Hector J. Lora Rodriguez, MD🇩🇴
@hectorjoselora
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#MATCH2025 Internal Medicine Applicant | Research Assistant at the IMTSAG | Passionate about IM/ID/CCM physician🦠🔬
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Hi
#MedTwitter
!
I am Hector, an
#IMG
from the Dominican Republic🇩🇴 applying to
#InternalMedicine
#MATCH2025
I’m passionate about Public Health, Tropical Medicine🏝️, ID🧫, emergent ID🦠, Critical care and
#MedEd
📚
Grateful to start this new chapter in the 📕 of my life❤️
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@guerrerohegh
Y si no ha leído la biblia? Eso lo hace menos? Sus argumentos son inválidos? Recuerde que las creencias no se pueden imponer, recuerde que somos un Estado Laico.
También volvió a cometer el mismo error que con la nota de voz que puso. EL CONTEXTO SE TIENE QUE SABER.
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Today I received my ECFMG (
@ECFMG_IMG
) Certification!!
One step closer❤️
Ready for
#InternalMedicine
#Match2025
!
De 🇩🇴 para el 🌎
PS: Next week I’ll be introducing myself for this new ERAS season🫣
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07/13/2024
An unforgettable day
Dr. Héctor José Lora Rodríguez
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Summary of the 2nd day in
@IDWeekmtg
#IDWeek2023
POSTER (#: 769 and 770)/PRESENTATION TIME!
Thanks to
@PaulinoRobert
@dr_bisono
and
@LeandroTapiaB
, I got the opportunity to present 2 posters at this prestigious congress in the Medical Education section
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This project means a lot to me. It’s the first project that I started working w/
@PaulinoRobert
🇩🇴 and w/
@MarthaCSanchezD
🇩🇴
@BrownIDprogram
And this October in LA❤️ I’ll be presenting it in front of the ID Community!🧫🦠
#IDWeek2024
#Match2025
#IDTwitter
@IDWeekmtg
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@AaronGoodman33
Sarcoidosis. Macrophages in the granulomas have an intrinsic 1 a hydroxylase activity, making calcitriol (Active Vit D) thus causing hypercalcemia w/ low PTH
Tx: If asymptomatic reassurance
If symptomatic coritosteroids
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@AaronGoodman33
N. Meningitidis depends of the final complements C5-C9 to be cleared. Since eculizumab it’s preventing the formation of the membrane attack complements (MAC) the patient will have a increased risk factor for infection. GET VAX to decrease that!
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@AaronGoodman33
Melanoma
PEARL FOR STEPs = most common place for metastasis is the gallbladder (don’t ask me why, ask
@ambossmed
)
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El investigador
#1
en Ciencias de la Salud a Nivel Nacional y
#1
de virología en LATAM
@PaulinoRobert
Un logro EXTREMADAMENTE BIEN merecido. Gracias por su labor en estas áreas y por contribuir siempre a la literatura científica
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Final Thesis presentation to obtain the degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D)!
This one is a very important step for
@EusebioFBurgos
and myself
Title: Social determinants of health that influence the TB phenomenon in PWHIV at
@COIN_RD
”
Thanks to our advisors
@PaulinoRobert
+ Sayi❤️
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@unibeenlinea
Debemos considerar la transmisión en vivo de la bata blanca que se realizará este sábado 7/6/2023 hay MUCHOS estudiantes que tiene sus papas en otros países y se perderán de ver a sus hijos en ese momento y también otros familiares y amigos.
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La ausencia de estetoscopios en residentes y MA en los hospitales de RD es increíble.
Hoy pasando ronda, ni la MA, ni una R2 ni dos R1 tenían este instrumentos tan importante Y DE USO PERSONAL para nuestra práctica del día a día.
A partir de mañana se queda el mío en la casa
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These past few weeks, I had the opportunity to participate twice as a speaker for the National PrEP and PEP Actualization Coursework in the DR🇩🇴.
I spoke about:
-On-Demand PrEP
-nPEP & DOXY-PEP
-New Strategies: DVR, CAB-LA, and LEN
Thanks
@PaulinoRobert
for the opportunity!
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WE GOT AWESOME NEWS!
