Leopoldo "Bong" Jumalon Vega (born November 4, 1955) is a Filipino physician, surgeon and former hospital administrator serving as an undersecretary of the Department of Health since 2020.
[2] Vega obtained his Doctor of Medicine in 1979 from the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center.
[4] As SPMC administrator, Vega oversaw the creation of a subnational laboratory of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine National Influenza Center in Davao City during the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
[7] He also oversaw the construction of isolation facilities in the hospital which facilitated treatment during the 2014–15 MERS-CoV outbreak.
He is credited for working alongside the Davao local government in putting up isolation centers and preparing the hospital for the eventual surge in cases by March 2020.
[2] A month later, he was appointed by President Duterte to the national coronavirus task force as COVID-19 treatment czar.
[3] As health undersecretary and task force treatment chief, Vega heads the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) located at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Gymnasium in Makati which oversees and coordinates the critical care capacity of all hospitals and treatment and monitoring facilities in Metro Manila amid the health crisis.
[12][13] Vega is a recipient of the 2008 Ten Outstanding Filipino Physicians award conferred by Junior Chamber International Philippines.