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From: Gabriel Lazcano                       Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995                      Posted: 08/25/2010

Hello Class of 1995,

Although I did not spend 4 years at PSM, I have very fond memories of my 2 years there. I run into a few of you every so often. Grateful for the opportunity that Ponce gave me. I am practicing ophthalmology in Miami, FL. Contact email: eyefish247@aol.com

 
From: Adam Ingraffea                         Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 2006                      Posted: 06/08/2010

Hi Everyone!

I am finishing my dermatology residency this month at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, RI. I am headed to the University of Cincinnati for a Mohs surgery fellowship. Many thanks to everyone at PSM for a great 4 years and many fond memories!

Adam Ingraffea, MD

 
From: Víctor Rodríguez Madera           Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 1992                      Posted: 09/10/2009

¡Saludos! Quisiera saber mas de los graduados de mi clase...De mi parte les digo que Myriam y yo estamos de regreso en PR despues de 16 años por New Orleans, LA. Myriam hizo Pediatria en Tulane y yo Anestesiologia y Manejo de Dolor en LSU. Acabamos de abrir "The Palms Clinic" en Bayamon y estamos super contentos de estar por aca...espero oir de ustedes pronto...VFR

 

From: Manuel Longo                          Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997                      Posted: 08/09/2009

Anesthesia and Pain Management.  DIplomate of ABA.  Thx for the memories PSM.

 
From: Albert Triana                           Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004                     Posted: 07/06/2009

I think that this is a great way for the PSM alumni to stay in contact with one another. I graduated from PSM in 2004, I completed my residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in 2008. I was Administrative Chief Resident of Ob/Gyn during my chief year. I am currently in private practice in Miami, Fl with my brother Joseph Triana M.D., who is also an alumni of PSM class of 1999. Thank you for 4 great years in Ponce, I will never forget them.
 
From: Alex Perez                              Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999                     Posted: 06/15/2009

Siempre agradecido de la oportunidad de haber estudiado en PSM, me encuentro en Stroudsburg PA practicando interventional pain management en mi propia practica.

 

From: Jose Iparraguirre                      Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 1984                     Posted: 06/15/2009

It is great to read about all the PMS alumni as they scatter to persue their careers. I am an OB/GYN practicing in Miami, Florida. I am Chairman of the department at Baptist Hospital. I hear from alums from time to time but everybody is so busy with work and family that we never have time to catch up. Regards to all.

Jose I. Iparraguirre Class of '84

 

From: Luis Villaplana Canals              Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986                     Posted: 04/24/2009

Saludos a todos una vez mas.

Como no me gusta dejar crecer la grama entre los dedos de los pies, acabo de comenzar un nuevo negocio "Physician Motivators, Inc."

Es un negocio de consultoría para educar a Medical Staff's y clínicas en cuanto a documentar de manera apropriada en los records médicos en pacientes hospitalizados, para evitar reembolsos bajos para los hospitales, clínicas y médicos.

www.physicianmotivators.com

Check it out!
I heard Damas can use a little help...

 

From: Luz Castañón                          Program: Medicine
Graduation Year: 1993                     Posted: 04/13/2009

Hola!!
Saludos a todos mis colegas! Actualmente estoy trabajando con el gobierno federal en IHS y me va muy bien.  Mejor que si estuviera trabajando en la isla.  Parece mentira que los boricuas estemos sirviendo a otras paises y no a nuestra gente pero hay que buscar seguridad economica.

 
From: Juan Canabal                          Program:
Graduation Year                           Posted: 02/12/2009

Liver Transplantation

Unexplained and Prolonged Perioperative Hypotension After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Undiagnosed Systemic Mastocytosis

Willingham; Peiris; Canabal; Krishna; Hewitt; Shine; Arasi; Aranda-Michel; Hughes; Kramer

Accepted: Jan 11 2009
Proofs Available: Unspecified
Anticipated Publication Date: Mar 25 2009
 

From: Dennis Duriex                               Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1984                           Posted: 01/05/2009

Hola. Acabo de enterarme de este servicio. Mi graduacion fue en el 1984. Ahora vivo y trabajo en LUBBOCK,TEXAS (infeciosas). Estoy buscando a los otros miembros de mi clase! Si quieren comunicarse conmigo, me pueden dejar un mensaje aqui o me pueden mandar un e mail.
 