Our team got 2 POSTERS accepted to
@IDWeekmtg
@IDSAInfo
!
Happy to be the one that is going to present the posters in this journey! 🇩🇴 in Boston!
Thanks to
@PaulinoRobert
,
@LeandroTapiaB
and
@dr_bisono
for all your help and mentoring!
See y’all in Oct!💯
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Summary of the 1st Day of
@IDWeekmtg
#IDWeek2023
1: Meeting with Dr Brian White from
@usairforce
for the
@IDSAFoundation
IDMENTORSHIP program
2: Me and the founder and 1st coordinator of INMET interest Group
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Summary of the 3rd day of
@IDWeekmtg
#IDWeek2023
I spent the morning with
@DrWilfredoM
getting to know the
@MGHGlobalHealth
, the Ether Dome,
@mgh_id
+
@bwh_id
and
@harvardmed
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🔜 Sub-I in IM and an elective in Critical Care Medicine
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You already know how everyone is extremely proud of you my brother.
We knew it since biology 1 that this dream will come true. ❤️
#Match2024
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@joshmcgoo
UWorld: Child… coughing hard …. Then Vomiting or conjunctival hemorrhage or even pneumothorax (no breathing sound in a lung)
Me: Pertussis
NEXT
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UW Question
The Patient went camping in New England🚩
My brain automatically —> Lyme, Babesiosis and/or anaplasmosis
#MedTwitter
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Last day at
@CleveClinicFL
🥲
I am going to 100% miss the hospital and the IM/ICU rotations.
But these past 2 months were FULL of new learning/system/people!
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Celebrando el cumpleaños de nuestro profesor, mentor y amigo
@PaulinoRobert
TODOS estamos agradecido por usted, toda la familia IMTSAG, le desea lo mejor
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4 años ya pasaron… una nueva familia hemos creado ( y los que faltan que no están en esa foto).
A ley de solo uño ya❤️
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UNIBE MED PROMO 2024🩺
(Part of us)
@encapellanl
@nathmelgarejo26
@ameliadepena
@kissbellmedrano
@anajoubertd
@guerrercamarena
@GeneFamilia
@valeriemluciano
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It’s oficial!! I will be the Coordinator of the Immunology, Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Interest Group
Thanks for everyone in the group
@daninivar
, Laura Perez and Miranda Rodriguez.
Great activities, talks, and discussions coming soon…
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When your attending knows that you like ID + CC and assigns you 2 sepsis cases
+
Prints articles for you to read
💯🔝
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@radRounds
Midgut Volvulus, the radio bros calls it whirlpool sign but I call it the rasengan sign
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SO HAPPY!
A DENV and MPOX/HIV abstracts got accepted for
@ectmih2023
!
It’s amazing the scientific work that
@PaulinoRobert
is creating in the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴. Always grateful for the opportunities
@NathanGrubaugh
thanks for the amazing work w/ DENV!
@LeandroTapiaB
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Without a doubt
@IDWeekmtg
@IDSAInfo
@IDSAFoundation
was one of the Hallmark of 2023.
This opportunity would have never be possible without the help of
@PaulinoRobert
@LeandroTapiaB
@dr_bisono
and Dr. Núñez in guiding and mentoring me through this journey
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Community Service with AMSA UNPHU/UNIBE
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Finally the oficial countdown:
-10 Days to finish medical school!🎉🥳
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First time ever as a research assistant in our project diagnosing TB w/nanoparticles with a national grant (
@MESCYTRD
) !
Thanks to
@PaulinoRobert
@ritinrojas
Maridania Jabier
@unibeinvestiga
@unibeenlinea
@michiganstateu
@PlazadelaSalud
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Mañana primer día de la pasantía de ley🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Saturday of:
- Escape Rooms (both of them completed, including the hardest one😎🤫)
-Dinner
-Arcade Room (total of 6.4K tickets🔥)
With my cousins and Yousef
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Happy to announce that our abstract for a poster presentation has been accepted to
@AMSANational
Convention 2023.
