Dr. María V. García Pallas

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

  • School of Medicine
    Internal Medicine Department
    Hematology & Oncology Section
    P.O. Box 365067
    San Juan, PR 00936-5067
  • 787-754-0101, Ext. 5051

Education

  • July 2007 to June 2010, UPR School of Medicine, Hematology-Medical Oncology Section, Hematology/Oncology Fellow
  • 2003-2006, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto Rico, Internal Medicine Resident
  • 2002, Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates, USA,  Certification as Medicine Doctor
  • 2000, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile. Surgeon-Physician Diploma.
  • 1990–1994,” Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología”, La Habana,Cuba, Hematology Fellowship. Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor of Medicine – July 2010-up to date, UPR School of Medicine, Hematology-Medical Oncology Section. Hematologist/Medical Oncologist.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Use of plasmapheresis in the treatment of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia refractory to steroids. 1987.

HLA-DR genotyping by PCR in a Cuban population.

Incidence of Myelodysplastic Syndrome from 1994 to 1997 in Villa Clara, Cuba.

Screening and characterization of alloantibodies in pregnant women of Villa Clara, Cuba.

Report of 7 cases of Agranulocytosis treated with lithium carbonate. 1994-1997.

A Review of Epigenetic Therapy of Lymphoma Using Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors.

Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Part I: Histology, Clinical Features and Prognosis.

Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Part II: Management.

Predictive factors of a successful peripheral blood stem cell collection in patients with hematologic malignancies: a single institution experience.

Retrospective review of pateitns with diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia admitted to the acute leukemia unit of the Adult University Hospital in the last 10 years.

Clinical presentation, pathologic features, diagnostic and outcome of Primary Nervous System Lymphoma in a Puerto Rican population. (ongoing)