Dr. Arelis Febles Negrón

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

  • arelis.febles@upr.edu
  • University of Puerto Rico
    Medical Sciences Campus
    Department of Medicine
    Division of Internal Medicine
    School of Medicine
    P.O. Box 365067
    San Juan, PR 00936
  • 787-758-2525, Ext. 1828

Education

Degree: M.D. UPR, School of Medicine, 2006

Degree: B.S.(Biology) UPR, Río Piedras Campus, 2002

INTERSHIP: TRAINING PROGRAM: Internal Medicine, UPR, School of Medicine, University District Hospital, 2006-07

RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine, UPR, School of Medicine, 2007-2009

FELLOWSHIP: Infectious Diseases, UPR, School of Medicine, 2010-12

SPECIALTY: Internal Medicine

SUBSPECIALTY: Infectious Diseases

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus – 2012, present

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus – 2018-2020

Co-Program Director, Co-Founder of Internal Medicine – Pediatrics Residency Program, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus – 2012-18

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Preventing Aspiration Pneumonia Using an Aspiration Prevention Protocol, Quality Improvement Project, 2022- present

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection, Quality Improvement Project, 2022-present

Improving Vaccination Rates in Patients Admitted to UDH, 2019-2020

Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV-line Insertion, Quality Improvement Project, 2019-20

Healthcare Transitions Protocols in Pediatric Clinics in Puerto Rico. Healthcare Transition in Puerto Rico: Pediatricians’ and Internists’ Perspective, 2015-19

Implementation of Pneumococcal Vaccination Protocol upon hospital stay in UDH, 2017-18

Vancomycin Protocol Implementation in UDH, 2017-18

Evaluation of Necessity of Urinary Foley Catheter by Multidisciplinary Team to Reduce Risk of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2016-17

Vancomycin Protocol: Knowledge of internal medicine residents, nurse staff and pharmacists of existent Vancomycin administration protocol in UDH, 2016-17

PUBLICATIONS

Hernandez-Suarez, DF, Rodriguez-Ruiz, C, Malave-Sanchez, M, Mirabal-Arroyo, JE, Colon-Marquez, JA, Jimenez-Velazquez, IZ, Rassi-Stella,N, Febles-Negron, A, Lopez-Candales, A.

Adapt and evolve: How our Intrenal Medicine Resdiency changed in Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Health Science Journal 2018 Mar, 37(1)3-4. PMID: 29547677, PMCID: PMC5884104

 

Febles-Negrón, Arelis MD; Carrillo-Morales, Sol MD; Billoch-Lima, Jorge MD; Santé-Pérez, María MD, FCAP; Bertrán-Pasarell, Jorge MD, FACP. Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus Hepatitis in an Immunocompromised Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.  Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. May 2013 – Volume 21 – Issue 3 – p e7-e9