Dr. Hector L. Banchs Viñas

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 and Residency Training:

  • July 2017- June 2019
    Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
    University of Maryland Medical Center
    University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD)
  • July 2016- June 2017
    Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship
    University of Florida Health
    University of Florida College of Medicine (Gainesville, FL)
  • July 2013- June 2016
    Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship University District Hospital
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (San Juan, PR)
  • July 2010-June 2013
    General Internal Medicine Residency
    University District Hospital
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (San Juan, PR)
  • 2006- 2010
    Doctor of Medicine – Cum Laude
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
    Medical Sciences Campus (San Juan, PR)
  • 2003-2006
    Bachelor of Science – Magna Cum Laude University of Puerto Rico
    Río Piedras Campus (San Juan, PR)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2015 – 2016 Chief Fellow, Cardiology Training Program. University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. San Juan, PR.

2015 – 2016 Fellows in Training (FIT) Representative, American College of Cardiology, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, PR.

2013  Introduction to Clinical Skills Course. University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. San Juan, PR.

2007- 2010 Vice-President for the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Class of 2010. University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. San Juan, PR.

Student leader and liaison between the Class of 2010 and the School of Medicine. I helped manage and coordinate class resources for various activities and serve in various committees.

2007- 2008 Member of the Accreditation Committee for the UPR-School of Medicine’s 2008 LCME Accreditation process. University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. San Juan, PR.

I was part of the main Accreditation Committee and participated in meetings and tours with LCME officials of the Accreditation Committee.  I was part of a focus group that analyzed different courses of the curriculum along faculty.

2007- 2008 Member of the “Students Accreditation Self Study and Report” Sub-Committee. University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. San Juan, PR.

Along members of the Medicine Class of 2010, my role was to coordinate meetings and prepare data for the accreditation process for the University of Puerto Rico-School of Medicine’s 2008 successful Accreditation process.

RESEARCH INTEREST

2012-2016 Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Puerto Rican Patients: Frequency of Familial Cardiomyopathy and report of outcomes

Héctor Banchs-Pieretti MD, Pablo I Altieri MD, Juan C Zevallos MD, Héctor Banchs-Viñas MD, Héctor Claudio MD, Fabio Ricci MD, Marcel Mesa MD, Anthony Osterman MD.

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division.

2011-2014 Incidence of Restenosis after Angioplasty at the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean

Héctor Banchs-Viñas MD, Bladimir Sánchez MD, Pablo I Altieri MD. University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division.

2005-2007 Effect of AT-1 Receptor Inhibition on the Stimulation of Tracheal Smooth Muscle in the Presence of the Nitric Oxide Inhibitor L-NAME Guido Santacana, Héctor Banchs-Viñas.

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, San Juan Puerto Rico.

PUBLICATIONS

2018

Extended Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA)-induced type 2 myocardial ischemia: a time dependent penalty Philip J Wasicek MD, William A Teeter MD, Hector Banchs MD, Samuel Galvagno DO,  Peter Hu PhD, Jonathan Morrison MD.

2015

Diagnostic Studies for the Evaluation of Peripheral Artery Disease Héctor Banchs-Viñas MD, Hector Claudio MD, Marcel Mesa MD, Angel Lopez-Candales. MD. Bol Asoc Med PR. 2015 Jul-Sep.