Dr Anabelle R. Borromeo | Senior VP of Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Officer
St. Luke's Medical Center, Global City | Philippines

Dr. Annabelle R. Borromeo is currently Senior VP and Head of Hospital Operations in SLMC QC and Chief Nursing Officer in SLMC QC and GC.  She is a neuro and cardiovascular critical care nurse at heart having practiced as a neurology and cardiovascular critical care nurse over a span of 20 years.  She obtained her basic nursing education at the UP-PGH School of nursing, her bachelor of science in nursing at the St. Louis University, her Master of Science in Nursing major in critical care education from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, and her PhD major in nursing, minor in statistics from the Texas Woman's University in Houston, Texas.  She is a clinician, an academician, and researcher.  She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, has written books and book chapters, the latest of which is the Philippine adaptation of the textbook Lewis' Medical-Surgical Nursing, where she served as the editor.

The book has been released last October 2013 by Elsevier Publishing. 

Dr. Borromeo is a published author in both national and international journals, has written book chapters and news magazine articles focusing on issues confronting nursing education and practice.  She is an active advocate of patient safety and has completed the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Officer Course.

Her mission in life is to value, add value to, and find value in nurses everywhere.  In short, to empower nurses to contribute to the achievement of great patient outcomes.