Dr. Adelaida T. Ortiz Gómez
Assistant Professor
Contact Info
Education
- John Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital, Internal Medicine 1999-2002
- University of Maryland Medical Institution, Psychiatry 1997-1999
- University of Puerto Rico, MD 1997
- University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Medical Technology 1990
SUBSPECIALTY: Infectious Diseases
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine 2002 to present
Academic Appointments
Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs, UPR School of Medicine 2013-2015
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, UPR 2006 to 2011
Assistant Professor, UPR School of Medicine 2002 to present
Internal Medicine Attending Supervisor-University Hospital 2002 to present
Internal Medicine Division, UPR 2002 to present
Sub-coordinator, Fundamentals of Clinical Diagnosis, UPR 2002-2006
Research Project
Trends in Internal Medicine Consults in ASEM during Covid 19 Lockdown. A Ortiz, M Rodriguez, V Blanco. Presently ongoing
A Smoking Cessation Intervention for Oncology Clinics in Puerto Rico: Díaz, E; Ortiz, A. (Ongoing). Sponsor: NIH.UPR/MDACC: Partners for Excellence in Cancer Research.
Publications
Articles
- Reimon Lopez, K., Carmona Casillas, A., Gorbea, G., & Ortiz, A. (2025). Diabetes took my eye: Diabetic ophthalmoplegia in a young patient with uncontrolled diabetes. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 369(S71), S84.
- Costas P, Ortiz A, Velázquez V, Torres EA. A Government Sponsored Clinic for the Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in an Underinsured Population in Puerto Rico. PR Health Sciences Journal June 2004; Vol. 23 No. 2; 41.
- “If I move, Does it Explode? Lung Bullae in Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Acute Viral Pneumonia”Adriana Suárez Cruz MD, Steven J. Vélez Pastrana MD, Adelaida Ortiz Gómez MD Published: Chest Journal 164(4):A1264 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.896
- Ortiz, A. El Síndrome Metabólico. Dorado Style Magazine Summer Edition; 34.
- Ortiz, A. Ligada la Obesidad a la Resistencia de Insulina. Suplementos. 2008.
- Ortiz, A. Mitos y Realidades de la Hepatitis C. Salud al Día. May 2005.
- Outcomes of an underserved Hispanic population with chronic hepatitis C treated with Pegylated Interferon and Rivabirin in a Government sponsored clinic. PRHSJ March 2011, Vol. 30. No. 1