Dr. Ileana E. Ocasio Meléndez

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

  • University of Puerto Rico
    University District Hospital
    Nephrology Department
    San Juan, PR 00935
  • 787-777-3535, Ext. 5352

Education

Degree: M.D. UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, 2009

Degree: B.S. (Biology), UPR, Cayey Campus, 2005

RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, 2009-12

FELLOWSHIP: Nephrology, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, 2012-14

SPECIALTY: Internal Medicine

SUBSPECIALTY: Nephrology

  • CV

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Assistant Professor: UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, 2015-present

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

Billing Supervisor of the Nephrology Division of the Medicine Department – 2016

Clinical Competencies Committee of the Nephrology Fellowship President – 2015-present

Nephrology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee President – 2015-present

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Anemia Management among Hemodialysis Patients at the University Hospital in PR: Published in the Boletín Magazine (Volume 106, Number 2, 2014)

Longitudinal Observations on Mineral Metabolism among Dialysis Patients at the University Hospital in PR: Published at Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal (Vol 34, No 2, June 2015)

Analysis of Clinical Characteristics of Dialysis Patients at the University Hospital: Published at the Boletín de la Asociación Médica de Puerto Rico Journal (Volume 108, Number 2, 2016).

Visit to Visit Blood Pressure Variability and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: Ongoing research. Preliminary results presented at the XIV Congreso Centroamericano y del Caribe de Nefrología and at the 1st International Nephrocardiology Conference on 2019.

Association between Secondary Hyperparathyroidism and Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients at the University District Hospital: Pending publication. Poster presentation at the 39th Annual Forum of Investigation and Education, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus on March 2019.

Epidemiology of Kidney failure with replacement therapy in Puerto Rico: Report from 2001 to 2017. Nefro Latinoam. 2020; 17: 95-99

Visit to Visit Blood Pressure Variability in Different Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease.  Nefro Latinoam. 2021: 18.

Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury in the Intensive Care Unit. J Am Soc Nephrol 32, 2021: Page 121.

Early Detection of Kidney Damage in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus type 2: Ongoing research.

Bone Mineral Density and Microarchitecture Changes of a Puerto Rican Population Sample with Chronic Kidney Disease: Ongoing research

Predictors and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury among a Cohort of Hispanic Trauma Patients form Puerto Rico: Ongoing research