CURRICULUM VITAE
Juan Carlos Zevallos, MD Personal Statement I am an Associate Professor of the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at Florida International University. I graduated from Central University School of Medicine in Quito, Ecuador in 1982, and was granted a Clinical Cardiology degree at the University of Padua, Italy in 1987. In addition, I obtained post-doctoral training in Preventive Cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and in Field Epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2002 I was awarded by the United States Department of Justice as “Alien of Extraordinary Abilities”. I have broad background in clinical and cardiovascular disease epidemiology. I am a successful international expert on cardiovascular disease, scientific writing, and health services research, and have a strong record of publications in English, Italian and Spanish. I have been the coordinator of the Latin American Working Group on cardiovascular epidemiology and editor of the Bulletin that run until 1998. As the founder president and current board member of the Americas’ Network for Chronic Disease Surveillance (AMNET), I have been able to establish collaboration with more than 400 members affiliated with 35 universities and NGOs in 22 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean. Later, as Director of the international chronic disease surveillance program at the office of Global Health Promotion at CDC, I provided direct assistance in the initiation or strengthening of chronic disease surveillance efforts to representatives from several CARICOM and Latin America countries. From 2007 to 2012, as Director of an NIH-funded and UNICEF-awarded Center of Excellence, the Endowed Health Services Research Center at the University of Puerto Rico, I have successfully led a community based participatory research initiative and directed three surveillance projects on ischemic heart disease, heart failure and stroke. Preliminary results of these studies have helped to address key public health messages aimed to the adoption of healthy lifestyles and prevention of cardiovascular events. I have extensive teaching and mentoring experience at pre and post-graduate levels, and have leading successfully teams through needs assessment processes, strategic planning and implementation phases of logic models. I consider myself a strong strategic planner that responds well under pressure and deadlines.
Current Position
Major Areas of Expertise
Associate Professor of Human and Molecular Genetics Division of Research & Information, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University Chronic Disease Surveillance, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Clinical Cardiology
Languages
Full proficiency in English, Italian and Spanish Technically skilled in French and Portuguese
Telephone
Work: 305-919-4187 Fax : 305-919-4080
Email
[email protected]
Place of Birth
Quito, Ecuador
Country of Citizenship
United States (naturalized)
I. EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1975-1981 M.D., Central University School of Medicine Quito, Ecuador 1981-1982
Intern, “IESS Hospital”, Quito, Ecuador
1983-1987
Clinical Cardiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
1987-1990
Fellow in Preventive Cardiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
1988-1990
Fellow, Framingham Heart Study, Boston University, School of Public Health, Framingham, MA
1998-2000
Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, CDC, Atlanta, GA
2006
Top Manager, Accelerated Leadership Academy, Knowledge Capital Alliance, Las Vegas, NV
2010-2011
University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Mentorship Program
II. WORKING / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN POPULATION – BASED STUDIES 1982 – 1983
Associate Researcher, “Tocachi Project” funded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, US. Project: A pilot program for congenital hypothyroidism screening in Ecuador 2
1984
Visiting Fellow, Boston Children Hospital, Boston, MA
1987
Visiting Research Fellow, Leiden University, LeidenNetherlands in Cardiac Embryology
1989
Texas Coordinator, Rotavirus Intussusception Investigation Team. Intussusception in Recipients of Oral, Rotavirus-Tetravalent Vaccine (RotaShield)
2002
Principal Investigator, Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS) Pilot Project, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
2004 – 2005
Project Overseer, Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project (BMSCP), Office of the Director, Office of Global Health Promotion / Division of Reproductive Health, CDC
2005 – 2007
Senior Medical Epidemiologist, Planning and implementation of the Southern Nevada Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
III. EXPERIENCE IN SENIOR-LEVEL MANAGEMENT AREAS 1982-1983 Director, “Tocachi Medical Center”, Ministry of Public Health, Ecuador 1989 – 1994
Coordinator, Latin American Working Group (LAWG) on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, International Society and Federation of Cardiology
2000 – 2002
Senior Medical Epidemiologist, Center for Border Health Research, El Paso, Texas
2002 – 2004
Director, Diabetes Research Center Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas
2004 – 2005
Director, International Chronic Disease Surveillance Projects, Office of the Director, Office of Global Health Promotion, CDC
2005 – 2007
Chronic Disease Medical Epidemiologist, Clark County Health District, National Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, USA
2007 – 2012
Director, NIH-funded Endowed Health Services Research Center, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 3
IV. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 1988 – 1989
Instructor in Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
1989 – 1990
Instructor in Medicine, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
1993 – 1998
Associate Professor of Medicine, Universidad de Loja/Clínica Pichincha, Quito – Ecuador
2000 – 2005
Associate Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez/Hospital de la Familia, Ciudad Juarez - Mexico
2001 – 2005
Adjunct Professor of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas at Houston, School of Public Health at El Paso Campus, TX
2002 – 2004
Faculty Associate, Department of Research Development, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso Campus
2005 – Present
Faculty Associate, School of Public Health, University of Nevada (UNLV) - Las Vegas, NV
2005 – Present
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Coahuila, Mexico
2006 – 2007
Adjunct Professor of Cardiology, Touro University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Vegas, NV
2007 – Present
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011 – Present
Associate Professor, Florida International University, Miami, United States
V. TEACHING AND MENTORING ACTIVITIES 2009 – Present
Mentor, Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical Research; Mentee: Vivian Febo; Depression and Cardiovascular Disease
2010
Mentor, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors; Mentee: Candice Green, Jackson, MS Department of Health; Chronic Disease Surveillance
2010
Mentor, Internal Medicine Fellow: Veroushka Ballester; Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 4
2011
Mentor, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors; Mentee: Jessica Irizarry, San Juan, PR Department of Health; Diabetes
2011
Mentor, Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical Research; Mentee: Maria Rojas; Stroke
2011
Mentor, Internal Medicine Fellow: Francisco García; Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
2011
Mentor, Internal Medicine Fellow: Pedro Vargas; Ischemic Heart Disease
2011
Mentor, Internal Medicine Fellow: Francisco García; Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
2011
Mentor, Second Year Medical Student: Gruschenka Mojica; Ischemic Heart disease
2011
Mentor, Psychology Doctoral Candidate: Marielis Colón; Medication Adherence
2012
Mentor, Erin Wickerham, MPH, Texas Department of Health; Program Evaluation
VI. EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH 1989 – 1990
Principal Investigator, Harvard University Medical School, USA, Project: Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Town and Rural Residents in Ecuador.
1991 – 1993
Principal Investigator, University of Lowell, MA, USA, Project: Serum Lipid Responsiveness to Increases in Dietary Fat in an Elderly Population of Quito-Ecuador
2000 – 2001
Research Scholar, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Program: Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in the US-Mexico Border
2001 - 2007
External Advisor: Encuentros Project. US-Mexico Community Lead Project, NIH-funded RO1-ES11367
2009
Pan American Health Organization Consultant: Chronic Disease Surveillance in CARICOM countries, University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
2012
Consultant, Hispanic Stroke Prevention and Intervention Program, University of Miami, FL, USA
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VII. WORKING EXPERIENCE IN CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY 1991 – 1998
Attending Cardiologist, Clínica Pichincha Hospital and Metropolitano Hospital, Quito, Ecuador
2000 – 2005
Attending Cardiologist, Hospital de la Familia, Ciudad Juárez – Mexico (Voluntary Services)
VIII. EXPERIENCE IN VERBAL AND WRITING COMMUNICATION 1991 – 1993
Editor, Bulletin of the Latin American Working Group on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, International Society and Federation of Cardiology
September 2004
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing, Instituto Mexicano de Seguridad Social, Morelia, Mexico
November 2004
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
February 2005
Instructor, Advanced Scientific Writing Course; Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
November 2006
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, México
November 2007
Instructor, Advanced Scientific Writing Course; Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, México
March 2008
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
November 2008
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; ASCARDIO Foundation, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
November 2009
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; Universidad Evangelista, San Salvador, El Salvador
November 2010
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; National Institute of Health, Mar del Plata, Argentina
March 2011
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; Universidad Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
November 2011
Instructor, Introduction to Scientific Writing Course; Universidad de la Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
January 2010
Member, Editorial Team Journal of Hospital Administration: http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jha.
