Honoria Acosta Sison

Honoria Acosta-Sison (1888–1970) was the first Filipino woman to become a doctor; she was born in the Philippines and graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1909. In 1910 she married the director of the Philippine General Hospital of Manila, where she first worked as assistant in obstetrics. She later was first assistant in obstetrics in St. Paul's Hospital in Manila, and in 1914 she became a faculty member at the University of the Philippines. By 1940 she was professor of obstetrics and gynecology and head of the department of obstetrics there.

She was known internationally for her research on trophoblastic diseases and toxemias of pregnancy.

She was awarded the Presidential Medal in 1955, the Gold Medal from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1959, and Most Outstanding Woman Physician from the Philippine Women’s Medical Association in 1959.

In 1978 the Philippines issued a commemorative stamp with her name and likeness.