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Ricardo-La-Hoz-Cv.Pdf Ricardo M. La Hoz, MD, FACP, FAST Curriculum vitae Date Prepared: November 20th 2017 Name: Ricardo M. La Hoz Office Address: 5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390-9113 Work Phone: (214) 648-2163 Work E-Mail: [email protected] Work Fax: (214) 648-9478 Place of Birth: Lima, Peru Education Year Degree Field of Study Institution (Honors) (Thesis advisor for PhDs) 1998 B.Sc. Biology Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 2005 M.D. Medical Doctor Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Postdoctoral Training Year(s) Titles Specialty/Discipline Institution (Lab PI for postdoc research) 2012 - 2013 Chief Fellow, Infectious University of Alabama at Diseases Birmingham 2012 - 2013 Transplant Infectious Diseases University of Alabama at Birmingham 2010 - 2012 Infectious Diseases University of Alabama at Birmingham 2007 - 2010 Internal Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham Current Licensure and Certification Licensure • State of Texas Medical License, 2014 - Present. • State of North Carolina Medical License, 2013-2014. Inactive. • State of Alabama Medical License, 2009-2013. Inactive. 1 Board and Other Certification • Texas DPA, 2014 - Present. • Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty Infectious Diseases. 2012 - Present • Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine. 2010- Present • Drug Enforcement Administration Certification, 2010 - Present. • State of Alabama Controlled Substance Certification, 2009-2013. • BLS/ACLS Certification, 2008 - Present • Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification. 2006 Honors and Awards Year Name of Honor/Award Awarding Organization 2017 2017 LEAD Capstone Project Finalist - Office of Faculty Diversity & Development, UT Leadership Emerging in Academic Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Departments (LEAD) Program for Junior Faculty Physicians and Scientists 2017 2017 Participant - Leadership Emerging in Office of Faculty Diversity & Development, UT Academic Departments (LEAD) Program for Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Junior Faculty Physicians and Scientists 2016 Division of Infectious Diseases Teaching UT Southwestern Medical Center, Infectious Award Diseases Fellowship Program, Dallas, TX. 2016 Finalist Junior Faculty and Trainees Council The International Society of Heart and Lung Clinical Case Dilemmas in Thoracic Transplantation. Transplantation Best Presentation Award 2014 Master Teacher Award Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program. Winston- Salem, NC. 2012 Honorable Mention for the J. Claude Bennett University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2012 Award for Excellence in Research by an Trainee Research Symposium. Birmingham, AL. Associate Fellow. 2012 Selected amongst Post Doctoral Scholars and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Associate Fellows for the 2012 Translational Birmingham, AL. Science Course for Post-Doctoral Scholars. 2011 Travel Grant Award American Society of Transplantation, Fellow Symposium 2011. Grapevine, TX. 2011 Best Teaching Fellow Award for Excellence University of Alabama at Birmingham, in Teaching. Department of Medicine. Birmingham AL. 2010 Inducted into the International Antiviral International Antiviral Society USA, San Society USA Core Faculty for excellence in Francisco, CA. teaching, clinical care and commitment to the mission and values of the society. 2010 Semi-finalist at the American College of American College of Physicians 2010 Meeting. Physicians National Meeting Doctor’s Toronto, Canada. Dilemma Competition. 2 2009 Ben Friedman Award for Excellence in University of Alabama at Birmingham, Teaching Department of Medicine. Birmingham AL. 2009 Member of the winning team of the American American College of Physicians Alabama College of Physicians Alabama Chapter Chapter Meeting 2009. Orange Beach, AL Meeting Doctor’s Dilemma Competition 2005 CONTENTA Award for graduating top of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, 2005 School of Medicine Class Peru. 1999 Scholarship for outstanding academic Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, performance. Peru. Faculty Academic Appointments Year(s) Academic Title Department Academic Institution 2015 - Present Assistant Professor Medicine University of Texas Southwestern. Dallas, TX. 2013 - 2014 Assistant Professor Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine. Winston-Salem, NC. Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions Past Year(s) Position Title Department/Division Institution 2013 - 2014 Attending Physician Medicine, Infectious Diseases Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Winston-Salem, NC. 2013 Active Staff Medicine, Infectious Diseases UAB University Hospital. Birmingham, AL. Current Year(s) Position Title Department/Division Institution 2015 - Present Attending Physician Medicine, Infectious Diseases William P. Clements Jr University Hospital. 