#MedTwitter
@EusebioFBurgos
@mariajcon_
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Still celebrating this milestone in our life with my friends and now colleagues
@encapellanl
@PriscillaGueC
@Dra_Kaki
@anajoubertd
@RonaldoPichardo
@nathmelgarejo26
@eagg2112
@MellaIsabella
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First Activity of the Immunology, Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine (INMET) interest group was a TOTAL SUCCESS!!✅
#IDTwitter
#MedTwitter
What a pleasure to have Dr. Martha Sanchez from
@BrownIDprogram
@BrownMedicine
talking about Primary Care in People Living with HIV
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Family Medicine done✅✅
W/
@encapellanl
@anajoubertd
@nathmelgarejo26
@mariajcon_
@RonaldoPichardo
@Valerieluciano3
🔜 our last MS4 rotation, Internal Medicine
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After an amazing academical first week in the MICU, we escaped to Islands Of Adventure in Universal with my cousins and friends! Day 1 out of 2
PD: I don’t like rollercoasters🤣
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What an amazing experience helping the community of Villa Verde with the team of Community Empowerment +
@RUSHIMChiefs
@RushDOIM
This was my second time here and seeing the people that we helped, makes my day💯
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EPISTHEME 2023 (
@twooceanshealth
) con
@PaulinoRobert
,
@monica_faccini
,
@ArismendyBnt
,
@Maitelic
, Maridania Jabier y Armando Peguero
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Day 2/2!
Tomorrow back again to the MICU
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Since before starting Med School, I’ve being blessed by people that guided me and mentored me along this journey.
Today I am starting to pay back the coin that life gave me.
This will be the thread of all the mentees that got their STEPs results.
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“El manejo” que nos enseñan en el hospital=
-Tomar vitales
-Llevar muestras al lab
-Organizar los papeles
-Ser camilleros y llevar al paciente a radio
- Ver si el paciente defecó u orinó
#ForoCovidLD
l "Hay jóvenes estudiantes de medicina que todavía no saben manejar el Covid" dice ministro de Salud Pública
@PUCMM
#ForoCovid
#List
ínDiario
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LATE POST BUT…
At UNIBE’s Medical Student Association Gala
@AEMEUNIBE
, the Immunology, Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine (INMET) interest Group was awarded the most international group of the year!🦠🧫
🧵1/2
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Saludos!!
@unibeinvestiga
y
@MayoClinic
estamos realizando una encuesta sobre el conocimiento de VIH/SIDA, PrEP y PEP en estudiantes de medicina de R.D
Así que si eres o conoces a uno compártele esta encuesta!!
@PaulinoRobert
@LeandroTapiaB
@dr_bisono
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Hoy el día fue peak productivity. 40Qs revisadas, Un Qbank hecho, anki (seguimos haciendolo), crossfit y ver a los pinitos en INDEN❤️
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@ParasiteGal
@Parasite_Power
Trichinella spiralis - Diffuse myalgia, eosinophilia and periorbital pain
The sketchy triad hahahaha
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Getting ready for
@IDWeekmtg
#IDWeek2023
!
Must protect my babies (posters) at all time.
@dr_bisono
@PaulinoRobert
@LeandroTapiaB
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I have to say:
One of the best feeling is when a patient ask to be with you in his/her next appointment specially those from a marginalized group in the 🇩🇴(PWHIV, LGBTQ+, immigrants …)
To see that their are understanding their health goals and taking actions
BEST FEELING EVER
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RECRUITMENT WEEK TIME!!
What an awesome experience receiving the Pre-Med, MS1 and MS2 students interested in participating in the Immunology, Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine (INMET) interest group!
@AEMEUNIBE
@daninivar
@laumendezreyes
and Laura Perez
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Me gustaría llevarlo a un servicio de 24hr en el Gautier, solo un día es lo que pido.
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Lo mejor del internado es poder conocer a gente de las otra universidades como son Calderón y Castillo🤌🏼.
Se les extrañará que les vaya bien en psiquiatría 🤟🏼
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Playa Alicia, Sosua,
Dominican Republic
It feels good to finish medical school like this🫣
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14 out of 16!!!✅
Psych and Gen Surgery clerkship DONE!!!
