{"id":1837,"date":"2022-05-27T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/?post_type=dt_team&#038;p=1837"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:24:31","slug":"dr-adelaida-t-ortiz-gomez","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/dt_team\/dr-adelaida-t-ortiz-gomez\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Adelaida T. Ortiz G\u00f3mez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-150569de20169880f\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-150569de20169880f uvc-9008 accent-subtitle-color\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-150569de20169880f h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#0a0a0a;margin-bottom:10px;\">Dr. Adelaida T. Ortiz G\u00f3mez<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-150569de20169880f .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;mobile_landscape:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:34px;mobile_landscape:30px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">Assistant Professor<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-content-box-container \" >\t\t<div class=\"ult-content-box\" style=\"background-color:#545454;box-shadow: px px px px none;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;border-radius:5px;border-color:#545454;padding:10px;-webkit-transition: all 700ms ease;-moz-transition: all 700ms ease;-ms-transition: all 700ms ease;-o-transition: all 700ms ease;transition: all 700ms ease;\"  data-hover_box_shadow=\"none\"     data-bg=\"#545454\"  data-border_color=\"#545454\" ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-dd27f0fb5409a8abe6288a0995764662.enable-bg-rollover .rollover i,\n.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-dd27f0fb5409a8abe6288a0995764662.enable-bg-rollover .rollover-video i {\n  background: -webkit-linear-gradient();\n  background: linear-gradient();\n}\n.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-dd27f0fb5409a8abe6288a0995764662 .rollover-icon {\n  font-size: 32px;\n  color: #ffffff;\n  min-width: 44px;\n  min-height: 44px;\n  line-height: 44px;\n  border-radius: 100px;\n  border-style: solid;\n  border-width: 0px;\n}\n.dt-icon-bg-on.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-dd27f0fb5409a8abe6288a0995764662 .rollover-icon {\n  background: rgba(255,255,255,0.3);\n  box-shadow: none;\n}<\/style><div class=\"shortcode-single-image-wrap shortcode-single-image-dd27f0fb5409a8abe6288a0995764662 alignnone  enable-bg-rollover dt-icon-bg-off\" style=\"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; width:300px;\"><div class=\"shortcode-single-image\"><div class=\"fancy-media-wrap  layzr-bg\" style=\"\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20300%20300&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/05\/adelaida-ortiz.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/05\/adelaida-ortiz.jpg 300w\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-dt-location=\"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/dt_team\/dr-adelaida-t-ortiz-gomez\/adelaida-ortiz\/\" style=\"--ratio: 300 \/ 300;\" alt=\"Assistant Professor &amp; Acting Chair\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Contact Info<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"uavc-list-icon uavc-list-icon-wrapper ult-adjust-bottom-margin   \"><ul class=\"uavc-list\"><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-4225\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-mail-03\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-4225 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:adelaida.ortiz1@upr.edu\">adelaida.ortiz1@upr.edu<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-5342\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-map-05\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-5342 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">University of Puerto Rico<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Medical Sciences Campus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Department of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">School of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">P.O. Box 365067<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">San Juan, PR 00936<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Clinics:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Hospital UPR Carolina<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">First Floor: (787) 625-1015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Hospital Centro Comprensivo de Cancer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Second Floor (787) 936-1477<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-6635\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-phone-071\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-6635 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">787-758-2525, Ext. 1828<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"standard-arrow list-divider bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">John Hopkins University\/Sinai Hospital, Internal Medicine 1999-2002<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">University of Maryland Medical Institution, Psychiatry 1997-1999<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">University of Puerto Rico, MD 1997<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Medical Technology 1990<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>SUBSPECIALTY<\/strong>: Infectious Diseases<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"uavc-list-icon uavc-list-icon-wrapper ult-adjust-bottom-margin   \"><ul class=\"uavc-list\"><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-8782\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"fas fa-book\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-8782 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">CV<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-519069de20169963b\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-519069de20169963b uvc-8263 accent-subtitle-color\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-519069de20169963b h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#0a0a0a;margin-bottom:10px;\">Certifications<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-519069de20169963b .