AMPIL, Encarnita R.

AMPIL, Encarnita R.

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Prof. Encarnita Raya-Ampil, MD, FPNA, DPBP, FPPA, MHA

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

erampil@ust.edu.ph

Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

  • Master in Hospital Administration, St. Bernadette of Lourdes College – Quezon City, Philippines, 1999
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 1996
  • Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 1992

Eligibility 

  • Philippine Medical Licensure Examination, 1997 

Postgraduate Trainings  

  • Postgraduate Internship, University of Santo Tomas Hospital – Manila, Philippines, 1997
  • Residency in Neurology & Psychiatry, University of Santo Tomas Hospital – Manila, Philippines, 2002 
  • Attachment Training in Dementia, Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, June 2002 
  • Dementia Fellowship, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (Singapore General Hospital Campus), Singapore, June 2004 
  • Dementia and Behavioral Neuroscience Research Fellowship, Alzheimer Disease Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA, December 2005 

Research Highlights

  

Research Interests

  • Neurology and Psychiatry 
  • Behavioral Neuroscience Research 
  • Dementia 
  • Alzheimer Disease 

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

  

Major Recognitions

  • First Place, Prospective Category, Research Paper Competition, The Effect of HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitor and Fibrate on the Skeletal Muscle of Normal and Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats, 24th Annual Philippine Neurological Association, 2002 
  • First Place, Intern’s Paper Presentation, The Usefulness of Carbocisteine as a  Sputum Liquefying Agent in Increasing the Positive Yield of Sputum AFB Smear of PTB Patients, 1997
  • Dean’s List, College of Medicine, 1992-1996 
  • Cum Laude, Doctor of Medicine, 1996 

Professional Activities

  • Vice-Chair in Academic Affairs, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, UST Hospital, 2020- present
  • Department Secretary, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, 2017-present
  • Professor 1, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, University of Santo Tomas
  • Research Coordinator, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas
  • Chief of Section, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, 2020-present
  • Head, San Lorenzo Ward, University of Santo Tomas Hospital
  • Active Medical Staff, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, University of Santo Tomas Hospital
  • Department Secretary, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, 2020-present
  • MIMS Neurology and Psychiatry Honorary Editorial Advisory Board, 2011-present 
  • Training Officer, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, 2013
  • Chief Resident, Residency Training, UST Hospital, 2001-2002
  • Founding Member, Dementia Society of the Philippines, 2003,
  • Secretary,  Dementia Society of the Philippines, up to the present
  • Member, Filchimsa Organization, 1992-1996
  • Member, Dementia Council, Philippine Neurological Association
  • Member, Philippine Medical Association 
  • Member, Quezon City Medical Society
  • Fellow, Philippine Neurological Association
  • Diplomate, Philippine Board of Psychiatry
  • Fellow, Philippine Psychiatric Association 
  • Affiliate Consultant, Memory Center, St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City 
  • Active Medical Staff, Paranaque Doctor’s Hospital
  • Active Medical Staff, MetroNorth Medical Center

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Internship 

  • The Usefulness of Carbocisteine as a  Sputum Liquefying Agent in Increasing the Positive Yield of Sputum AFB Smear of PTB Patients, First Place, Intern’s Paper Presentation, 1997 

Residency

  • The Effect of HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitor and Fibrate on the Skeletal Muscle of Normal and Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats, First Place, Prospective Category, Research Paper Competition, 24th Annual Philippine Neurological Association, 2002 
  • Comparison of Saccadic Eye Movements Between Schizophrenic Patients, their Siblings and Normal Individuals, Poster Presentation, American Psychiatric Association Annual Convention, 2002
  • Frequency of Anxiety and Depression in Patients Afflicted with Psychocutaneous Diseases,  2001 
  • Hearing Loss After Acute Bacterial Meningitis Using the TEOE Test Platform Presentation, 23rd Annual Philippine Neurological Association Convention, 2001
  • Frequency of Hearing Loss in Pediatric Patients Afflicted with Bacterial Meningitis Admitted at STUH: A Five-Year Review Platform Presentation, 22nd Annual Philippine Neurological Association Convention, 2000
  • Comparison of Incidence of Depression Between Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Elderly Filipino Individuals, 2000
  • A Life of Isolation (A Case Report in Psychiatry) Chordoma in A Child:  A Case Report, Poster Paper Presentation, 21st Annual Philippine Neurologic Association Convention, 1999

Attachment Training in Dementia

  • Incidence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia after Stroke and Factors Affecting Outcome, Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, 2002 
  • Impaired Cognitive Domains in Different Vascular Dementia Subtypes Correlated with Cranial MRI Abnormalities, Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Poster Presentation, Ist Congress of the International Society for Vascular Behavioral Cognitive Disorders (VASCOG 2003, Sweden) 

