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ANDRES, Stephanie C.

ANDRES, Stephanie C.

Dr. Stephanie C. Andres, MD, FPCP, FPSN is an Assistant Professor in the Department ofMedicine at the royal and pontifical ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø Faculty of Medicine andSurgery (UST-FMS) in Manila, Philippines. She completed her medical education in the same institution and did her residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Adult Nephrology in ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital. In 2004, she received further training in clinical nephrology, renal pathology and kidney transplantation at the New-YorkPresbyterian Hospital, USA. She returned to ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital to serve as the Head of theTransplant Program since 2006, and Training Officer of the Fellowship Training Program in Adult Nephrology in 2010-2021, after which she became a member and in 2024 chair of the Philippine Specialty Board in Adult Nephrology. In 2022, she worked as a member of the Technical Working Group for the Continuous Development and Monitoring ofDOH Renal Care and Transplant Centers, Department of Health. Dr. Andres is a trailblazer in establishing a partnership with the Donation andTransplantation Institute of the University of Barcelona in running the Organ DonationInnovative Strategies for Southeast Asia, a postgraduate certificate course on deceased organ donation in UST-FMS.She actively participates in local and international scientific meetings and conferences as a speaker, i.e. Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation in 2017 and 2021. As aFellow of the Philippine College of Physicians and Philippine Society of Nephrology and a member of the International Society of Nephrology, she has worked in several committees in the service of the medical community. She is an Active Staff and holds regular clinics in ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital and Delos Santos Medical Center.

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Asst. Prof. Stephanie C. Andres, MD, FPCP, FPSN

Department of Medicine |ÌýFaculty of Medicine and Surgery

scandres@ust.edu.ph

Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

  • Doctor of Medicine, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø – Manila, Philippines, 1989-1993
  • Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø – Manila, Philippines, 1985-1989

Eligibility

  • Professional Regulation Commission Physician Licensure Examination

Postgraduate Studies

  • Extension of Fellowship Training (Visiting) in Clinical Nephrology, Renal Pathology, Kidney Transplantation, New York-Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia University), New York, USA, 2004-2005ÌýÌý
  • Full Scholar, Asia Brewery Medical Specialty Scholarship FoundationÌý
  • Training in Adult Nephrology, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø Hospital, 2000-2001
  • Residency Training in Internal Medicine, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø Hospital, 1997-1999
  • Postgraduate Medical Internship, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø Hospital 1993-1994

Research Highlights

  • She has authored and co-authored eleven scientific manuscripts on the topics of kidney transplantation, glomerular diseases, acute kidney injury and hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
  • Since 2019, she is the principal and sub- investigator in five international clinical trials investigating novel therapies for IgA Nephropathy.
  • She is a peer reviewer of the Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies in 2021.

Research Interests

  • Organ donation
  • Kidney transplantation
  • Dialysis
  • Glomerular Diseases
  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Medical Education

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

  • Medicine 1 – Physical Diagnosis (2ndÌýyear Medical Students)
  • Medicine 2 (3rd year Medical Students)
  • Medicine 3 – Clerkship (4th year Medical Students)Ìý

Major Recognitions

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Professional Activities

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

  • Assistant Professor 1, Department ofÌý Medicine, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøFaculty of Medicine and Surgery

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS/POSITIONS

  • Chair, Adult Specialty Board, Philippine Society of Nephrology
  • Member, Technical Working Group for the Continuous Development and Monitoring of DOH Renal Care and Transplant Centers, Department of Health
  • Faculty and Program Manager, Organ Donation Innovative Strategies for Southeast Asia (ODISSeA)
  • Head, Transplant Program, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø Hospital
  • Peer Reviewer, Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies
  • Member, Glomerulonephritis Ad Hoc Committee, Philippine Society of Nephrology
  • Founding Member, Southeast Asia Glomerulonephritis NetworkÌý

