Faculty Information |
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| Name: | Luisa I Alvarado, MD, FAAP |
| Email: | lalvarado@pms.edu |
| Position: | Pediatric Residency Program Director |
| Department: | Pediatrics |
| Education: | UPR School of Medicine MD |
| Research and Teaching Appointments: |
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Ponce School of Medicine |
| Committees: | PSM Scientific Conference Planning Committee; Committee on Graduate Education Hospital Episcopal San Lucas-PSM Consortium |
| Course Offered : | Community Problem Based Learning for Third Year Clerkship; Resident Teaching Skills Series; Evidence Based Medicine |
| Memberships of Professional Societies: | American Academy of Pediatrics; Ambulatory Pediatric Association; Sociedad Puertorriquena de Pediatria; AOA |
| Research Interest: | Prematurity Rates and Risk Factors in Puerto Rico |
| Published: | See Scholarly Activities LIA |
| Research Projects: | Late Prematurity: Characteristics and
Complications, Américo Serra Conference May 2007; PSM Scientific Meeting
June 2007 Risk Factors and Complications of Premature Births in Puerto Rico, 2007 |
| Advocacy / State and National Contributions: |
Pediatric Provider and AAP representative
in: State Level Planning Committee and Medical Home Sub-Committee, Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) Puerto Rico Department of Health, 2006-07 Secretary - Executive Committee, AAP Puerto Rico Chapter, 2006 Member - AAP Pediatric Workforce National Committee, 2007 Contact - AAP Chapter Child Care Contacts, 2007 Member - PR Taskforce on Prematurity: March of Dimes and UPR School of Public Health, 2007 AAP representative for Puerto Rico - ABCD (Assuring Better Child Health and Development), Houston, Texas Mentor- Reach Out and Read Program, HESL, 2006-07 |