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UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

1973 – 1978      UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES, Medicine  School, National University of Colombia. Honor mention. Degree obtained: DOCTOR   EN   MEDICINA  -  CIRUGIA (Doctor in Medicine and Surgery).

1979 – 1980      INTERNSHIP. San Juan de Dios Hospital, Bogota, Colombia

1982 – 1984      POST GRADUATE STUDIES : Medicine  School, National University of Colombia, ESPECIALISTA EN RADIO-DIAGNOSTICO  (General Radiologist).

POST-GRADUATE NEURO-RADIOLOGY STUDIES

1984     Neuro Radiology Course (5 Mo.)

1985     Advanced CAT studies In Neuroradiology, (2 mo.) Spain – Holland.

1999     Endovascular Brain Therapy, (3 Mo.), Barcelona, Spain.

2000     Endovascular Brain Therapy, (2 Mo.), Buenos Aires,  Argentina.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1986 to 1995      ASSISTANT FACULTY(10 yr), Radiology Department, Medicine  School, National University of Colombia.

1991 to 1993       GUEST PROFESSOR (3 yr), National Cancer Institute, Bogota, Colombia.

LICENSING:

United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Process :

·          2002     Step I examination, April 30.  Score :  90 / 99 (PASS).

·          2005     Step II CK examination, Dic. 27. Score :  91 / 99 (PASS).

·          2009     Step II CS examination,  April. Score: PASS

RADIOLOGIST LICENSING , Bogota, Colombia

PHYSICIAN LICENSING, Bogota, Colombia

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2000     NEURO-OPHTALMOLOGY IMAGING :   Current Updates in Ophtalmology Course – Social Security Institute,  Bogota,  Colombia. May 12 – 13.

1994     HEAD TRAUMA : Forensics Pathology Course, Forensic Sciences and Legal Medicine Institute, Bogota, Colombia. Nov. 30  -  Dic. 1-2 

1993     PARANASAL SINUS IMAGE STUDIES: VI Graduate meeting – Clinical Specialties Conference, AEXMUN – National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. May 26 - 29.

NEURO-SENSORIAL HIPOACUSIA. : XXV National Ear, Nose and Throat Conference – Head and Neck surgery. Colombian Ear, Nose and Throat society. Paipa,  Colombia. Mar.  16 - 19.

1990     ENDOCRANIAL HYPERTENSION IMAGING DIAGNOSTICS,   III NEUROLOGICAL CARE MANAGEMENT Course, Colombian Intensive Care Society. Bogota, Colombia. Oct 27

TEMPORAL BONE IMAGING , III  Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate meeting, National University of Colombia –  San Juan de Dios Hospital, Bogota, Colombia. Aug 30- Sept. 1

HEAD IMAGING : Spinal and Cranial CAT Studies seminar, Specialist Clinic – CAT Center, Neiva,  Colombia. Jul 13  de 1990.

1989     DIAGNÓSTICO DE NEURO-CISTICERCOSIS, NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CISTICERCOSIS, Health Department  - National Health Institute,  Bogota, Colombia. Jul 13 – 14.

SPINAL CORD TRAUMA EMERGENCY IMAGING: Imaging Diagnostics Course, Marly Clinic. Bogota,  Jul 28 – 29.

ACUTE CEREBRAL INFECTIONS : Central Nervous Systems Infectious Diseases Symposium, Colombian Neurology Asoc., Ibague, Colombia. Sep 29 - 30

INTRA-CRANIAL MASS CAT IMAGING : Anual meeting of the Colombian Radiology Society, Santafé de Bogota Foundation,  Bogota,  Colombia.

 1987    NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCY IMAGING, II  National Medicine Symposium, NAtional Police Central Hospital, Bogota, Colombia. Jul 30 – Aug 1

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

1985  to  1994     FOUNDER of the Neuro-Radiology Department. San Juan de Dios Hospital. Bogota, Colombia.

1986 to 1989   NEURO-RADIOLOGIST, National Police Central Hospital1989 to 1990       & ; ; ;nbs p;         ADVISOR to the Chair board . INSTITUTO DE SEGUROS SOCIALES for founding the Radio-Diagnostics Department.

