Contact
Email: cxp932@miami.edu
Roles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
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Biography
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I completed my medical studies at UPR – Medical Sciences Campus, radiology residency training in University of Texas Health at San Antonio (UTHSA) and Breast Imaging fellowship program at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Later I accepted an appointment as Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Breast Imaging Section as part of the University of Miami, currently providing care for patients at Sylvester Cancer Center, UM Hospital and Clinics, and Jackson Medical Center Breast Health Center. I am currently the breast imaging fellowship program director at University of Miami and official faculty mentor to the UM RAYS medical student radiology interest group. I also currently hold appointments within the American College of Radiology (ACR) Patient and Family Centered Care Quality Care Commission, Radiology Research Alliance (RRA) and Annual Meeting Scientific Program Abstract Reviewer for the Association of Academic Radiology (AAR), Society of Breast Imaging Education Committee, American Board of Radiology Breast Online Longitudinal Assessment (ABR-OLA) Examiner Committee, and several Florida Radiological Society Committees, including: Mammography, Young Professional Section (YPS) and Program and Scientific Committees. It is my pleasure to serve our community through my University of Miami affiliation. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
Licensures and Certifications
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Honors & Awards
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Teaching Interests
Over my years in training and radiology practice, I have honed in on my natural emphasis for all things related to patient experience, particularly anxious patients for their first procedure, procedural analgesia and the more demanding patients, which are skills that aim to develop in my fellows and residents. I also have a unique perspective on procedural efficiency, stereotactic biopsy technique, architectural distortion on breast tomosynthesis, screening performance and emerging breast imaging modalities. -
Research Interests
My current research focus aims to explore socioeconomic determinants of granulomatous mastitis (GM) in the Miami-Dade population, which captures a unique global multi-racial cohort with a wide range of income levels for a disease process that may be associated to poor women of non-caucasian origin. I am also researching the clinical and imaging predictors of malignancy in breast tomosynthesis-detected architectural distortion, whose usual management paradigm seems primed for disruption now that we are able to see a higher amount of them representing non-malignant findings after surgery. I am also uniquely interested in the following research topics: transgender breast care, value of imaging consultations from outside institutions, patient experience, social media as an education tool, trainee education in breast imaging and contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM). -
Publications
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