Additional Titles

• Associate Director of Cardiac Diagnostic Laboratory

Education

• M.D.: University of Panama School of Medicine, Panama, Republic of Panama (1984)
• First Year Intern (Transitional): Hospital of Social Security-Metropolitan Medical Center, Panama, Republic of Panama (1985)
• Second Year Intern (Rural Area): San Blas Integrated Health Center-Social Security System, San Blas Islands, Republic of Panama (1986)
• Clinical Research Associate: Gorgas Memorial Laboratory for Tropical Medicine, Panama, Republic of Panama (1988)
• Intern and Junior Resident, Medicine: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center-AECOM, Bronx, NY (1992)
• Residency, Medicine: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center-Columbia P & S, New York City, NY (1993)
• Fellowship, Cardiology: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center-Columbia P & S, New York City, NY (1996)

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Echocardiography

Recognition

2003

Teacher of the Year, 2003, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine

2004

Teacher of the Year, 2004, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine

2005

Teacher of the Year, 2005, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine

2008

Member, Committee on Admissions, Academic Years 2004-2008, Washington University School of Medicine

2010

Teacher of the Year, 2010, Cardiovascular Division Washington University School of Medicine in

2011- 2016

Best Doctors in America

Clinical Interests

Clinical cardiology, preventive cardiology, non-invasive imaging including transthoracic echocardiography, stress echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac CT angiography.

Research Interests

Valvular heart disease, Tissue Doppler.

 

Publications

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