Program
|
7:30 am
|
Registration
and Continental Breakfast
Room A-B |
| 8:30 am |
Poster
Exhibits, Room
A-B, E
Moderator: León F. Ferder, M.D.,
Ph.D., Chair,
Planning Committee
|
| 8:30 am |
Welcoming
Remarks
Jorge L. Sánchez, M.D. / Miguel Magraner, M.D.
President / Dean, Ponce School of Medicine (PSM) |
| 8:40 am |
Conference
Goals and Presentation of Jury
León F. Ferder, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 9:00
am |
Basic
and Clinical Medical Sciences Oral Sessions are Concurrent
|
Clinical
Medical Sciences Oral Presentations, Room
D
Moderator: Olga Rodríguez de Arzola, M.D. |
| 9:00
am |
Laparotomy versus Primary Peritoneal Drainage Outcome in Neonatal Patients with Necrotizing
Enterocolitis,
F. J. Rivera Pedrogo, A. Mercado, Jadira Irizarry*, Pediatrics Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
| 9:15 am |
Efficacy
of EMTRIVA in the HIV population at Infectious Disease Clinic,
Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico
,
Renato C. Domínguez*, Internal Medicine, Dr. Ramón E. Betances
Hospital |
| 9:30 am |
Epidemiology
of Leptospirosis in the South Area of Puerto Rico,
Dolores Sánchez-Cazau, M.D.*, R. Rafael Espinet, B. Medina,
Gabriel Martínez, Clavell, Internal Medicine Department, St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
| 9:45
am |
Factors
Associated With the Reintubation in the Admitted Patient in ICU, Hernán A. Gómez*, Jesse Romeu-Vélez,
Internal Medicine Department, Dr. Ramón E. Betances University
Hospital |
| 10:00 am |
Vascular
Cellular Adhesion Molecules –1 in Puerto Rican Hypertensive
Patient: A
Case-Control Study,
Jenniffer Vargas*, Rafael Bredy, Internal Medicine,
Damas
Hospital
|
| 10:15 am |
Coffee
Break |
| 10:45 am |
Hemorrhagic
Transformation of Stroke After Anticoagulation Therapy:
A St. Luke’s Hospital Experience,
Juan J. González*, J. Padrón, D. Sánchez, M.
Rodríguez, Janette Figueroa, J. Muñoz, Roxana Fuentes, V. Bedard,
W. Santiago, Internal Medicine Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital |
| 11:00
am |
pH
Monitoring After Refractory Heartburn,
Lizanabell Torres Torres*, Félix Rivera Borges,
Internal Medicine Department, Dr. Ramón E. Betances
University Hospital |
| 11:15
am |
Risk Factors for Admission of Asthmatic
Patients to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit,
Weldon Mauney*, Luis Muñoz, Tania Díaz, Vylma Velázquez,
Pediatrics Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
| 11:30
am |
Acinetobacter
Baumannii as an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality, Guillermo Sánchez-De la Cruz*, Luis Duharte,
Ronda Ramírez, Internal Medicine, Dr. Ramón E. Betances
University Hospital |
| 11:45
am |
Severe
Dengue Cases During an Outbreak in Ponce Region:
2005, Mariel Silva*, Elba Massid*, Carlos Baldit, Ivonne
Galarza, Luisa Alvarado, Mark Beatty, Pediatrics Department, St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
Behavioral
and Public Health Oral Presentations, Room
C
Moderator: Luisa
Ferder, M.D |
| 9:00 am |
Ansiedad Cognitiva,
Ansiedad Somática, Auto-confianza y Rendimiento Deportivo:
El Impacto de las Diferencias por Edad, Género y Deporte
en una Muestra de Adolescentes Deportistas Puertorriqueños/as,
Laura J. Colón Negrón*, Ernesto Rosario,
Bethzaida Orengo
, Clinical Psychology Program, PSM |
| 9:15 am |
¿Un Niño con Problemas
es Siempre un Niño en Tratamiento?
