Hi Everyone,
I am Dr Sylvia Ramirez….
Our marathon-running aesthetic doctor
I am an internationally recognized global health expert with in-depth experience in program building and implementation, population-based research, health policy, and health economics analysis. Recognized
for conceptualizing, developing, and implementing a novel public health paradigm of a cost-effective
and clinically efficient approach to preventing resource-draining chronic diseases. Leadership in
building of national health programs, including medical clinics and health screening buses.
Significant experience in population-based research of chronic disease trends and their clinical outcomes. Demonstrated leadership skills in managing and working with individuals, teams, health care organizations and government bodies in both Asian and American environments.
I hail from a family of doctors and my grandparents owned a hospital in the Philippines. My parents are doctors too. My father is a surgeon while my mother is a neonatal intensive care doctor.
I was first trained as a paediatrician, followed by specialist trainings in nephrology (kidney) and chronic disease epidemiology. I was not contented with just a Medical Degree, so I pursued a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Harvard University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Chicago. Later, I took a Diploma in aesthetics industry as the medical and scientific director for US Dermacare’s first overseas clinic in Singapore.
As mentioned in Healthy Times Magazine Aug/Sept 08 issue “She has a burning passion for public healthcare, be it paediatrics, nephrology, epidermiology or aesthetics. The fundamental aspect of public healthcare is safety, and that treatments offered to patients are appropriate and based on medical and scientific evidence.”
My motto is “Helping people, regardless of their ethnic background, with “safe and effective” medicine.”
I will be sharing my thoughts and views on skin, aesthetics, brown spots, hair removal issues on the blog from time to time. Do visit my blog to get the latest updates or visit my website, www.custislaser.com. You can also get a complimentary of my ebook titled “Aging Gracefully - How Non-Invasive Technology can help you look your best“.
Dr Sylvia Ramirez
Board Certified in Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Board Certified in Pediatric Nephrology, American Board of Pediatrics
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Associate Member, American Society of Nephrology
Member, International Society of Nephrology
Member, American Heart Association, Epidemiology
Council, Kidney Council
Scientific Journal Reviewer for major research journals including Journal of the American Medical
Association, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Diabetes Medicine, among others
Guest Editor, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2003 Jul; 14 Supplement 2
SELECTED PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS AND
INVITED TALKS
Selected Manuscripts
Ramirez S.P. (2003) A comprehensive public health approach to address the burden of renal disease in
Singapore.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 14 (7 Supplement 2):S122-6.
Ramirez S.P.; Summit on Kidney Disease Prevention Participants. (2003).
First International Summit on Kidney Disease Prevention, 25-27 July 2002: consensus document.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 14 (7 Supplement 2):S205-7.
Ramirez, S.P.B. (2003) Paradigms of Public-Private Partnerships in end-stage renal disease care: The
National Kidney Foundation Singapore.
Kidney International. Vol 73, Supplement 83: S101-S107 Ramirez, S.P.B., Hsu S.I.-H., Nandakumar M,
Friedman E.A., Durai T.T. Owen W.F., Jr. (2001)
Funding ESRD care through charity: the paradigm of the National Kidney Foundation of Singapore.
Seminars in Nephrology 21: 411-418
Selected Invited Talks
American Society of Nephrology Symposium: November 2005, Philadelphia, PA: Impact of Bone and Mineral Metabolism Measures in Cardiovascular Outcomes in Dialysis.
Renal Research Institute Annual Meeting: 28-30 January 2004, Puerto Rico, USA in Chronic Kidney
Disease Programs: Methods and Economics. Title of Talk: “Developing Chronic Kidney Disease Programs
in Singapore”
World Congress of Nephrology 2003: 8-12 June 2003, Berlin, Germany; Title of Talk: “Screening and
Prevention Programs for Chronic Kidney Disease in Singapore”
Renal Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minority
Groups: Satellite meeting of the World Congress of Nephrology: 18-20 October 2001, Santa Fe, New
Mexico, USA Title of Talk: “Taking a Public Health Approach to the Prevention of End-stage Renal
Disease: The NKF Singapore Program” Renal Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: Satellite meeting of the World Congress of Nephrology: 18-20 October 2001, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Title of Talk: “ Public-Private Partnerships in Health Care”National Kidney Disease Education Program, 15-16
March 2001, National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, Bethesda, MD, USA, Symposium entitled: “National
Kidney Disease Education Program: High Risk Professional Performance”, Title of talk: “Programs for the Prevention of Renal Disease in Singapore”
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS, Singapore March 2005
Executive Program, Asia
Master of Business Administration
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Boston, MA April 1998
Master of Public Health Concentration on Epidemiology and Biostatistics
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, Philippines May 1989
Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science in Basic Medical Sciences Student of the first 7-year medical program in the country
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