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About doctor Andrés E. Morales La Madrid

Andrés E. Morales La Madrid is a pediatric oncologist and a head of the Oncology and Hematology Department at the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital.

The doctor is a leading specialist in brain and spinal cord tumors in children and adolescents.

Doctor’s professional experience

  • 2003-2007 – Internship in Pediatrics at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, ​​Spain.
  • 2007-2009 – Doctor in the emergency care system for children at the Sant Joan De Déu сhildren’s Hospital, Barcelona, ​​Spain.
  • 2007-2009 – Physician in charge of clinical research at the Department of Pediatric Oncology, Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital, Barcelona, ​​Spain.
  • 2009-2012 – Under the direction of Charles Rubin, the doctor was responsible for clinical research in the Department of Pediatric Oncohematology and Stem Cell Transplantation at Comer Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • 2010-2012 – Research Physician under the direction of Susan L. Cohn in the Department of Pediatric Oncohematology and Stem Cell Transplantation at Comer Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • 2011-2012 – Leading physician in the Department of Pediatric Oncohematology and Stem Cell Transplantation at Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • 2012-2013 Internship in the Department of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Currently – Physician in the Pediatric Oncology Department at the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital, Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Doctor’s scientific experience:

  • The doctor led clinical trials against diffuse brainstem glioma using dendritic cell-based vaccines.
  • He was a co-investigator of open clinical trials in pediatric oncology at the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital.
  • Andrés E. Morales La Madrid has given a number of presentations at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA:
    • Report: “Septic shock in childhood cancer patients.”
    • Report: “Malignant neoplasms in the abdominal cavity in children.”
    • Report: “Malignant tumors of bone tissue in children.”

The doctor communicates with patients in Spanish, Catalan and English.

Doctor’s specialty

The doctor’s clinical interests include:

  • general pediatric oncology;
  • diagnostics and treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors;
  • hematology;
  • pediatric transplantology;
  • research into the use of vaccines based on dendritic cells;
  • health care management.

Doctor’s education

  • 2002

    License in Medicine and Surgery, Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia, Lima;

  • 2007

    Residency in Pediatrics at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, ​​Spain;

  • 2009

    Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Oncology at the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital, Barcelona, ​​Spain;

  • 2012

    Clinical and research fellowship in the Section of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplantation at Comer Children's Hospital, University of Chicago, USA;

  • 2013

    Fellowship in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;

  • 2018

    Master's degree in Health Management from the University of Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Membership in medical associations

  • 2004

    Medical College of Peru;

  • 2009

    American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO);

  • 2009

    American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO);

  • 2013

    Catalan College of Medicine, Spain.

Achievements and awards

  • 2009

    ECFMG (Educational Commission for Medical Graduates with Foreign Diplomas) certificate;

  • 2012

    Certificate of skills in providing specialized resuscitation care;

  • 2012

    Award Winner of the Young Investigator Award (YIA) from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Award for the project "Prediction of the course of high-risk neuroblastoma based on genome analysis";

  • 2012

    St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellowship for participation in the project "Predicting the course of high-risk neuroblastoma based on genomic analysis";

  • 2012

    Conquer Cancer Foundation Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology. The project: "Predicting the course of high-risk neuroblastoma based on genome analysis";

  • 2013

    St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellowship for Subspecialty Research in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

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