Specialty: Pediatrics - Endocrinology

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Medical Degree: (M.D.) Universidad Central de Venezuela School of Medicine

Internship: (Primary Care) Centro Materno Infantil "El Rincon" De Caripito" Edo Monagas, Venezuela; (Internal Medicine) Universidad Central de Venezuela Hospital Miguel Perez Carreño, Caracas Venezuela

Residency: (Internal Medicine) Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela - Hospital Miguel Perez Carreño, Caracas Venezuela

Fellowship: (Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy; Diabetes Mellitus and Endocrinology) Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

Academic Title: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis and Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Special Interest:

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Endocrinology
• Metabolism
• Obesity

Professional Memberships:

• American Diabetes Association
• American Endocrine Society
• North American Association For The Study of Obesity
• Colegio De Medicos Del Distrito Federal, Caracas, Venezuela
• Sociedad Venezolana de Endocrinologia
• Sociedad de Medicina Interna de Venezuela.

Awards & Honors:

• New Investigator Award Children Foundation Research Center. "Racial Differences in the Impact of Overweight in Adolescents."
• The American Roentgen Ray Society Certificate of Merit. "Imaging the effects of Diabetes Mellitus on the GU System." Presented 81th meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Chicago - Illinois.
• The American Roentgen Ray Society Certificate of Merit. "Imaging the effects of Diabetes Mellitus on the GI System." Presented 80th meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Chicago - Illinois.
• Fellowship awarded by "Fundayacucho" Venezuela and Latin American Scholarship program of American Universities (LASPAU). Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts.