• Sitting on several hospital committees at West Kendall Baptist Hospital such as Utilization review, CPR, Evidence Based Outcomes, Quality Review, Performance Improvement, etc. (2021-Present)
• Amor Que Sana volunteering (2010-2014)
• Participated in Health Fairs in Puerto Rico (2010-2014)
• Volunteer at Doctor’s Hospital Emergency Room (2007-2008)
• Volunteer at Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital (2008-2009)

• American Medical Association (2012-Present)
• American College of Physicians (2014-Present)

• Catoe H, Cavallin L, Puig E, et al. T-ALL as a Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder Following Bone Marrow Infusion and Kidney Transplant. Poster presentation University of Miami Dept of Medicine Research Day 2017.

• Sadasivan C, Brownstein J, Patel B, Dholakia R, Santore J, Al-Mufti F, Puig E, et al. In Vitro Quantification of the Size Distribution of Intravascular Voids Left After Endovascular Coiling of Cerebral Aneurysms. Cardiovascular Engineering & Technology, 4(1): 63-74, 2013.

• Dunn A, Ureña J, Puig E, et al. Friction Coefficient Measurement of an In Vivo Murine Cornea. Tribology Letters, 49(1): 145-149, 2013.

• Research Assistant at Ocular Immunology Lab at Bascom Palmer June 2011 – Aug 2011 . Worked on individual projects involving the inflammatory response of mice eyes to preservatives found in contact solutions and measuring the friction coefficient of a mouse cornea in vivo.

• Poster Presentation for Florida Georgia Alliance for Minority Participation EXPO 2009 . The poster was about my research on the gravitational effects on contrast flow in aneurysms during contrast angiography as stated below.

• Dauer Hemodynamics Research Lab at University of Miami May 2008 – Dec 2009 . Projects included an analysis of in vitro trials determining if gravity affects the flow of contrast in bloodstream during x-ray angiography. Other project was aimed on finding an improved method of quantifying the effectiveness of coil treatment within aneurysms. 

• National Congress of Surgery, (2011 & 2012)
• National Congress of Minor Surgery, 2008
• Medical-Surgical Seminars at Polyelinic of the National Guard of Venezuela, (2004, 2005, 2006, 2013 & 2014)
• Inter-Capitulate Seminars of Surgery Caracas, (2004)
• Johnson Laparoscopy Course (Caracas — Capital District), (2001)
• Colposcopy Course (Caraballeda Estado Vergas), (1998)
• VII Medical-Surgical Seminars at “Ricardo Baquero Gonzalez” Hospital (Caracas — Capital District), (1995)
• Workshop: Laparoscopy Cholecvstectomy at “Ricardo Baquero Gonzalez” Hospital (Caracas — Capital
  District), (1994)

PI Project – Compliance with Hepatitis C Virus Testing Algorithm for HIV-Infected Patients at JHMC autpatient clinic- Nov 2015

Case Report Klebsiella Ozaenae causing Health Care Associated Pneumonia and Bacteremia, Presented at the New York State Thoracic Conference at Weil Cornell Medical Center 2014

Journal Club presentation. Discussion of New England Journal of Medicine Article (Warfarin and ASA in Patients with Heart Failure and Sinus Rhythm). Dr Richard Pinsker Moderator March 2015

Mortality and Morbidity presentation for the month of Jun 2015. Dr Ratilal Patel Moderator

• Clinical Consultant in Surgery Kingstown Medical College, St George University’s Vincent and The Grenadines. 1995-2003
• Assistant Professor of Surgery Havana,Cuba 1987-1995
• Instructor of Surgery, Cienfuegos/ Havana, Cuba 1981-1987
• Instructor of Surgery, University of Luanda, Angola 1979-1981

• Fellow of the American College Associates of Surgeons since 2003
• Member of American Association of Wound Care Specialist.