Dr Angel Ferrer Torres MD PhD

Curriculum Vitae

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Faculty of Medicine, University of Alicante,1985.
  • Allergology Specialist through the Medical Internal Residency system (MIR), trained at La Paz Hospital, Madrid, 1989-1992.
  • MD PhD with a rating of Excellent / Outstanding “Cum Laude” from the University Miguel Hernandez, 2005.

 

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

  • Diploma in Design and Statistics, University Autonoma of Barcelona, 1992-1995.
  • Diploma in Clinical Management, Gaspar Casal Foundation, University Pompeu Fabra, 2011-12.
  • Educational program: Clinical Drug Development Process: ICH Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trial Sites, by Quintiles Transnational, California Board of Registered Nursing approved Continuing Education Provider, 2015
  • University expert in severe asthma, University San Pablo CEU of Madrid, 2017

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • General Practitioner 1988-1989
  • Allergy Medical Specialist at the Vega Baja Hospital 1999-2011
  • Allergy Medical Specialist at the General Hospital of Elche, from 1993 to 1998 and from 2012 to date
  • Head of the Allergology and Clinical Immunology Unit at the Vithas Medimar Internacional Hospital (International Medimar Hospital) since 1994
  • Head of the Allergology and Clinical Immunology Unit at the Quiron Salud Medical Center since 2019.

 

RESEARCH GROUPS

  • Member of Committee on Immunotherapy, Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology.
  • Former member of the Food Allergy Committee, Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology.
  • President of the Association of Research and Development in Allergology (AIDA).
  • Ex-President of the Research Commission, Vega Baja Hospital.
  • Ex-Vice-President of the Valencian Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
  • Network Coordinator Valencian Airbiology (RAVA)

 

