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Carlos Hernandez-Cassis

Credentials: 

  • M.D.

  • M.P.H

Current Position(s): 

  • Staff Physician Endocrinologist, Veterans Administration Southern Nevada Health Care System, Las Vegas, NV. 

  • Professor of medicine, University Of Nevada Las Vegas, NV.

Personal Statement: 

In 1973, Dr. Hernandez-Cassis completed his medical education training at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia which was immediately followed by internship in 1973/1974 at the Hospital de Barranquilla, and Social Service in 1974/1975 at the Hospital de Campo de la Cruz, Campo de La Cruz, Atlántico, Colombia. Dr. Hernandez-Cassis did residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital de Los Andes, Barranquilla between 1975 and 1978, and a Fellowship in endocrinology between 1978 and 1980 at the Hospital San Juan de Dios, Bogota. For a period of nineteen years, he was an attending physician and simultaneously a professor of endocrinology.

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Another fellowship in endocrinology came much later at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL from 1996 through 1998. In 2000, Dr. Hernandez-Cassis became a faculty member at the University of Miami. In 2007, he completed graduate studies in public health and has since been a practicing physician in the United States.

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Dr. Hernandez-Cassis is a physician-scientist with a track-record of performing basic and clinical research continuously since 1996. He continues to be enthusiastic about and deeply engaged in clinical research as well as in training future scientists and physicians at all levels (i.e., students, endocrinology fellows, and junior attending physicians).

Education:

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Doctor in Medicine and Surgery. January 1966 - June 1973. Date conferred: June 27, 1974.

  • Master of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. University of Miami School of Medicine. August 2000 – December 2003. Graduation date: December 17, 2007.

Awards and Honors:

  • 1984          National Medical Award, The Colombian Biennial Medical Award in Research for practitioner physicians,                        Title: Disfunción tiroidea mínima en niños de talla baja ( Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award).

  • 1984          Merit Medal of the World Lebanese Cultural Union.

  • 1984/86    Excellence Award in Internal Medicine. Asociación Colombiana de  Medicina Interna (ACMI).

  • 1988/90    Excellence Award in Internal Medicine. Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Interna (ACMI).

  • 1990/92    Excellence Award in Internal Medicine,. Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Interna (ACMI).

  • 1992          First Roche Award to the best-unpublished investigation. Sociedad Medico-Quirurgica del Atlantico.

  • 1995          Recognition for Academic Services, The WJH Training Programs For Latin America.

  • 1995          Academic excellence “Jaime Caballero Corbacho”. Universidad del Norte exalumni (EXANORTE).

  • 1998          Mention of Honor for Professional Excellence in Scientific  Research, Barranquilla ROTARY CLUB,                                     October 28, 1998.

  • 1999          Recognition for Hard Work and Continuous Dedication to Education in Medicine. The WJH Training                                   Programs for Latin America.

  • 2001          Universidad del Norte’s 35th anniversary Commemorative Mention of Honor, March 29, 2001.

Professional History:

  • 1980-2000   Professor of Endocrinology, Universidad del Norte, Basic and Clinical Sciences Departments,                                            Barranquilla, Colombia.

  • 1980-1996   Attending Physician in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Hospital los Andes, ISS, Barranquilla,                                   Colombia.

  • 1981-1984   Medical Education Director, Health Sciences Division ( School of Medicine and Nurses),                                                      Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla. 

  • 1992-1993   Chairman of Internal Medicine Department ( Interim), Hospital de los Andes,                                                                        Instituto de los Seguros Sociales. 

  • 1998-2000   Assistant Scientist (third/fourth years fellow in research/ optional years), Department of Medicine,                                  Division of Endocrinology, University of Miami, School of Medicine.

  • 2001             Instructor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes &                                            Metabolism, University of Miami School of Medicine.

  • 2001-2005   Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology,                                              University of Miami, School of Medicine.

  • 2005-2009   Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology,                                              University of Miami, School of Medicine. 

  • 2000-2009       Director of the Endocrine Clinic, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, University of Miami. 

  • 2002-2003       Director of the Diabetes Clinic, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, University of Miami. 

  • 2002-2006       Institutional Review Board. Member of the Medical Sciences Committee C/2 for the protection of                                      human subjects in research. University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial                                                     Medical Center. 

  • 2004-2005       Director of the Inpatient Diabetes Unit, JMH. 

  • 2009-Present  Staff Physician Endocrinologist, Veterans Administration Health Care System, Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • 2010-Present  Professor of Medicine University of Nevada Scholl of Medicine

  • 2011- 2013      Member of the IRB VA Loma Linda, California &  Southern Nevada Healthcare System.

 

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