Enrique Tangonan Ona Jr.[2] (born June 4, 1939) is a Filipino surgeon and public servant.
He was the Secretary of the Department of Health from 2010 to 2014, succeeding Dr. Esperanza Cabral.
Recognized as one of the top surgeons in the field of vascular surgery and organ transplantation, he earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
He is the son of the first Provincial Health Officer of Zamboanga del Sur.
[3] Before being appointed by President Benigno Aquino III to the Health secretary post, Ona was the executive director of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), the post he held for 11 years[4] and has been the president of the Transplantation Society of the Philippines since 1989.