Pacifico Eric Eusebio Calderon (Philippines)

Dr. Pacifico Eric Eusebio Calderon is a physician and interdisciplinary scholar whose work spans health professions education, healthcare ethics and law, and medical professionalism. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Professionalism, Medical Ethics, and Humanities at St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine. He also serves as Head of Clinical Ethics Services at St. Luke’s Medical Center; and Head of the Bioethics Unit at the National Children's Hospital, Philippines. His work is actively engaged in clinical ethics, medical education, and healthcare policy. Pacifico completed his undergraduate degree in Biology (BSc) and medical degree (MD) at the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. He holds a Master of Bioethics from the University of Sydney; and a Master of Education from Monash University, Australia. He has also held research fellowships at Kyoto University, Japan, and Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, where he explored various applications of clinical ethics in paediatrics. He is currently writing his PhD in Healthcare Ethics at the UCL Faculty of Laws in the UK.