• 1987-1990 – B.S. General Science, Magna Cum Laude University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R.
• 1990-1995 – Doctor in Medicine (honors) University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, P.R.
• 1999-2003  – Doctor in Philosophy in Clinical Investigation (Genetic Epidemiology) Graduate Training Program in Clinical Research Johns Hopkins loomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, Thesis: Risk Factors for Loss of Genomic imprinting of insulin growth factor II gene in normal colonic tissue and blood.

Post-Doctoral

• 1995-1996 – Internship, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, P.R.
• 1996-1998 –  Residency in Internal Medicine,  Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, P.R. Approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• 1998-2001 –  Gastroenterology Fellowship, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Baltimore, Maryland
• June-August 2011 –  Clinical Cancer Genetics,  Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment, Jeffrey Weitzel, MD (Course Director), City of Hope, California, USA