1991     DIRECTOR  - Radio-Diagnostics Department, San Pedro Claver Clinic. Social Security Institute. Bogota, Colombia.

1989 to 1992  NEURO-RADIOLOGIST - Private practice at South Teusaquillo Poli-Clinic.

1993 to 1999   NEURO-RADIOLOGIST - Private practice at  Pepe  Sierra CAT Service Center.

1993 to 2000  NEURO-RADIOLOGIST - CAT Service, Private practice at Clinica  del Occidente, en  Bogota. 

1997 to 2000 FOUNDER and DIRECTOR - Imaging Diagnostics Department, (Autopista  Norte  con  Calle  106)  Bogota. Colombia

2002 to 2006  NEURO-RADIOLOGIST - Diagnostics Imaging Department. Social Security Institute, San Pedro Claver Clinic. Bogota, Colombia

2008   NEURO-RADIOLOGIST - Diagnostic Services Department.  PALERMO CLINIC,

2006 to 2009  NEURO-RADIOLOGIST - MR and CAT Imaging Service, National Police Central Hospital .

HIGHLIGHTS SUMMARY

General Radiology :    Reading of usual X-ray studies (Skull, Spine, Paranasal Sinuses, Chest, Bone & Joints, Abdomen,  etc.), mostly in Emergency settings & Hospitalized patients, but also in outpatient basis (especially Neuro cases).

Ultrasound :  Basic skills on general ultrasound (Liver & Gallbladder disease, Pancreas, Abdominal Trauma, Abdominal pain evaluation), specially on emergency settings & inpatient basis ; basics on emergency Ob-Gyn ultrasound ;   Cerebral ultrasound in newborns (intracranial hemorrhage).  

Doppler Duplex Color :    Doppler diagnosis, especially on Emergency settings (Deep Venous Thrombosis, Lower  extremities arterial occlusions, Carotid occlusion, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Acute vascular trauma, etc.) ; Carotid-Vertebral doppler for the study of risk factors in cerebro-vascular disease ; evaluation of Varicose disease  of lower legs ;  Peripheral vascular diabetic / atherosclerotic disease ;

Computed Tomography :    Whole Body CT (5 years experience), but special training & strenght in Neuro (20 years experience).

Magnetic Resonance Imaging :    Especially in Neuro (skull, brain & spine).  But also basic diagnostic knowledge in the most frequent Musculoskeletal pathologic processes, such as Knee & Shoulder pre-OP lesions ; MR Cholangio-pancreatography;

Neuro-Radiology :    Skull & Spine X-Ray,  CNS Computed Tomography, general CNS Magnetic Resonance Imaging.  No clinical experience in MR Spectroscopy, or MR Diffusion Imaging.

Interventional  Diagnostic Radiology :: Neuro :  Myelography, Cisternography, Cerebral Angiography,   General :  Peripheral Angiography (Aortogram, Upper & Lower extremities, Visceral abdominal ).

Interventional  Therapeutic Radiology : Basic understanding of usual procedures in Cerebral Aneurysms, AVMs & Carotid Stenting, acquired  through 2 short learning courses in Barcelona (Dr. Guimaraens, 1999) & Buenos Aires (Dr. Lylyk, 2000).  

ATTENDING TO INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:

1996     S.I.L.A.N.,  Caracas, Venezuela

1997     S.I.L.A.N, Porto,  Portugal, 

1998     S.I.L.A.N  Quito, Ecuador

1999     S.I.L.A.N, La Coruña, España.

ATTENDING TO THE FOLLOWING EVENTS

2005     Seminar: INTERVENSIONISM FOR TODAY’S RADIOLOGIST, Santafé de Bogota Foundation  Bogota, Colombia, Sep 2 - 3.

2002     II  BASIC TRAUMA CONFERENCE, Santafé de Bogota Foundation. Bogota,  Colombia. Jul 5 - 6.

2002     XX PEDIATRIC TRENDS SEMINAR, Diagnostic Imaging in Pediatrics, Santafé de Bogota Foundation,  Depto. de Pediatría, Bogota,  Jun 20 al 22.

2000     Basic training on RADIOGRAPHIC PROTECTION, Radproct Ltda. Lic.Minsalud No. 00637 de III-24-2000, Bogota, Feb.  18 - 20.  (30 hours).

1999     I  INVERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY CONFERENCE, Colombian Interventional Neuro-Radiology Asociation – Endovascular Therapy.  Bogota,  Colombia. May 28 - 29.

