| EDUCATION |
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1979 |
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Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| M.D. |
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| RESIDENCIES |
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1981 - 1984 |
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Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA /St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ |
| Internal Medicine |
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| FELLOWSHIPS |
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1984 - 1986 |
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University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA |
| Geriatrics |
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2003 - 2003 |
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Deprtment of Health & Human Services, Washington D.C. |
| Primary Care Health Policy |
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| HONORS AND AWARDS |
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1979 |
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M.D. Cum Laude |
| Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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1995 |
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Fellow of the American College of Physicians |
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2002 |
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Distinguished Physician Award |
| Parkland Health & Hospital System |
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2003 |
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Small Group Teaching Award |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
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| BOARD CERTIFICATIONS |
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| American Board of Internal Medicine |
| Geriatric Medicine Subspecialty (ABIM) |
| American Medical Directors Association |
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| PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / AFFILIATIONS |
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| American College of Physicians (Fellow, 1995) |
| Gerontological Society of America |
| American Geriatrics Society (Fellow, 2005) /Texas Geriatrics Society |
| American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry |
| American Medical Directors Association |
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