Dementia Fellowship

  • Vincent C.T. MOK, MD; JunYoung LEE, MD; Yuan-Han YANG, MD, MS, PhD; Christopher CHEN, MD; SangYun KIM, MD, PhD; Simeon MARASIGAN, MD; Encarnita AMPIL, MD; Jackie Dominguez, MD; Huali WANG, MD; Anam ONG, MD; Y DIKOT, MD; Vorapun SENANARONG, MD. Cerebral White Matter Changes among subjects with Stroke and Cognitive Disorders in Asia. Poster Presentation, VasCog Convention, Tokyo, Japan, September 2015 
  • Interrater Reliability in Periventricular and Deep White Matter Scoring using Fazekas rating scale in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ma. Marisse D. Dizon, MD, Encarnita Raya-Ampil, MD and Ling-Chun Huang, MD, 13th International Congress of the Asian Society Against Dementia and 6th Singapore International Neurocognitive Symposium, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore; August 2019
  • Ampil ER, Casingal CR, FLorendo DJ, Alton AC, Daroy ML, Mapua CA, Matias RR, Corrales-Joson ML and Dominguez JC. Low Prevalence of Apolipoprotein E e4 Allelle in Filipinos with Alzheimer’s Disease. Poster Presentation, International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) Porte de Versailles, Paris, France, July 2011
  • Catindig JS and Ampil ER. Prevalence of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Cognitively Impaired Literate Filipino Home Care Dwellers at Hospicio De San Jose. Oral presentation, 2011 Annual PPA-APAP Convention
  • Catindig JS, Ampil ER and Marasigan SM. Functional Assessment of Filipino Elderly with Alzheimer’s disease Using a New Activities of Daily  Living Inventory. Poster Presentation, 38th PNA Annual Convention, November 2010
  • Dominguez JC, Ampil ER, Corrales-Joson ML, Magpantay C, Seranilla MG and Soriano JR. Neuropsychological Test for the Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Filipino Elderly: An Adaptation and Validation of the Filipino Translation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Among Community-Dwelling Elderly in the Philippines. Poster Presentation, 4th Congress of Asian Society Against Dementia, Bali, Indonesia, October 2010 
  • Buhat DM, Joson ML, Ampil ER and Marasigan SM. Systematic Review of AD8 as a Screening for Dementia. Submitted at the Annual PNA Convention, 2009
  • Catindig JS and Ampil ER. Bedside Aphasia Screening Tools in Filipino Patients. Submitted at the Annual PNA Convention, 2009
  • Salazar AL, Lagamayo D, Ampil ER, Joson ML and Marasigan SM. Correlation of White Matter Changes seen in Cranial Magnetic Resonance on the Severity of Cognitive Impairment in Patients Diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s Disease. Finalist, Analytical Category, Philippine Neurological Association Research Forum, October 18, 2008
  • Catindig JS, Ampil ER, Joson ML and Marasigan SM. Characterization of Filipino Patients Diagnosed with Cognitive Impairment No Dementia-A Consensus Diagnosis in a Memory Clinic, University of Santo Tomas, Finalist, Analytical Category, Philippine Neurological Association Research Forum October 18, 2008; Platform presentation, Asian Society Against Dementia Forum (Seoul, Korea) October 11-13, 2009, Best Research Paper (Dementia Society of the Philippines, October 2008)
  • Go CL, Catindig JS, Ampil ER and Marasigan SM. Prevalence of Depression among Patients Diagnosed with Dementia seen at a Tertiary Hospital’s Memory Assessment Clinic; submitted at the Annual PPA Convention, 2007 
  • Ampil ER, Marasigan S and Navarro J. Incidence and Clinical Determinants of Post Stroke Cognitive Impairment in a Hospital Cohort, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Oral Presentation, ASNA Convention, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2005
  • Ampil ER, Yeo D and Chen CLH.  Strategic Infarct in the Hippocampus:  A Case Report  

