I am the Director of Neurocritical Care [NCC] Service and Program at Hartford Hospital. I am an
Affiliated Clinical Faculty Member of the University of Connecticut, School of Medicine. My
objective is to continue helping in our interdisciplinary team integration and in creating the avenues for
interdisciplinary participation in patient care, guideline development, quality, safety, education and
research. I am very interested in developing innovative solutions and newer technology implementation.
Throughout my career, I have had significant leadership experience. In 2001, I had my first experience
leading a NCC Unit at the Drexel Medical School-Philadelphia. More recently, I had the opportunity
of developing a NCC Unit and Program from the ground up at the University of Texas Medical
Center –San Antonio [UTHSCSA]. By the end of my tenure at UTHSCSA, I counted with a fully
staffed 18-bed NCC Unit with top-of-the-line technology (portable CT, MRI in the same floor,
robotic telemedicine, CNS multimodal monitoring), and a specialized interdisciplinary team (NCC
trained medical faculty, clinical pharmacist, fellows, residents and students, nurse practitioners, and
dedicated specialized nursing staff). Further, this unit was praised as one of the best specialized
ICUs at UTHSCSA. During my career, I have received several awards for excellence and commitment to my profession and academic mission.
I have clinical training in adult neurology, internal medicine and NCC and stroke. Further, I have
research training in epidemiology and bio-statistics. I have research interest in the critically ill
neurosurgical and neurological patients. My other professional interests are clinical outcomes and
quality. I have participated as P.I. and Co-PI in clinical and basic research. I have been invited to
lecture and present posters at national and international scientific meetings. I have published at
renowned peer-reviewed scientific journals and neurology specialized books. I have been a research
grant scientific reviewer for several of the AHA Basic Science Grant Committees and the Qatar
National Research Fund.
I was born in Bogota-Colombia, but I became US Citizen in December 9th 2011.