| Position in
Department |
She joined the
Department of Family and Community Medicine in 1984. She was
the Residency Training Director at Dr. Pila Hospital/PSM
Family Medicine Residency Program since 1996 until June
2003. Since July 2003 she is the Family Medicine
Geriatrician Coordinator for the Community and Geriatrics
Division. |
Education
|
- MD: University of Puerto Rico
School of Medicine, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences
Campus. Río Piedras, PR
- Family Medicine Residency: Family
Practice Residency Program, University of Puerto Rico
School of Medicine, Caguas Regional Hospital, Caguas, PR
- Faculty Development Fellowship
Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Program Director Fellowship,
Kansas City, Mo
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Courses
Offered
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- Third Year Family Medicine
Clerkship
- Community Medicine I & II
- Family and Community Medicine I &
II
- ICS
- Fourth Year Elective in
Geriatrics
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Members of
Proffessional Societies
|
- Colegio de Médicos-Cirujanos de
Puerto Rico
- American Academy of Family
Physicians
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Research
Interest
|
Her special interests
are in Geriatric Teaching and End-of Life-Care issues.
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Board
Certification
|
Diplomate of the
American Board of Family Practice and Certificate of Added
Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine, CAQ of Palliative
Medicine and Hospice (taken in November 2010)
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Publications(last three years)
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- "Los Secretos Biológicos del
Envejecimiento”, La Voz del Residente, publicación
oficial de La Casa del Veterano, Año 2007, Boletín Num.
4, October 2007.
- Diabetes in the Elderly”, Revista
Puertorriqueña de Medicina y Salud Pública, Vol. IV, Año
1, 2007
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