Juan M. Ortiz, M.D.
Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary and Internal Medicine American
Board Diplomate
Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley
1604 East 8th Street, Suite A
Weslaco, TX 78596
956.447.5557
956.447.5747 Fax
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BOARD CERTIFICATION
Diplomate,
American Board of Internal Medicine.
2000
Diplomate,
American Board of Pulmonary Medicine.
2002
Diplomate, American Board of Critical Care
Medicine, 2003
Board Eligible Sleep Medicine
EDUCATION:
Universidad El Bosque
Bogota, Colombia (Escuela Colombiana de
Medicina) 01/79 - 12/85; Doctor in Medicine
and Surgery
Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York 07/97 - 06/00 Diplomate in
Internal Medicine; Board Certified 2000
Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York 07/00 - 06/03 Fellowship in
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Diplomate in Pulmonary Medicine, Board
Certified 2002
Sleep Disorders
Institute-Clinilabs-, St Lukes-Roosevelt
Hospital Fellowship in Sleep Medicine 07/02
- 06/03
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Knapp Medical Center,
Weslaco, Texas, privileges in Pulmonary,
Sleep and Critical Care Medicine since July
2003.
Pulmonary and Sleep Center
of the Valley, Weslaco, Texas. Pulmonary and
Sleep Medicine practice.
Moonlight in
Neuro-intensive care unite, Beth Israel
Medical Center, Singer Division, New York,
since 07/00
Moonlight in Surgical
Intensive Care Unite, Beth Israel Medical
Center Petrie Division, New York, since
07/00
Medical Officer and Senior
Medical Officer on Celebrity Cruises, Miami,
FL from 02/92 to 06/97.
Columbian Institute of
Family Health PROFAMILIA, as general medical
doctor from 02/88 to 01/92.
Columbian Ministry of
Health, Guainia Department of Health. From
03/86 to 09/86, as Obligatory Social Service
Doctor.
VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE:
Housestaff and Nursing
staff training in central venous access,
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York.
Housestaff training in S
wan-Ganz catheter; in-service to nursing
staff and residents to continuouis cardiac
output catheters by Abbott.
Housestaff training in
Mechanical Ventilation, Beth Israel Medical
Center.
HOBBIES:
Sailing, tennis and
classical music.
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES:
Needle Exchange program
with Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.
SMoking cessation program and education.
PRESENTATIONS AND
PUBLICATIONS:
Medical Grand Rounds Case
Report of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an
Immunocompetent patient, presented in Beth
Israel Medical Center, 1999 and in the same
year in Case Reports and Review of
Literature in Chest.
Heliox and the difficult
airway. Asessment of the current literature
and its applications in the post-extubation
stridor, Beth Israel Medical Center.
Pulmonary and Critical
Care Grand Rounds, 2001. "The worst headache
of my life; diagnosis and management of the
subarachnoid hemorrhage" Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York.
Pulmonary and Critical
Care Grand Rounds, 2002, "A new kid on the
block: Vasopressin" the uses of AVP in
vasodilatory shock. Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York.
Society of Thoracic
Radiology poster presentation and discussion
with the professor: "Ventilation/Perfusion
scans revisited: a local assessment of
diagnostic utility" presented in San
Francisco, 03/02. Submitted for publication
in the Journal of Thoracic Radiology.
The post-pneumonectomy
syndrome. Case presentation and review of
literature, presented to division of
Pulmonary and Critical Care and Department
of Thoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Medical
Center, 11/2002
Sleep Medicine for the
pulmonologist; Pulmonary and Critical Care
Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center,
11/2002
Invasive Aspergillosis,
Case report and Review of Literature.
Basic pricniples of
Mechanical Ventilation for the Internist;
Medicine conference, 03/2003
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS:
American College of Chest
Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Society of Neuro Intensive Care
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:
ACLS/BLS re-certification
2002 in Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
Appointed Chief Medical Resident in Beth
Israel Medical Center, New York, 2000
Limited permit to practice in New Yor, P
15204 re-issued on 04/26/02
CPR committe, Beth Israel Medical Center,
New York, May 2002.
Texas License No L6134
LANGUAGES:
Spanish and English
