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UIS Opens Registration for Medical-Surgical Specialization Programs 2026

Pieza promocional

The Industrial University of Santander invites physicians interested in furthering their professional training to apply for admission to its Medical-Surgical Specialization programs. It is worth noting that this call for applications includes three important changes to the registration process: Elimination of the interview, promoting a more objective and transparent process.New weighting of evaluation criteria In-person […]

UIS professor contributes to the development of national guidelines for clinical simulation

prof. ADRIANA GONZÁLEZ

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine played a prominent role, through Professor Adriana Inés González Quitian, affiliated with the School of Medicine, in the development of the Guidelines for the Implementation of Clinical Simulation in Colombia, led by the Colombian Association of Medical Schools (ASCOFAME). Professor Adriana González acted as […]

Professor of Medicine presents research paper at International Simulation Congress

Adriana González Quitian

Adriana González Quitian, professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine, presented the research paper by the interdisciplinary group from the School of Industrial Design and Medicine at SIMEX 2025, “The clinical simulation of the future,” the ninth international clinical simulation meeting. The research, entitled “Biomodel for simulating emergency procedures […]

Third-year gynecology resident takes second place in national event

Residente Laura, durante la premiación

Laura Parra Téllez, a resident in the postgraduate program in Gynecology and Obstetrics, took second place in the resident poster category at the “Fifth National Obstetrics and Gynecology Research Competition,” held on August 9 in Bogotá. The research project, titled “Clinical Results of Uterine Evacuation by Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy According to Gestational Trimester at […]

UIS graduate led successful intrauterine fetal surgery to correct a ‘rare disease’

Equipo interdisciplinario de cirugía y terapia fetal de la Clínica General del Norte

A milestone for fetal medicine was recently achieved in Colombia: a team of specialists successfully performed the first intrauterine fetal surgery to treat Gastroschisis, a serious congenital defect in the abdominal wall of the fetus that exposes the intestines to the amniotic fluid, compromising its development, circulation and even the baby’s life. The intervention, performed […]

Outstanding participation of the UIS in the XIX National Congress of Perinatology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Profesores y estudiantes UIS participantes en el XIX Congreso Nacional de Perinatología y Medicina Maternofetal

A great participation of professors and students UIS, made presence in the XIX National Congress of Perinatology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, held in Bucaramanga, through oral presentation, lectures, posters and videos. The students and professors of the Master’s Degree in Basic Biomedical Sciences, the Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences, and students and professors of the Specialization in […]

Specialization in Gynecology and Obstetrics, closer to accreditation renewal

Profesores y residentes Ginecobstetricia

Professors and residents OB/GYNs Professors of the Gynecology and Obstetrics program have worked in a committed manner to comply with each of the phases of quality self-evaluation and to advance in the renewal of the program’s accreditation before the Ministry of National Education. Recently, the “Indicator Evaluation Workshop” was held. The meeting took place in […]

Faculty of Health joined the commemoration of cervical cancer prevention day

Officials of the School of Health and the Departmental Secretariat of Health

As part of the celebration of the “World Cervical Cancer Prevention Day”, in the facilities of the Scientific Complex for Health and Life Sciences Research, the “Symposium. Breaking the silence, what we all should know about the Human Papilloma Virus, HPV”. With the presence of the Secretary of Departmental Health, Edwin Antonio Prada, and the […]