Mariflor Villegas

Dr. Villegas, “Marie” is a board certified Pediatrics Oncologist with extensive clinical and trial experience in Pediatrics Blood/ Marrow Transplantation (BMT) in both malignant and non-malignant diseases. She is successful in transitioning to a CRO career where she was a therapeutic expert even in adult solid tumor, hematologic and cellular therapy clinical trials as recognized by colleagues and sponsors.

In her work as a Pediatrics Hematology/ Oncology/ BMT Division of NUH Singapore, she was part of the clinical team that executed clinical, research, education, and administrative duties for over 10 years. She was the Designated Assistant Quality Officer, Pediatrics Blood/Marrow Transplant Program's Foundation for Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) accreditation working committee that was the instrumental contributor to the FACT NUH BMT program (adult & pediatrics) accreditation – the first in the ASEAN.

Dr. Villegas’ clinical trial experience covers patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia in Singapore and Malaysia. Her research therapeutic experience includes emerging cellular therapies (activated NK cell therapy, expanded NK cell therapy and CD19 CAR-T Cells).

She likewise published research that encompasses novel therapeutics (CD45RA T-Cell Depleted Haplo-identical BMT), graft vs host disease, immune reconstitution post BMT, late effects, and epidemiology.

In her free time, Dr. Villegas likes to bake while listening to her favorite artist Pink. She is also involved in a lot of community programs in the Philippines from providing scholarships to indigent children and providing food and shelter to stray animals.

• 27 Poster presentations at international conference including but not limited to: European Bone Marrow Transplant Annual Convention
• 6 Publications on several journals covering topics like Primary Immuno deficiency and Graft vs Host Disease
• Board Certification, Paediatric Oncology
• Philippine Society of Paediatric Oncology
• Board Certification, General Pediatrics
• Lifetime Fellow: International Union against Cancer (UICC)
• Training Award for Technology Transfer Fellowship
• Establishing Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Lite in a Developing Country (Philippines) (Dr Dario Campana/ Dr Elaine Coustan-Smith)
• St Jude Children’s Research Hospital (SJCRH) Memphis, Tennessee, USA
• Abstracts: PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST PARAMETERS FOLLOWING BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS, J T, Srikanta & Daban, K. & Tan, Poh-Lin & Villegas, M. & Lee, J. & Goh, D. & Lim, Michael & Ramamurthy, Mahesh babu, Pediatric Pulmonology. 49. S78-S79. , 2014
• Abstracts: Unrelated Cord Blood Transplants in Children/ Adolescents in Multi-Racial Singapore, PL Tan, AM Tan, MY Chan, MVillegas, A Yeoh, TC Quah, Blood Vol 110 (11): p353B, 2007

• Licensed: Medical Registration, Singapore Medical Council, SINGAPORE, Acquired Date: Sep 2013
• Licensed: Physician Licence, Professional Regulations Commision License, PHILIPPINES, Acquired Date: Aug 1998
• Certified Clinical Research Associate (CCRA), Certified Clinical Research Professional Society (CCRPS), PHILIPPINES, Acquired Date: Oct 2020
• Diploma in Pediatric Cancer Care, Academy Of Medicine and College of Pediatrics and Child Health, SINGAPORE, Acquired Date: Mar 2013
• Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, National University Hospital, SINGAPORE, Acquired Date: Mar 2010
• Board certification Pediatric Oncology, Philippine Society of Pedicatric oncology, PHILIPPINES, Acquired Date: Nov 2008
• Training in Pediatric Oncology, National University Hospital, SINGAPORE, Acquired Date: Dec 2007
• Affiliations: Life member Association of UICC Fellows, International Union Against Cancer (UICC), SWITZERLAND, Acquired Date: Sep 2007