University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, 1983
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, 1988
Chief Resident Surgery Department: 1987-1988
National Boards of Medical Examiners
Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
Diplomate of the Surgical Critical Care Board
Instructor of the Advanced Trauma Life Support, 1989 to Present
Instructor of the Total Nutritional Support (TNT) Program FELANPE-ASPEN, 1998 to Present
Faculty Member of the Advanced Clinical Nutritional (ANC) Course, 1999 to Present
Invited Faculty Member Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Course, 1999 to Present
Fellow of the American College of Surgeon
Fellow Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
Member of the P.R. Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Member of the Society of Critical Care (SCCM)
Member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
Member of the Panamerican Trauma Society
Member of the Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons
Member of the Puerto Rico Society of Critical Care
Member of Puerto Rico Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
ACS - Puerto Rico Chapter
Chairman of Committee on Trauma - PR Chapter
Instructor of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Director and Coordinator of ATLS course
Credentials Committee
Puerto Rico Society of Critical Care
Member of the Executive Committee
Puerto Rico Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (PRSPEN)
Instructor of the Total Nutritional Support (TNT) Program FELANPE-ASPEN
Member of the Convention Organizational Committee
Instructor of the Advanced Nutritional Support (ANC) Educational Course
Present
Assistant Professor, Surgery Department, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, 1991 to Present
Director and Coordinator of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course in Puerto Rico, 1993 to Present
Member of the Executive Committee of the Puerto Rico Critical Care Society, 1997 to Present
Anesthesiology Department Appointment - Critical Care Faculty, 1997 to Present
Faculty Member of the Total Nutritional Support (TNT) Course, 1998 to Present
Member of the Committee for the Creation of a Children's Injury and Traumatic Databank, May 1998 to Present
Director of the Nutritional Team of the Puerto Rico Trauma Center, 1999 to Present
Faculty Member of the Advanced Clinical Nutritional Course (ANC), 1999 to Present
Director of the Puerto Rico Trauma Center, 1999 to Present
Staff Member of the Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration (ASEM), 1999 to Present
Invited Faculty Member of the Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), 1999 to Present
Examiner for the Oral Board of the Puerto Rico Board of Medical Examiners, 2000 to Present
Member of the Puerto Rico Committee for Applicants to the American College of Surgeons, 2000 to Present
Vice-President of the Caribbean Trauma Society, 2000 to Present
Infectious Control Committee, Puerto Rico Medical Services, 1999 to Present
Surgical Procedures and Anesthetic Care Committee, Puerto Rico Medical Services, 1999 to Present
Patient Assessment Committee, Puerto Rico Medical Services, 1999 to Present
Member of the Pharmacy Committee, University District Hospital, 1993 to Present
Director of the Nutritional Team of the Puerto Rico Trauma Center, 1999 to Present
Staff Member of the Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration, 1999 to Present
Infectious Control Committee, Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration, 1999 to Present
Surgical Procedures and Anesthetic Care Committee, Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration, 1999 to Present
Patient Assessment Committee, Puerto Rico Medical Services, 1999 to Present
Member of the Pharmacy Committee, Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration, 1999 to Present
Book Review Coordinator, Medical Sciences Campus, Surgery Residency, 1992 to Present
Mock's Oral Surgery Board Faculty, 1994 to Present
General Surgery Residents Selection Committee, 1997 to Present
Mortality & Morbidity Conference Coordinator, 1998 to Present
Past
Chairman Quality Improvement Committee, Dept. of Surgery VA Hospital, 1991 to 1994
Chairman Quality Improvement Committee, Trauma Center P.R. Medical Center, 1991 to 1997
Co-director Trauma Center, P.R. Medical Center 1991 to 1997
Vice Chairman Committee on Trauma, ACS Puerto Rico Chapter, 1992 to 1995
Vice-president of the Puerto Rico Critical Care Society, 1995 to 1996
Surgical Interdisciplinary Performance Improvement Committee VA Hospital, 1995 to 1999
President of the Puerto Rico Critical Care Society, 1996 to 1997
Member of the Total Parenteral Nutrition Committee VA Hospital, 1996 to 1999
VA Hospital SICU Committee, alternate member, 1997 to 1999
VA Hospital Medical Records Review Committee, alternate member, 1997 to 1999
President of the Puerto Rico Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society, 1999 to 2000
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Regional Faculty Member, 1995 to 2002
Chairman Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, P.R. Chapter, 1995 to 2002
Member of the Special Committee for the Study of the Medical Malpractice Situation, 1996 to 2002
Associate Member Prevention Subcommittee on the National Committee on Trauma, ACS, 1998 to 2002
Honors
Alpha Omega Alpha - Medical Honor Society Distinguished
Faculty Award and Membership: May 13, 1995
Initial Assessment and Management in the Polytraumatized Patient, April 25, 2002 at the Medical Sciences Campus for third year UPR Medical Students.