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IX. EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND ANALYTICAL CHRONIC DISASE SURVEILLANCE 1998-2000
Chair: Scientific Committee, US-Mexico Border Diabetes Project, sponsored by CDC, the Pan American Health Organization and the Mexican Health Secretariat
2001
Principal Investigator, Youth Risk Behavior Survey in El Paso, TX, Doña Ana – NM, and Juarez, Mexico
2001
Principal Investigator, Developmental Assets among Youth from East El Paso, TX and Juarez, Mexico
2001
Principal Investigator, Asthma Surveillance among Adults and Children living on the US-Mexico Border
2002
Principal Investigator, Risk Factor Surveillance among adults in El Paso – TX, Doña Ana – NM and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
2004
External Advisor: VIGIA Project, Argentina
2006
External Consultant and Advisor: Chronic Disease Surveillance System for the City of Cali and Cauca Department, Colombia
2007
External Consultant and Advisor: Chronic Disease Surveillance System for the Lara State (ESCEL), Barquisimento, Venezuela
2007 - 2012
Principal Investigator, Puerto Rico Heart Attack Study, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008 - 2012
Principal Investigator, Stroke Surveillance Pilot Study, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2009 - 2012
Co-Investigator, Puerto Rico Heart Failure Pilot Study, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2010 - 2012
Co-Principal Investigator, Community-based Participatory Research Project “Salud para Piñones”
2011 - 2012
Director, UNICEF Center of Excellence at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
X. EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING METHODS, PROCESSES AND TECHINIQUES IN CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY November 2001
Instructor: Population Sampling Course, Universidad Autómona de Ciudad Juárez, México 7
August 2002
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance Course, Atlanta, GA
November 2002
Instructor, Population Sampling Course, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México
May 2003
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance Course, Mexico D.F., Mexico
September 2003
Instructor, Biostatistics: Introduction to STATA, Center for Border Health Research, El Paso, TX
November 2003
Instructor, Sampling Methodology for Population-based Studies Seminar, Montevideo, Uruguay
March 2004
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance for Population-Based Studies Seminar, Cali, Colombia
March 2004
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance for Population-Based Studies Seminar, Bogotá, Colombia
June 2004
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance for PopulationBased Studies Seminar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 2004
Visiting Latino Professor, Center for Medical Education and Research, University of California San Francisco at Fresno, CA
November 2005
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance for Population-Based Studies Seminar, Montevideo, Uruguay
January 2006
Instructor, Chronic Disease Epidemiology Course, UNLV School of Public Health, Las Vegas, NV
February 2006
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance for PopulationBased Studies Seminar, Sucre, Bolivia
February 2007
Keynote Speaker, Overview of Cardiovascular Disease in Latin American and the Caribbean, First Regional Cardiovascular Disease Seminar, World Heart Federation, Antigua, Guatemala
April 2007
Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Conference, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Puerto Rico
May 2007
Instructor, Scientific Writing, University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
June 2007
Instructor, Evidence-based Approach in Cardiovascular Disease, Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico 8
November 2007
Instructor, Chronic Disease Surveillance for Population Surveys, AMNET Conference, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
February 2008
Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance: Methods for Planning and Implementation, Second Regional CV Seminar, World Heart Federation, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
November 2008
Instructor, Population-based Sampling for Chronic Disease Surveillance, AMNET Conference, San Salvador, El Salvador
February 2009
Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance: Third Regional Cardiovascular Seminar, World Heart Federation, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
November 2010
Instructor, Population-based Sampling for Chronic Disease Surveillance, AMNET Conference, Cali, Colombia
October 2011
Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance: AMNET Conference, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance: AMNET Conference, San José, Costa Rica
XI. EXPERIENCE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, PARTNERSHIP AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 2001 – 2003
Scientific Advisor, Texas Asthma and Allergy Research Advisory Committee
2002 – Present
Founder President and current Board Member, America’s Network for Chronic Disease Surveillance (AMNET)
2002 – Present
Scientific Advisor, Foundation for Health Inc (FunSalud America)
XII. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 1983
“Best Rural Medicine Year Performance” Highest annual award granted by the Ministry of Public Health Award, Quito-Ecuador
1983
“Italian Government Award” Four-year scholarship to study clinical cardiology at the Padua University, Italy
1987
“Maximum of the Grades and Felicitation” Highest award granted by the Padua University, Italy
1987
“Young Investigator Award”, American Heart Association, Massachusetts Affiliate, USA 9
2000
The Secretary of Health and Human Services’ “Award for Distinguished Service”, HHS, USA
2002
“Alien of Extraordinary Abilities”, US Department of Justice, Washington DC, USA
XIII. AFFILIATIONS TO PRESTIGIOUS SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS 1988 – Present
Member, Inter American Society of Hypertension (IASH)
1988 – Present
Member, World Heart Federation (WHF)
2001 – Present
Member, Inter American Heart Foundation
2001 – 2003
Member, Texas Asthma and Allergy Research Advisory Committee
XIV. PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS Sodi-Pallares D, Zevallos JC, Marano L. My Heart’s Health. Piccin Editorial, Padova, Italia, 1979 Fierro-Benítez R, Jijón A, Zevallos JC, Fierro-Renoy F, Guijarro S, Chiriboga F, Gándara F, Martinod M, Pacheco VM, Román M, Stanbury JB. A pilot program for screening congenital hypothyroidism in an undeveloped country, in : "Iodine Deficiency Disorders and Congenital Hypothyroidism", G. Medeiros-Neto, R.M., Maciel B., and Halpem A. Eds., Ache, Sao Paulo pp: 261-266, 1986 Zevallos, JC. Aspetti Embriologici del Defetto del Setto Atrio-Ventriculare. Tesi di Specialità. University of Padua, Italy. June 1987 (In Italian) Ockene I, Ockene J (Eds.) Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. Little, Brown & Co, Zevallos JC. An Interventional Perspective of Coronary Heart Disease and Related Risk Factors, 1992. Fierro-Benítez Rodrigo, Ordoñez Gabriel (Eds.). Biopatología Andina y Tropical. Editorial de la Universidad Andina, Zevallos JC: Co-author on: Distribución de los Factores de Riesgo de Enfermedad Isquémica del Corazón en el Ecuador. (Spanish), 1996. Zevallos JC and Paul Z. Siegel: Redacción de Textos Científicos. Electronic Textbook. (In Spanish), 2005 ISBN 958-33-7334-6 Currey RC, Kelly KE, Meuzelaar HLC, Sarofim AF (Eds.) The U.S. – Mexican Border Environment. Zevallos JC: Co-author on: Toxic Metals in the Air and Soil of the Paso del Norte Region, San Diego State University Press, 2005. Salazar, L (Ed). Haciendo Funcionar los Sistemas de Vigilancia en América Latina. (Spanish). Zevallos JC: Editorial Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 2007. 10
PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS Alitto F, Zevallos JC, Sandri R, Maragno I, Dalla-Volta S. Variaciones de Amplitud ECG luego de Ligadura Quirúrgica del Ducto Arterioso. Min Card Ang 25: 1-5, December1987 (Italian) Berdin M, Rizzardo P, Zevallos JC, Cardin G, Bittante M, Nava A. Análisis ECG y VCG de la Onda T Negativa Difásica y Bífida en las Precordiales DX de Individuos Jóvenes. Arch Inst Card Mex 57: 111-115, 1987 (Spanish) Bottero M, Nava A, Canciani B, Zevallos JC, Cardin G, Buja G, Corrado D. Desviación Axial Superior en el Individuo Joven Sano. Un Estudio Electro-vectorcardio-gráfico. Arch Inst Card Mex 55 : 309-314, 1985 (Spanish) Cardin G, Nava A, Canciani B, Bottero M, Zevallos JC, Buja G. El Bloqueo de Rama Derecha en el Defecto de los Cojinetes Endocárdicos y su Relación con el Llamado Hemibloqueo Anterior. Un Estudio Electro-vectorcardiográfico. Arch Inst Card Mex 54: 457-462, 1984. (Spanish) Daliento L, Zevallos JC, Scognamiglio R, Schivazappa L, Fasoli G, Della-Valentina P, Chioin R. Enfermedad de Ebstein y Embarazo. Gior Ital Card 17 (I): 374-378, 1987 (Italian) Daliento L, Della-Valentina P, Zevallos JC, Da Ruos F. Ventrículo Derecho a Doble Salida. Gior Ital Card 17 (II): 583-588, 1987 (Italian) Wenink ACG, Zevallos JC. Developmental Aspects of AV Septal Defects. In J Card 18 : 65-78,1988 Zevallos JC, Cardin G, Lorella A, Da Ruos F, Caporale C, Daliento L. Estudio ECGVCG pre y post-operatorio de la Corrección del Defecto del Septum Atrio-Ventricular. Arch Inst Card 58: 121-126, 1988 (Spanish) Zevallos JC, Cardin G, Marchiori MC, Caporale C. El Asa P en el Defecto del Septum Atrio-ventricular. Correlación Embriológico-Vectorcardiográfica. Arch Inst Card 58 (6): 517-523, 1988 (Spanish) Ellison RC, Zevallos JC, Freedson P, White MJ, Marmor J, Garrahie J. Feasibility and costs of monitoring physical activity in young children using the Caltrac accelerometer. Pediatric Exercise Science 4 (No.2):136-141, 1992 Ockene JK, Chiriboga DE, Zevallos JC. Smoking in Ecuador: prevalence, knowledge, and attitudes. Tob Control. 