Current Leadership Position
Section Chief, Division of General Surgery
Holy Cross Hospital
January 2012 – 2017
Focus areas
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, da Vinci Robotic Surgery, Single-Site Cholecystectomy
Specialized Training
da Vinci Robotic certification for a Console Surgeon, May 2012
ATLS (Advance Trauma Life Support), December 2007
Storz Bariatrics Fellows Course, November 2007
Covidien Minimally Invasive Fellows Training Course, July 2007
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), July 2007
ATOM (Advance Trauma Operative Management), December 2005
Residency / Fellowship
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Advanced GI and Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
July 2007 – June 2008
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
General Surgery Residency
July 2002 – June 2007
Higher Education
M.D., Ponce School of Medicine
Ponce, Puerto Rico
July 1998 – May 2002
B.A., Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
Major: Biology
September 1994 – May 1998
Honors and Awards
Physician of the Quarter-April 2013
Holy Cross Hospital
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Physician Customer Service Key Award-November 2007
Shands Hospital at University of Florida
General Surgery chief resident, July 2006 – June 2007
University of Florida
School of Medicine Honors, September 1998-2002
Basic Science: Family Medicine I and II
Clinical Science: Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN and Family Medicine.
Presentations
Monthly presentation of morbidity and mortality conference
July 2005- June 2007
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds: The Use of Beta- Blockers on the Management of CHF
September 2000
General Surgery Seminar: Peripheral Vascular Disease and Amputations
November 2000
Research
A Case of Dual Thoracoabdominal Impalement in Vehicular Trauma, August 2008
Improving Safety of Feeding Tube Placement in the Surgical ICU, May 2006
Effects of Different Types of Music on Mice in Completing a Maze, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts,
March 1998
Professional Organizations
SAGES
July 2008 – Current
American College of Surgeons Florida Chapter
July 2006 – Current
American College of Surgeons
July 2004 – Current
American Medical Association
July 1998 – Current