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Dr. Gildred Colón
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Dr. Gildred Colón graduated from the University of
Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus
in 1973. She did her internship in New Haven,
Connecticut at the hospital affiliated to Yale
University. Her Residency in Internal
Medicine and the Fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism were done at
the University
Hospital in San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Dr.
Colon has her American Boards in Internal Medicine and the American Boards
in Endocrinology and Metabolism. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha,
Honor Medical Society and of multiple professional societies. She has been
president of the PR Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology
and member and secretary of the Board of Directors of the PR Chapter of the
ACP
(American
College of Physicians- American
Society of Internal Medicine). She holds fellowship in the ACP,
fellowship in the American
College of
Endocrinology and Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada, where she practiced for 4 years and was vice-president
of the Regina Chapter of the Canadian Diabetes Association.
In
the Armed Forces, she attained the rank of Captain and Major during her
active duty service. She received an honorable discharge after organizing
and directing the first ever diabetes summer camp of the ARMY, NAVY and AIR
FORCE. During the decade of the 90's, she directed the Fellowship Training
Program in Endocrinology and Diabetology at the San Juan
City Hospital.
She is presently President and CEO of the
American Telemedicine
Center, where she is
involved in developing a telemedicine network program for diabetes disease
management with a federal grant from the United States Department of
Agriculture.
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