Un Caso Clínico,
Emir S. Rivera Castillo*, Clinical Psychology Program, PSM |
| 9:30
am |
Psychological Services in a Hospital
Environment,
Katherine Ramos
Santos
*, Clinical Psychology Program, PSM |
| 9:45 am |
The
Teddy
Bear
Hospital
Project,
Julio Bracero*, Tania Díaz, Pediatrics
Department, PSM |
| 10:00 am |
Violencia en los
Profesionales de la Salud Mental por Pacientes Mentales y su
Preparación para el Manejo de Estos Eventos,
Sally del Toro Segarra*, Carlos J. Mayol Sepúlveda*, Public
Health Program, PSM |
| 10:15 am |
Caso Control Problemas de Salud Relacionados
con Turnos Rotatorios en el Hospital CMM,
Auxi Peachey, Alfredo Perez Canabal, Gloria Ponce*, Internal
Medicine, Dr. Ramón E. Betances University Hospital |
| 10:30am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45
am |
Relation Between Animal Cruelty and Domestic
Violence,
Nilda Mateo*, Public Health Program, PSM |
| 11:00 am |
Educational Campaign for Primary Prevention of
Cardiovascular Disease in an Occupational Setting,
Douglas Rentas*, Rafael I. Iriarte, Public Health Program, PSM |
| 11:15
am |
Risk Factors and Screening for
Colon
Cancer,
Dixie
M. García*, Rafael I. Iriarte, Public Health Program,
PSM |
| 11:30
am |
Prevalence of Natural Product Utilization ina
Sample Po9pulation of St. Luke’s Hospital Patients,
Jeannette M. Figueroa, Aurelio García*, Herby Ambroise,
Internal Medicine, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
| 11:45
am |
Violence Act Toward City,
Julio L. Cádiz Velázquez*, Public Health Program, PSM |
| 12:00
pm |
Introducing an Instructive Tool May Cause an
Impact in the Current Management of Coronary Artery Disease at
Advance Cardiology Center of Mayagüez,
Jorge Soto Rivera*, Antonio Padua, Internal Medicine, Dr. Ramón
E. Betances University Hospital |
| 12:30
pm |
Central
Conference
Bioethics:
Compass of the Professional Behavior in the Medicine of
Our Times
Key-Note Lecturer: Rafael Ruiz Quijano, M.D. |
| 1:30 pm |
Lunch
Room A-B |
| 2:30 pm |
Basic
Sciences Oral Session |
Basic
Sciences Oral Presentations, Room
D
Moderator: James
Porter, Ph.D. |
| 2:30 pm |
A
Novel Role for the Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Protein as a
Regulator of Cell-to-Cell Interactions,
Pedro G. Santiago Cardona*, Gabriel M. Gutiérrez,
Volkan Gündüz, Amit Deshpande, and Philip W. Hinds, Biochemistry |
| 2:45 pm |
Molecular
Profiling of a Rat Model of Colitis:
Validation of Known Inflammatory Genes and Identification
of Novel Disease-Associated Targets,
Edelmarie Rivera*, Elizabeth Rivera,
Idhaliz Flores
and
Caroline Appleyard
, Physiology and Pharmacology Department, PSM |
| 3:00
pm |
Time
Response of Chronic Ethanol-Induced Hypertension and Cardiac
Nitric Oxide/Antioxidants Systems in Rats,
Manuel Vázquez* and Kazim Husain, Physiology and Pharmacology
Department, PSM |
| 3:15 pm |
Highly
Active Antiretroviral Therapy Inhibits HIV-1 Infection in vivo of
Peripheral Blood Monocytes from Individuals Undergoing Viral
Suppressive Regimens,
Sharilyn Almodóvar*, María del C. Colón, and Irvin M.
Maldonado, Biochemistry Department, PSM |
| 3:30 pm |
Different
Regulation of Gene Expression in Astrocytes by Full Length TAT in
the Presence and Absence of Morphine,
Gladys Chompré*, Elizabeth Rivera, and Richard J. Noel, Jr.,
Biochemistry Department, PSM |
| 3:45 pm |
Group
II mGluR Inhibit Neurotransmitter Release at Thalamocortical
Synapses,
Zaira Mateo* and James Porter, Physiology and Pharmacology
Department, PSM |
| 4:00
pm |
Combined
Role of HIV-1 Tat and Opioids in Cytokine Production by Human
Astrocytes,
Alia Toro* and Richard Noel, Biochemistry Department, PSM |
| 4:15
pm |
Previous
Inflammation Increases the Susceptibility of the
Colon
to the Effects of Subsequent Psychological Stress,
Olga I. Santiago*, Marielly Cuevas, Caroline B. Appleyard,
Physiology and Pharmacology Department, PSM |
Poster
Presentations, All Categories
Rooms A-B, E. |
| 9:00 am |
Basic
Sciences Poster Session |
|
Prior
Exposure to a Spatial Learning Task Influences Contextual Fear
Conditioning,
Rachel Chadderdon, Kevin Corcoran, Gregory J.
