Education

Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, 2013

Residency

Bronx Lebanon Hospital, 2018, Internal Medicine

Fellowships

Mayo Clinic, 2021, Infectious Disease

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine-Infectious Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine-Internal Medicine

Publications

Research

My research interests include infections and immune response of transplant recipients, infections of the nervous system, the use of corticosteroids in COVID-19, and phage therapy (the use of viruses to fight bacterial infections).

Professional Organizations

• American College of Physicians
• American Thoracic Society
• HIV Medicine Association
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• American Society of Transplantation

Presentations

Oral

• The Role of Ultraviolet Light, Atmospheric Ozone and Humidity in Influenza Activity,” Infectious Disease Fellows Forum, Rochester, Minnesota, 2019
• “Immunomodulation with Corticosteroids in COVID-19,” invited oral presentation, COVID-19 Drug and Diagnostic Developments, virtual, 2021 “Induction Immunosuppression Selection in HIV Positive Deceased Donor Kidney,” Transplant Recipients: U.S. National Trends from 2000 to 2018, 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, France, 2020

Posters

• “A Novel Multimodal Approach for the Treatment of Disseminated Fungal Infections in an Immunocompromised Host,” Minnesota ACP Poster Session, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2019
• “An Expanding Pleural Effusion and a Suspicious Liver Finding,” Minnesota ACP Poster Session, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2019
• “Cancer Mortality Based in Health Expenditure and Radiotherapy Availability: Correlation Analysis and Implications for America.” ACRO Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2014
• “Seasonal Variation of Infectious Diseases Deaths in Ecuador,” Panamerican Society of Infectology (Asociacion Panamericana de Infectologia), Quito, Ecuador, 2015
• “Ethnic Disparities in Sepsis-Associated Deaths in Ecuador,” Panamerican Society of Infectology (Asociacion Panamericana de Infectologia), Quito, Ecuador, 2015
• “Deaths from Acute Respiratory Infections in Indigenous Ecuadorian Population: Analysis of Socio-demographic Factors,” American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, California, 2016
• “Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Myocarditis in a Patient with Overlapping Sjogren and Antisynthetase Syndrome,” American Thoracic Society International Conference, Washington, D.C., 2017

Awards

• 2019 IDSA Clinical Fellows’ Meeting Travel Award – Infectious Diseases Society of America, Naples, Florida, 2019
• 3rd Symposium on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host Travel Award – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, 2019
• IDWeek 2019 Trainee Award – Infectious Diseases Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2019
• James Stackelberg ID Research Award, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, 2021