LMSA Symposium 2024

Latino Medical Student Association

University of Puerto Rico Chapter

2ⁿᵈ annual research symposium

saturday

April 20, 2024

UPR-Medical Sciences Campus

Our Chapter

The LMSA-RCM Chapter accomplishes its purpose through three main divisions: Research Committee, Community Service Committee, and Mentorship/Networking Committee. Each committee has unique leadership with the following elements: Chair of Committee, Directive (Vice-Chair, Coordinators, etc.), annual and/or semester activities, and specific goals and aspirations. Additionally, there is an auxiliary Media and Public Relations branch that is composed of a Public Relations Director and Social Media Director,as well as all class representatives. There is also a secretary and a treasurer that collaborate with each committee and the rest of the executive board to complete any tasks relevant to their positions. The executive board is composed of the co-presidents, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, committee chairs, public relations director, and social media director.

Mission

The Latino Medical Student Association exists to unite and empower current and future physicians through service, mentorship, and education to advocate for the improved health of the Hispanic & Latinx community in the United States.

Vision

We envision a world in which improved health outcomes for all patients arise as a result of the following: increased representation and support of healthcare professionals from backgrounds underrepresented among the medical workforces, increased awareness of critical issues affecting the health of the Hispanic, Latinx, and other marginalized communities, and increased efforts to reduce disparities in the ways patients of color experience the American healthcare system.

LMSA-RCM

2ᶰᵈ Annual Research Symposium

The LMSA-RCM Annual Research Symposium is an event directed towards providing medical students studying in Puerto Rico the opportunity to share their research projects with the medical and academic community. This is an event created, developed, and executed by medical students, for medical students. It is the only one of its kind in Puerto Rico.

Our Guest Speakers

Valerie Wojna Muñiz, MD, FAAN

Board Certified Neurologist

University of Puerto Rico

Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD

Professor of Cancer Engineering

Columbia University

Our Judges

María Crespo, PhD

Ricardo Cruz, PhD

Enid J. García, MD, MPH

Walter Frontera, MD, PhD

Camila Fernández, MD

Yailis Medina, MD

Osmarie Martínez, PhD

Caleb Feliciano, MD

Karen Martínez, MD

Irma Rivera Ed. D, MS

Carmen Amalia Marrero, EdD, MS

Pamela Silen, MD, FACOG

Vanessa Rodríguez, MD

Pablo Vivas Mejía, PhD

Yasmin Pedrogo, MD

Valerie Wojna, MD

Carlos Luciano, MD

Vanessa Sepulveda, MD

Irma Febo, MD

Milliette Alvarado, MD

Program

Morning

Medicine Amphitheater 2

8:00-9:00 am

Check-in

9:00-9:05 am

Welcome

LMSA Research Committee

9:15-9:30 am

Speaker: Dr. Valerie Wojna, MD, FAAN

9:30-9:45 am

Speaker: Dr. Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD

10:00-11:50 am

Oral Presentations

11:50-12:00 pm

Closing Remarks

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch Break

Program

Afternoon

Conrado Asenjo Library

1:00-2:00 pm

Poster Session A

2:00-3:00 pm

Poster Session B

3:00-4:00 pm

Poster Session C

4:00-4:30 pm

Awards Ceremony

4:30-5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

Oral Presentations:

Emanuel Y. Hernandez Moya Amaris D. Rosado Rodriguez	Comparison of Radiation Exposure and Fluoroscopy Time between Minimally Invasive Common Bile Duct Exploration and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Emil D. González Marrero	Macrophage Infiltration and Polarization in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Eric Pérez Pérez	A Safety and Feasibility Study of the Oral Live Biotherapeutic MRx0518 with Hypofractionated Preoperative Radiation for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Alexandra M. Vélez Martínez	Supporting Medical Spanish Curricula in US Medical Schools: Students as Standardized Patients for Peer-to-Peer Communication Skills Practice and Feedback (Phase 1)
Francis Cedeño	Postoperative Pain Efficacy of Combined IV Ketorolac and Oral Acetaminophen as Opioid Alternatives in Intramedullary Nailing of Femur Shaft Fractures
Joshua Roldán Kalil	Efficacy in Mechanisms of Action of an HSF1 Pathway Inhibitor in Cholangiocarcinoma
Neian Contreras Alvarado	Lymph Node-Tumor Proximity as a Determinant of Anti-Cancer T-cell Immune Response
Claudia N. Dubocq Ortiz	Acral Lentiginous Melanoma in an Under-Resourced Population: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Sergio M. Aymat Sánchez-Vahamonde Maillim I. Ortiz-López	Understanding Breast Implant Illness in Puerto Rico

