My passion for medicine began early in my life. My father, an epidemiologist physician, introduced me to the science and art of medicine. 

 

I was 12 years old when we started traveling to characterize the most important vector-transmitted diseases in the country. I participated (for me, was a game at that time) in classifying vectors and illnesses such as leishmania, malaria, dengue, and American trypanosomiasis (Chaga's disease). 

 

In Guatemala, I graduated from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Hospital General San Juan de Dios in Guatemala City. 

 

After that, I moved to Jutiapa, where I served several years as a primary care physician, owning a practice. 

 

In 2009, I went to New York City, where I completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Metropolitan Hospital-New York Medical College Program and became chief resident. 

 

I have dedicated myself to the art and science of teaching medicine to serve my community.  

 

In 2013, I worked at the Reading Hospital as an academic hospitalist; I started learning point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as a procedural tool.  

 

In 2016, I started the Point-of-Care Ultrasound program and became the director position I held until June 2023.   

 

During that time, I also served as a Faculty Member of the program and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont School of Medicine and the American University of the Caribbean. 

 

I am starting the Point-of-Care Ultrasound program at the Connecticut Institute For Communities (CIFC) in Danbury, Connecticut.    

 

Technologies such as Point-of-Care Ultrasound are necessary for the care of patients in our era. 

 

Physicians have an obligation to lead the changes of a health system that needs urgent improvement for the patients and the healthcare workers, addressing its imperfections and striving for patient-centered medicine, as well as addressing the disparities in health care.