Pharmaconutrition: New Management Strategy in ARDS, April 20, 2002 for the Convention of the Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the PR Society of Critical Care Medicine at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Initial Assessment in Trauma, April 4, 2002 , at the Medical Sciences Campus Public Health School for anesthetist in training.
Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Patient , August 19, 2001 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico for Surgical and Internal Medicine Interns of several Residency Programs of Puerto Rico.
Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Patient , March 15, 2002 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico for Puerto Rico physicians across the Island.
Updating The Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Patient, April 26, 2001 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, for Puerto Rico dietitians.
Trauma Concepts April 3, 2001, at the Puerto Rico Medical Center for the Medical Services Administration in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Role of Support Groups at the Trauma Center, for the First Seminar to Capacitate Victim’s Assistants at the Interamerican University of Rio Piedras, PR for the Mothers Against Alcohol Driving Organization ( MAAD)
Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Patient, March 23, 2001 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico for physicians
Enteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients, February 24, 2001 for the Convention of the Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the PR Society of Critical Care Medicine at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Trauma: Initial Assessment and Management, December 1, 2000 at Santiago, Dominican Republic for the the First Joint Medical Congress for dominican physicians.
Metabolic Support in Critically Ill Patients, December 2, 2000 at Santiago, Dominican Republic for the First Joint Medical Congress for dominican physicians.
Updating The Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Patient, October 28, 2000 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, for Puerto Rico dietitians and physicians.
Metabolic Support in the Critically Ill Patient , September 25, 2000 at the Auxilio Mutuo Hospital for the nurses critical care course.
Updating The Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Patient, June 22, 2000 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, for Puerto Rico dietitians and physicians.
Trauma: Initial Assessment, May 18, 2000 at San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Medical Company of the Army Reserve.
Metabolic Support in Trauma, May 10, 2000 at Puerto Rico Trauma Center for physicians and nurses
Metabolic Support in Trauma, April 28, 2000 at Medical Sciences Campus for the Neurosurgery Residency at the UPR – Medical Sciences Campus
Long Bone Fractures and the Polytraumatized Patients: When to operate? April 12, 2000 for the Orthopedic Residency at the UPR – Medical Sciences Campus Amphitheater
Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Patient , March 18-19, 2000 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan for physicians
Trauma: Initial Assessment, March 14, 2000 at Vieques Hospital, Vieques, Puerto Rico for the Health Week Program for physicians, paramedics and nurses.
Albumin in the New Millennium, February 26, 2000 for the Convention of the Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the PR Society of Critical Care Medicine at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Patient , July 1, 1999 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan for physicians
Initial Assessment in Trauma, June 24,1999 at the Medical Sciences Campus for Emergency Medicine Specialists.
Metabolic Support in Trauma, June 24, 1999 at San Pablo Hospital, Bayamon, PR for dietitians.
Metabolic Support in Trauma March 25, 1999 at Ryder Hospital, Humacao, PR for dietitians of the Eastern Area of Puerto Rico
Trauma: Initial Assessment March 13, 1999 at Grand Hotel, Isla Verde, PR for University of Puerto Rico Medical Graduated Physicians
Metabolic Support in Trauma, January 14, 1999 at Doctors Hospital, Manati, PR for Staff Physicians.
Metabolic Support in Critically ill Patients December 16, 1998 at VA Hospital, San Juan, PR for dietitians and TPN team members.
