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MARCIAL, Melvin R.

MARCIAL, Melvin R.

Dr. Melvin Remulla Marcial is a book author, nephrologist, researcher, and medical educator. He graduated from the UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery in 1990. Dr. Marcial had his Postgraduate Medical Internship, Residency in Internal Medicine, and Fellowship in Adult Nephrology at the Santo Tomas University Hospital. He was the Chief Resident in 1995 and Chief Fellow in Adult Nephrology in 1997 and had his Master in Health Professions Education (MHPEd) degree, Summa Cum Laude, in 2018 at UST Graduate School. He is an Associate Professor 4 and the Chair of the Department of Medicine, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery. He is a Life Fellow and Diplomate of the Philippine College of Physicians (for Internal Medicine) and the Philippine Society of Nephrology. In 1995 the Philippine College of Physicians gave him the Award of Excellence of Residency in Internal Medicine. In 1997, the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine honored him with the Asia Oceania Young Investigator’s Award. In 2009, he was the Recipient of the Philippine Society of Nephrology Special Award for Research for his exemplary work and achievements in the field of research in Nephrology. In 2023, he was the Recipient of the Philippine Society of Nephrology Special Award for Medical Education for his exemplary work and achievements as an educator and book author. Together with Dr. Alberto Daysog, he published a book entitled “Atlas of Urinary Sediments” and has several award-winning publications to his name. In 2016, he published another book on physical examination, entitled “Comprehensive Guide to Physical Examination” by the UST Publishing House. As an academician, his passion and advocacy are to instill in future doctors the importance of correct and appropriate physical examination techniques and to let them think out of the box by exposing them to other possible alternative methods to prepare them globally. He is an active consultant in adult nephrology both at Santo Tomas University Hospital and Asian Hospital and Medical Center.

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Assoc. Prof. Melvin R. Marcial, MD, MHPEd, FPCP, FPSN

Department of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

mrmarcial@ust.edu.ph

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Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

  • Master in Health Professions Education (Summa Cum Laude), Ƶapp – Manila, Philippines, 2016-2018
  • Doctor of Medicine, Ƶapp – Manila, Philippines, 1986-1990
  • Bachelor of Science in Zoology (Cum Laude), Ƶapp – Manila, Philippines, 1982-1986

Eligibility

  • Professional Regulation Commission Physician Licensure Examination

Postgraduate Trainings

  • Fellowship in Adult Nephrology, Chief Fellow, Ƶapp Hospital – Manila, Philippines, 1996-1997
  • Research Fellowship in Adult Nephrology, Ƶapp Hospital – Manila, Philippines, 1995 (concomitant with Chief Residency)
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Chief Resident, Ƶapp Hospital – Manila, Philippines, 1992-1995
  • Medical Internship, Ƶapp Hospital – Manila, Philippines, 1990-1991

Research Highlights

A. Book Publications
A.1. Comprehensive Guide to Physical Examination is the first local publication on physical diagnosis in the Philippines that directs medical students toward proficiency in the proper, systematic, and analytic patient examination. It serves as one of the major book references on physical diagnosis (Medicine 1) of UST Faculty of Medicine second-year medical students and other medical schools. A dependable and timeless resource material for all lifelong learners. A book one can always go to review history taking and physical examination.

A.2. Daysog’s Atlas of Urinary Sediments results from 40 years of study and scientific investigation among urinalysis of Filipino patients belonging to well-distinguished nephrologist Dr Alberto Daysog. He documented the urinalysis findings of his patients by taking pictures and organizing these into a photo album, which he used in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows of nephrology. In 2000, in the early years of Dr. Marcial’s clinical practice, he collaborated with Drs. Daysog and Moral to formalize the much-valued urinary sediments photo album into a book (an atlas) to serve as a valuable guide to all clinical medical practitioners. Daysog’s Atlas of Urinary Sediments is the only local publication on urinary sediments in the Philippines.

B. Clinical Research on Nephrology and Infectious Diseases
Several researches on the different aspects of nephrology especially on acute and chronic kidney diseases, renal transplants, urinoscopy, and glomerular diseases. Likewise, intensive studies on leptospirosis and enteric fever that helped in establishing recognition resulting in early diagnostic and therapeutic to these patients.

