Carmencita M. David-Padilla[1] is a Filipino clinical geneticist and pediatrician who is recognized as a National Scientist of the Philippines.

Padilla completed a fellowship in clinical genetics at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Australia.

[4] She and her colleagues helped to establish the Newborn Screening System (NBS) in the Philippines, which began as a data gathering project in Metro Manila in 1996.

[5] Padilla helped in the establishment of the Philippine Genome Center in 2009,[4] where she also served as executive director from 2011 to 2016.

[9][10] On August 31, 2023, Padilla was conferred the Order of National Scientists by President Bongbong Marcos for her contributions in the field of medicine.