Education & Training

Medical School

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Residency

Internal Medicine

  • University of Missouri School of Medicine GME
  • Universidad Nacional De Colombia

Fellowship

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

  • University of Missouri School of Medicine GME
  • Universidad Nacional De Colombia

Boards

American Board of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Insurances

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Academic Information

Associate Professor of Medicine

Areas of Expertise

  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension
  • Lipid disorders
  • Pancreatic diseases
  • Thyroid disorders
  • Endocrine disorders

Awards & Honors

  • 1998-2000: Chief Fellow, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease Fellowship Program, National University of Colombia, Bogota.
  • 2007: Selected for Oral abstract Presentation in the Aldosterone International Conference, Toronto, Canada 2007
  • 2008: Awarded with a Research grant from Endocrine Fellows Foundation : “Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone-induces Oxidative Stress Impairs Cardiovascular and Skeletal Muscle Sensitivity through RHO Kinase Activation”

Professional Societies

  • American College of Physicians
  • American Medical Association
  • Endocrine Society
  • Colombian Society of Endocrinology
  • Colombian Association of Internal Medicine