Ulai Otobed

Ulai Trudy Otobed (born 31 December 1941) is a Palauan physician. In 1965 she became the first Micronesian woman to qualify as a doctor. Also a table tennis player, she won a gold medal in the sport at the 1963 South Pacific Games and was national champion of Fiji in three categories.

Biography Otobed was born in Aimeliik on the Palauan island of Babeldaob to Berenges Oiterong and Taurengel Otobed, the second of six children. She began attending school in Ngeremlengui at the age of six. Between 1953 and 1956 she was a pupil at Palau Intermediate School. During her time in Fiji she was part of the Fiji table tennis team that won gold at the 1963 South Pacific Games. The following year she was Fijian national champion in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. She then did a two-year internship at McDonald Memorial Hospital, passing the Trust Territory Medical Board Examinations in 1968. Between 1974 and 1976 she attended Mysore Medical College in India, earning a BSc in medicine and surgery. In 1977 she passed the American Examination for Foreign Medical Graduates. She also served on the Palau National Scholarship Board.