Name
ALEXIS SOCORRO DE LEON REYES, M.D., FPPS, FPSDBP
Position Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
P. Gil Manila 1000 Philippines
Education
Undergraduate: B.S. Zoology ( Cum Laude ) College of Arts and Sciences , University of the
Philippines, Diliman QC ( 1974-1978 )
Graduate : Doctor of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines , Manila
( 1978-1982)
Residency : Pediatrics, Philippine General Hospital ( 1983-1986)
Post-Residency Fellowships:
Developmental Pediatrics , Philippine General Hospital ( 1987-1988)
Clinical and Research Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital, Birmingham
And Institute of Child Health, Birmingham, U.K. ( 1989-1990 )
Work Background. Present Positions:
Associate Professor, University of the Philippines College of Medicine ( 1989 to present)
Head, Division of Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics, PGH ( 2011 to present)
Director, Center for Autism and Developmental Medicine, St. Luke’s Medical Center BGC
( 2016-present)
Medical Specialist II , Neurodevelopment Section, Philippine Children’s Medical Center ( 2000
to present)
Active Staffff and Consultant, Makati Medical Center ( 1990 to present)
Medical Adviser, NORFIL Foundation Inc, ( 2019- present)
President, International Developmental Pediatric Association ( 2019 to present)
Past Positions :
Medical Consultant Adviser Emeritus, Autistic Society of the Philippines, 2018
Board of Trustees and Member, Philippine Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 2017
Founding Board Member, International Developmental and Pediatric Association , 2015
Past Chairman of the Board , Freedom Technology Wheelchair Foundation, Inc. 2013-2014
Team leader and Member of the Philippine Autism Study Group and partnered with Autism
Speaks for the First International Autism Conference ( Global Autism Public Health Initiatives )
( 2010)
President, Philippine Society for Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics ( 2007-2010)
Vice President, Philippine Association for the Gifted 1995 – 1998
Technical Adviser, Philippine National Early Childhood Development (ECD) 1995
Technical Adviser, UP Open University Distance Learning Program ,1997
Technical Adviser, Development of a Manual for Training of Trainers on
Preventive Pediatrics, Genetic Counselling and Early Detection of Disabilities ( NCWDP ) 1995
Certififications and Accreditations
Certifified User of the Griffiffiffiths III , 2018, 2020
Certifified User for Research Evaluation, Autism Diagnostic Interview 2013
Certifified User for Clinical Evaluation, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule- 2 and Toddler
Module, 2013
Good Clinical Practice 2013 , 2015 , 2017, 2018
Basic Life Support 2011, 2015, 2017, 2021
Certifified User for Clinical Evaluation , Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 2010 Certifified
Certifified User, Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (Brazelton) 2000
Fellow, Philippine Pediatric Society 1995
Certifified User, Griffiffiffiths Mental Development Scales 1989,
Certifificate of Limited Registration as a Medical Practitioner
( General Medical Council, London, England ) 1989
Diplomate, Philippine Pediatric Society 1987
Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) 1984
Philippines Medical Licensure Examination 1983
Selected Papers and Publications ( Book)
Pacififico, R. , Reyes, Alexis, Benitez Bernadette, et.al. The Prevalence of Developmental
Delay among Filipino Children t Ages 6,12 and 24 months Based on the Griffiffiffiths Mental
Developmental Scales, Acta Medica Philippina , Vol.52 no. 6, 2018.
Hyo Won Kim MD PhD, Eu-Jin Park, Ji-Hoon Kim, Vitharon Boon-yasidhi, Jariya Tarugsa,
Alexis Reyes , Stella Manalo, Yoo Sook-Joung MD,PhD. Aripiprazole for Irritability in Asian
Children with Autistic Disorder: A 12 week , multinational, multicenter, prospective open label study, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2018 ( doi:10.1089/cap.
2017.0152)
Reyes, Alexis Socorro L. Contributor to Chapter 2 and author of “ Section of Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics , A Century of Leadership in Philippine Child Health , Sentenaryo
1915-2015 published in April 2017 by New Associated Press.
Ostrea, E., Reyes A L, Villanueva, Pacififico, Benitez, Ramos, et.al. Fetal Exposure to Propoxur
and Abnormal Child Neurodevelopment at 2 years of age, Neurotoxicology , August 2012,
33(4) 669-675
Reyes, A L “ Patterns and Outcomes in Autism ( A 20 year review of Filipino Children) , ICare4
Autism International Conference, Jerusalem , Israel ( August 2012)
Chiong C, Ostrea E, Llanes E., Villanueva Uy, Reyes AL, Cruz, T, Quintos, Maria Rina “
Auditory Brainstem Response Latencies of Infants and Maternal Exposure to Environmental
Toxic Products , Acta Medica Philippina Vol 46, No 3 , 2012
Reyes A L, Pacififico R., Benitez, B, Ostrea E, Uy, E. The Use of the Griffiffiffiths Mental
Development Scales in an Agro-Industrial Province in the Philippines , Child Care Health and
Development May 2010; 36(3): 354-360
Reyes, A.L. Presentation of Autism Spectrum Disorders : The Philippine Experience -
Distinguished Lecturer Series at the M.I.N.D. Institute of UC Davies, Sacramento, California,
December 2009 (www.mindinstitute.org)
Reyes A L, Herrin, J. A Five Year Review of Referrals to the Developmental Pediatrics Section
of a Tertiary Government Hospital Acta Medica Philippina April 2009
Llego C, Reyes A L, The Filipino Version of the Pictorial Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the
Psychosocial Screening of Children: A Validation Study in a Low Income Community in
Manila, Philippines Acta Medica Philippina, November 2009)
Chiong Charlotte ; Ostrea Enrique ; Reyes A L ; Gonzalo Llanes E ; Uy, Esterlita Ma., Chan A
Correlation of hearing screening with developmental outcomes in infants over a 2-year period
Acta Oto -Laryngologica 2007, vol. 127, no4, pp. 384-388
Gellada, Celina, Reyes AL, David A. Nutritional Status and feeding skills of children with
Cerebral Palsy: The PGH Experience. The Phil Journal of Pediatrics, Jan-Mar 2007 vol 56 no1
Reyes A L , Cash AJ, Green S, Booth IW Gastroesophageal Reflflux in Children with Cerebral
Palsy , Child Care Health and Development,19 ( 1993) 109-118 A.L.REYES1 ,A.J.CASH1 ,S.H.GREEN1 I.W.BOOTH1
1 Institute of Child Health, University of Birmingham and The Children's Hospital. Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Professor I. W. Booth, University of
Birmingham, Institute of Child Health, Francis Road, Birmingham, B16 8ET, UK
Reyes A L, Reyes C , Santos Ocampo PD, Cifra H. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses in
Filipino Premature Infants . Phil J Pediatrics 1992; 42:28-34
Santos Ocampo PD, Reyes A L Adolescent Health Situation in the Philippines, Phil Journal of
Pediatrics 1990: 39: 326-32
How, C. Tuazon A ., Reyes A L, The Effiffifficacy and Safety of Pivampicillin in Common Pediatric
Infections. ,1985