Ivonne Jiménez Velázquez
Ivonne Jiménez Velázquez | |
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Born | San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (M.D.) |
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
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
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
Jiménez Velázquez is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Living people
- People from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- University of Puerto Rico alumni
- University of Puerto Rico faculty
- American geriatricians
- Women geriatricians
- American internists
- Puerto Rican geriatricians
- Puerto Rican women physicians
- 20th-century American physicians
- 21st-century American physicians
- 20th-century American women physicians
- 21st-century American women physicians
- American women academics