WORKSHOP ON COIL EMBOLIZATION WITH DETACH SYSTEM, La Coruña, España,  Sep.

1998     SEMINAR OF MUSCULO-SKELETAL MR, Santafé de Bogota Foundation. Colombia,  Apr. 24 - 25.

HIGH RISK OBSTETRICS SONOGRAMS. IV  Eco-seminar. -  Foundation for Advances in Sonography, Bogota, Apr. 16 - 18.

1997     I  NON-INVASIVE VASCULAR DIAGNOSTICS LATINAMERICAN SYMPOSIUM, XI Colombian Conference on Vascular Surgery,  Colombian Vascular Surgery and Angiology Society, Bogota,  26 de Jul.

XVI  SIMPOSIUM : INTERNATIONAL CONTROVERSIES ON NEUROSURGERY. Colombian Neuro-Surgery Society. Cartagena de Indias,  Oct 31 – Nov. 1-3.

1996     CONFERENCE INTERVENTIONIST NEURORADIOLOGY - RADIOSURGERY. Santafé de Bogota Foundation. Bogota, Aug 23 -24.

1991     II  M.R. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. Fundación Instituto Neurológico de Colombia, Bogota,  Oct 24 - 26.

1990     V  COURSE  MRI IN MEDICINE,  INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER, COLOMBIAN NEUROLOGY INSTITUTE OF COLOMBIA, Bogota,  Apr. 23 - 27. 

1985     INTERMEDIATE COURSE  I  LIKE  ENGLISH, WINSTON SALEM LANGUAGE CENTER, Bogota,  July.

1983     NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN REUMATOLOGY. Colombian Reumatology Association, Bogota,  Nov 10 - 12.

II  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PEDIATRICS AND CARDIOLOGY -  National University of Colombia, Bogota, Jun 30 - Jul 1 – 2.       

II  PEDIATRIC SONOGRAPHY SEMINAR, Colombian Medical School, El Bosque Clinic, Bogota, Feb.  24 - 26.

1982     IV  CONFERENCE THEORICAL AND PRACTICAL SONOGRAPHY, National University of Colombia –  San Juan de Dios Hospital, Bogota,  Dic  9 - 11.

1979     II  CONFERENCE ON SURGERY ADVANCES, Colombian General Surgery Society. Bogota, Aug 23 - 25

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS

• Ibero-Latinoamerican Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuro-Radiology Society Member No # 57–022
• Colombian Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuro-Radiology Association .

ARTICLE PUBLISHING

·          Alexy  and  Agraphy disease on Latinamericans, CORRELACIONES  TOMOGRAFICAS (Chapter 7 of BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, Brain organization of Language and cognitive process.  Authors: Feggy  Ostrosky – Solís   Alfredo  Ardila  Editorial:  Trillas,    Year 1994. Co-autor  of chapter  7.  

·          HERPETIC ENCEPHALYTIS IMAGING, CASE REVIEW AND CT FINDINGS.  COLOMBIAN CURRENTS OF NEUROLOGY, Vol. 20 No.2 June 2004, ISSN  0120-8748

·          CHERUBISM: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW. In ORL, Head and Neck Surgery Magazine. Vol 32, No. 1,  March 2004   ISSN 0120-8411 

·          MULTICENTRIC PARAGANGLIOMA : Case Report. In ORL, Head and Neck Surgery Magazine. Vol 32, No. 2,  June 2004   ISSN 0120-8411 

·          INMUNOLOGY, RADIOLOGY AND CLINIC FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH NEURO-CYSTICERCOSIS PATIENS. Colombian Neurology Magazine Vol.8  No.3   1992,

·          TUBERCULOSIS CEREBRAL ABSCESS: CASE REPORT. CT Asessment and Review. Colombian Neurology Magazine    Vol.3   No.1   1987

·          TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ON THE SAN JUAN DE DIOS HOSPITAL (1975 – 1986).  CASE STUDY (86 PATIENTS). Co-author.. Colombian Medicine Magazine    Vol. 13   No. 3    1988

·          HERPETHIC ENCEPHALYTIS: REVIEW. Colombian Radiology Asoc. Magazine Vol. 15, No 2, 2004, pag. 1568-1572 .