Metabolic Support in Trauma October 8, 1998 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan for the Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PRSPEN) Semiannual Convention
Trauma: Initial Assessment, August 29, 1998 at Vieques Hospital, Vieques, Puerto Rico for the Health Week Program for physicians, paramedics and nurses.
Metabolic Demands in Trauma, May 8, 1998, at Best Western Hotel, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico for physicians across Puerto Rico.
Abdominal Trauma, June 16,1998, at La Casona Restaurant, San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Orthopedic Training Program
Trauma Management May 14, 1998, at Bodegon de Gaspar Restaurant, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico for Industrial Hospital Nurses
Early Enteral Nutrition, May 9, 1998, at Ponce Hilton, Ponce, Puerto Rico for physicians across Puerto Rico.
Metabolic Demands in Trauma, May 8, 1998, at Ponce Hilton, Ponce, Puerto Rico for physicians across Puerto Rico.
Total Nutritional Support , April 24,1998, at the Embassy Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico for physicians across Puerto Rico.
Initial Assessment in Trauma, April18,1998, at the Rio Grande Plantation, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico for physicians and anesthetist nurses.
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), April 4,1998, at the Condado Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the First Trauma and Critical Care Academic Congress for physicians across Puerto Rico.
Trauma and Critical Care Concepts and Management, March 19,1998, at the Medical Services Administration in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Hepatic Dysfunction, February 28,1998, at the Tropimar Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the Puerto Rico Society of Critical Care (PRSCC) and Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PRSPEN ) Convention
Emergency Thoracotomy, January 29,1998, at the Emergency Medicine Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico for Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
Abdominal Trauma, November 13,1997, Antonio's Restaurant, San Juan, Puerto Rico for a Continuos Medical Education Activity.
Trauma and Critical Care Concepts and Management, May 22,1997, at the Medical Services Administration in Rio Piedras - Puerto Rico
Trauma Concepts and Management, April 26,1997, at the Army Reserve Medical and Health Affiliated Program, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
Trauma Management, March 28,1997, at San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Electric Energy Authority Medical and Paramedical Personnel
Hepatic Failure, March 11,1997, at the Tropimar Hotel, San Juan, PuertoRico, during the Puerto Rico Society of Critical Care (PRSCC) and Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PRSPEN) Convention
Trauma Concepts and Management, February 6, 1997, at the Medical Services Administration, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Metabolism and Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Patient, August 30, 1996, at San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Dietitian Internship Program.
Abdominal Trauma, August 2, 1996, at Cerromar Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico for the Annual Convention of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American College of Emergency Medicine Physicians
Trauma Concepts and Management, July 16, 1996, at the Emergency Medicine Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Trauma Assessment and Management, May 29, 1996, at the Medical Services Administration, San Juan, Puerto Rico for Nurses of the Aeroambulance service - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Evolution of Trauma Care, February 10,1996, at the Tropimar Hotel - San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the Puerto Rico Society of Critical Care (PRSCC ) and Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PRSPEN ) Convention
Critical Care Principles, February 9, 1996, at the Tropimar Hotel - San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the Puerto Rico Society of Critical Care (PRSCC ) and Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PRSPEN ) Convention
Emergency Thoracotomy, December 5,1995, at the Emergency Medicine Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Initial Assessment in Trauma, November 22, 1995, for the Critical Care Update Program of the VA Continuous Medical Education Program - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Abdominal Trauma, September 25,1995, for the Critical Care Update Programof the VA Continuous Medical Education Program - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Trauma Scope, September 2, 1995, at Cerromar Hotel - Dorado, Puerto Rico, During the Annual Meeting of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Graduates
Metabolism and Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Patient, August 30, 1995, San Juan, PR for the Dieticians Internship Program
What is Critical Care? August 18,1995, at Urology Conferenece Room for the Urology Grand Round Activity
Emergency Thoracotomy, June 28,1995, at the Emergency Medicine Building- San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Antibiotics in Trauma and Critical Care June 16,1995, at Zipperle's Restaurant, San Juan, PR for a Continuous Medical Education Activity
Broad Spectrum Antibiotics, May 23, 1995, at Tapatio Restaurant, San Juan, PR for a Continuous Medical Education Activity.
