SPECIALTY: Anesthesiology
SUBSPECIALTY: Board Certified in Pain Management
EDUCATION
The Centro Colombo - Americano. Bogota, Colombia, English Language Studies. 01/1990 - 06/1990
Escuela Colombiana de Medicina. Bogota. Colombia Surgeon Physician. 02/1980 - 12/1985
Liceo de Cervantes. Bogota. Colombia. Bachelor. 02/1974 - 12/1979
RESIDENCY
State University New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York. Pain Management Fellowship PGY V - 07/1996 - 06/1997
State University New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York.
Anesthesiology Residency PGY II, III, IV
- 07/1993 - 06/1996
New York Downtown Hospital - New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York. Internal Medicine I. Post - graduate Year| Resident. 07/1992 - 06/1993
EXPERIENCE
Professional Anesthesiology Services. Pain Management Services. Attending Physician, Clifton, New Jersey - 07/2003 - 2009
St. Mary's Hospital - Anesthesia Attending Physician
Passaic, New Jersey - 02/2003 - 2009
Kings County Hospital - State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
Department of Anesthesia. Assistant Professor - 01-2002 - 02-2003
Kings County Hospital - State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
Department of Anesthesia. Pharmaco - Dependency Board, Active Member. 12/2001 - 02-2003
Kings County Hospital - State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
Department of Anesthesia. Clinical Competence Committee and Resident Education Board. Active Member. 12/2001 - 02/2003
Kings County Hospital Center. Pharmacy and Therapeutic Board. Active Member.
12/2001 - 08/2002
Kings County Hospital Center. Pain Management Services. Department of Anesthesia. Attending Physician.
07/2001 - 02/2003
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. Pain Management Board. Chairman. Bogota, Colombia. 04/1999 - 05-2001.
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. Universidad El Bosque. Department of Anesthesia. Educational Board. Active Member. Instructor of Anesthesia. 08/1998 - 01/2001
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. Pharmacy Board. Chairman. Bogota, Colombia - 08/1998 - 05/2001
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. Department of Anesthesia. Pain Management Service. Director. Bogota, Colombia. 08/1998 - 05/2001
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. Department of Anesthesia. Pain Management Service. Attending Anesthesiologist. Bogota, Colombia - 10/1997 - 05/2001
Kings County Hospital Center. Brooklyn, New York. Team Captain / Assistant Attending. Chief on call team - 07/1995 - 06/1997
Bogota Health Secretariat. Bogota,, Colombia. Consultant Physician. Emergency Room Physician. 01/1990 - 12/1991
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. Assistant Doctor. Department of Anesthesia. 07/1990 - 12/1990
Los Consultorious Medical Center Apartado, Colombia. Associated Physician. 01/1988 - 06/1988
Bogota Health Secretariat. Obligatory Social Service Physician. 04-1986 - 07-1987
Simon Bolivar Hospital. Pre - Graduate Internship. 12/1984 - 12/1985
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Airway Management. Continue Medical Education. Audiodigest Foundation. Glendale, California.
02/2008
Challenges for the Anesthesia Provider. Continue Medical Education. Audiodigest Foundation. Glendale California.
02/2008
Substance Abuse Issues in Chronic Pain. Medicom Worldwide, Inc., Joan Meyer, Director Continuing Professional Education.
03/2002
Infection Control Training. Medical Society of the State of New York.
08/2001
Acute Pain Management. Pain.com - Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation. Alan P. Winnie. Director CME Program. 08/2001.
I Symposium of Chronic Pain. Colombian Society of Pain. Colombian Society of Neurology.
02/2001
Anesthesia Workshop. International health Center. Astra Zeneca Laboratories, Glasgow, Scotland.
08/2000
IX World Conference of Pain Management and Neuromodulation. San Francisco, USA.
07/2000
Symposium Eduardo Garcia. Perioperative Medicine. Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Columbia.
03/2000
IX National Congress of Pain, Colombian Society of Pain. Bogota, Columbia.
08/1999
52 Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology. The New York Society on Anesthesiology, New York, New York.