1996 Summer;5(2):121-6. Zevallos JC, Huang P, Alo C. Usual Sources of Cigarette Access and Brand Preferences by Middle and High School Students-Texas, 1998-1999. (Report No. 2 Texas Department of Health Website: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us Zevallos JC. Diabetes en Hispano-Americanos. Boletín de la Oficina Panamericana de la Salud. Diciembre 30, 1999. www.fep.paho.org/diabetesbul
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Rotavirus Intussusception Investigation Team. Intussusception in Recipients of Oral, Rhesus-Based Human Reassortan Rotavirus-Tetravalent Vaccine (RotaShield). New England Journal of Medicine. 344:564-572, Feb 22, 2001 Huang P, Alo C, Zevallos JC. Usual Sources of Cigarette Access and Use by Middle and High School Students-Texas, 1998-1999. MMWR vol. 50 (40), Oct 12, 2002 Zevallos JC, Huang P, Alo C, Condon K, Smooth M. Usefulness of Tobacco-ContributingDeaths-Check-Boxes on Death Certificates, Texas 1992-1998. American Journal of Public Health, September 2004, Vol. 94, No. 9 1610 – 1613. Choi BCK, Corber SJ, McQueen DV, Bonita R, Zevallos JC, Douglas KA, Barceló A, Gonzalez M, Robles S, Stachenko S, Hall M, Champagne BM, Lindner MC, de Salazar LM, Granero R, Soto de Laurido LE, Lum W, Torres RE, Warren CW, Mokdad AH. Enhancing regional capacity in chronic disease surveillance in the Americas. Pan Am J Public Health 2005 Feb;17(2):130-41. The Poise Trial Investigators: Rationale, design, and organization of the PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation (POISE) Trial: A randomized controlled trial of metoprolol versus placebo in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. (Zevallos JC as Country Coordinator for Ecuador) Am Heart J 2006; 152:223-30 Choi BC, Frank J, Mindell JS, Orlova A, Lin V, Vaillancourt AD, Puska P, Pang T, Skinner HA, Marsh M, Mokdad AH, Yu SZ, Lindner MC, Sherman G, Barreto SM, Green LW, Svenson LW, Sainsbury P, Yan Y, Zhang ZF, Zevallos JC, Ho SC, de Salazar LM. Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies (GRAPHS) April 2007, Vol 97, No. Supplement 1, American Journal of Public Health S82-S87 Nguyen H, Lessard D, Yarzebski J, Zevallos JC, Gore JM, Spencer F, Goldberg RJ. Thirty Year Trends (1975-2005) in the Magnitude and Hospital Death Rates Associated with Complete Heart Block in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Population-Based Perspective. Am Heart J 2008; 156:227-33. Goldberg RJ, Yarzebski J, Zevallos JC, Spencer F. Thirty Year Trends (19752005) in the Magnitude, Characteristics, and Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Ventricular Fibrillation: A Community Wide Perspective. Am J Cardiol. 2008 Dec 15;102(12):1595-601 POISE Study Group, Devereaux PJ, Yang H, Yusuf S, Guyatt G, Leslie K, Villar JC, Xavier D, Chrolavicius S, Greenspan L, Pogue J, Pais P, Liu L, Xu S, Málaga G, Avezum A, Chan M, Montori VM, Jacka M, Choi P. Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomized controlled trial. Lancet. 2008 May 31;371(9627):1839-47. Epub 2008 May 12. (Collaborator) Choi BC, McQueen DV, Puska P, Douglas KA, Ackland M, Campostrini S, Barceló A, Stachenko S, Mokdad AH, Granero R, Corber SJ, Valleron AJ, Skinner HA, Potemkina R, Lindner MC, Zakus D, de Salazar LM, Pak AW, Ansari Z, 12
Zevallos JC, Gonzalez M, Flahault A, Torres RE. Enhancing global capacity in the surveillance, prevention, and control of chronic diseases: seven themes to consider and build upon. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 May;62(5):391-7 López Campos C, Carrillo Lucero JM, López Campos JE, Rincón Castañeda C, Velasco Gutiérrez JM, Cairo Cueto SM, Carlos Zevallos J. Prevalence and severity of asthma in 6 and 7 year-old children from Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. Alergia México 2008;55(6):247-8 Zevallos JC, Gonzalez JA, Santiago F, Rodriguez-Mercado R, Rivera A, Garcia AM, Flecha F, Colón M, Yarzebski J. Pilot Study of the characteristics of acute stroke events in patients discharged from the Carolina University Hospital, Puerto Rico in 2007. Bol Asoc Med P R. 2009 Jul-Sep;101(3):11-3. Joshipura K, Zevallos JC, Ritchie CS. Strength of evidence relating periodontal disease and atherosclerotic disease. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2009 Sep;30(7):430-9. Banchs HL, Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Gonzalez JA, García-PalmieriM, Pericchi LR, Altieri PI, Quevedo J, Goldberg RJ. Gender and Advance Age Disparities on Acute Myocardial Infarction Management: The Puerto Rico Heart Attack Study. Proceedings of the 16th World Congress on Heart Disease. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Gonzalez-Sánchez JA, Mattei H, Banchs HL, Goldberg RJ, Torres V, González M, González MC, Colón M, Pericchi LR, García-Palmieri M. Using medical records for surveillance of cardiovascular diseases in Puerto Rico. Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, Vol 32, Supplement 1, Winter 2012 Zevallos JC, López-Campos C, Alasino A, Vélez J, Sánchez Z, Granero R. AMNET (Americas Network for Chronic Disease Surveillance) members' participation in chronic disease activities in the Americas and in the Caribbean. Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, Vol 32, Supplement 1, Winter 2012. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Santiago F, Rodríguez-Mercado R, Gonzalez-Sánchez JA, Nobo U, Rodríguez A, Goldberg RJ. Clinical Profile, in-hospital mortality rates of Hispanic Puerto Ricans hospitalized with acute stroke. Stroke 2012; 43:A3120. Rivas-Tumanyan S, Campos M, Zevallos JC, Joshipura KJ. Periodontal disease, hypertension and blood pressure among older adults in Puerto Rico. J Periodontol. 2012 May 1. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Banchs HL, Gonzalez JA, García-PalmieriM, Pericchi LR, Altieri PI, Quevedo J, Goldberg RJ. Gender and Advance Age Disparities on Acute Myocardial Infarction Management: The Puerto Rico Heart Attack Study. Puerto Rico Health Science Journal; Vol 31 (4), December 2012.
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Zevallos JC, Banchs HL, Altieri PI, Pericchi LR, González JA, García-Palmieri M, Jiménez L, Osterman A, González M, Yarzebski J, Goldberg RJ. Epidemiology of Heart Failure in Puerto Ricans: The Puerto Rico Heart Failure Study. Journal of the Puerto Rican Medical Association: El Bisturí December 2012: 4-9. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, González JA, Banchs, HL, García-Palmieri M, Mattei H, Ayala J, González M, Torres V, Ramos IN, Pericchi LR, Torres DA, González MC, Goldberg RJ. Incidence, Case-fatality Rates, and Management Practices in Hispanics Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Accepted for publication at the September 2013 issue of the Puerto Rico Health Science Journal. Alvarez ER, Truelson I, Attia S, Acuña JM, Lozano JM, Castro G, Rodríguez de la Vega P, González JA, Rodríguez A, Santiago F, Nobo U, Pericchi LR, Yarzebski J, Rodríguez-Mercado R, Zevallos JC: Gender Differences in the Use of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Hispanic Population: The Puerto Rico Stroke Registry. Accepted for publication at the Journal of Puerto Rican Medical Association: El Bisturí.
ABSTRACTS (SELECTED) Alarcón F, Torres F, Zevallos JC, Viñán I. Riesgo de Enfermedad Cerebrovascular en Dos Poblaciones Campesinas Ecuatorianas. Primeras Jornadas Ecuatoriano-Peruanas de Biopatología Andina. Quito, Ecuador: December 13-17, 1988 Goldberg R, Chen ZY, Gore J, Zevallos JC, Alpert J, Dalen J. 1988. Prognosis of Complete Heart Block complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction. A Community-wide Perspective. AHA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 14-17, 1988 Jijón A, Fierro R, Cazar R, Garcés J, Zevallos JC, Veintimilla J. Factores que Influyen sobre la Capacidad Mental del Niño Campesino Serrano: A Propósito de un Experimento Informal. IV Congreso Nacional de Pediatría, Quito, Ecuador, Noviembre 24-27,1982 Zevallos JC, Fierro R, Cazar R. Hipotiroidismo Congénito y Capacidad Mental en Niños Campesinos ¿Es reversible en una Generación? XIX Congreso Interamericano de Psicología. Quito, Ecuador Julio 24-29, 1987 Alarcón F, Torres F, Viñán I, Román M, Zevallos JC, Ellison CR, Stare FJ. Distribución Factores de Riesgo Cerebrovascular en Poblaciones Alto-Andinas del Ecuador. Congreso Nacional de Neurología. Quito: Abril, 1989 Zevallos JC, Ellison RC, Torres F, Donahue R, Espinosa E, Goldberg R. CV Risk Factors Among Town and Rural Residents in the Highlands of Ecuador. Second International Conference on Preventive Cardiology. Washington D.C. June 18-22, 1989 Garrahie EJ, Zevallos JC, Lombardi DA, Marmor JK, White MJ, Moore LL, Ellison RC. Familial aggregation of dietary fat intake. Presented at AHA First Annual Conference on Cholesterol, February, 1990 14