From: Christian Gonzalez                        Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002                           Posted: 11/11/2008

En los ultimos años he logrado ascender rapidamente en la cadena academica en EEUU. Mi entrenamiento es en Anestesiologia en Baylor College of Medicine, luego mi fellowship en Pain Medicine en el Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School. Desde febrero 2007 hasta hoy soy el Pain Medicine Director de la Universidad de Massachusetts. Tambien he sido nombrado Chair of Academic Taskforce de la American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). Tambien he dado varias charlas nacional e internacionalmente sobre el manejo de dolor. He escrito varios capitulos que van a ser publicados ya pronto y estoy en el proceso de finalizar mi primer libro.

Bueno saludos a todos,

Christian Gonzalez, MD
Ponce School of Medicine Class 2002

PS. Ya ha rotado conmigo un estudiante de la escuela Orvil Ayala. Me interesa que sigan viniendo para que sean expuestos ha mi especialidad.

 

From: Víctor J. Ramos Torres                  Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2001                           Posted: 11/18/2008

Hola a todos. Esto es tremenda idea. Me gradue en 2001 y complete residencia en OB-Gyn en el hospital Madigan Army Medical Center en Tacoma, WA mientras estaba activo en el Army. Luego me mude a Savannah, GA donde estuve por tres años cumpliendo mi compromiso en un hospital militar. Alli trabaje con otros egresados de PSM. Recientemente me separe del Army luege de completar mi compromiso y tengo una practica privada de OB-Gyn en el hospital Menonita de Aibonito. Sigo casado con mi esposa Yinaira (9 años) y tengo un nene de tres años (Victor Antonio). No duden en preguntar en relacion a OB-Gyn o las fuerzas armadas.

Victor

 

From: Tony Martin                                   Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1992                            Posted: 11/11/2008

Panitas

Despues de leer tantas noticias de éxitos, deja ver si me meto a jefe de algo o director de algo! Por el momento solo soy un monito anestesiólogo en la ciudad medio sumergida de New Orleans. Saludos!!

Tony Martin, MD
 

From: Carl Minniti                                     Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986                            Posted: 11/10/2008

Hello to all. These Alumni Notes are a great idea, as is the website. It's a nice way to feel connected to the school. I left Ponce in '86 and did an Internal Medicine Residency at UMDNJ in NJ, then a fellowship in Oncology/Hematology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. I have a Medical Oncology & Hematology private practice in southern New Jersey. I am completing a two year term as Medical Staff President at Underwood Memorial Hospital, and also serve as Chief of the Division of Hem/Onc. Wife Irene and children Cristina and Carl are all doing great. I could use some of that warm Ponce sunshine right about now....
 

From: Leonardo Valentín                           Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2010                            Posted: 11/08/2008

Dear PSM Alumni:

It is great to hear from you! As one of the editors for Ponce Medicine Webmagazine, I am very interested in publishing your achievements on our magazine. Please contact us at www.poncemedicine.org , and send us your information and some pictures.

This way we can contact you an create an article for the magazine.

Regards,
Leonardo Valentin MSIII

 
From: Vincent Kwon                                 Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998                            Posted: 10/29/2008

Hello everyone,

I'm not sure if anyone remembers me. I, like many, was just another struggling medical student at PSM. I have to say, it wasn't all struggle. If you asked me then, I would have said it's too much work to go through medical school. But, now that I have finished, I have to say it was the best 4 years of my life filled with so many wonderful memories.

Now I am a Retinal specialist practicing in Oregon. If anyone is interested in pursuing a career in Ophthalmology please don't hesitate to email me.

 

From: Luis J. López                                  Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999                            Posted: 10/13/2008

Luego de finalizar mi residence de medicine interna en Baltimore, Maryland en 2002, regrese a PR al Hospital de Veteranos donde complete mi fellowship en gastoenterologia (2005). Actualmente estoy en una practica de grupo en Tampa Florida con otros dos puertoriquenos. www.tampabaygastro.com

 

From: Carmen Cortes                               Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1983                            Posted: 9/22/2008

Hola! I have enjoyed reading about all of your accomplishments and I am very proud of all of you. I am from the third medical school class that started as Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad Catolica de PR and graduated as Ponce School of Medicine. I did Internal Medicine at Damas Hospital. I have a small private practice in Caguas, PR. At the present time I am Director of Medical Education at Hima San Pablo Caguas and recently Director of ICU. I married a graduate from the class of 1985, Alfonso Serrano Isern. He is the Director of Ob-Gyn at Hima-San Pablo Caguas.

