AWARDS
– “Familiar Polyposis in Three Puerto Rican
Families”
Medical Association of Puerto Rico
The Purdue Frederick Co. Scientific Research
Award Honorable Mention
San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 11, 1985
– “Leech Therapy for Microvascular Venous
Obstruction”
Laboratory Model and Case Reports:
38th Annual Meeting
Illinois Chapter of the American College of
Surgeons
Patton Award- Second Place
Galena, Illinois, April 1988
– “Deltoid Muscle Transfer for Elbow Extension”
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Poster Exhibit Award
Baltimore, Maryland, September, 1988
HONORS
– 1996-1998, President Puerto Rico Hand Society
– 1999-Present, Member of Comité de Fondismo de Puerto Rico
– 2002-2008, Co-founder, Vice-President and Board of Directors Puerto Rico Mutual Defense Company
– 2003-Present, Board of Directors of the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge World’s Best 10k Race
– 2005-2008, Delegate Hand Surgery Chapter, Puerto Rico College of Physicians
– 2005-2010, President Puerto Rico Plastic Surgery Society
– 2005-2011, President Plastic Surgery Chapter, Puerto Rico College of Physicians
– 2007-Present, Board of Directors of SER (Sociedad de Educación y Rehabilitación de Puerto Rico)
– 2008-2010, President of Foundation Rostro
– 2008-Present, Member Foundation HIMA San Pablo
– 2009-Present, Member Medicare Contractor Advisory Committee
– 2009-Present, Director ex officio Puerto Rico Medical Defense Insurance Company
– 2010-Present, Ad Honorum Professor School of Dental Medicine, University of Puerto Rico
– 2010-Present, President & Founder of the Foundation Rostro, Cuerpo & Alma- Niños Especiales
– 2011, President Medical Faculty Hospital HIMA San Pablo Bayamon
– 2012-2019, Ad Honorum School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico
– 2019-Present, Auxiliary Professor School of Medicine-, University of Puerto Rico: Department of Surgery
– 2015-Present, Associate Professor –“Clinical Educator” at the Department of Surgery, Universidad Central del Caribe
