Jaritza M. Perez-Hernandez

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M.D., University of Puerto Rico, 2022, Emergency Medicine
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Dr S
Irvine, CA 92868
Research Interests
Emergency Medicine, Wilderness Medicine, Jellyfish venom
Academic Distinctions
Administrative Chief Resident 2021-2022
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
University of Puerto Rico
Short Biography
Originally from Puerto Rico, outdoors enthusiast. Hobbies include jogging, swimming, and hiking. These activities motivated Jaritza to pursue a Wilderness Fellowship.
Publications
“Chest Pain: The challenge of atypical presentations and aortic dissection” Galenus Medical Journal. 2021, Vol. 88 No.3.

Sharilyn Almodovar, Brandy E. Wade, Kristi M. Porter, Justin M. Smith, Robert A. Lopez-Astacio, Kaiser Bijli, Bum-Yong Kang, Sushma K. Cribbs, David M. Guidot, Deborah Molehin, Bryan K. McNair, Laura Pumarejo-Gomez, Jaritza Perez Hernandez. “Human Immunodeficiency Virus X4 Variants Increase Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase in the Pulmonary Microenvironment and are Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension” 2020. Nature Scientific Reports.

Poster Presentation:
“Knockdown of UDP-glucose metabolizing enzymes in pancreatic beta cells” STEP-UP Program NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 2013. ASBMB Annual Meeting, San Diego 2014.
Last updated
08/09/2022