Andrés E. Morales La Madrid

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 Hematology-Oncoloy 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 Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at Comer Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
• 2011-2012 – Leading physician in the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 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.