Dr. Raquel del Rosario-Fortun
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Dr. Raquel del Rosario-Fortun is the “First Filipino Woman Forensic Pathologist.”
Dr. Fortun is the first Filipino to be formally trained as a forensic pathologist. A forensic pathologist is a medical professional involved in determining cause of death for legal purposes. She had her training in forensic pathology abroad but she opted to stay in the Philippines and be a professor at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and impart her expertise in general pathology and legal medicine.
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Known for her personal integrity and character, instructional competence, and professional and community involvement, she has earned the following awards:
- 2006 - Outstanding Teachers
- 2004 - Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service
- 2002 - Philippine TOYM Awardees
- 1999 - Gintong Ina Celebrity Award
She has received other awards form the the University of the Philippines, Soroptimist International of Dasmariñas-Salcedo, the Philippine Jaycees, Inc., and Philippine Society of Pathologists. She even has one from former Quezon City Mayor Ismael A. Mathay, Jr., for her work in identifying the Ozone Disco fire victims in 1996, her first controversial case. Fortun is also one of the 100 Filipinas featured in "Filipina Firsts: A Salute to 100 Women Pioneers 1898-1998", as the First Filipino Woman Forensic Pathologist. She has recently been inducted as an honorary member of the UPLB Genetics Society.
Having been teaching her craft for seventeen years in the Philippines, she has had her share of
difficult and controversial cases and contributions to the understanding of forensic pathology and other forensic sciences in the country. According to Dr. Fortun, "I chose to specialize in a field which is underdeveloped and misunderstood in this country and it has been quite a challenge battling ignorance.”
Some of the more high-profile cases Fortun has worked on in the Philippines include the Payatas disaster in 2000, the Asian Spirit air crash in 1999, and the Asosacion de Damas Filipinas fire in 1998. She has also done forensic work and training in several countries like the Netherlands, Cyprus, Japan, Sierra Leone, Cambodia and East Timor.
She is married to Dr. Vincent Lohengrin with whom she has daughter named Lisa.
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- UP. (September 18, 2007).
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