Dr. Gisela D. Puig Carrión

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

  • Division of Cardiology
    Medical Sciences Campus
    P.O. Box 365067
    San Juan, PR 00936-5067
  • 787-758-2525, Ext. 1821

Education:

  • July 2007 – June 2011
    San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, Caguas, P Cumlaude MD, June 2011
  • 2002–2006
    University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez PR. Magnacumlaude. Biology, BA. June 2006
  • 1990-2002
    Notre Dame High School, Caguas, PR. Magnacumlaude. Top 10% Class.

POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:

  • July 2018- July 2019
    Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine
    Sub fellow Cardiology
  • July 2015- 2018
    Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
    Cardiology Fellow
  • July 2012- June 2015
    Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
    Internal Medicine Resident
  • July 2011- June 2012
    Internal Medicine Preliminary Program, HospitalUniversitario Ramon Rivera Arnau, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
    Internal Medicine Resident, Preliminary Position.

PUBLICATIONS

Original, Peer Reviewed Articles

2021 Cuidado Paliativo: Apoyo a la Decisión y Manejo de los Sintomas en Pacientes con Insuficiencia Cardiaca en Etapa Terminal. Revista Sociedad Puertorriquena de Cardiologia Vol.1/2021. Gisela D. Puig Carrion MD FACC, Erica Otero MD, Alfredo Lamela Domenech MD

2021 Soothing Hearts: Underused Palliative Care Options for Heart Failure Patients in Puerto Rico Erica Otero Cárdenas, MD; Aidaliz Llorens, MD; Hilton Franqui Rivera, MD Gisela D. Puig Carrion MD FACC

2019 Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure in Hereditary TTR Amyloidosis. Clinical Autonomic Research Journal. August 26, 2019. Gisela D. Puig-Carrion, MD, Alex Reyentovich MD, Stuart D Katz, MD. Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York

2019 Kounis Syndrome: A More Commonly Encountered Cause of Acute Coronary Syndrome Christina Rodriguez Ruiz MD, Gisela Puig Carrion MD, Andrea Delgado Nieves MD, Angel Lopez Candales MD FACC FASE. Heart Views Journal. Accepted

2011 Testing 300 Patients for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in Caguas, Puerto Rico.  “Boletín de la Asociación Medica de Puerto Rico” April, May, June 2011 Issue.Authors: Ramonita Correa Ph. D., Jorge Pérez MD, Yocasta Brugal MD, José Terrasa MD, José Pérez Gumá MD, Arnulfo Santana MD, Edwin Colón MSII, Gisela Puig MSIV. San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. Puerto Rico Health Science Journal. PMID: 22111466

ABSTRACTS

2019 Kounis Syndrome Christina Rodriguez Ruiz MD, Gisela Puig Carrion MD, Andrea Delgado Nieves MD, Angel     Lopez Candales MD FACC FASE. 39th Annual Research Forum MSC UPR.

2015 Underlying Cause of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in a Hispanic Population. Hector Banchs Viñas MD, Hector Claudio MD, Marcel Mesa MD, Gisela D. Puig MD, Hector Banchs Pieretti MD, Pablo I Altieri MD, Rafael Calderon MD, Frantony Mercado MD, Anthony Osterman MD, Ivan Gonzales Cancel MD.

Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. Journal of Investigative Medicine. February 2015. Vol 63. Number 2.