Professional Activities

Board Certifications:

09/1983	Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM # 089997)
10/2001	Re-Certified of Internal Medicine (until 2011)
11/1986	Subspecialty of Pulmonary Diseases (ABIM # 089997)
05/2000	Re-Certified Pulmonary Diseases (until 2010)
11/2007	Subspecialty of Sleep Medicine (ABIM # 089997) / (until 2017)
03/2005	Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM)
12/2013	Diplomate, Neuro Critical Care United Council Neurologic Subspecialties (NCC 00874-13)

 

Special Honors:

• 07/2013 “America’s Top Doctors” (Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, CRC)
• 02/2012 “Presidential Citation” Society of Critical Care Medicine, Houston – Texas (4th)
• 01/2011 “Presidential Citation” Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Diego – California (3rd)
• 03/2010 “Medical Service Honor” National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
• 01/2010 “Presidential Citation” Society of Critical Care Medicine, Miami – FL (2nd)
• 12/2009 “Top 20 Teachers, Department of Medicine” UTHSC COM at Memphis
• 06/2009 “Teacher of the Year” PCCM Fellowship UTHSC COM at Memphis
• 02/2009 “Presidential Citation” Society of Critical Care Medicine, Nashville – TN (1rst)
• 07/2007 “Honorary Guest” Guayaquil, Ecuador Mayor: Abgdo. Jaime Nebot-Saadi
• 03/2007 “Board of Directors—Member”, United Way of the Midsouth (Term—2013)
• 2004 “Leadership Development” National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Class of 2003-04
• 2003 “Special Award” Radio Ambiente WGSF 1030 AM Program “De Mujer a Mujer”
• 2003 “Master Clinician” University of Tennessee Health Science Center COM at Memphis
• 09/2003  “Alma Latina Award” Latino Memphis, September 25, 2003
• 09/2003 “Honorary Councilman” Mayor William Herrenton City of Memphis, TN, September 25, 2003
• 2002   Listed America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals # 49792, since 2002 – 2003 cycle
• 10/2002  “Most Improvement—Award” (Medical ICU), The Regional Medical Center “The MED”
• 10/2001  “Governors Community Service Award” 2001 – given by the “Chest Foundation”
  Philanthropic arm of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
• 05/1999  “Honorary Member” Peruvian Society of Pulmonary Diseases
• 05/1986  “Honorary Citizenship” Baltimore, Maryland Mayor: William Donald Shaefer

Previous Academic Positions:

02/2000 –10/2013	Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, PCU, RT, & Pulmonary Service The Regional Medical Center (The Med), Memphis TN
01/2009 – 07/2013	Director, Memphis Sleep Diagnostics, Sleep Disorders Center
07/2002 – 09/2008	Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine UT Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Memphis
07/2002 – 06/2008	Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine UTHSC COM Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
08/2004 – 04/2007	Fellowship Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UTHSC
08/1999 – 06/2002	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine UTHSC COM Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
02/2000 – 06/2002	Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine UT Memphis Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Memphis
09/1996 – 07/1999	Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Training Program School of Graduate Medicine: University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
05/1993 – 08/1996	Aux. Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases School of Medicine: University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
05/1992 – 04/1993	Aux. Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine School of Medicine: University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
09/1983 – 04/1985	Instructor (Pulmonary Diseases), Department of Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine, CUNY. New York