12/1998
1st International Meeting of Intravenous Anesthesia. Columbia Society of Anesthesia. Bogota, Colombia.
09/1998
VIII International Pain Management Congress. Colombian Society of Pain and Colombian Society of Anesthesia. Bogota, Columbia. 05/1998
Anesthesiology Review Seminar. Finch University Health Science Center / The Chicago Medical School, New York, New York.
08/1997
50th Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology. The New York Society of Anesthesiology, New York, New York.
12/1996
CPR for the Professional Rescuer. State University Health Science Center at Brooklyn. Dept. of Anesthesia. American Red Cross. Brooklyn, New York. 10/1996
Anesthesia Review and Update. Dept. of Continuing Education. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
05/1995
CPR for the Professional Rescuer. State University Health Science Center at Brooklyn. Dept. of Anesthesia.
05/1995
48th, 49th Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology. The New York State Society of Anesthesiologist. New York, New York.
12/1994 - 12/1995
Specialty Review in Anesthesiology. The National Center for Advanced Medical Education. Chicago, Illinois.
05/1994
Coursework/Training in Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. The State University of New York.
02/1995
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care Provider. American Heart Association. New york Downtown Hospital. New York, New York. 06/1992.
Third Symposium on Clinical Allergy and Bronchial Asthma. Colombian Association of Allergy and Immunology. Bogota, Columbia. 08/1990
Urinary Infection During Gestation. National University of Colombia. Faculty of Medicine. Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Bogota, Colombia.
07/1987
First Course of Analytical Toxicology. National University of Colombia. Faculty of Medicine. Dept. of Pharmacy. Bogota, Colombia. 09/1986
ACCREDITATION/LICENSURE:
State of Florida Department of Health. Medical License. Active. 11/2005
Certification. Subspecialty Pain Management. American Board of Anesthesiology. 09/2003
New jersey Board of Medical Examiners. Medical License. 07/2002
New york State. Medical License. 06/2001
Colombian Ministry of Health. License to Practice Anesthesiology. 01/2000
ICFES. Validation title of Anesthesiologist by de Government of the Country of Colombia. 08/1998
Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology. 09/1997
Pennsylvania Commonwealth of Medicine. Medical License. 04/1996
New York State Department of Health. Temporal Permit to Practice Medicine. 04/1995
Federal Licensing Examination. 12/1992
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates 01/1992
Colombian Ministry of Health. License to Practice Medicine. 07/1987
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The Society for Airway Management
The American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians
The American Academy of Pain Medicine
The International Association for the Study of Pain
The Cundinamarca Society of Anesthesiology, Bogota, Colombia
The Colombian Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation. Colombia
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia
The American Society of Anesthesiology
The New york Society of Anesthesia
The International Anesthesia Research Society
The American Medical Association
LECTURES
Regional Anesthesia Techniques in Acute Pain: Thorax. Acute pain Management Course. Department of Anesthesia Foundation Santa Fe. Bogota, Colombia. Lecture (August 2004)
Regional Anesthesia Techniques in Acute Pain: Superior Extremity. Acute Pain Management Course. Department of Anesthesia Foundation Santa Fe Bogota, Colombia. Lecture(August 2004)
Epidural Steroids and Chronic Low Back Pain. Department of Anesthesia. Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. (April 06, 2001)
Ethomidate an Alternative for Induction in Anesthesia. Brown Medical Inc. Bucaramanga, Colombia (March 08, 2001)
Epidural Steroids and Chronic Low Back Pain. Colombian Society of Orthopedic Surgery. Spine Surgery Chapter. Department of Orthopedics. Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. (November 17, 2000)
Management of Postoperative Pain. First Surgical Meeting. E.S.E. Hospital San Rafael Tunja. Tunja (September 09, 2000)
Ethomidate an Alternative for Induction in Anesthesia. Brown Medical, Inc. Medelin, Colombia (September 20, 2000)
Ethomidate an Alternative for Induction in Anesthesia. Brown Medical, Inc. Cali, Colombia (September 13, 2000)
Ethomidate Today. Department of Anesthesia. Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. (March 2000)