EDUCATION:
- Colegio Lice De Cervantes – BS
- Barranquilla, Colombia 1971-1976
- Javeriana University – Medical School
- Bogota, Colombia 1976-1982
MEDICAL TRAINING:
- Straight Medical Internship — Tulane University Medical School
- New Orleans, Louisiana 1984-1985
- Internal Medicine Residency — Tulane University Medical School
- New Orleans, Louisiana 1985-1987
- Chief Medical Resident — Tulane University Medical School
- New Orleans, Louisiana 1987-1988
- Clinical Cardiology Fellowship— Yale University School of Medicine
- New Haven, Connecticut 1988-1991
- Intervention Cardiology Fellowship — University of Texas Medical School
- Houston, Texas 1991-1992
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
- American Board of Internal Medicine — 1987
- Cardiovascular Board – 1991, 2001 and 2011 (valid until 2021)
- Intervention Cardiology — 1999, 2009 (valid until 2019)