2015 - Present Attending Physician Medicine, Infectious Diseases Parkland Memorial Hospital. Other Professional Positions Year(s) Position Title Institution 2016 Consultant Mayne Pharma Major Administrative/Leadership Positions Year(s) Position Title Institution 2015 Infectious Diseases Billing Compliance Officer UT Southwestern Medical Center 3 Committee Service Year(s) Name of Committee Institution/Organization Academic 2017 Course Director, Infectious Diseases Grand UT Southwestern Medical Center, Rounds Dallas, TX. 2016 - Renal Transplant Program Pre-transplant William P. Clements Jr. University evaluation. Infectious Diseases Section Hospital, Dallas TX 2016 - HIV + Renal Transplant Program William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, Dallas TX 2016 - Renal Transplant Living Donor – Infectious William P. Clements Jr. University Diseases Section Hospital, Dallas TX 2016 - Infectious Diseases Fellowship Clinical Core UT Southwestern Medical Center, Competency Committee Dallas, TX. 2015 - Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Journal UT Southwestern Medical Center, Club Faculty Moderator Dallas, TX. 2015 - Infectious Diseases Fellowship Curriculum UT Southwestern Medical Center, Workgroup Dallas, TX. 2015 - Stem Cell Transplant Handbook. Infectious William P. Clements Jr. University Disease Section Hospital, Dallas TX 2013 - 2014 Infectious Diseases Fellowship Selection Wake Forest School of Medicine, Committee Winston-Salem, NC. 2012 - 2013 Intern Selection Committee, Tinsley Harrison University of Alabama at Internal Medicine Residency Program Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 2012 2012 Educational Summit, Planning Committee University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 2012 2012 Educational Summit, Fellows Track, Co- University of Alabama at Chair Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 2008 - 2013 UAB Creating Effective Resident Teachers, University of Alabama at Internal Medicine Residency Program Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 2002 The Gorgas Infectious Diseases Course, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Assistant to the Coordinator. Heredia, Lima-Peru. Hospital 2015 Antimicrobial Stewardship Subcommittee UTSW Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, Dallas TX 2015 Fungal Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Liver Transplant Program, UTSW Recipients – Infectious Diseases Member William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, Dallas, TX 2015 - Strategies for Healthy Living after Solid Organ Solid Organ Transplant Program, Transplantation UTSW William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, Dallas, TX 4 2014 Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplant Protocol Stem Cell Transplant Program, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 2014 Surgical Prophylaxis for Mechanical Circulatory Heart Transplant & Advanced Heart Support Device and Heart Transplant Recipients Failure Program, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 2014 Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Vaccination Stem Cell Transplant Program, Wake Working Group Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 2014 Increase Risk Donor Consent Group Heart Transplant & Advanced Heart Failure Program, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 2014 Neutropenic Fever Working Group. Chair. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. 2014 Invasive Fungal Sinusitis Working Group. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Infectious Disease Representative. Winston-Salem, NC. 2013 - 2014 Center for Antimicrobial Utilization, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Stewardship, and Epidemiology (CAUSE) Winston-Salem, NC. State/Regional None National/International 2017 - Present Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Organ Procurement Transplantation Committee – Granuloma Working Group Chair Network/United Network of Organ Sharing 2016 - Present Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Organ Procurement Transplantation Committee. Network/United Network of Organ Sharing 2016 - Present Panel Member – Discussion and US Food and Drug Administration Recommendations for the Classification of Quantitative Viral Load Assays for Transplant- associated Opportunistic Viral Infections, Microbiology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee Professional Societies Dates Society Name, member 2017 - Present American Society of Transplantation, Fellow 2016 - Present Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium, Founding Member 2016 - Present Texas Medical Association 2016 - Present Dallas County Medical Society 2016 - Present Texas Transplantation Society 5 2015 - Present The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member 2012 - Present American College of Physicians, Fellow 2011 - 2017 American Society of Transplantation, Member 2011 - Present
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