Trauma Concepts and Management, April 22,1995, at Interamerican Hospital, Caguas, PR, for the Puerto Rico Operation Nurse Association
Trauma, April 3,1995, for the Critical Care Update Program of the VA Continuos Medical Education Program - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Trauma Management, March 20, 1995, San Juan, PR, for the Master Degree Program of the University of Puerto Rico Health Related Professions Program.
Fluids and Electrolytes, February 22,1995, San Juan, PR, to Trauma Center Nurses for the Trauma Educational Program
Acid-Base Disorders and ARDS, February 2, 1995, San Juan, Puerto Rico to Trauma Center Nurses for the Trauma Educational Program
Critical Care Principles, September 28, 1994, San Juan, PR, for the Critical Care Update Program of the VA Continuous Medical Education Program-Physicians and Nurses
Emergency Thoracotomy, Sept 27, 1994, San Juan, PR at the Emergency Medicine Building.
Evaluation of Trauma Patients, October 28,1993, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, for General Physicians of the Continuous Medical Education Program
Management of Trauma, October 13, 1993, Rio Piedras, PR for Oromaxillofacial Residents of the Dental Program of the University of Puerto Rico
Management of Trauma, October 23, 1993, Rio Piedras, PR, for Orthopaedics Residents of the University of Puerto
Publications
The Effect of a High Fat Diet on the Incidence of Colonic Cancer after Cholecystectomy in Mice. P. Rodriguez, N. Cruz, R. Lopez; Cancer Vol 62, N0. 4 - August 15, 1988
Malpractice Problem in Puerto Rico P.Rodriguez; Prensa Médica Año 6 - Núm. 4 Abril 1994 ( Medical Press 6th year No. 4 - April 1994 )
Impericia Médica en Puerto Rico:1990-1996 PRHSJ Vol 17 No. 1 March 1998 R H. Brau, C. Díaz, J. Hawayek, J.J. Lojo, G.E. Malaret, A.R. Barroso, P. Rodriguez
Chapters
AIDS, Drugs, Alcohol, and Trauma. TRAUMA, first edition ( 1997 ) of
the Panamerican Trauma Society Book. Pages: 619-636
Original Contributions
Admission IL-6 and NBT as Predictors of Length of Stay in Critical Care Patients. L. Velez, Z. Gonzalez, P. Rodriguez. Presented in the Seventeenth F.L. Raffucci Honor Lecture at the Puerto RicoChapter - American College of Surgeons Convention on February 13, 1997.
Injury Patterns in a Closed Space Propane Gas Explosion. M. Lorenzo, A. C. Guajardo, P. Rodriguez, A. Cardona, J. Nazario, A. Suarez. Presented in the eighteenth F.L. Raffucci Honor Lecture at the Puerto Rico Chapter - American College of Surgeons Convention on February 12, 1998, and at the Western Trauma Society - Alberta, Canada in February, 1998.
Gluteal Compartment Syndrome F. Blanes, P. Rodríguez, A.Súarez. Presented in the 48 th Meeting - Puerto Rico Chapter– American College of Surgeons Convention on February 12, 1998.
Calories in TPN: How Much is Enough. W. Méndez, Z. Gonzalez, A. Carlo, P. Rodríguez. Presented in the eighteenth F.L. Raffucci Honor Lecture at the Puerto Rico Chapter - American College of Surgeons Convention on February 12, 1998.
