Administration
Internal Medicine Department Chair
Ivonne Z. Jiménez-Velázquez, MD, FACP
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs
Carlos G. Rivera Bermúdez, MD
Vice-Chair for Education
Humberto Guiot Martinez, MD, FACP
Director of Faculty Development
Yohana de Jesús Berrios, MD
Director of Research Affairs
Juan M. Aranda Ramirez, MD, FACC, FACP
Director of Quality & Safety
Wendy Matos Negrón, PhD
Deputy Chairman UPR Carolina Hospital
Manuel González Rodríguez, MD
Director Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
José Colon-Márquez, MD, FACP
Department Administrator
Osvaldo Cajigas Rosario, MHSA
Section Chiefs
Cardiology
Ángel López-Candales, MD, FACC, FASE
Endocrinology & Metabolism (Interim)
Margarita Ramirez Vick, MD, FACE
Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases (Interim)
Víctor L.Carlo Chevere, MD
General Internal Medicine
José A. Colón Marquez, MD, FACP
Geriatrics
Juan A. Rosado Matos, MD, JD
Hematology-Medical Oncology
Eileen Pacheco Hernández, MD
Infectious Diseases
Carlos Sánchez Sergentón, MD
Nephrology
Carlos G. Rivera Bermúdez, MD
Neurology
Carlos A. Luciano Román, MD, FAAN, FAANEM
Pneumology
Ángel F. Laureano Cuadrado, MD, FACP, FCCP
Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
Luis M. Vilá Pérez, MD
IM-Residency Program Director and Associate Program Directors
Chair, Department of Medicine
Ivonne Jiménez, MD, FACP
Program Director
Jose Colón Márquez, MD, FACP
Associate Program Director
Carlos Fernandez Sifre, MD
Associate Program Director
Vanessa Sepúlveda, MD
Program Administrator
Glorimar Caraballo-Correa, MS
Program Coordinator
Vanessa Caraballo, MBA
IM-Residency Program Core Faculty
The core faculty are the expert competency evaluators who work closely with the
Program Director and Associate Program Directors, who assist developing and implementing
the evaluation system, and who teach and advise residents.
Dr. Carlos González Oppenheimer
Dr. David Martínez
Dr. Carlos Fernández Sifre
Dr. Vanessa Sepúlveda
Dr. Jesús Muñiz
Dr. Juan Rosado Matos
Dr. Esther Torres
Dr. Adelaida Ortíz
Dr. María López