Dr. Pacifico Calderon is one of the Bayanihan Awardees at the Australia Alumni Excellence Awards 2022
| June 3, 2022
Dr. Pacifico Eric “Cocoy” E. Calderon is one of the Bayanihan Awardees at the Australia Alumni Excellence Awards 2022 held last June 2, 2022.
He is being recognized for his leadership, innovation, and contribution in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic which has promoted recovery and fostered resilience in his immediate community as well as throughout the Philippines. He provided ethics support and guidance to healthcare workers during the pandemic via industry-hosted workshops, webinars, and talks of nationwide reach. More so, he contributed to the discussion on the ethics of telemedicine and duty of care. And not only did he promote innovations in medical ethics education, but he also engaged the public particularly patients in ethical discussions.
Dr. Calderon: “The pandemic has highlighted that we, Filipinos, can unite in terms of rejecting social oppression by feeding the hungry, uplifting up the low-spirited, defending our rights, and nurturing our senses of creativity and generosity during a crisis. Our many methods of Bayanihan reinforce our culture and values where we come to realize that our national sense of self-preservation rests on our collective care for one another.”
Congratulations Dr. Cocoy! Your SLMCCM family is proud of you!
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Dr. Pacifico Calderon earned his medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in 2010. He is actively engaged in academic teaching and curricular development, research and scholarship, and academic leadership and extension services in healthcare ethics. He has authored numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals, has read his research in various international conferences, and has delivered lectures on medical ethics locally and internationally. He earned his Master’s degree in Bioethics from the University of Sydney as an Australia Awards Scholar in 2019. Currently, Dr. Calderon is the Chair of the Professionalism, Medical Ethics, and Humanities Department of SLMCCM-WHQM.