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As the medical outreach coordinator for Honey Heart 🍯❤️Today, we went to Santiago de Los Caballeros to provide medical assistance in a 5km for the environment 🌴🌴
PS: It’s incredible how you can see the physiological adaptions to exercise in a pro-marathon 🏃🏻🏃🏽♀️ in their VS
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Yesterday we had the opportunity to talk with
@mobrito05
🇩🇴from
@UICDom
@IDatUIC
@IDSAInfo
“Getting to know the new strategies to prevent HIV infection” 😎
INMET’s coordinator
@laumendezreyes
and myself, are extremely grateful for having him🦠
That’s why ID is the best❤️
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First ever theme presented at the Daily Grand Round in the Hospital Ney Arias Lora - Emergency Department with my friend Hector Naranjo.
PD:the “Y” moved😭😭
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Thanks for everything!
@dr_bisono
What an amazing way to end our last activity of this semester with the experiences of an ID fellow at
@MayoClinicINFD
@MayoClinic
INMET WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND PASSION !
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It’s tomorrow!! Our first activity as an interest group with an excellent teacher and physician
@DrMattDacso
Also, personally, I want to thanks our super advisors
@PaulinoRobert
and
@LeandroTapiaB
#OneHealth
#globalhealth
#publichealth
#tropicalmedicine
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Se debe mantener la tradición y aprendizaje que nos trajo la pandemia y seguir con esta transmisiones que también otras universidades Dominicanas siguen haciendo.
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What a good way to start this rainy morning🌧️
My mentor and PI
@PaulinoRobert
Sent me this beautiful announcement: That we got this abstracts accepted for
#HIVR4P
2024 of
@iasociety
#IDTwitter
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And just like that *FINGER SNAP* 4 weeks of my IM Sub-I done✅
Next week 🔜 Critical Care for 4 weeks😎
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Oficially my period as the Immunology, Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Interest Group Coordinator has ended🥲
But I’ll in good hands
@laumendezreyes
you are going to do excellent!!!
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SE LOGRÓ!
La Escuela de Medicina de Unibe ha sido acreditada por la agencia internacional CAAM-HP, reconfirmando nuestro compromiso con la excelencia en la formación médica basada en la ética, la vocación de servicio y el compromiso social.
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Primera Cena de Thanksgiving en USA con mis tíos y primos
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Tuve la oportunidad de explicarle bien a la familia como es la enfermedad y como realmente funciona y evoluciona y qué no era una enfermedad demoniaca (ya que pensaban hacerle exorcismo) y educar sobre cómo TODOS como familia encontrar la oportunidad de hacer la prueba.
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Experiencia de hoy
Dra X: Llévale este récord a Dra. Y para que lo firme
Yo: Claro, donde está la Dra Y?
Dra X: No sé búscala en el hospital entero
🤡
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First General Body Meeting as the Coordinator of INMET❤️🦠
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La Dra. Aura Ventura tratando de convertirme al lado oscuro de la cirugía general, pero seguimos fuertes en medicina interna❤️ 😂
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Me encanta ver como en twitter se están matando los politicos diciendo de quien es la culpa de lo que pasó ayer…
La culpa es de todos, gobiernos pasados, gobierno actual y los mismos ciudadanos que botan la basura a la calle. DE TODOS es la culpa.
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Another great experience with Community empowerment +
@RUSHIMChiefs
@RushDOIM
!! With
@evangelinacvmd
and Dr. Dauris Rosario.
This time in the community of Duquesa, a neglected community surrounding the Duquesa’s junkyard providing primary care and basic health services
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With 10+ medical outreach trips with Community Empowerment +
@RUSHIMChiefs
@RushDOIM
I truly feel like part of this family and part of the Villa Verde and Duquesa communities.
WE LIVE TO SERVE THOSE WHO NEED OUR HELP!🇩🇴
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@BrownHospMed
Marfan syndrome or Ehler Danlos syndrome. Pathophys (short form) = they both affect the connective tissue which causes vascular and cardiac abnormalities
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La cumbre, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic🇩🇴
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Quien fue el genio que se le ocurrió pintar todos los agujeros en la calle? Ahora todos los carros andan esquivando eso sin pensar que tiene un carro o motorista al lado💀
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Dominicans taking azithromycin for covid 🥲
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