NAME
Margarita Ramirez-Vick, MD POSITION TITLE
Professor of Medicine
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE
(if applicable) MM/YY FIELD OF STUDY
University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Mayaguez Campus
UPR, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan Pre-Med
Pre-Med 12/83
06/85 Biology
UPR, School of Medicine (SoM), San Juan MD 06/89 Medicine
UPR, SoM, Medical Sciences Campus (MSC), San Juan Resident 06/92 Internal Medicine
UPR, SoM, MSC,San Juan Fellow 06/94 Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

A. Personal Statement
As a clinical endocrinologist I am contributing with my expertise with human subjects. I have been Program Director of one of the 2 training programs in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism in Puerto Rico, for the past 12 years. In our Program we carry out 3 weekly outpatient clinics in which about 400 patients are evaluated each month, and approximately half of those are diabetics. Our patient population is from across the island since our institution receives mostly patients outside the metropolitan area, which makes it ideal as a representative sample for our study. As collaborator to this study I will screen those patients from our clinics that meet the criteria for inclusion and help in coordinating their subsequent visits to the research clinic to follow the requisites described in the protocol. In 2004, I participated in a multicentric international protocol testing the hypoglycemic agent exenatide as a new agent for diabetic therapy before its approval. I have done research on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in our population and its association to women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. In our facilities we perform specialized hormonal testing on a regular basis, and as a contributor to this study I will also interpret the tests for insulin resistance to be done in the research patients.

B. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
7/92-6/94 Clinical Instructor-Ad Honorem, Internal Medicine Service, UPR, MSC, University Hospital, PR
1994-present Faculty of the Endocrinology Division, Residency Program, UPR, SoM, MSC, PR
1994-present Clinical practice in Endocrinology, University Medical Services Group Practice, UPR, MSC, PR
1994-2002 Assistant Professor, Int. Med. Service, UPR, SoM, MSC, University Hospital, PR
2003-present Program Director, Endocrinology Training Program, UPR, SoM, MSC, Univ. Hospital, PR
2002-2007 Associate Professor, Internal Medicine Service, UPR, SoM, MSC
2007-present Professor, Internal Medicine Service, UPR, SoM, MSC, PR
2015-present Acting Director, Endocrinology Section, UPR, SoM, MSC, University Hospital, PR
2016-present Director, Endocrinology Section, UPR, SoM, MSC, University Hospital, PR

Other Experience
1994-2003 Endocrinology Consultant, Centro Cardiovascular de PR y del Caribe, San Juan, PR
2001-2004 Key faculty member in Internal Medicine Department, UPR, SoM, MSC
07/09-present Mechanisms of Disease Course Coordinator for 3rd year medical students, UPR, SoM, MSC, PR
1994-present Director, Forum in Clinical Investigation, Endocrinology Division, UPR, MSC, University Hospital, PR
06/01-2012 Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Int. Med. Dept., UPR, MSC
2009-present Member, Credentials Committee, Internal Medicine Dept., UPR, MSC
2009-present Chairperson, Credentials Committee, Endocrinology and Diabetes Puertorrican Society (SPED)
Professional Memberships
1990-present Member, American College of Physicians
1990-present Member, American Medical Association
1992-present American Diabetes Association
1994-present Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Endocrinologia y Diabetología
2004-present Member, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
2013-present Member, International Society of Clinical Densitometry

Professional Certifications
1992-2002 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine
1997-2006 Added Qualification in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2003-2013 Re-certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
2007-2017 Re-certification, added qualification in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2012-2017 ISCD Certified Clinical Densitometrist (CDD)
Honors
2004 Elected for “Who’s Who in Outstanding Women of the 21st Century”
2004 Nominated “Woman of the Year 2004” by the American Biographical Institute of
International Research
2009-present Ad hoc reviewer for Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal
2016-present Ad hoc reviewer for El Bisturí of the Colegio de Médicos Cirujanos de PR

C. Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

Most relevant to the current application

1. Ramírez-Vick M., Hernández-Dávila L., Rodríguez-Rivera N., López-Valentín M., Haddock L., Rodríguez-Martínez R. and González-Bossolo A. Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency and Deficiency among Young Physicians at University District Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. PR Health Sci J 32(2): 83-88, 2015

2. Vega M., González L., Santiago E., Garcés A., Shum LM, Tirado M. and Ramírez M. Quality of Life in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer at the General Endocrinology Clinics of the University Hospital of Puerto Rico. Bol Asoc Med PR 107(1): 25-31, 2015

3. Alvarado M., Ramírez M., López L. An Uncommon Presentation of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma: When Chronic Back Pain should raise a Flag. Bol Asoc Med PR 106(2): 36-39, 2014

4. Ramirez-Vick, M., Nieves-Rodríguez M., Lúgaro-Gómez A. and Pérez-Irizarry J. Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Puerto Rico, 1985-2004. PR Health Sci J 30(3): 109-115, 2011 Gómez, M. and Ramírez M. Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among a Determined Puertorican Population. PRHealthScJ 25(2): 111-116, 2006.

5. Heine R, Van Gaal L and members of the GWAA Study Group. Exenatide versus Insulin Glargine in Patients with Suboptimally Controlled Type 2 Diabetes. Annals of Int Med 143(8):559-569, 2005.

6. Rabelo M. and Ramírez M. Association Between the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Metabolic Syndrome in Puerto Rican Women. PRHealthScJ 24(4): 203-206, 2005.

7. Martinó A, Rosa J and Ramírez M. Effect of Alendronate on Bone Mineral Density in Puerto Rican Males with Osteoporosis. PR Health Sc J 24(2): 131-135, 2005.

8. Ramírez-Vick M. Evidence-Based Update of the ATP III Guidelines on Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol: Salient Features. Bol Asoc Med PR 97(1):37-43, 2005.

9. Ramírez-Vick M. The ‘Natural’ Growth Hormone Explosion: Fact or Fraud? PR Health Sc J 23(3):189-192, 2004