Cardinal Santos Medical Center, San Juan (Philippines)
Dr. Arlene Melissa T. Dychiching is a board-certified internist and adult cardiologist. She earned her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident. She further specialized in Adult Cardiology at Cardinal Santos Medical Center, serving as Research Coordinator during her fellowship.
Dr. Dychiching has presented multiple award-winning research works at both national and international conferences and has contributed to publications locally and internationally. Her academic and research interests include coronary artery disease and cardiometabolic risk factors. She plans to pursue further subspecialty training in electrophysiology and cardiac pacing.
She is fluent in English, Filipino, and Hokkien, and has basic proficiency in Mandarin. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys playing basketball, volleyball and badminton.
The association of triglyceride-glucose index with coronary artery disease in patients who underwent coronary angiogram at a private tertiary hospital : a cross-sectional study