Is Nonoperative Management of Combined Splenic and Hepatic Injuries as Safe as in Single Solid Organ Injury? A. R. Busquets, J. A. Acosta, P. Rodriguez. Presented in the Twenty-One F.L. Raffucci Honor Lecture at the Puerto Rico Chapter - American College of Surgeons Convention on February 15, 2001
Use of Completion Arteriography in Peripheral Vascular Trauma. J. A. Acosta, M. Pacheco, P. Rodriguez. Presented in the Twenty-Second F.L. Raffucci Memorial Lecture at the Puerto Rico Chapter - American College of Surgeons Convention on February 17, 2002
Helical CT Angiography for the diagnosis of Traumatic Arterial Injuries of the Extremities. A. Busquets, J. Acosta, E. Colon, P. Rodriguez. Presented in the Twenty-Second F.L. Raffucci Memorial Lecture at the Puerto Rico Chapter- American College of Surgeons Convention on February 7, 2002
Comparison of Stapled and Sutured Small Bowel Anastomoses in Trauma Patients. M. Gracia, P. Rodriguez, J. A. Acosta. Presented in the Twenty Second F.L. Raffucci Memorial Lecture at the Puerto Rico Chapter– American College of Surgeons Convention on February 7, 2002
Early vs Delayed Repair of Orthopedic and Maxillofacial Injury in Patientes with Pulmonary Contusion; An Analysis of Outcomes. M. Lorenzo, A. Morgan, G. Collin, B. Bernstein (St. Francis Medical center, Univ. of Connecticut), A. Tyroch (Texas Tech University- El Paso), P. Rodriguez, J.A. Acosta (Puerto Rico Trauma)
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in a Patient with subclavian Artery Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report. A. Busquets, P. Rodriguez, J.A. Acosta (Submitted for publication)
Thyroid Storm in a Trauma Setting; Case report. M. Lorenzo, P. Rodriguez ( Submitted for publication)
Transvaginal Percutaneous Drainage of Symptomatic Intrapelvic Hematoma after Splenic Laceration, A. Busquets, J.A. Acosta, P. Rodriguez (Submitted for publication)
Outcome after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Critically Ill Trauma Intensive Care Unit Partients. G. de Jesus, J.A. Acsota, P. Rodriguez ( In progress)
Decline of Cognitive Knowledge After Taking Advanced Trauma Life Support In Puerto Rico. A. Colon, P. Rodriguez, J.A. Acosta (In progress)
Changing Management Trends in Penetrating Colon Trauma: Primary Repair versus Colostomy. D. Solis, P. Rodriguez, J.A. Acosta (In progress)
Trauma Registry as a Quality Assurance Tool. - approved. Initial
Assignment of $18.000.00 by the Puerto Rico Economic Development
Administration Science and Technology Board
Post Graduate Courses/Conventions
Provider course of ATLS, San Juan, PR - 11/1988
Instructor Course Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), San Juan, PR - 4/1989
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1990
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1991
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Medical Sciences Campus San Juan, PR - 4/1991
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1992
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1993
Program Directors in Surgery Convention, Dallas, Texas - 2/1993
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, San Diego, California - 3/1993
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1994
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. - 4/1994
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course VA Hospital, San Juan, P.R. - 6/1994
American College of Surgeons Annual Convention Chicago, Illinois - 10/1994
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1995
Critical Care / Nutritional Annual Convention, San Juan, P.R. - 2 / 1995
American College of Surgeons Annual Convention, New Orleans - 10/1995
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1996
Critical Care / Nutritional Annual Convention, San Juan, P.R. - 2 / 1996
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting Certified as Instructor of the new version (1997) ATLS course, 3/1996
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1997
Critical Care / Nutritional Annual Convention, San Juan, P.R. - 2/1997
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico - 3/1997
American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois - 10/1997
Total Nutritional Support Educational Program Embassy Hotel, Puerto Rico - January 1998
PR Chapter - ACS Annual Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1998
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL - 3/1998
Critical Care / Nutritional Annual Convention, San Juan, P.R. - 3/1998
First Medical Academic Congress, San Juan, P.R. - 4/1998
American College of Surgeons Annual Convention Orlando, Florida - 10/1998
Scientific Symposium Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA - 1/1999
PR Chapter - ACS Convention, San Juan, PR - 2/1999
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, Washington DC - 3/1999
Advanced Nutritional Support Course May 1, 1999 at Embassy Hotel, San Juan, PR
European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN) September 4 - 7, 1999 Stockholm, Sweden
Convention of the Puerto Rico Critical Care and Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2000
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada - 3/2000
Convention of the Puerto Rico Critical Care and Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, /2001
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida - 3/9-11/2001
Puerto Rico Chapter – American College of Surgeons Convention, San Juan, PR, 2002
Convention of the Puerto Rico Critical Care and Puerto Rico Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2002
Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting, San Diego, California – 4/10-13/2002