Reina Armamento Villareal, MD, FACE
Associate Professor of Medicine
Education and Experience
10/18/99- present: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington Univ. Sch. Of Med.
10/97-10/15/99: Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Washington Univ. Sch. Of Med. Private Practice, Overland Medical Center/ BJC Medical Group
09/95-8/97: Private Practice, Collingsworth General Hospital and Collingsworth Family Clinic, Wellington, Tx
1994-1995: Residency, Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University, Amarillo, Tx
1993-1994: Internship, Internal Medicine, Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, Mo
1990-1993: Fellowship, Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis at Washington University Medical Center
1987-1988: Fellowship, Endocrinology, University of the Philippines, Manila, Phil.
1985-1986: Fellowship, Diabetes, Mary Johnston Hospital, Manila, Phil.
1982-1985: Residency Internal Medicine, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu, Phil.
1980-1981: Rotating Internship, Silliman University Medical Center, Dumaguete, Phil.
1976-1980: Doctor of Medicine, Cebu Institute of Medicine, Cebu Philippines
1972-1976: Bachelor of Arts, Velez College, Cebu, Philippines
Research
I am working on the effect of estrogen replacement therapy on the oxidative metabolism of estrogen. Endogenous estrogen is metabolized mainly through the inactive 2-hydroxylation and active 16-a hydroxylation pathway. Currently, I am trying to find out if there is a preferential metabolism of exogenously administered estrogen in postmenopausal women on estrogen/hormone replacement therapy. Secondly, I am also interested in finding out if we use these oxidative products of estrogen metabolism to predict response to estrogen/hormone replacement therapy.
Honors
Sandoz Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bone Metabolism (07/92-06/93)