C. Medical Education Research
Studies on medical education dealing with self-assessment videos, team-based learning, target-oriented clinical skill enhancement (TOCSE), teaching and learning activities (TLAS), especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and evidence-based teaching (EBT).

Research Interests

  • Adult Nephrology
  • Urinoscopy
  • Dialysis & Renal Transplantation
  • Medical Education
  • Medical Book Writing

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

  • Medicine 1 – Physical Diagnosis (2nd year Medical Students)
  • Medicine 2 (3rd year Medical Students)
  • Medicine 3 – Clerkship (4th year Medical Students)

Major Recognitions

  • 2025 Thomasian Outstanding Medical Alumni Award (T.H.O.M.A.S) Recipient for Medical Education
  • 2023 Cardinal Ceferino Gonzales Award for Indexed Publications for UST A.Y. 2021-2022
  • Recipient of Special Award for Medical Education, Philippine Society of Nephrology (PSN), 2023
  • Recipient of Special Award for Research, Philippine Society of Nephrology (PSN), 2009
  • Dangal ng UST Award, Gawad Benavides 20 years Service, 2021
  • Summa Cum Laude, Master in Health Professions Education,Ƶapp – Manila, Philippines, 2016-2018
  • Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) Annual Award of Excellence in Residency in Internal Medicine (PCP-Parke Davis), 1995
  • Asia-Oceania Young Investigator’s Award 37th Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting Yokohama Japan, 1997
  • Outstanding Research Achievement in Nephrology, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 2000
  • Outstanding Research Achievement in Nephrology (2x), Philippine Society of Nephrology, 1998
  • Outstanding Research Achievement in Nephrology, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 1995
  • Best Research Paper, Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), 1993

Professional Activities

Academic Appointment

  • Associate Professor 4, Department of Medicine, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery

Present Administrative Appointments/Positions

  • Chairman, Department of Medicine, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, 2021-present
  • Dean’s Faculty Council, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery
  • Member, Training Program Accreditation Board, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 2018-present
  • Peer Reviewer, Journal of Medicine Ƶapp (JMUST)

Past Positions

  • Member, Philippine Specialty Board in Internal Medicine (PSBIM), Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), 2018-2021
  • Chief, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, 2018-2020
  • Chair, Adult Specialty Board, Philippine Society of Nephrology, 2016
  • Vice President, UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Faculty Association, 2020-2023
  • Faculty, UST Chapter, ERASMUS+ Project Organ Donation Innovative Strategies for Southeast Asia (ODISSeA) in consortium with the University of Barcelona and Donation and Transplant Institute (DTI), 2018-2021
  • Clerkship Supervisor, Department of Medicine, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, 2019-2021

Hospital Affiliations

  • Active Consultant, UST Hospital
  • Active Consultant, Asian Hospital and Medical Center

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

A. Book Publications

Melvin Marcial, MD. Author- COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, Ƶapp Publishing House 2015 ISBN 978-971-506-769-0 Editor: Angeles Tan-Alora, MD

Comprehensive Guide to Physical Examination is the first local publication in the Philippines on physical diagnosis that directs medical students towards proficiency in the proper, systematic and analytic patient examination. At present, serves as one of the major book references on Physical Diagnosis Subject (Medicine 1) of UST Faculty of Medicine Second year medical students and used also by other medical schools. It contains the following:

    • Basic concepts containing essential knowledge necessary in performing certain clinical skills and understanding the fundamental physiologic and pathologic bases of the signs, symptoms, and maneuvers.
    • Clear Illustrations add to early and easy understanding of the techniques and procedures described.
    • A step-by-step instruction with pictures in performing certain procedure as well as alternative methods in doing them.
    • Accompanying ONLINE video presentation (259 video clips) enhancing further the step-by-step instructions (painstakingly done in collaboration with UST Educational Technology including an all-original background music)
    • Sample report of physical examination findings.
    • Guide questions facilitating recall of important concepts discussed.
    • Procedure Guide/Checklist is added with suggestions on how to practice or where to observe in order to develop the skills described.