LASTEST PUBLICATIONS

  • S Quirce, M Hinojosa, F Marañón, A Ferrer, E Fernandez-Caldas, J Sastre. Identification of obeche wood (Triplochiton scleroxylon) allergens causing occupational asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunology 2000; 106: 400-1
  • Enrique Fernández-Caldas, Leticia González, Mayte Gallego, Miguel Casanovas, Francisco Guerra, Angel Ferrer, Lubertus Berrens. Immunochemical Characterization of Antigenic Fragments of Olea europea and Phleum pratense. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2001; 124: 73-6
  • J Carnés, E Fernández-Caldas, MT Gallego, A Ferrer, J Cuesta-Herranz. Pru p 3 (LTP) content in peach extracts. Allergy 2002; 11: 1071-5
  • A. Ferrer, J García Sellés. Significant Improvement in Symptoms, Skin Test, and Specific Bronchial Reactivity after 6 Months of Treatment with a Depigmented, Polimerized Extract of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae. J invest Allergol Clin Immunol 2003; 13: 244-251.
  • Ibarrola, ML Sanz, PM Gamboa, A Mir, D Benahmed, A Ferrer, MC Arilla, A Martínez. Biological characterization of glutaraldehyde-modified Parietaria judaica pollen extracts. Clin Exp Allergy 2004; 34: 303-309.
  • Garde J, Ferrer A, Jover V, Pagan JA, Andreu C, Abellan A, Felix R, Milan JM, Pajaron M, Huertas AJ, Lavin JR, de la Torre F. Tolerance of a Salsola kali extract standardized in biological units administered by subcutaneous route. Multicenter study. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2005; 33:100-4.
  • Asturias JA, Ibarrola I, Ferrer A, Andreu C, Lopez-Pascual E, Quiralte J, Florido F, Martinez A. Diagnosis of Alternaria alternata sensitization with natural and recombinant Alt a 1 allergens. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2005;115:1210-7.
  • R González-Rioja, A Ferrer, MC Arcilla, AR Viguera, C Andreu, A Martínes, JA Asturias. Diagnosis of Parietaria judaica pollen allergy using natural and recombinant Par j 1 and Par j 2 allergens. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 2007; 37: 243-50.
  • Asturias JA, Ferrer A, Arilla MC, Andreu C, Madariaga B, Martínez A. Tolerante and immunological changes of chemically modified allergen vaccine of Parietaria judaica in accelerated schedules. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 147: 491-6.
  • J Carnés, A. Ferrer, A. J. Huertas, C Andreu, C. H. Larramendi, E. Fernández-Caldas. The use of raw or boiled crustacean extracts for the diagnosis of seafood allergic individuals. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007; 98:349-54.
  • González-Rioja R, Ibarrola I, Arilla MC, Ferrer A, Mir A, Andreu C, Martínez A, Asturias JA. Genetically engineered hybrid proteins from Parietaria judaica pollen for allergen-specific immunotherapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007; 120:602-9.
  • Larramendi CH, Ferrer A, Huertas AJ, García-Abujeta JL, Andreu C, Tella R, Cerdà MT, Bartra J, Lavín JR, Pagán JA, López-Matas MA, Fernández-Caldas E, Carnés J. Sensitization to tomato peel and pulp extracts in the Mediterranean Coast of Spain: prevalence and co-sensitization with aeroallergens. Clin Exp Allergy. 2008; 38:169-77.
  • Ferrer A, Huertas AJ, Larramendi CH, Garcia-Abujeta JL, Bartra J, Lavin JR, Andreu C, Pagan JA, Lopez-Matas MA, Fernandez-Caldas E, Carnes J.Usefulness of manufactured tomato extracts in the diagnosis of tomato sensitization: comparison with the prick-prick method. Clin Mol Allergy. 2008; 6:1-21 
  • de Larramendi CH, Carnés J, García-Abujeta JL, García-Endrino A, Muñoz-Palomino E, Huertas AJ, Fernández-Caldas E, Ferrer A.Sensitization and Allergy to Cannabis sativa Leaves in a Population of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)-Sensitized Patients. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2008; 146:195-202
  • Ferrer A, Huertas AJ, Larramendi CH, Pagan JA, Bartra J, Garcia-Abujeta JL, Andreu C, Lavin JR, Lopez-Matas MA, Fernandez-Caldas E, Carnes J. Antigenic and allergenic differences between green and mature tomatoes. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2008; 18: 411-2.
  • Asturias JA, Ibarrola I, Arilla MC, Vidal C, Ferrer A, Gamboa PM, Viñuela JE, Sanz ML, Andreu C, Martínez A. Engineering of major house dust mite allergens Der p 1 and Der p 2 for allergen-specific immunotherapy. Clin Exp Allergy. 2009; 39:1088-98
  • López-Matas MA, Ferrer A, Larramendi CH, Huertas AJ, Pagán JA, García-Abujeta JL, Bartra J, Lavín JR, Andreu C, Carnés J. In vitro cross-reactivity between tomato and other plant allergens. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009; 103:425-31.
  • Ferrer A, Larramendi CH, Huertas AJ, Pagán JA, Andreu C, García-Abujeta JL, López-Matas MA, Carnés J. Allergenic differences among pollens of three Salsola species. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2010; 151:199-206.
  • Lopez-Matas MA, Larramendi CH, Ferrer A, Huertas AJ, Pagan JA, Garcia-Abujeta JL, Bartra J, Andreu C, Lavin JR, Carnes J. Identification and quantification of tomato allergens: In vitro characterization of six different varieties. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2011; 106:230-8.
  • López-Matas MA, Ferrer A , Larramendi CH, Huertas AJ, Pagán JA, García-Abujeta JL, Bartra J, Andreu C, Lavín JR, Carnés J. Acidic ribosomal protein 60S. A new tomato allergen. Food Chem 2011; 127:638-40.
  • Jerónimo Carnés, Carlos H. de Larramendi, Angel Ferrer, Angel Julio Huertas, María Angeles López-Matas, Juan Antonio Pagán, Luis Angel Navarro, José Luis García-Abujeta, Sandra Vicario, Maribel Peña. Recently introduced foods as new allergenic sources: Sensitisation to Goji berries (Lycium barbarum) Food Chemistry 2013; 137:130–135
  • Larramendi CH1, López-Matas MÁ, Ferrer A, Huertas AJ, Pagán JA, Navarro LÁ, García-Abujeta JL, Andreu C, Carnés J. Prevalence of sensitization to Cannabis sativa. Lipid-transfer and thaumatin-like proteins are relevant allergens. Int Arch  Allergy  Immunol.  2013; 162:115-2
  • Carnes J, Larramendi, Lopez-Matas MA, Ferrer A, Huertas AJ. Allergenic sensitisation mediated by wolfberry. In: Raymond ChuenChung Chang and Kwok Fai So, editors. Lycium Barbarum and human health. Dordrecht: Springer Science-Business Media;  2015, p. 179-98.
  • López-Matas MA, Larramendi CH, Huertas AH, Ferrer A, Moya R, Pagán JA, Navarro LA, Garcia-Abujeta JL, Carnés J. Tomato nsLTP as “in vivo“ diagnostic tool: sensitization in a Mediterranean population. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2015; 25: 196-204.
  • Lopez-Matas, MA, de Larramendi, CH, Moya, R, Sanchez-Guerrero, I, Ferrer, A, Huertas, AJ, Flores, I, Navarro, LA, Garcia-Abujeta, JL, Vicario, S, Andreu, C, Pena, M, Carnes, J. In vivo diagnosis with purified tropomyosin in mite and shellfish allergic patients. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2016; 116:538-43
  • Mateo-Borrega MB, Garcia B, Hernando Larramendi C, Azofra J, González-Mancebo E, Alvarado MI, Alonso Díaz de Durana MD, Núñez-Orjales R, Diéguez MC, Guilarte M, Soriano-Galarraga AM, Sosa G, Ferrer A, García-Moral A, Beristain AM, Bartra J. IgE-mediated sensitization to galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (α-gal) in urticaria and anaphylaxis in Spain: geographical variations and risk factors. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2019 Jan 24:0. doi: 10.18176/jiaci.0373.

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