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;mobile_landscape:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:34px;mobile_landscape:30px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:30px;\">American Board of Internal Medicine 2002 to present<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-734369de201699693\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-734369de201699693 uvc-4623 accent-subtitle-color\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-734369de201699693 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#0a0a0a;margin-bottom:10px;\">Academic Appointments<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-734369de201699693 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;mobile_landscape:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:34px;mobile_landscape:30px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:30px;\">Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs, UPR School of Medicine 2013-2015<\/p>\n<p>Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, UPR 2006 to 2011<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor, UPR School of Medicine 2002 to present<\/p>\n<p>Internal Medicine Attending Supervisor-University Hospital 2002 to present<\/p>\n<p>Internal Medicine Division, UPR 2002 to present<\/p>\n<p>Sub-coordinator, Fundamentals of Clinical Diagnosis, UPR 2002-2006<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-40169de2016996de\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-40169de2016996de uvc-7422 accent-subtitle-color\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-40169de2016996de h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#0a0a0a;margin-bottom:10px;\">Research Project<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-40169de2016996de .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;mobile_landscape:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:34px;mobile_landscape:30px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:30px;\">Trends in Internal Medicine Consults in ASEM during Covid 19 Lockdown.\u00a0A\u00a0Ortiz, M Rodriguez, V Blanco. Presently ongoing<\/p>\n<p>A Smoking Cessation Intervention for Oncology Clinics in Puerto Rico:\u00a0 D\u00edaz, E; Ortiz, A.\u00a0 (Ongoing).\u00a0\u00a0Sponsor: NIH.UPR\/MDACC: Partners\u00a0for Excellence in Cancer Research.<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-198769de201699726\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-198769de201699726 uvc-4561 accent-subtitle-color\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-198769de201699726 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#0a0a0a;margin-bottom:10px;\">Publications<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-198769de201699726 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;mobile_landscape:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:34px;mobile_landscape:30px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:30px;\"><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reimon&nbsp;Lopez, K., Carmona Casillas, A., Gorbea, G., &amp; Ortiz, A. (2025).&nbsp;Diabetes took&nbsp;my eye: Diabetic ophthalmoplegia in a young patient with uncontrolled diabetes.&nbsp;The&nbsp;American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 369(S71), S84.<\/li>\n<li>Costas P, Ortiz A, Vel\u00e1zquez V, Torres EA.&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;Government Sponsored Clinic for the Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in an Underinsured Population in Puerto Rico.&nbsp;&nbsp;PR Health Sciences Journal June 2004; Vol. 23 No. 2; 41.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>\u201cIf I move,&nbsp;Does&nbsp;it Explode? Lung Bullae in Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Acute Viral Pneumonia\u201d<\/em><\/strong>Adriana Su\u00e1rez Cruz MD, Steven J. V\u00e9lez Pastrana MD, Adelaida Ortiz G\u00f3mez MD<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Published: Chest Journal 164(4):A1264 DOI: 10.1016\/j.chest.2023.07.896<\/li>\n<li>Ortiz, A.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>El S\u00edndrome Metab\u00f3lico<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dorado Style Magazine Summer Edition; 34.<\/li>\n<li>Ortiz, A.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Ligada la Obesidad a la Resistencia de Insulina<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Suplementos<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;2008.<\/li>\n<li>Ortiz, A.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Mitos y Realidades de la Hepatitis C<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Salud&nbsp;al D\u00eda<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;May 2005.<\/li>\n<li>Outcomes of an underserved Hispanic population with chronic hepatitis C treated with Pegylated Interferon and&nbsp;Rivabirin&nbsp;in a Government sponsored clinic. PRHSJ March 2011, Vol. 30. 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