The only physical examination book with:

    • Concept maps containing algorithms or flowcharts that provide an overview of the major topics and guide students to certain key concepts facilitating an organized approach and better understanding of the whole process.
    • Detailed instruction on how to draw and accomplish a cardiac auscultogram with sample forms representing different cardiac conditions.
    • Comprehensive discussion and representation of lung auscultogram by Dr. Noel Bautista applied to diverse pulmonary situations.

A dependable and timeless resource material for all lifelong learners. A book one can always go to review history taking and physical examination.

ALBERTO DAYSOG JR, GREGORIO MORAL, AND MELVIN MARCIAL, Co-author- DAYSOG’S ATLAS OF URINARY SEDIMENTS. Anvil Publishing 2001 ISBN 971-27-1137-4

Reviewed- Phil Journal of Int Med 40:178, May-June 2002

  • Despite the unprecedented advances in diagnostic technology, the examination of the urine and its sediments remain a very useful and indispensable tool in the evaluation of renal and
  • other medical problems. A well collected and properly prepared smears can effectively supplant or complement expensive diagnostic procedures and make medical care more affordable.
  • Daysog’s Atlas of Urinary Sediments is the result of 40 years of study and scientific investigation among urinalysis of Filipino patients belonging to well distinguished nephrologist, Dr Alberto Daysog. He documented urinalysis findings of his patients by taking pictures and organizing these into a photo album which he used in teaching medical students, residents and fellows of nephrology. In the year 2000, in the early years of Dr. Marcial’s clinical practice, he decided to collaborate with Drs. Daysog and Moral to formalize the much-valued urinary sediments photo album into a book (an atlas) to serve as a useful guide to all clinical medical practitioners. Marcial intentionally attached the name Daysog’s to the book to give honor and credit to Dr. Daysog, a trailblazer on his time.
  • Daysog’s Atlas of Urinary Sediments is the only local publication in the Philippines on urinary sediments.

B. Book Chapter Contributions

MARIA THERESA LUNA and MELVIN MARCIAL, Contributors TEXTBOOK OF OBSTETRICS CHAPTER 62 RENAL DISEASES 3RD ED 2008 Published by: Association of Writers of the Philippine Textbooks of Obstetrics and Gynecology Inc. ISBN 971-92573-0-X pp..947-965

Dr. Marcial, a nephrologist by specialty, collaborated with his UST medical school classmate, Dr. Theresa Luna, an obstetric gynecologist, to write a chapter on renal diseases during pregnancy. This obstetric textbook is a local publication and supported by the Association of Philippine

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Medical Colleges Foundation Inc (APMC), an umbrella organization of all medical schools in the country. This textbook contained current and relevant information on all aspects of normal and abnormal obstetrics written by an all-Filipino authors/physician. At present, it is in

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the process of revision for its 4th edition in which Dr. Marcial is a chapter contributor on the same topic.

MELVIN MARCIAL et al , Contributor, member, The Leptospirosis Task Force (Philippine Society of Nephrology (PSN) group) in collaboration with Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) and Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP). : PHILIPPINE CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES ON THE DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF LEPTOSPIROSIS. 2010 Published by Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) ISBN 978-971-94818-1-2

This Leptospirosis clinical practice guidelines (CPG) was published after the Philippines was ravaged by massive flooding in succession by typhoons “Ondoy and Peping” in 2009 causing a leptospirosis outbreak. It is anticipated that leptospirosis will continue to re-emerge in the country as a result of rapid urbanization, deforestation, poor sanitation and increased incidence of typhoons brought about by climate change. The Leptospirosis taskforce composed of the member Philippine Society of Nephrology (PSN) , Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) and Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) immediately formulated the clinical practice guideline intended to guide health care practitioners in the early recognition, prompt management and prevention of leptospirosis and its complications in primary, secondary and tertiary health facilities. At present, an updated guideline is about to be published by the end of the year to which Dr. Marcial is a major part of.