I now understand the vision that my father and the other founders of the PSM had and I am sure they are very proud.

I am looking for the rest of my classmates from PSM.

Keep on writing!

 

From: José Rodríguez                               Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986                            Posted: 9/16/2008

I was glad to hear that you are now running the alumni affairs office. I know that you will do a great job!!

I left my group practice of gastroenterology in January of 2008 and started my own practice in South Texas. You can see me on the web at www.PENrgv.com. I am having a blast. I was elected to fellowship in the American College of Physicians about 7 years ago. Can you believe that it has been 22 years since I graduated?

I have very fond memories of my time at Ponce School of Medicine. I was so privileged to be the valedictorian of the class of 1986.

I am still married to Debbie (29 years) and I have 3 sons: Nicholas Vicente is 23, Lucas Carlos is 20 and Andre' Christian is 19. They are all off to college and graduate school and so Debbie and I are once again by ourselves.

I hope we can make a visit to Ponce soon.

Love,

Jose Rodriguez, MD, FACP
 

From: Rolando Prieto                                 Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year:                                     Posted: 9/14/2008

Saludos a todos:

Enilda y yo vivmos en Ocala, Florida. Soy radiologo invasivo. Estoy en practica privada con un un grupo de 16 radiologos. Cubrimos 4 hospitales y tenemos 4 oficinas. Unas de las oficinas es un centro vascular llamado Center for Vascular Health. Tenemos unos de los servicios endovasculares mas ocupados del estado con una gran variedad de casos aretriales, venosos, oncologicos,etc. Soy el director medico del centro vascular. Asi tambien soy el jefe de radiologia en Munroe Regional Medical Center y el jefe de radiologia invasiva en el mismo hospital. Con suerte tenemos mucho trabajo. Edson y yo somos partners en el grupo. Tuvimos mucha suerte de que Edson y su esposa quisieron mudarse a Ocala. Nos hacen falta un par de portorros mas para cuadrar la dominada.

Nuestras hijas, Isabel y Patricia estan en la universidad en cuarto y segundo ano. Mi email es rp976@yahoo.com

Espero que todos sigan bien. Tiranos con una nota de vez en cuando para saber de ustedes.

Saludos....Rolando y Enilda Prieto
 

 

From: Manuel Colón                                 Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997                            Posted: 9/11/2008

Hello All,

I graduated from PSM on 1997. After a very long one-year internship in surgery at the Mayaguez Medical Center I moved to Atlanta, Georgia for my residency in Anesthesiology. From there we moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan (U of M) for a Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management which is 90% of what I do now on my clinical practice with the other 10% being Anesthesiology. I am also a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (Class 2005) with a Master's Degree in Business Administration. I am Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Medical Management. I have been happily married for 10 years. My wife and I have an 8 y/o daughter. We live in Minot, North Dakota and yes, it gets cooooold up here. I am currently the medical director for Interventional Pain Management at the Trinity Hospital here in Minot.

 

From: Iván Figueroa                                  Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Hola a todos. Yo ando por Dallas, Texas con mi esposa Key y mi hija Ariana. Yo me de PSM gradue en el 2003 y me vine aca a Dallas para hacer mi residencia en Fisiatria (PM&R) en UT Southwestern Medical School en el hospital de Parkland . Ahora soy parte de una pequena practica privada de "Rehab y Pain Manegement" que se llama Ellman Rehab Associates. Tambien fui Director Medico del "Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit" del Dallas Regional Medical Center. Me alegra mucho saber de todos y aprovecho para desearle muchas cosas buenas y mucha salud a todos y a sus familias.

 

From: Luis "Javi" Rivera                            Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Saludos PSM!

Me gradue de Neurología en Cleveland Clinic Florida con concentración en Neurofisiología. Actualmente trabajo en Caguas PR y Hospital HIMA-San Pablo-Caguas. Hago todo tipo de estudio neurológico EMG/NCS, Potenciales evocados, EEG, Punciones lumbares y estudios del sueño. Tambien veo pacientes con todo tipo de condicion neurológica, al menos trato de resolver todos los misterios que puedo como Scooby-Doo. Estoy a la orden para todos.