Poster Session A

Basic Sciences	Iris Ivette Sánchez Lebrón	Clinical Vignette	Sandra Cuevas Rodríguez
Basic Sciences	José Rolón Pérez	Clinical Vignette	Tatiana Pimentel-Soler
Basic Sciences	Merangely N. Rivera Lopez	Clinical Vignette	Ana L. Melero
Public Health	Maillim I. Ortiz López Andrés I. Gorbea Dolagaray	Clinical Vignette	Angelica Fuentes Soriann Rodriguez
Public Health	Claudia Ramirez Marcano	Clinical and Translational	Carlos Martí
Public Health	Marcel Grau Rodríguez	Clinical and Translational	Camelia Carvajal Matta
Clinical Vignette	Miguel Girod-Hoffman	Clinical and Translational	Annelisse Torres Urquia
Clinical Vignette	Armando J Ruiz-Justiz	Clinical and Translational	Esteban Rivera Rivera
Clinical Vignette	Isabel Castellanos Castillo	Clinical and Translational	Mariana T. Tavárez-Santiesteban
Clinical Vignette	Priscilla Dávila-Pérez	Clinical and Translational	Diego R. Calo López

Poster Session B

Basic Sciences	María Celeste Pérez Ballester	Clinical Vignette	Camila Fontane
Basic Sciences	Agustin Rodriguez Lopez	Clinical Vignette	Benjamin Nieves Lopez
Basic Sciences	Zaymara Vivaldi Marrero	Clinical Vignette	Odaly S. Balasquide Odeh
Medical Education	Arnaldo E. Álvarez Meléndez	Clinical Vignette	Valerie Encarnación Cortés
Medical Education	Verónica R. Dávila-Parrilla	Clinical Vignette	Brian A. Monge Barrios
Medical Education	Marcel Grau Rodríguez	Clinical and Translational	Edgardo Gonzalez-Garcia
Clinical Vignette	Abdiel J. Alicea Negrón	Clinical and Translational	Ryan D. Román Feliciano
Clinical Vignette	Paola E. Flores Arroyo	Clinical and Translational	Luis A. Rodríguez González Natasha L. Pérez Nieto
Clinical Vignette	Andrea B. Lastra Annexy	Clinical and Translational	Gladys Flores Romero

Poster Session C

Basic Sciences	Alanis N. Gomez Martinez	Clinical and Translational	Daniel Torres Vega
Basic Sciences	Guillermo S. López-Torres	Clinical and Translational	Valerie Encarnación Cortés
Basic Sciences	Martin Roldán Auffant	Clinical and Translational	Maillim Ortiz, Camila Fontane
Medical Education	Cristina I. Fernández Hernández Marcos Roche Miranda	Clinical Vignette	Manuel Pizarro Mondesir Claudia Ramirez Marcano
Clinical Vignette	Laura Cristina Pagán Yenisley Carnet	Clinical Vignette	Emily A. Rosa Bouza Camilla M. Feliciano Gonzalez
Clinical Vignette	Victor J. Raimundi Santos	Clinical Vignette	Jaime A. Da Silva Lugo
Clinical Vignette	Sebastián J. Ruiz Matos	Clinical and Translational	Gabriel A. Jiménez Berríos
Clinical Vignette	Diego Torres	Clinical and Translational	Maia C Arraiza Truust
Clinical and Translational	Eric Pérez Pérez	Clinical and Translational	Pamella K. Abreu Lozada
Clinical and Translational	Roberto J Angeli Morales