MELVIN MARCIAL et al Contributor- HANDBOOK OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EMERGENCIES UST FACULTY OF MEDICINE & SURGERY 6TH ED Benjamin Co, MD Editor Metabolic Acidosis pp.189-191 Uremic Emergency pp.192-195 Elsevier 2007 ISBN-13 978-981-259-730-4; ISBN-10: 981-259-730-1

The Handbook of Medical and Surgical Emergencies 6th ed is a useful guide to the medical student and practitioners on the basic of emergency medicine and emergent cases seen in daily practice. This is the first official textbook of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery published internationally in collaboration with Elsevier Sciences Inc. The handbook is the reference material for the emergency case discussion part of the Oral Revalida for graduating UST medical students. Dr. Marcial contributed 2 topics in this handbook namely on metabolic acidosis and uremic emergency.

MELVIN MARCIAL and Milagros Jocson et al Contributor: PHILIPPINE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (POGS) OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES HANDBOOK 2008 Published by: Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (Foundation) Inc. Ma. Corazon Zaida N. Gamilla, MD Editor ISBN-13 978-971-94602-0-6 Chapter 1: Fluid and Blood Replacement Therapy in OB-GYN Hemorrhage pp.2-6

The Handbook of OB-GYN Emergencies serves as a valuable guidebook to the members of the Philippine Obstetrics and Gynecology Society (POGS) in its aim to significantly reduce the maternal mortality rate. It included most of the emergent obstetric complications that contribute considerably to loss of both maternal and perinatal lives. Dr. Marcial was asked to contribute to the chapter on fluid and blood replacement therapy in obstetrical hemorrhage complication this being the most common cause of maternal mortality.

C. Publications in Nephrology

  • –Published- Phil Journal of Int Med 35(1):51-54, January-February 1997
    – Asia-Oceania Young Investigator’s Award- 37th Japanese Society of Nuclear
    Medicine Annual Meeting, Ohmiya City, Saitama, Japan, November 19-21, 1997

  • – Research Grant- Dr. Antonio P. Gabriel Professorial Chair in Medicine, Ƶapp Research and Endowment Foundation Inc (117MS009/94)
    – Outstanding Research Achievement in Nephrology- Philippine Society of Nephrology
    15th Annual Convention, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong, Philippines,April 22, 1995
    – Published- Phil J Int Med 34(6): 223-226 November- December 1996
    – Presented- Poster Free Communication Session- Abstract No. 248 p. 195
    23rd Congress of International Society of Internal Medicine, Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, February 1-6, 1996
    –Presented- Annual Residents’ Scientific Paper Presentation Department of Internal
    Medicine, Santo Tomas University Hospital, Manila, Philippines, December 14, 1994

  • – Research Grant- Dr. Antonio P. Gabriel Professorial Chair in Medicine, University of Santo Tomas Research and Endowment Foundation Inc (117MS009/94)
    – Outstanding Research Achievement in Nephrology- Philippine Society of Nephrology 18th Annual Convention, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong, Philippines, April 18, 1998
    – Published- Phil J Int Med 41: 33-38 January-February 2003

  • – Third Prize 1995 Medical Clerks Annual Scientific Paper Presentation, Santo Tomas
    University Hospital, Manila, Philippines
    – Published- Phil Journal of Int Med 34(3): 79-84, May-June 1996
    – Presented- Poster Free Communication Session- Abstract No. 249 p. 196

    23rd Congress of International Society of Internal Medicine, Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, February 1-6, 1996

  • – Published- Phil Journal of Int Med 36(6): 227-230, Nov-Dec 1998

  • – Ebba, Edgardo E.; Marcial, Melvin R.; Nazareno-Rosales, Libertad.- Published- Phil Journal of Int Med 34(3): 85-88, May-June, 1996

  • – Published- Phil Journal of Int Med, May-June, 1997
    – Presented- Poster Free Communication Session- Abstract No. p.
    Philippine College of Physicians’ 27th Annual Convention, Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, May 5-9, 1997

  • Glomerular Diseases After Kidney Transplant. Garcia, Nina H.; Marcial, Melvin R.; De Leon-Tan, Ma. Ana Gracia B.; Anonuevo, Susan P.; Del Rosario, Erland; De Venecia-Tuazon, Teresita; Padilla, Benita S.