Local and International Publications 

  • Dib M, Ampil ER, Kee HF, Krespi Y, Mahdawi AA, Ogun SA, Pakdaman H and Rejdak K. A Review of NeuroAiDTM II (MLC901) Development in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment: Promises of A Multimodal Pathway. Journal of Neurology Research Reviews & Reports. doi.org/10.47363/JNRRR/2022(4)160
  • Multimer Detection System-Oligomerized Amyloid Beta (MDS-OAβ): A Plasma-Based Biomarker Differentiates Alzheimer’s Disease from Other Etiologies of Dementia. International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2022 
  • Quilacio J, Rosales R, Ampil ER. Calpainopathy (Leyden-Mobius Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A Phenotype) and Dysferlinopathy (Miyoshi Distal Myopathy Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2B Phenotype) of Preadolescent Onset: Case Reports of Two Male Filipinos. Cureus. 2022 Jan; 14(1): e21353 
  • Mojica CV, Yu JMF, Ampil ER, Dy JSH, Torio EF, Pilotin RC, Dominguez JC. Clinical Profile of Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment Seen at St. Luke’s Medical Center-Global City Memory Service. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2021; 17: 1-7 
  • Kandiah N, Chan YF, Chen CLH, Dasig D, Dominguez J, HanSH, Jia J, Kim SY, Limpawattana P, Ng L, Nguyen DT, Anam Ong P, Ampil ER, Saedon N, Senanarong V, Setiati S, Singh H, Suthisisang C, Trang TM, Turana Y, Venketasubramanian N, Yong FM, Youn YC and Ihl R. Strategies for the use of Ginkgo biloba extract, EGb 761®, in the treatment and management of mild cognitive impairment in Asia: Expert consensus. CNS Neurosci Ther 2021; 27: 149-162 
  • Lam BYK, Yiu, B, Ampil E, Chen CLH, Dikot Y, Dominguez J et al. A High Burden of Cerebral White Matter Lesion: Evidences from 9 Asian Cities. Scientific Reports 2021; 11: 11587
  • Guevarra C, Ampil ER, Ranoa G. Establishing a Community Psychiatry Program for the Indigenous Cultural Community in Mabalacat, Pamapanga: The Aetas of Sitio Monicayo – A Special Report, Philippine Journal of Psychiatry, July 2019 
  • Kandiah N, Ong PA, Yuda T, Ng LL, Mamun K, Merchant RA, Chen C, Dominguez J, Marasigan S, Ampil E., Nguyen VT, Yusoff S, Chan YF, Yong FM, Krairit O, Suthisisang C, Senanarong V, Ji Y, Thukral R, Ihl R. Treatment of Dementia and Mild Cognitive  Impairment with or without cerebrovascular disease: Expert consensus on the use of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761. CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics 2019; 25: 288-298 
  • Muljadi NM, De Leon FR, Ramirez MF and Raya-Ampil E. Anxiety and Depression in Heart Failure Patients: A Prospective, Cross-Sectional Study. Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine 2018; 56: 1-7
  • Kandiah N, Pai MC, Senanarong V, Looi I, Ampil ER, Park KW, Karanam AK and  Christopher S. Rivastigmine: the advantages of dual inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase and its role in subcortical vascular dementia and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia. Clinical Interventions in Aging 2017; 12: 697-707 
  • Sabbagh M, Han SH, Kim SY, Na HR, Lee JH, Kandiah N, Suthisisang C, Senanarong V, Pai MC, Narilastri D, Sowani AM,  Ampil ER, Dash A, for the Asia Pacific EXpert Panel (APEX) for Donepezil 23 mg. Clinical recommendations for the use of donepezil 23 mg in moderate-to-severe Alzheimer’s disease in the Asia-Pacific region. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Extra 2016;6:382-395
  • Ampil ER, Dizon ML and Dominguez JC. Compliance with the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)  Protocol for the Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Status of Neuroimaging at St. Luke’s Medical Center. Philippine Journal of Neuroscience December 2014, Vol 2, pp 4-8 
  • JC Dominguez, Dizon M, Ampil ER, Kintanar I, Corrales-Joson L and Ong M. Use of Neuroquant Automated Volumetric MRI for Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the  Alzheimer’s Association July 2013 Volume 9, Issue 4, Supplement, Pages P422–P423
  • JC Dominguez, MG Serranilla, JR Soriano, C Magpantay, WM Solis, ER Ampil, ML Corrales-Joson, P Mactal, P Cruz, R Esteban, M Dizon, ML Daroy. Establishment of a Database on Aging and Dementia in the Philippines. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association 2013 Vol. 9, Issue 4, Supplement, Page P741 
  • JC Dominguez, MGS Orquiza, JR Soriano, CD Magpantay, RC Esteban, ML Corrales, ER Ampil. Adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Elderly Filipino Patients. East Asian Arch Psychiatry 2013;23:80-5 
  • Ampil ER, Eduardo-Ilaga MW, Conde BL, delos Santos R and Martinez NV. Comparison on Saccade, Smooth Pursuit and Optokinetic Nystagmus among Filipino Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia, their Siblings without Schizophrenia and Controls using Electronystagmogram: A Pilot Study at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. Philippine Journal Of Psychiatry 2011; 13 (2): 3-7
  • Rabo C, Salazar AL, Ampil ER, Corrales ML and Marasigan S.  The Impact of Acute Ischemic Stroke on Cognition Using the MMSE and Various Neuropsychological Tests. The Philippine Journal of Neurology 2008; 12: 25-28. 
  • Ampil ER and Cummings JC.  Clinical Trials in Dementia In Cummings JC, editor. Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press. 2007  (Book Chapter) 
  • Tay SY, Ampil ER, Chen CLH and Auchus AP. The relationship between homocysteine, cognition and stroke subtypes in acute stroke.  Journal of Neurological Sciences 2006; 250: 58-61. 
  • Ampil ER, Fook-Chong S, Sodagar S, Chen CLH and  Auchus AP. Ethnic Variability in Dementia: Results from Singapore. Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Disorders, 2005; 19: 184-185. 
  • Ampil ER, Auchus AP, Chen C. Impaired Cognitive Domains in Different Vascular Dementia Subtypes Correlated with Cranial MRI Abnormalities. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2005; 229: 346 
  • Blackburn D, Ampil ER, Sodagar S, Auchus AP, Chen C. Dementia with Lewy Bodies in Singapore. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; 2005 Vol 76 Issue 9 
  • Ampil ER, Rosales RL, Ilaga WE, Mendoza DT et al. Effects of Simvastatin and Gemfibrozil in the Skeletal Muscles of Normal and Diabetic Rats. Philippine Journal of Neurology 2003; 7: 25-30.