I studied medicine and pediatrics with the specific intention of seeking a solution to the health problems of children. Also, I am interested in the growth and development from early childhood, nutrition issues, overweight/obesity, diabetes mellitus, puberty, and other issues that affect the endocrine system, such as thyroid and adrenal gland.

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• Master's degree in Pediatric Endocrinology. Hospital Saint Joan de Déu - Universitat de Barcelona. 2011
• Specialty in Pediatrics. Universidad de Costa Rica. 2007
• Doctor and Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica. 2002

• Research Methodology - CENDEISSS

  June 2018

• Course Good Clinical Practices - ICIMED

  May 2016 - June 2016

• Speaker at the XIV Latin American Congress of Child and Adolescent Gynecology

  July 2015

• Basic Cardiac Support - Servicios Médicos Intensivos (SMI). San José, Costa Rica

  July 2014

• International Congress of Endocrinology ICE/ENDO - Endocrine Society. Chicago, Il

  June 2014

• Annual Congress - European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE). Milan, Italy

  September 2013

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Course - Servicios Médicos Intensivos (SMI). San José, Costa Rica

  June 2013

• Speaker, 10th Refresher Seminar on Diabetes Mellitus - Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

  November 2012

• Speaker, 74th National Medical Congress - Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

  November 2012

• Speaker, XXVIII Central American Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics

  June 2012

• International Congress of Endocrinology - European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology. Glasgow, Scotland

  June 2011

• XXIII National Congress of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (SEEP) - Granada, Spain

  April 2011

• I National Symposium of Pediatric Endocrinology - Madrid, Spain

  October 2010

• XXII National Congress of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Endocrinology - Murcia, Spain

  May 2010

• Speaker and Attendant, 16th Graduate Training Course - Sociedad Española de Endocrinología Pediátrica (SEEP). Santiago de Compostela, Spain

  April 2010

• Clinical Case Meeting in Pediatric Endocrinology - Malaga, Spain

  November 2009

• XLIV Pediatric Week - Faculty of Medicine, University of Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica

  October 2008

• Speaker and Attendant, Seminar VI Diabetes Mellitus - Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

  November 2007

• Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED6739Active

  Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

• Attending Specialist of Endocrinology - Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, Hospital Nacional de Niños. San José, Costa Rica. December, 2011 - Present
• Vice President - National Association for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (ANPEDEM). San Jose, Costa Rica
• Graduate Professor of Pediatrics - Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica
• Postgraduate Professor of Endocrinology - Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

• Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Tertiary Children's Hospital. Poster presentation, ICE/ENDO 2014
• Diabetes Mellitus Neonatal en Costa Rica. Acta med. Costarric; 56(3), 2014
• Hipotiroidismo en niños. www.ampmd.com. 2013
• Body Mass Index increase precedes breast development in internationally adopted girls with early/precocious puberty. Horm Res 2011; 76 (suppl 2)
• Epidemiología de niños (as) con derrame pleural atendidos en el Hospital Nacional de Niños “Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera” durante un periodo de 8 años. Acta pediátrica costarricense. Volumen 20, número 1. 2008
• Hipertiroidismo y Psicosis en pediatría: reporte de un caso. Revista Clínica Escuela de Medicina UCR-HSJD, volumen 5, número 3. 2015.