CURRICULUM VITAE

Alex Jovencio Pena Makalinao, MD.

California Medical License

A51608

EDUCATION

University of the Philippines, College of Medicine

June 1982 - April 1986

Manila, Philippines – Doctor of Medicine

University of the East College of Arts and Sciences

June 1978 – April 1982

Manila, Philippines – Bachelor of Science

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Associate.

Jan. 1997 to Present

California Hematology-Oncology Medical Group, Los Angeles, California

Assistant Clinical Professor

July 1996 - Present

Hematology/Oncology University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA

Principal Investigator

May 1996 - Present

Southwestern Oncology Group (SWOG)

Fellowship Hematology/Oncology

July 1993 – June 1996

University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA

Post-Graduate Resident (Internal Medicine)

June 1991 – June 1993

State University of New York, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Consortium

Post-Graduate Internship (Internal Medicine)

June 1990 – June 1991

State University of New York, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Consortium

Assistant Clinical Instructor

June 1990 – June 1993

State University of New York, Buffalo

Post-Graduate Internship (Rotating), University of the Philippines

May 1986 – May 1987

Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines

Clinical Clerkship, University of the Philippines

April 1985 – April 1986

Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines

MEDICAL LICENSURE

Certificate of Philippine Medical Licensure for Physicians August 1987

Board of Medicine Professional Regulation Commission Republic of the Philippines - Passed

EXAMS/CERTIFICATION

Board Certified, Internal Medicine

August 1994

California FLEX

March 1992

Foreign Medicine Graduate Examination in the Medical Science

January 1989

Certified of Philippine Medical Licensure for Physicians

August 1987

Board of Medicine Professional Regulation Commission Republic of the Philippines - Passed

Board Certified Oncology

Board Eligible for Hematology

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

Centinela Hospital Medical Center
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Daniel Freeman Memorial Medical Center
Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center
Little Company of Mary Medical Center
South Bay Hospital
UC Irvine Medical Center

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Phase II Trial in Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, prevention of Acute & Delayed Chemotherapy-Induced Emesis.
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, of acute and delayed Chemotherapy-Induced Emesis.
A Randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, multicenter evaluation for the efficacy and safety of SMS 201-995 pa LAR given with 5-FU in the treatment of patients with Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer.
Phase III randomized trial of 5-U/Leucovorin/Levamisole versus 5-FU continuous infusion/Levamisole as adjuvant therapy for high risk respectable colon cancer, intergroup.
A Phase II trial of Taxol, with Carboplatin in patients with advanced head and neck cancer.
Phase II study of chemotherapy with Bactrim, AZT, G-CSF inpatients with AIDS related lymphoma.
Phase III Intergroup trial of adjuvant chemoradiation after gastric resection for adenocarcinoma.
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Examine the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of MK-0869 for the Prevention of Chemo-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Associated with High-Dose Cisplatin.
Phase III Trial in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Who Were Previously Treated with Chemotherapy.
Phase III Study in Patients with Unresectable, Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer.

AWARDS & HONORS

Incentive Award Recipient for Bone Marrow Transplant Program

June 1996

UCI Medical Center, Orange, California

Outstanding Medical Intern

May 1987

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UP-PGH, Manila, Philippines

Outstanding Medical Intern

May 1987

Department of Pediatrics, UP-PGH, Manila, Philippines

Outstanding Medical Intern

May 1987

Department of Community Medicine, UP-Comprehensive Community Health Program

Bay, Laguna, Philippines

Outstanding Clinical Clerk

April 1986

Department of Psychiatry, UP-PGH, Manila, Philippines

Outstanding Clinical Clerk

April 1986

Department of Family Medicine, UP-PGH, Manila, Philippines

Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science

April 1982

University of the East College of Arts & Sciences, Manila, Philippines

College Scholar

1979 – 1982

University of the East, College of the Arts & Sciences, Manila, Philippines

PUBLIC ABSTRACTS

Nagourney RA, Evans SS, Makalinao AJ, Su YZ. Gemcitabine activity in primary cultures of human cancer. Proc. AACR 37:318, 1996. 1996 AACR Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Nagourney RA, Su YZ, Makalinao AJ, Carolla A, Evans SS. Preliminary analysis of betulinic acid in human cancer primary culture. Proc. AACR37:399, 1996 AACR Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Nagourney RA, Makalinao AJ, Evans YZ, Su J. Laboratory directed therapy for relapsed and refractory acute leukemia. Proc AACR 15:33, 1995 ASCO Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

RESEARCH PAPERS

“Use of Cholecystokinin Biliary Scanning in Acalculus Cholecystitis” State University of New York, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

“The Bronchodilating Effect Datura metal” UP-PGH, Received the Best Experiment Award.

“The Therapeutic Index of Datura metal” UP-PGH, Manila, Philippines

“Herbal Medicine in the Rural Areas” UP-PGH, Manila, Philippines

LECTURES

Factor VIII Inhibitor

May 1994

UCI Medical Center

Oncologic Emergencies

1995 and 1996

Long Beach Memorial Hospital

Medical Board Review

May 1996

Veterans Administration, Long Beach

Colorectal Cancer

November 1996

UCI Medical Center

Principals of Cancer Chemotherapy

April 1997

Centinela Hospital

COMMITTEES

UCI Utilization Management Committee

July 1996 – Jan. 1997

UCI Medical Center, Orange, California

UCI Health Systems

July 1996 – Jan. 1997

Clinical Advisory Committee, UCI Medical Center, Orange, California

Cancer Center Internal Audit Committee

Sept. 1996 – Jan 1997

UCI Medical Center, Orange, California

Institutional Review Board

Sept. 1996 – Jan. 1997

UCIMC/UCI Health Systems, Orange, California

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