 

From: Madeline Lefranc                            Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Hi everyone

After school I did a transitional year @ Distrito, Ponce, and then headed to Norwalk, CT, for my radiology residency.

I practice as a general radiologist for 3 years and finally decided to dedicate my work to breast radiology. At the present I am in Indiana. I am still married to Bobby Sambolin (16 years) and we have 3 beautiful kids: Michael 11, Adriana 9, and Sebastian 15 months.

 

From: Mónica Coronel                               Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Monica Cruz Coronel- class of 1998 married to Jorge Coronel also class of 1998. We both went to University of texas health science center in San Antonio, Texas. Jorge is assistant Medical Director of the Hospitalist group in Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida. I practice Family Medicine in Hollywood, Florida. We have two kids Gabriella is 8 y/o and Alexander is 5y/o.

Thanks for everything,

Monica Cruz Coronel, MD

 

From: Roberto López Santini                     Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Saludos a todos . Aqui preparandonos para otro huracan ! Vivimos al Norte de New Orleans , asi que despues de Katrina , ya somos profesionales.

 

From: Joseph NG                                     Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Estoy en Nueva York donde ya termine mi residencia de Medicina Interna y fui Chief Resident del Departamento de Medicina Interna y soy Board Certified en Medicina Interna. Ahora estoy en Mt Sinai Hospital aqui en Nueva York como fellow de Cuidado Critico Quirurgico y me nombraron Chief Administrative Fellow de un fellowship de 17 fellows del Dept de Cirugia. Ya he publicado 8 articulos entre Journals y Conferencias nacionales y he presentado research en 4 conferencias de ACCP, en ACP, y en SCCM. Termino mi fellowship en Junio y seguramente me quedare aqui en NY. Saludos a todos en PR.

 

From: Darwin Caraballo Burgos                  Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Hi everyone! This is very cool! I graduated from PSM 1999, did my residency in Family Medicine in Daytona Beach, Fl; I was resident of the year 2002. Board Certified in Family Medicine with extensive geriatrics experience. Worked in Miami for a Medicare Company as a staff physician and medical director. Also did house calls for MyHomeDoctor for the rich and famous (lots of stories to tell, LOL!) as well as homebound patients. Currently moved back to Daytona Beach area, staff physician in a semi-solo practice for medicare company and staff physician for urgent care/workers comp facility. Single, happy and loving the coastal living! Thanks PSM! I always keep you guys on my prayers!

Bye now,
Dr. Caraballo.

 

From: Veronica Versari                             Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Hola a todos!

Yo estoy en Mt Sinai Hospital en NY terminando mi fellowship en Infectious Diseases.
Pienso graduarme en Junio y volver a la hermosa tierra de Puerto Rico!

Besos,
Veronica
 

From: Walter Rodríguez Irizarry                 Program: PsyD - Psicología Clinica
Graduation Year: 2004                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Catedrático Asociado UIPR, San Germán Programa de Psicología Profesor Adjunto, PSM, Psy.D.

 

From: Jorge Martínez Llorens                    Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1992                            Posted: 9/8/2008

Muchos saludos a todos los exalumnos y futuros colegas de PSM. Actualmente practico Radiologia en Melbourne, FL. Es un area tranquila, con buenos Hospitales/Multiclinicas y buenas playas. Recientemente me case con la Dra. Beatriz Pirazzi (PSM 1996), quien es Emergenciologa y al mudarse aqui en la FL practicamos en el mismo sistema de Hospitales (Wuesthoff Medical Center).

Tengo dos hijos, Jorge de 16 anos y Andrea de 12; unos teenagers bien santitos...YA QUISIERA!

 

From: Luis E. Saliceti                               Program: PsyD - Psicología Clínica
Graduation Year: 2005                            Posted: 9/5/2008

Gracias por mantenerme informado sobre los eventos en la Escuela de Medicina de Ponce. Mi graduación fue en el 2005 del Programa de Psicología Clínica y en la actualidad tengo oficina privada en Santurce y contrato de servicios profesionales en la Policía de PR. Estamos trabajando en la evaluación en términos psicológicos y emocionales de la población de Agentes a nivel isla. También estoy trabajando en el campo de la psicología - jurídica junto con el Dr. José H. Rodriguez Acosta y quien es reconocido en PR como un experto en esta área de la psicología. El Dr. Rodriguez tambien fue profesor en la Escuela de Medicina y en la actualidad mantiene comunicación con el Dr. José Pons Madera sobre temas de investigación en general. Ambos realizamos peritaje en Tribunales en PR. En la actualidad estoy casado con Leticia Galarza García y tengo 2 hijas, Adriana Isabel y Alejandra Sofia Saliceti.

