Pauline Convocar
Dr. Pauline Convocar is currently the President of the Asian Society for Emergency Medicine, and the President-Elect and Chair of the Specialty Practice Committee of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. As Past President of the Philippine College of Emergency Medicine (PCEM), she played an important role in establishing PCEM’s Gender Equality and Empowerment Section to ensure inclusivity and diversity in emergency medicine. She also continues to lead PCEM’s Advocacy Section in developing inclusive health systems for disadvantaged groups and addressing inequities in national and global emergency care. As a diplomate of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, promoting occupational health and safety among emergency health workers is among her other advocacies. She once served as a volunteer doctor on a geographically disadvantaged island in the Philippines, and her interest in community health management, health promotion and education, and inter-facility critical care transport has grown stronger since then. A lifelong learner, she completed her postgraduate studies in community health management (Magistratum Sanitatis Communitatis Administrationis) with honours and then finished her emergency medicine residency at the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Public Health – Health Promotion and Education at the University of the Philippines – Manila. Her affiliations include Vice Chair and Training Program Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Medical Center in Bacolod City, and Vice Chair for Research of the Department of Emergency Medicine of Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City. She is also an active clinician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Manila Doctors Hospital, where she serves as Head of Emergency Medicine Department Services and Chair of the Resuscitation Section of the Hospital’s Occupational Safety and Health Committee.