heroine of Health, awarded by Women in Global Health
  • PMA Outstanding Contribution as Judge 29th Jose Rizal Memorial Award for Clinical Practice 2020
  • Philippine Medical Association - Jose Rizal Memorial Award for Clinical Practice, 2018
  • 2014 Baldomero Roxas Memorial Lecturer and Awardee for Academic Excellence, POGS
  • Gawad ng Dekano, University of the Philippines College of Medicine
  • UP Medical Foundation, Inc. Professorial Chair, 2013
  • Nestle Professorial Chair (Maternal and Fetal Medicine), UP College of Medicine, 2008 - 2012
  • Elena P. Tan Professorial Chair, UP College of Medicine, 2000- 2004
  • Jose R. Katigbak Professorial Chair Award, UP College of Medicine, Jul 1, 1996 - Jun 30, 1997

Completed researches

  • Expert recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy and the postpartum period in the Asia-Pacific Region. J. Perinat. Med 38 (2010)
  • Evaluation of Prophylactic Chemotherapy in Hydatidiform Mole: A 5-year Review
  • The use of Color Doppler Sonography in the Diagnosis & Mgt. of Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors
  • Hydatidiform Mole: Patient Profile and the Impact of Prophylactic Chemotherapy at the Philippine General Hospital, 1975-1983. Asia-Oceania. J. Obstet-Gynecol 1987 June; 13(2): 175-81.
  • Writing accomplishments: 21 Textbooks and Clinical Practice Guidelines of POGS and other Societies
  • Conducted bioethics fora in the Philippines: 20 Forums from 2021-Present

Speaking engagements and meetings

  • International speaking engagements: 13 Conferences/ Conventions from 2009-2022
  • Local speaking engagements: 273 Conferences/ Conventions/ seminars from 1979-Present
  • Workshops/trainings attended  17 Workshops from 1979-2013
  • International conventions attended: 36 Conventions from 1999 to 2018
  • International meetings:
    • FIGO Meeting of Committee on Ethics, London, UK, July 5 - 6, 2019
    • ZOOM meetings of FIGO Committee on Ethics, (several meetings) 2020 - 2021