OUR FORMER FELLOWS
MARIA ADRIANA YANEZ BELLO, MD
Medical School: Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Valencia
Residency Program: AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, IL
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FRANCISCO BARRERA ECHEGOYEN, MD
Medical School: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Managua
Residency: AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
QI Project: N/A
Mentor: N/A
Other Clinical/ Research Interests: N/A
LUIS BORGES ESPINOSA, MD
Medical School: Universidad de Panamá Facultad de Medicina
Residency Program: Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL
QI Projects: N/A
Mentor: N/A
Other Clinical/ Research Interests: N/A
RAFAEL CAPUTI PINO, MD
Medical School: Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Residency: Saint Peter's University Hospital/Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
QI Project: N/A
Mentor: N/A
Other Clinical/ Research Interests: N/A
Mario Bustos, MD
Medical School: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada (Colombia)
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Miami Miller school of Medicine at Holy Cross Hospital
QI Project: The Liraglutide study on the Epicardial fat inflammatory genes Mentor: Dr. Gianluca Iacobellis
MONICA LIEBERMAN-ULM, M.D.
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Miami, FL
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MARIA JOSE PESANTEZ BORJA, M.D.
Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Facultad de Medicina
Residency: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
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GRACIELENA RODRIGUEZ, MD
Medical School: University of Miami Medical School
Internal Medicine Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital Residency
QI Project: Under-Recognition of Fractures as Osteoporosis Indicators Mentor: Dr. Violet Lagari
Poster: AACE 2020-Impact of a Multidisciplinary Team Approach in Osteoporosis Management
ALEXANDRA C. VILLASANTE FRICKE, MD
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency: Brown University Rhode Island Hospital
QI Project: Examining the relationship between body composition and bone health Mentor: Dr. Rodrigo Valderrábano
Articles: Epicardial Adipose Tissue: Clinical Biomarker of Cardio-Metabolic Risk.
Effects of Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide on Epicardial Fat Thickness in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
Fatima Al-yatama, MD
Medical School: Kuwait University
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
UM Research Project: Miami VAHS secondary fracture prevention program. Mentors: Silvina Levis, MD and Violet Lagari, DO
Lila Chertman, MD
Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Florida
Research Project: -
QI Project: Assessment of Osteoporosis risk factors in kidney transplant patients at Miami VA Hospital. Mentor: Violet Lagari D.O.
MARK JARA, MD
Medical School: Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Paraguay
Residency: New York State University at Buffalo
QI Project: Assessment of Osteoporosis risk factors in kidney transplant patients at Miami VA Hospital. Mentor: Violet Lagari D.O.
Where are they now? Dr. Mark Jara is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami, Division of Endocrinology.
ELYS PEREZ, MD
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Research Project: Using acethylcholinesterase inhibitors to promote insulin secretion in human beings. Mentor Pilar Solano, MD
QI Project: Assessment of Osteoporosis risk factors in liver transplant patients at Jackson Memorial Hopital. Mentor: Bresta Miranda MD
Megan Zalesky, MD
Medical School: Ross University
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Florida
Research Project: Effects of Dapagliflozin on Epicardial Fat in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes. Mentor: Gianluca Iacobellis.
QI Project: Assessment of Osteoporosis risk factors in liver transplant patients at Jackson Memorial Hopital. Mentor: Bresta Miranda MD
MARIA LINARES, MD
Medical School:Universidad Católica de Santa María Facultad de Medicina Humana, Peru
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Project: Occurrence of Paillary Thyroid Cancer and Primary Thyroid Lymphoma
QI Project: N/A
Daniela pirela, MD
Medical School: Universidad del Zulia Facultad de Medicina, Venezuela
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Research Projects: Association of Aromatase Inhibitor Treatment and Skeletal Fracture in Women with Breast Cancer
Mentor:
Dr. Rodrigo Valderrabano
QI Project: Optimizing patient access to our institution's community diabetes clinic
ANU THEKKUMKATTIL, MD
Undergraduate: University of Miami, Neuroscience Major
Medical School: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Internal Medicine Residency, Miami FL
Research Project: Performance of ATA Sonographic Risk and Afirma/Thyroseq in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology. Mentor: Atil Kargi, MD
QI Project: 1. Analysis of hypoglycemic events in Jackson Memorial Hospital and proposal of interventions to reduce rates of hypoglycemia. Mentor: Bresta Miranda MD
2. Development of Standardized Thyroid FNA training using a simulation model and other tools for Endocrine Fellows, to improve skills and knowledge and also to reduce rates of non-diagnostic sampling. Mentor: Zeina Hannoush, MD