Dr. Filipa Godoy Consulate of Portugal in Puerto Rico during the Inaugural Ceremony of the Portuguese area of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras – 2025 and Manuela Neves Duarte Da Silveira Library. The Consul of Portugal in Porto Rico, Yolanda da…
Dr. José R. Rodríguez Medina The director of the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine, Dr. José R. Rodríguez Medina, has become a member of the National Advisory Council of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, at the invitation of the former Secretary of Health and Human Services of the…
The new students of the class of 2028 at the RCM UPR School of Medicine debut the white coats that symbolize the beginning of their career in Medicine and their commitment to the health of patients.
Starting today, the School of Medicine will be celebrating its seventy-five years. The School of Medicine has been an important bulwark in the health of our country, and it is important that our legacy continues to live on through the years.
On behalf of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, we extend our warmest congratulations to the Class of 2023 for achieving a 100% pass rate on the American Board of Internal Medicine exam. Such triumph is a testament to your unparalleled
Film Screening and Discussion: Chronicle of an Uncertain Time
A fascinating talk on microbiome disruption and restoration was delivered by Dr Martin Blaser for the Ashford Memorial Lecture 2023. Co-organised by Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, AMI Global Ambassador for the Americas (Caribbean Region), the Ashford Memorial Lecture 2023 celebrated the legacy of Dr. Bailey Kelly Ashford, one of the founding fathers of the University of Puerto Rico School of…
La trombosis venosa profunda (TVP), es la formación de coágulos de sangre en sistema venoso, el cual conecta con el sistema circulatorio y permite que la sangre circule hacía el corazón: “se forma un coágulo, pegado a las paredes de esa vena, que puede ocurrir usualmente en los pies, pero puede ser también en la pelvis, el…
El pasado 27 de abril de 2022 se llevó a cabo la presentación del libro Historia de la Medicina Tropical de Puerto Rico en el Siglo XX en el Anfiteatro I de nuestra Escuela de Medicina. Este evento fue moderado por el Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez Vázquez, Presidente del Museo de la Historia de la Medicina…
Cuando la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) realizó una ceremonia para certificar a Cuba como el primer país del mundo que se deshizo de la transmisión del VIH de madre a hijo, estaba cometiendo una equivocación. El logro cubano es digno de resaltar, pero no fue el primero en ese campo. Hay veces que las aclaraciones…