Biographical Info

Education:
Medical School: Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Jacobi Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Research Interests:
Lung microbiology/immunology and host-microbiome interactions and application of “-omics” technologies to clinical practice in an effort to personalize pulmonary medicine

Clinical Interest:
Sarcoidosis and infectious lung disease

Accomplishments:
ATS PAR Member Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research Abstract Scholarship;” Assembly on Allergy, Immunology, and Inflammation (AII), American Thoracic Society International Conference. (2018)

Young Investigator Award;” Bernie Mac Foundation for Sarcoidosis. (2018)

“Reza Ebrahimi Research Scholar Award;” Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago. (2017)
Minority Trainee Development Scholarship (MTDS) Award;” American Thoracic Society International Conference. (2017)
Fellows Track Symposium Scholarship;” American Thoracic Society International Conference. (2016)
Best Overall Housestaff, PGY3 2012-2013;” Internal Medicine Residency Program, Jacobi Medical Center. (2013)
Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students;” Leo M. Davidoff Society of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. (2011, 2012)