My purpose as a psychiatrist is focused on helping my patients achieve physical and emotional well-being through education, acceptance, commitment and perseverance.

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• Psychiatry Specialty. Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS. February 2006 - January 2009
• Psychiatry Specialty. Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS. February 2006 - January 2009
• Postgraduate degree in Local Health Management. Universidad de Costa Rica - Facultad de Medicina. 2003 - 2004
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Universidad Autónoma de Centro América - Escuela Autónoma de Ciencias Medicas. San José. 1994 - 2000

• XI Latin American Congress of Pain, VI Central American and Caribbean Congress of Pain and Palliative Care and XIV Latin American Congress of Pain - San Jose, Costa Rica

  June 2016

• International Society for Bipolar Disorders Workshop, Diagnostic and Treatment Update - México

  June 2016

• XXX Congress of the Psychiatric Association of Central America and the Caribbean(ACCAP), XXIX Congress of the Psychiatric Association of Guatemala (APSG): "Progress in Psychiatry and their impact on today's society" - Guatemala City, Guatemala

  March 2016

• IPOS APOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology: "From National to Global: Implementing the standard of Psychosocial Care in Oncology" - Washington D.C., USA

  August 2015

• Sixth World Congress of of Women's Mental Health: "Trauma, depression and resilience. Tokyo, Japan

  March 2015

• National Congress of Psychiatry: "Without Mental Health there is no Health" - Guatemala City, Guatemala

  August 2014

• 167th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association: “Changing the Practice and Perception of Psychiatry” - New York, NY

  May 2014

• Psychophysiological and cognitive behavioral treatment in pain management - San Jose, Costa Rica

  February 2014

• American Psychiatric Association 166th Annual Meeting "Pursuing Wellness Across the Lifespan" - San Francisco, CA

  May 2013

• Diploma: Evidence Based Medicine in Bipolar Disorder - Denmark

  September 2012

• XVI Meeting of Rheumatology - San José, Costa Rica

  August 2012

• American Psychiatric Association 165th Annual Meeting “Integrated Care” - Philadelphia, PA

  May 2012

• 15th World Congress of Psychiatry - Buenos Aires, Argentina

  September 2011

• Symposium: "Update on portal hypertension and its complications" - San Carlos, Costa Rica

  June 2011

• XXII Central American Congress of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy 2011. San Jose, Costa Rica

  March 2011

• LXXI National Medical Congress. San José, Costa Rica

  November 2010

• American Psychiatric Association 163rd Annual Meeting “Pride and Promise: Toward a New Psychiatry” - New Orleans, LA

  May 2010

• Qualitative study: individual, family and professional factors that influence the lack of adherence to treatment in schizophrenia

  December 2008

• I Module of the Training Program in Rational Emotive Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - San Jose, Costa Rica

• Internship

  Internship at the Center for Cognitive Neurology, Alzheimer's and Neuropsychiatry Disease Center - Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. October, 2008 - January, 2009

• Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED6269Active

  Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

• Costa Rican Association of Psychiatry
• American Psychiatric Association
• International Psycho-Oncology Society
• International Association for Women's Mental Health
• Psychotherapy Association - Costa Rica

• Attending Specialist in Psychiatry - Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, Hospital México. San José, Costa Rica. February, 2009 - May, 2016
• Attending General Physician, Resident of the Specialty of Psychiatry - National Psychiatric Hospital. February, 2006 - January, 2009
• Attending General Physician - Office of Welfare and Health, University of Costa Rica. June, 2005 - December, 2005
• Attending General Physician - EBAIS Judas, Chomes Clinic. December, 2001 - May, 2005
• Graduate Professor of Psychiatry - School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica. 2009-2016
• Graduate professor of Family Medicine - Faculty of Medicine, University of Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica. 2015-2016
• Undergraduate Professor of Medicine - UCIMED. San Jose Costa Rica. 2009-2015
• Speaker - Seminary Update in Palliative Medicine, Module 1. San Jose, Costa Rica. April, 2016
• Speaker - XV National Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2013. San Jose, Costa Rica. June, 2013
• Speaker - II National Congress of Gynecologic Oncology 2012: "Cancer and pregnancy". San Jose, Costa Rica. September, 2012
• Speaker - XII National Congress and IV Inter-American Public Health Congress: "Health in the Work Environment". San Jose, Costa Rica. October, 2010
• Speaker - Seminary of Patient Comorbidity and Psychiatry at Terminal. San Jose, Costa Rica. June, 2010