    – Published- NKTI Proceedings 2(1):65-68, 1999
    – Presented- Poster Free Communication Session- Abstract No. 293 p. 336
    5th Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, December 4-7, 1997

  • – Published- Phil Journal of Int Med, 40:185-192, May-June, 2002
    – Outstanding Research Achievement in Nephrology – Philippine Society of Nephrology 20th Annual Convention, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong, Philippines, April 13, 2000

  • -Published- Phil Journal of Int Med, 41:43-46, January-February 2003

  • – Published- Santo Tomas J Med 52 (2): 1-10 October 2004
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  • – Published- Int J Rheum Dis. 2021;00:1–14. doi:10.1111/1756-185X.14266

D. Publications in Infectious & Tropical Diseases

  • – Best Research Paper- Philippine College of Physicians’ 23rd Annual Convention,
    Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, May 11-15, 1993
    – Published- Phil J Int Med 31(5):241-252, September-October 1993
    – Published- Inventory of Health Researches 1992-1993, Abstract No. 506
    Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippines
    – Presented- 16th Ricardo D. Molina Medical Residents’ Scientific Paper Presentation,
    Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Tomas University Hospital, May 19, 1993

  • -Published- JAMA Southeast Asia Supplement 10(3): 616-619, December, 1994. (abridged)
    – Published- Phil J Microbiol Inf Dis 23(1): 34-49, January-June 1994. (unabridged)
    – Presented- poster Free Communication Session- Abstract No. 56 p. 90
    4th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy & Infectious Diseases
    Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, December 4-7, 1994
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  • – First Prize- Annual Residents’ Scientific Paper Presentation, Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Tomas University Hospital, Manila, Philippines, March 16, 1994
    – Published- Phil J Int Med 34(6): 227-234 November- December 1996
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    – Published- Inventory of Health Researches 1993-1994, Abstract No. 265 p. 86, Philippine Council for Health Researches & Development (PCHRD),
    Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippines ( as preliminary report and title )
    – Presented- Poster Free Communication Session- Abstract No. 68 p. 96
    Philippine College of Physicians’ 24th Annual Convention, Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, May 10-14, 1994 ( as preliminary report and title )
    – Presented- 36th Annual Interdepartmental Residents’ Scientific Paper Presentation,

    Santo Tomas University Hospital, Manila, Philippines, September 1994
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  • -Published- JAMA Southeast Asia Supplement 10(3): 389-391, December, 1994. (abridged)
    – Published- Phil J Microbiol Inf Dis 23(1): 20-33, January-June 1994. (unabridged)
    – Presented- Poster Free Communication Session- Abstract No. 3 p.77
    4th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy & Infectious Diseases
    Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, December 4-7, 1994

  • – Published- Santo Tomas J Med 42(6): 200-201, November-December 1993
    – Presented- 1st Bienvenido D. Alora Postgraduate Course on Infectious Diseases, St. Martin de Porres (Medicine) Building, Ƶapp, Manila, Philippines, March 1993

E. Publications in Endocrinology

  • – Second Prize- 1991 11th Annual Interns’ Scientific paper Presentation
    Santo Tomas University Hospital, Manila, Philippines
    – Published- Phil J Int Med 33(2): 57-60, March-April 1995.

F. Publications in Medical Education

  • Journal of Medicine, UST 4(2), 479-485
  • Marcial, MR (2021) Journal of Medicine, UST 51(1), 572-585
  • Mercado Asis LB, Garcia MVD, Balili CAV, Mendoza ES, Marcial MR, Ruiz ER (2021) . Journal of Medicine, UST 5(2), 687-698
  • Marcial, M. R. (2022). Journal of Medicine, Ƶapp, 6(S1), S50–S67.
  • Marcial, M. R. (2022). Journal of Medicine, Ƶapp, 6(S1), S103–S113.
  • Gomez, M. F. A. S., Zamora, L. D., Ablaza, P. J., Marcial, M. R., & Mercado-Asis, L. B. (2022). Journal of Medicine, Ƶapp, 6(S1), S114–S125.
  • Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, Melvin R. Marcial (2023) Journal of Medicine, UST 2023, 7(1) 1205-1214
  • Marcial M.R. (2024). Journal of Medicine , Ƶapp, 8(1), 1398-1402.