PAST POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor, Chinese General Hospital Medical Colleges, College of Medicine, 2017- 2019
  • Training Officer, Fellowship Training Program in Adult Nephrology, ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital, 2010-2021
  • Core Faculty, Renal Module, Ateneo de Manila University School of Medicine and Public Health, 2008- 2015
  • Chair, Committee on Quality Assurance for Kidney Transplantation, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 2012-2019; Member, 2020-2023
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST), 2017
  • Member, Committee on Continuing Medical Education, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 2012-2013
  • Chair, Scientific Committee, Philippine Society of Nephrology 2010, Member 2008-2023
  • Member, Committee on Public Health and Community Outreach, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 2004- 2012

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Fellow, Philippine College of Physicians
  • Fellow, Philippine Society of Nephrology
  • Member, International Society of Nephrology

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital
  • Delos Santos Medical Center

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

  • Andres S,Ìý dela Cruz M, Que D, Marcial M, Rosales, L. Is There Life After Dialysis: A Multi-center Study on the Quality of Life Among Filipino Hemodialysis Patients, Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine, 2002, Awarded Most Outstanding Research Paper in Nephrology, PSN Annual Convention, 2000Ìý
  • Regala E, Jao G, Andres S, Cayco A, Peritonitis Among Patients on Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis: A Three-Year Experience at the ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital, Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine, 39:53-57, 2001 and Journal of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Volume 31, Number 3, 2002
  • Andres S, Alora A, A CaseÌý Series on Disseminated Tuberculosis, Journal of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Volume 30 Number 1, January-March 2001
  • Delos Santos W, Andres S,Ìý Cayco A, 8-hour versus 24-hour Observation after Percutaneous Renal Biopsy, Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine, 2002
  • Aguila B., Andres S., Africa J, Single Dose Alemtuzumab Induction Followed by Steroid-free Immunosuppression in a Filipino Kidney Transplant Cohort in ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital, 2009
  • Laguesma M, Yao R, Andres S, Purino F, Caguioa V, Left Ventricular Echocardiographic Changes after Renal Transplantation of Hemodialysis Patients at ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital, 2010
  • Navarro M, Andres, S, Renal Outcomes of Biopsy-Proven Glomerulonephritis in ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇøHospital, 2011
  • Querequincia K, Andres S, Africa J, Outcomes of Filipino Kidney Transplant Recipients on Steroid-free Maintenance Immunosuppression, a 7-Year Single Center Experience, 2013, Poster Presentation, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, USA, July 26-31, 2014
  • DoromalÌý MA, Andres S., The Applicability of an Acute Kidney Injury Risk Index for Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery at the ¹ú²ú³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÒ»Çø¶þÇø, Second Prize winner for the Analytical Retrospective study design for the 2018 MOST OUTSTANDING PCP RESEARCHES, Oral Presentation, Philippine College of Physicians Annual Convention, SMX, April 30-May 2, 2018
  • Alava KM, Andres, S, Continuous Saline Infusion Versus Intermittent Saline Flushes n Preventing Clot Formation in Heparin-free Hemodialysis, Poster Presentation, World Congress of Nephrology, Melbourne, Australia, April 12-15, 2019, Poster Presentation, ERA-EDTA Congress, Budapest, Hungary, June 13-16, 2019
  • Marayag, E, Alava K, Andres S.,Ìý Purino FM, Predictive Value of Urinary L-type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein as an Early Biomarker of Contrast-induced AKI Among Filipino CKD Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Coronary Angiography
  • Principal Investigator, Southeast Asia Glomerulonephritis RegistryÌý
  • Principal Investigator, A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study of Cemdisiran in Adult Patients with IgA Nephropathy (Start: 9 October 2019)
  • Sub-investigator, A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multiple Dose Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of VIS649 in Participants with IgA Nephropathy (Start: October 15, 2021)
  • Principal Investigator, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Proof of Concept Phase IIa Trial and Dose Evaluation Trial of Felzartamab in IgAN.Ìý (Start: January 10, 2022)
  • Principal Investigator, A Phase 2a, Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of AT-1501 in Patients with IgA Nephropathy (Start: September 28, 2022)
  • Sub-investigator, A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Sibeprenlimab administered subcutaneously in subjects with IgA nephropathy (Start: July 6, 2023)