Quirk, and Kenira J. Thompson, Physiology and Pharmacology
Department, PSM |
|
Purification
of HIV-1 LTR Circles from PBMs to Selectively Amplify Episomal env
Sequences,
Sandra González-Ramírez*, Sharilyn Almodóvar,
María Colón, Eric Lorenzo, Rafael A. Contreras-Galindo, Martin
D. Hill, Biochemistry and Physiology and Pharmacology Departments,
PSM |
|
Genetic
Analysis of APC p53, and K-4as in Novel Rat Models of
Colitis-Associated Dysplasia,
Beatriz Pagán, Cariluz Santiago, Angel A. Isidro, Caroline B.
Appleyard, Physiology and Pharmacology Department, PSM |
|
Evaluation
of Germline FAS Antigen Gene Mutations in Familial
Endometriosis,
Maricarmen Colón*, Carlos O. Figueroa, Elizabeth Rivera, Perla Báez,
Joaquín Laboy, and
Idhaliz Flores
, Biology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto
Rico and Microbiology Department, PSM |
|
Evaluation
of Germline PTEN Mutations in Familial Endometriosis, Carmen T. Ramírez*, Elizabeth Rivera, Carlos O.
Figueroa, and
Idhaliz Flores
, Biology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto
Rico |
|
Differential
Expression of TNF Receptors (TNFRs) in the Colon of Chrohn’s
Disease Versus Intestinal Endometriosis Animal Models, Marielly Cuevas-Torres*,
Idhaliz Flores
, Carmencita Rojas, Inés Stella, Caroline B. Appleyard,
Physiology and Pharmacology and Microbiology Departments, PSM |
|
The
Tailspike Protein of the Salmonella Phage e34,
Milka V. Zayas* and Robert Villafañe,
Biochemistry Department, PSM |
|
Exercise
Training Modulates Chronic Alcohol-Induced Hypertension and Aortic
Reactivity Responses in Rats,
Kazim Husain* and Manuel Vázquez Ortiz, Physiology and
Pharmacology Department, PSM |
|
The
Effect of Fear Extinction on the Intrinsic Excitability of
Pyramidal Cells in the Ventral Medical Prefrontal Cortex,
Edwin Santini Ríos*, Gregory J. Quirk, and James T. Porter,
Physiology and Pharmacology Department, PSM |
| 2:00
pm |
Clinical
Medical, Behavioral Sciences, and Public Health Poster Session |
|
|
Modalidades
de Intervención para Lograr Cambios en las Conductas de Riesgo de
Infección: Percepción
de un Grupo de Personas con VIH/SIDA,
Sonia Pons*, Yma López, Pura Dedós, and Nydia Ortiz, Clinical
Psychology Program, PSM |
|
Comorbid
Disorders in ADHD,
Luis A. Franco, and Jose Palou*, Psychiatry Department, PSM and
San Juan Veteran’s
Administration
Medical
Center
|
|
Adult
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use:
Prevalence, Subtypes, Drug Preference, and Legal
Problems,
William Almodóvar*, and Pedro Castaing, Psychiatry Department,
PSM and San Juan Veteran’s
Administration
Medical
Center
|
|
Use
of Complementary Medicine by Psychiatric Outpatients,
Jhomarie Rivera* and Ronald Malavé, Psychiatry
Department, PSM and San Juan Veteran’s
Administration
Medical
Center
|
|
Smoking
and Psychiatric Disorders: A
Comorbidity Survey Centro de Salud Conductual del Oeste, Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico
,
Efrén Mangual* and Ana Torres, Psychiatry Department, PSM |
|
Wegener
Granulomatosis Initially Presented as Acute Fatal Alveolar
Hemorrhage,
Belkliz Y. Torres*, Alfonso González, and Griselle Fortuna,
Internal Medicine Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Sex,
Drugs, and HIV Risk Among Impoverished Women in
Puerto Rico
, Lisa
Norman*, Clinical Psychology Department, PSM |
|
Hand
Washing Improving Program Among Physicians:
A Study Carried Out in a
Puerto Rico
University
Hospital
,
Rafael Chiong*, Internal Medicine Department, Dr. Ramón E.
