Education:
Facultad De Medicina/Universidad De Costa Rica, Medicine, 1985
Internship:
Facultad De Medicina/Universidad De Costa Rica, Pediatrics, 1985
Residency:
Hospital Nacional de Ninos, San Jose, Costa Rica, Pediatrics, 1989
Fellowship:
Universite de Paris V-Rene Descartes (La Sorbonne), Critical Care, 1996
Universite de Paris V-Rene Descartes (La Sorbonne), Pediatric Cardiology, 1992
Areas of Interest
Clinical Interest for Patients
I have trained in Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, and -over the last 20 years- I have developed an expertise in the management of medical and surgical (post-operative) cardiac patients, from neonates to adults with congenital cardiac diseases.
Care Philosophy
I strive to promote quality, safety and interdisciplinary practices and optimal communication between patients, their families and our staff.
Volunteer Activities
I have been involved in humanitarian work for more than two decades and I am currently the President of Surgeons of Hope, a Non-Governmental Organization based in New York and in charge of developing programs of pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery in Latin America.
Professional Memberships and SocietiesBritish Pediatric Cardiac Association - Member
Pediatric Intensive Care Society of the United Kingdom - Member
World federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies - Member
World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery - Member
Sociedad Latina de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular - Member
Society for Pediatric Research - Member
European Society of Cardiology - Member
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society - Member
Societe Francaise de Cardiologie - Member
Swiss Society of Pediatric Cardiology - Member
Society of Critical Care Medicine - Member
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine - Member
European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care - Member
European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery - Member, Board of the Congenital Domain
Association for the European Pediatric Cardiology - Member