Durante el año 2007 trabajé como profesor y supervisor de práctica en la Universidadad Interamericana de PR Recinto Metropolitano. Tengo unos proyectos pendientes dentro del campo de psicología clínica y espero poder ponerlos a trabajar proximamente.

 

From: Jose Ortiz-Cardona                         Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004                            Posted: 9/5/2008

Termine Anestesia en SUNY Downstate, voy a trabajar en el Recinto de Ciencias Medicas empezando ahora en septiembre y no me he casado, todavia soltero y gozando!

 

From: Fernando J. Rivera                           Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year:                                     Posted: 9/5/2008

Termine Radiología e hice un fellowship en Interventional radiology. Soy director del dept. de Radiología Invasiva en Delray Medical Center/Trauma Center. Mas cubro 4 otros hospitales en Palm Beach.


 

From: Annette Hils                                     Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 2006                              Posted: 9/5/2008

¿Como está todo? Pues yo sigo acá en Massachusetts! En diciembre 2007 Danny y yo nos casamos.

 

From: Juan M. Canabal, MD, FCCP              Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997                               Posted: 9/5/2008

Graduado de Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayaguez en 1993, ingreso a la Escuela De Medicina de Ponce luego de decidir contra la ingresion a la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Durante los cuatro anos de Medicina no solo conoció a su futura esposa Dr. Denise C. Ginart pero tambien fue invitado a pertenecer a la sociedad de honor de Medicina, Alpha Omega Alpha. Graduado de la Escuela en Mayo, 1997 partió a Ohio, USA donde completo programa de Medicina Interna. Lugo prosigue a completar entrenamiento de subespecialidad en University of Pittsburgh en (Multidisciplinary Critical Care Medicine Program; the first in the world and the biggest program) Critical Care Medicine. Completó el Board of Internal Medicine y Board of Critcal Care Medicine. Trabajo por  3 años en Ohio y ahora trabajo para la Mayo Clinic en Jacksonville, Florida en el Departamento de Transplante como "Abdominal Transplant Intensivist". Mayo Clinic Jacksonville fue #1 en volumen de Transplante de Higado 3-4 años atras y se mantiene entre los primeros 4 de la nación en volumen y #1 en survival en la nación.


 

From: Dr. Luis Irizarry                                Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995                             Posted: 6/2/2008

Hello guys. I have not seen any of you in a long time.I hope that you are all happy and succesfull. I live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.I moved here in 2000. I'm an anesthesiologist our trauma hosp. I'm remarried and have 4 boys. My wife is from ms so I guess that now I am also. I would like to hear from you class of 1995.

LUIS
 

From: Dr. Dennis Pérez Colón                    Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1993                             Posted: 5/18/2008

Saludos a todos. Me da muchísima alegría reconectarme de nuevo con mi Alma Mater. Soy especialista en Radiología Diagnóstica con práctica en Vega Alta Radiology Open MRI & CT Scan Imaging Center. Soy el Secretario y pasado Vice Presidente de la Sociedad Radiológica de PR y del Capítulo de PR del American College of Radiology(ACR). Llevamos a cabo todas las modalidades diagnósticas y estamos acreditados por el American College of Radiolory en Resonancia Magnética, Ultrasonido General, Ultrasonido Obstétrico y Mammografía. Mi email es dperez01@varpr.com Gusto saber de ustedes.

 

From: Dr. Luis Villaplana                            Program: MD - Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986                             Posted: 2/19/2008

Hi everyone! Just an update

I have recently been named Medical Director, Forum Health Internal Medicine Outpatient clinic, in Youngstown, Ohio. I continue as a private practitioner in Internal Medicine in Boardman, Ohio.  I am also Key Faculty Member and Associate professor of Internal Medicine, Forum Health in Youngstown, Ohio.  I thoroughly enjoyed the newsletters.

Thanks,
Luis Emilio Villaplana Canals, MD