Endocrine Physiology, Sixth Edition, 6th Edition

Born in San Salvador, El Salvador on 1/4/59. US Citizen. Speaks English, Spanish, and French.

Education:

• Undergraduate: Universidad del Valle, Guatemala (BS)
• Graduate: Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala (MD)
• LSUMC, New Orleans (PhD)
• Internship: Hospital General San Juan de Dios
• Post-Doctoral: Vanderbilt University

Awards and Honors:

• Outstanding Graduate Student, LSUMC, New Orleans 1989.
• Honorary Consul General of El Salvador, New Orleans 2001-2006.

Academic, Professional, and Research Appointments:

• 1997-Present, Associate Professor of Physiology, LSUMC, New Orleans, LA
• 1996-2000, Guest Scientist, Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
• 1996-1999, Chief of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
• 1992-1996, Research Assistant Professor of Surgery and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
• 1990-1992, Research Instructor, Department of Surgical Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
• 1987-1990, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology, LSUMC, New Orleans, LA
• 1986-1987, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, ALA.
• 1985-1986, Research Associate, Research Department, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala
• 1983-1984, Rotational Clerkship, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala

Membership in Professional Organizations:

• American Physiological Society
• Shock Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• International Society for Neuroimmunomodulation

Teaching Experience:

• 1988-1989, Nursing Physiology-Renal Physiology, muscle and parturition lectures, LSUMC, New Orleans.
• 1989, Allied Health Physiology-Renal physiology and acid-base lectures, LSUMC, New Orleans.
• 1991, Preceptor for 1st and 2nd year medical students; Introduction to Biomedical Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
• 1992-1996, Preceptor for Minority High School Summer Research Program, SUNY, Stony Brook.
• 1993-1996, Preceptor for Undergraduate (EUREKA) and medical students (MD with distinction program), SUNY Stony Brook.
• 1994-1996, Introduction to Metabolic Research. Summer lecture series, Division of Surgical Research, SUNY Stony Brook.
• 1996, 1st year Medical Nutrition Course; Vitamin and Women’s Nutrition.
• 2000, Introduction to Clinical Medicine; GI; Back to Basics. Drs. Cassidy & Bagwell, 2nd year medical students
• 2000, Graduate Cell Biology Course. Signal transduction and Cell signaling Conrad Hornick, Course Director.
• 2001, Medical Physiology; Endocrine Physiology. Course Director; H. Miller
• 2001, Alcohol Research Center Training Program, Alcohol and trauma, Gregory Bagby, Program Director
• 2001, Allied Health Physiology; Introduction to Endocrine & GI physiology, Gregory Bagby, Course Director.