{"id":1898,"date":"2022-06-13T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/?post_type=dt_team&#038;p=1898"},"modified":"2022-06-13T12:43:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:43:02","slug":"dr-david-e-blas-boria","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/dt_team\/dr-david-e-blas-boria\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. David E. Blas Boria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-301169d4db45c485f\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-301169d4db45c485f uvc-7829 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-301169d4db45c485f 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. David E. Blas Boria<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-301169d4db45c485f .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\" 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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-6713\">\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-6713 .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:david.blas@upr.edu\">david.blas@upr.edu<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-5814\">\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-5814 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">University District Hospital<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Neurology Section, 5th Floor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">School of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">San Juan, PR 00936<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-1508\">\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-1508 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">787-754-0101, Ext. 5519<\/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\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Degree: M.D., UPR, Medical Sciences Campus (MSC), School of Medicine, 2006<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Degree: B.A. (Biology), UPR R\u00edo Campus, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">RESIDENCY: Neurology, UPR, MSC, School of Medicine, 2006-10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">FELLOWSHIP: Neuro Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX<\/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-5295\">\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-5295 .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=\"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/06\/CV-David-Blas-Boria-NUEVO-1-profile.pdf\">CV<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-596969d4db45c54c1\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-596969d4db45c54c1 uvc-8176  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" 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-596969d4db45c54c1 h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-596969d4db45c54c1 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\">Assistant Professor, Neurology Section, UPR, School of Medicine, 2011- present<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER APPOINTMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff Neurologist Neurology Section, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, PR, October 2011-present<\/p>\n<p>Staff Neurologist\/Neuro-oncologist, Neurology Section, Department of Medicine, HIMA San Pablo-Caguas, Caguas, PR, August 2011-present<\/p>\n<p>Staff Neurologist\/Neuro-oncologist, Hospital Oncol\u00f3gico Isaac Gonz\u00e1lez Mart\u00ednez, San Juan, PR, August 2011-present<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-2469d4db45c5518\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-2469d4db45c5518 uvc-804  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" 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-2469d4db45c5518 h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">RESEARCH EXPERIENCES<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-2469d4db45c5518 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\">Alcedo-Guardia R, Labat E, Blas-Boria D, Vivas-Mejia PE.\u00a0 Diagnosis and new treatment modalities for glioblastoma: Do they improve patient survival? Curr Mol Med 2016 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]<\/p>\n<p>Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Blas-Boria D, Williams MD, Garciarena P, Tummala S, Tremont-Lukats IW.\u00a0 N-type calcium channel antibody-mediated paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: a diagnostic challenge.\u00a0 J Neurol Sci. 2014 Mar; 15;338(1-2):188-90<\/p>\n<p>Berrios C, Blas-Boria D. A rare case of an adult with leptomeningeal metastasis and subdural hygromas as initial presentation of lung adenocarcinoma.\u00a0 2014 Foro Anual University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Mendez K, Blas-Boria D. Allodynia as initial presentation of pre-diabetes.\u00a0 2013 Foro Anual University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Vinuela A, Mendez K, Blas-Boria D. Acute abducens nerve palsy as a diagnosis of exclusion. 2013 Foro Anual University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>K. Dziurzynski, Blas-Boria D, Suki D., Cahill DP, Prabhu SS, Puduvalli V, Levine N. Butterfly glioblastoma: a retrospective review and qualitative assessment of outcomes. J. Neurooncol. 2012 Sept; 109(3):555-563.<\/p>\n<p>D. Blas-Boria, P. Garciarena, J. De Groot, I. Tremont-Lukats. B-Cell lymphoblastic leukemia\/lymphoma presenting as a 7th nerve cranial nerve palsy. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR and University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX.\u00a0 22nd meeting of the European Neurological Society 2012, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>D. Blas-Boria, P. Garciarena, S. Tummala, I. Tremont-Lukats. Calcium-channel binding antibodies in a man with encephalitis, peripheral neuropathy, and a neuroendocrine tumour. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR and University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX.\u00a0 22nd meeting of the European Neurological Society 2012, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>K. Dziurzynski, D. Blas-Boria. Retrospective analysis of outcomes after surgical biopsy or debulking in patients with butterfly glioblastomas. 2011 Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>D. Blas-Boria, L. Brown, I. Tremont-Lukats. Lung metastasis in anaplastic meningioma. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.\u00a0 21<sup>st<\/sup> meeting of the European Neurological Society, 2011, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>D. Blas-Boria, S. Tummala, L. Brown, J. Walker, D. Schultz, S. Lee-Kim, I. Tremont-Lukats. The Ommaya green project at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.\u00a0 21<sup>st<\/sup> meeting of the European Neurological Society, 2011, Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>I. Melguizo, K.R. Hess, D. Blas-Boria, J. Bruner, N. Guha-Thakurta, V.K. Puduvalli. The impact of surgery in determining pseudoprogression and predicting outcome in adults with glioblastoma. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.\u00a0 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting. General poster session, CNS tumors.<\/p>\n<p>A. Mammoser, D. Blas-Boria, M.R. 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