• University of El Salvador - 1984
• Residency in General Surgery Ponce Regional Hospital and Mayaguez Medical Center (1989-1994)
• Fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA (1995-1996)

• Qualifying Examination - American Board of Surgery (Oct. 1994)
• Certifying Examination - American Board of Surgery (Dec. 1995)
• Surgical Critical Care Boards (Oct. 1996)
   

• Associate Professor of Surgery Chief of Trauma Section Ponce School of Medicine October, 2004

Clinical Clerkship - Third year

• Shock and surgical complications
• Burns and cold injuries
• Introduction to trauma
• Pediatric trauma and trauma in pregnancy

Fourth year elective

• Surgical Critical Care

• American College of Surgeons
• Pan American Trauma
• American Medical Association Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

• Trauma and Critical Care