Zevallos JC, Nicolosi, RJ, Ausman LA, Hegsted, DM, Ockene IS, Leon M.: Serum Lipid Responsiveness to Increases in Dietary Fat in an Elderly Population of Quito-Ecuador. Presented at the XVII South American Congress of Cardiology, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September, 1995 Soltero I, Vargas JM, Zevallos JC, Fernandez A., Arias F. Estudio Multicentrico Ecuatoriano-Venezolano para Determinar la Eficacia y Tolerancia del Perindopril en Pacientes Hipertensos. Presented at the XVII South American Congress of Cardiology, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September, 1995 Zevallos JC, Cardona R, Ockene I. Effects of Perindopril on Blood Pressure, Lipids, Renal Function, and Quality of Life in Diabetic Hypertensives. Presented at the XVII South American Congress of Cardiology, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Sept, 1995 Zevallos JC, Ockene JK, Chiriboga D. Smoking in Ecuador: Prevalence, Attitudes and Knowledge. Presented at the XVII South American Congress of Cardiology, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September, 1995 Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Goldberg RJ, Lauro S. Seasonal Variation and Acute Myocardial Infaction in Three Different Populations. Presented at the XVII South American Congress of Cardiology, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September, 1995 Zevallos JC, Moreano M, Ribadeneira B, Espín G. Smoking Behavior, Dietary and Exercise Knowledge and Preferences Among Young Students from Quito-Ecuador. Presented at the XVII South American Congress of Cardiology, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September, 1995 Zevallos JC, Moreano M, Ribadeneira B, Espín G. Cardiovascular Risk Factor Distribution in a Free- Living Population of Quito, the Capital of Ecuador. Presented at the XVII South American Congress of Cardiology, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September, 1995 Westman S, Zevallos JC, McClellend-Fortin J, Landen M, Policy implications and factors influencing pneumococcal immunization among adults 65 years and older: Results of a population-based cluster survey in a predominantly Hispanic border population. National Immunization Center, Atlanta May 29 to 31, 2001 Zevallos JC, Siegel P, Pauli A, Green A, Escobedo M, Suárez E. Monitoring trends on health behaviors and related factors in a US-Mexico border population. The Second International Conference on Health Behavior Monitoring, Finland, Oct 1-3, 2001 Moonie S, Townsend W, Zevallos JC. Utilization of a cardiovascular disease risk index to identify a low risk subgroup of Clark County, Nevada Residents: The 23 rd Annual BRFSS conference, Palm Springs, California, March 20, 2006. Zevallos JC, Moonie S, Townsend W. The Identification of an Optimal Subgroup Using a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Index in Clark County, Nevada: Accepted for oral presentation at the CSTE (Council of State and Territories Epidemiology) Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, June 5 – 8, 2006 Zevallos JC, Sands L, Labus Brian. Symptoms for Heart Attack and Stroke among 15
Females: Findings from a Chief Complaint Database. Accepted for oral presentation at CDC’s Annual Health Promotion Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 12-14, 2006 Zevallos JC. Complete Teeth Loss and Coronary Artery Disease among Clark CountyNevada Residents, Nevada Public Health Association Conference, Las Vegas, October 5 and 6, 2006 Zevallos JC, Moonie S: Distribution of Selected Behavioral Risk Factors among Clark County-Nevada Residents, 2001 – 2005. Nevada Public Health Association Conference, Las Vegas, October 5 and 6, 2006 Moonie S, Zevallos JC, Townsend W. Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease among Nevadans, Nevada Public Health Association Conference, Las Vegas, October 5/6, 2006 Bungum N, Moonie S, Bungum T, Zevallos JC. Asthma Triggers among Child Care Facilities in Clark County, NV Nevada Public Health Association Conference, Las Vegas, October 5 and 6, 2006 Johnson CH, McDonald JA, Folger S, MacDonald L, Chavez M, Zevallos JC, Robles JL, Ramirez J, Smith RA. Sampling New Mothers on the U.S. – Mexico Border: Sampling New Mothers on the US – Mexico Border. The BMSCP Approach. Presented at the Maternal Child Health Epidemiology meeting, Atlanta, December 2006. Zevallos JC, Townsend Wilbert: Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities among Clark County-Nevada Residents, CSTE Annual Conference, New Jersey, June 24 – 28, 2007 Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Banchs H, Gonzalez J, Ramos I. Results from the Puerto Rico Heart Attack Pilot Study. 6th AMNET Conference, San Salvador, El Salvador, November 2008. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Banchs H, Gonzalez J, Ramos I, Goldberg RJ, García Palmieri. Gender Differences in Health Care. The Puerto Rico Heart Attack Study. New Mexico State University Seminars, Las Cruces, NM, June, 2010. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Banchs H, Gonzalez J, Ramos I. Preliminary results of the Puerto Rico Stroke Surveillance, Panama City, Panama, September 2010. Zevallos JC. Disparities in Health Services Research in Puerto Rico. Congreso Internacional de Disparidades, Santiago de Chile, Chile, October, 2010. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Banchs H, Pericchi L, Goldberg J, Colón M, Gonzalez MC, García Palmieri MR. Epidemiologia dell´Infarto Acuto del Miocardio in Puerto Rico. Congresso Nazionale di Cardiologia, Firenze, Italia, Marzo 10 -15, 2011. Ballester V, Torres EA., Vendrell R, Zevallos, JC. Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Health Insurance Coverage on Patient's with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Presented at the Annual Forum of Education and Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico and at the American College Gastroenterology. 2011, May. 16
Banchs HL, Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Gonzalez JA, García-PalmieriM, Pericchi LR, Altieri PI, Quevedo J, Goldberg RJ. Gender and Advance Age Disparities on Acute Myocardial Infarction Management: The Puerto Rico Heart Attack Study. Presented at the 16th World Congress on Heart Disease, Vancouver, Canada, July 23-26, 2011. Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Santiago F, Rodríguez-Mercado R, González JA, Nobo U, Rodríguez A, Goldberg R. Clinical Profile and Mortality of Puerto Ricans Hospitalized with Acute Stroke. Presented at the International Stroke Conference. American Heart Association. New Orleans, February 1 – 3, 2012. Febo V, Zevallos JC. PHQ-9 Adaptation for Depression Assessment in Puerto Rican Cardiac Patients. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Zevallos JC, Using medical records for surveillance of cardiovascular diseases in Puerto Rico. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32 nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Santiago F, Rodriguez-Mercado R, Gonzalez J, Nobo U, Zevallos JC. Use of Secondary Prevention in Puerto Ricans Hospitalized with an Initial Acute Ischemic Stroke. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32 nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Mojica G, Zevallos JC, Yarzebski J, Banchs HL, Pericchi LR, García-Palmieri, Goldberg RJ, MR. Sex and Age Differences in Presenting Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Puerto Rico Heart Attack Study. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32 nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Rojas M, Zevallos JC, Pericchi LR. Access and Use of Cardiovascular Surveillance Data Facilitates Conceptualization of a Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical Research Scholar Project. Accepted for presentation at the Translational Science 2012, Washington D.C. April 18-20, 2012 Rodríguez A, Zevallos JC. Clinical Profile and Mortality of Puerto Ricans Hospitalized with an Acute Stroke. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Torres D, Mattei H, Pericchi LR, Zevallos JC. Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Trends in Puerto Rico: Forecasting Using Age-Period-Cohort Models. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32 nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Vargas PE, Cox RA, Marmorato R, Zevallos JC. Association of Troponin Levels and Complications in Puerto Ricans with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32 nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Nobo U, Rodriguez-Mercado R, Gonzalez J, Santiago F, Zevallos JC Clinical Profile of Puerto Ricans Hospitalized with Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Accepted for 17
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Flecha F, González JA, Santiago F, Rodríguez-Mercado R, Zevallos JC. Delay Time Factors for Acute Stroke Patients. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32nd Annual Research and Education Forum. García F, Torres E, Zevallos JC. Synergism of Genetic and Childhood Environmental factors in Crohn's Disease. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 University of Puerto Rico 32nd Annual Research and Education Forum. Alvarez ER, Truelson I, Attia S, Acuña JM, Lozano JM, Castro G, Rodríguez de la Vega P, Zevallos JC: Gender Differences in the Use of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Hispanic Population: The Puerto Rico Stroke Registry. Presented at the 2013 HIMA-San Pablo Convention, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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