Education

Universidad Del Norte, 1997

Internships

University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital - Internal Medicine Prog, 2000, Internal Medicine

Residency

University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital - Internal Medicine Prog, 2002, Internal Medicine

Fellowships

University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine, 2004, Infectious Disease

Certifications

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

Publications

• View Dr. Paula Eckardt's publications on PubMed

Research

• Prevalence of Dengue fever in Barranquilla, Colombia, 1996
• Resistance of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae to penicillin in patients at the Seguro Social, Barranquilla, Colombia

Professional Organizations

• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• American College of Physicians
• HIV Medical Association
• American Academy of HIV Medicine
• International Society of Infectious Diseases

Presentations

Abstracts

• Sherman E, Elrod S, Eckardt P. Baseline transmitted V106V/I/M non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance in HIV-1 subtype B infection. BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Dec 10. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007297
• Baracco GJ, Eckardt P, Al-Musawi T, Cleary T, Campo R. Factors Influencing the selection of antifungal therapy for patients with candidemia in the absence of antifungal susceptibility data. Focus on Fungal Infections 15. Miami Beach, FL, March 2005, #25a
• Santos E, Baldarrago G, Espinoza L, Chaparro A, Eckardt P, Raez LE. Primary Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHL) Of The Oral Cavity And Sinus In Patients WithDiagnosis Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection.  Blood Nov 16, 2003, vol 102 (11), Sup 2: 280b (#4843a)
• Santos E, Eckardt P, Raez L, Whitcomb C and Byrne G. Lack of diagnostic utility of bone marrow biopsy in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma presenting as fever of unknown origin (FUO). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. March 1, 2000; 23(3):59a
• Santos E, Eckardt P, Raez L, Whitcomb C, and Byrne G. The diagnostic usefulness of bone marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Blood Nov 15, 1999: 94 (10): Sup 1:816a

Poster Presentations

• Sherman E, Elrod S, Eckardt P. Implementation of clinical pharmacist-conducted rapid point-of-care HIV testing. Poster presented at American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, October 2012
• Baracco GJ, Eckardt P, Al-Musawi T, Cleary T, Campo R. Factors Influencing the selection of antifungal therapy for patients with candidemia in the absence of antifungal susceptibility data. Focus on Fungal Infections 15. Miami Beach, FL, March 2005
• Santos E, Eckardt P, Neff G, Raez L. Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas (NHL) of the Liver. American College of Physicians (ACP) Annual Meeting. Atlanta, March 2001
• Santos E, Eckardt P, Raez L, Whitcomb C and Byrne G. Lack of diagnostic utility of bone marrow biopsy in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma presenting as fever of unknown origin (FUO). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. March 1, 2000 23(3):59a. The Fourth International AIDS Malignancy Conference. Bethesda, Maryland May 2000
• E.Santos, Eckardt P, Raez L, Whitcomb C, and Byrne G. The diagnostic usefulness of bone marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO) inpatients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, New Orleans Dec 1999

Awards

• Ranked first in medical school graduating class of 1997, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla,
• Colombia
• Third place, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Research Poster Sessions, Miami, Florida, 2001
• Certificate of Merit, poster finalist in the associates’ research competition, American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001
• Chancellor’s Faculty Research and Development Grant, Evaluating the Benefits of Text Message Reminders on HIV Medication Adherence. For excellence in research and scholarship, awarded at Fort Lauderdale May 24, 2011