Betances University Hospital |
|
Sleep
Architecture Outcomes Post CPAP Intervention at Damas Hospital’s
Sleep Laboratory: An
Observational Analytic Pilot Study, Martin
Ruiz*, Gwendolyn Casanova, Nixzaliz Rodríguez, Rafael E. Bredy,
and Héctor Rosado, Internal Medicine, Damas Hospital |
|
Respiratory
Values Outcomes Post CPAP Intervention at Damas Hospital’s Sleep
Laboratory: An
Observational Analytic Pilot Study,
Dolores Y. Delgado*, Gwendolyn Casanova, Nixzaliz Rodríguez,
Rafael e. Bredy, and Héctor Rosado, Internal Medicine Department,
Damas Hospital |
|
Pulmonary
mass, Atypical Presentation of D. immitis,
Vázquez Torres, Biomaris Medina Rivera, R. Rafael Espinet, and B.
Torres, Internal Medicine Department, Damas Hospital |
|
Central
Hypoventilation Syndrome in Dizygotic Twins,
Weldon Mauney, Lilliam García, Kenneth Rivera,
and Waleska Arias*, Pediatrics Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital |
|
Knowledge
of Stem Cell Technology in a Pregnant Patient Population,
J. Colón Marín, Juan Bonilla Pérez*, and J. Cruz Correa,
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital |
|
Desorden
No-Epiléptico Imitando Epilepsia,
Ileana M Arbona-Ramírez* and Jenaro Scarano, Pediatrics
Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Prevalence
of Helicobacter pylori in Hyperemesis Gravidarumin at St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital,
Juan A. Tosado*, Joel Rivera, and Joaquín Laboy, Obstetrics and
Gynecology Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Bishop
Score and Risk of Cesarean Delivery After Induction of Labor in
Nuliparous Women,
Nelson Álvarez, Celso A. Rodríguez Bermúdez*, and Cruz Correa,
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital |
|
Human
Papillomavirus-Associated Cervical Cytology,
Cruz Correa,
Marrero
, Bermúdez, and Juan P. Richiusa*, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Is
the Puerto Rican Racer, Alsophis portorricensis, Really Harmless?
A Case Report Series,
Carlos García-Gubern*, Emergency Medicine Department, St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Management
of Severe Arterial Hypertension in a Community Hospital’s
Emergency Room,
Gerard Aime, Evelyn Almodóvar, Gelmaris Meléndez, Eileen Zayas,
and Rafael I. Iriarte*, Public Health Program and Family Medicine
Department, PSM |
|
Radiofrequency
Energy Balloon-Based Ablation Device for the Elimination on Non-Dysplastic
Barrett’s Esophagus,
Amarylis Avilés*, Álvaro Reymunde, and Nilda Santiago, Internal
Medicine Department,
Damas
Hospital
|
|
Overall
Assessment of Improvement in Bronchial Asthma Patients with
Extraesophageal Reflux Disease After Effective Acid Suppression:
Case Series,
Álvaro Reymunde, Nilda Santiago, Domingo Chardón, and Walter
Feliciano*, Internal Medicine Department,
Damas
Hospital
|
|
Initial
Clinical Findings of Patients Diagnosed Post Operatively With
Appendicitis at the South of Puerto Rico Hospital’s Emergency
Department,
Carlos García-Gubern, Roque Nido, Frank Aran*,
Ramón Lugo, Roxana Fuentes, Carlos Feliciano, and Franco Álvarez,
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Spinal
Cord Toxoplasmosis as an Unusual Presentation for AIDS Diagnosis:
Case Report and Review,
Carmen Fuentes* and Carlos García-Gubern, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital |
|
Sepsis
in HIV Patient Due to Parasitic Pulmonary Infection,
Rafael Espinet Pérez*, Internal Medicine Department, St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital |
|
Growth
Response of Short Stature With and Without Growth Hormone
Treatment,
Lydia Irizarry, Ileanna M. Arbona,* Ayleen Román,
Michelle M. Figueroa, Pediatrics
Department, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Physician
Knowledge About Sepsis Campaign at St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital,
Dolores Sánchez-Cazau*, Beliz Torres, Angel R. Lebrón, Juan González,
Lisa Sotomayor, Griselle Fortuna, Marcos Vélez, Dianne Márquez,
Luis Ortiz, Gloria Rodríguez Vega, Internal Medicine Department,
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital |
|
Severe
Tetanus Despite Td Prophylaxis for a Dirty Wound:
A Case Presentation and Treatment Guidelines Review,
Belkliz Y. Torres, Jose D. Padrón, Marcos E. Vélez, Minerva Rodríguez,
Juan C. Román, Internal Medicine Department, St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital |
| 5:00
pm |
Awards
Presentation,
Room
AB
Olga Rodríguez de Arzola, MD |
| 5:30 pm |
Adjourn
& Cocktail |
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