Ivonne Jiménez Velázquez
Ivonne Jiménez Velázquez | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geriatrics, internal medicine |
| Institutions | University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine |
Ivonne Z. Jiménez Velázquez is a Puerto Rican geriatrician and internist. She is a professor and chair of the department of medicine at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.
Early life and education
[edit]Jiménez Velázquez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She completed a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, at University of Puerto Rico in 1978. She earned a medical degree from University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 1982. She interned at Hospital Regional de Caguas and for 3 years in internal medicine at Hospital Universitario where she later became an instructor in the department of medicine. Jiménez Velázquez specialized in geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital until 1989.[1]
Career
[edit]Jiménez Velázquez worked as an adjunct professor at Mount Sinai before returning to the department of medicine at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine where she became a full professor in 2002.[1] She is chair of the department of medicine.[2] She is a member of the American Geriatrics Society, Association of Professors of Medicine, and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.[1]
Awards and honors
[edit]Jiménez Velázquez is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d entreprises, MAPPING CONTROL géolocalisation de véhicules particuliers et. "Dra. Ivonne Z. Jiménez Velázquez". Revista Galenus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ "Department of Medicine". Department of Medicine. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
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[edit]- Living people
- Educators from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican women educators
- University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine alumni
- University of Puerto Rico faculty
- Women geriatricians
- American internists
- Women internists
- American geriatricians
- 21st-century Puerto Rican physicians
- 20th-century American physicians
- 21st-century American physicians
- American women academics
- 20th-century Puerto Rican women physicians
- 20th-century Puerto Rican physicians
- 21st-century Puerto Rican women physicians