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