A Dialogue on Holistic Health: Sleep, Mind, and Sexuality, Health and Society Seminar
Did you know that in 2022, the American Heart Association included sleep as one of the eight essential factors for a healthy life? Poor sleep doesn’t just cause fatigue: it also affects the immune system’s response, disrupts metabolism, impacts emotional regulation, and hinders DNA repair. With the aim of raising awareness within the university community […]
Medical researchers shine at the 7th ACMI–ACP Resident Course
Researchers and medical residents from the Department of Internal Medicine at the Industrial University of Santander participated in the 7th Internal Medicine Residents’ Training Course, organized by the Colombian Association of Internal Medicine (ACMI) and the American College of Physicians (ACP), held in the city of Cali from May 23 to 25, 2026. The UIS’s […]
UIS Electrocardiography Program Successfully Completes Its 37th Edition and Reaffirms Its Regional Leadership
The 37th edition of the Electrocardiography training program has concluded. This continuing education course, led by Professor Oscar Leonel Rueda Ochoa—a faculty member in the Department of Basic Sciences at the School of Medicine—has become a benchmark of excellence in northeastern Colombia. This cohort stood out for its interdisciplinary nature, bringing together students of Medicine, […]
UIS Opens Registration for Medical-Surgical Specialization Programs 2026
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 […]
Symposium for World Tuberculosis Day
As part of the commemoration of “World Tuberculosis Day,” the School of Health, the Departmental Health Secretariat, the University Hospital of Santander, and scientific associations of pulmonology will host the World Tuberculosis Day Symposium, an academic forum aimed at strengthening knowledge and providing updates on this disease, which continues to be a major public health […]
UIS researchers took second place in the research projects category at the Psychiatry Congress
The Colombian Psychiatric Association awarded second place in the research project category to the study “Cardiometabolic factors, eating patterns, and sleep associated with mental health problems in boarding school students in the UIS Medicine program.” The objective of this study was to establish the prevalence and changes in cardiometabolic risk factors, eating and sleeping patterns, […]
Internal Medicine student presents study on adverse experiences and irritable bowel syndrome at ACADI
Sheyla Yurian Pardo González, a second-year graduate student in Internal Medicine, participated in the ACADI (Colombian Association of Digestive System Associations) Congress, held in Barranquilla from November 20 to 22. Dr. Pardo participated by presenting a research paper in poster format entitled: Association between adverse experiences in childhood and irritable bowel syndrome in the adult […]
UIS researchers present results of pneumonia study
Juan David Berlinghieri and Natalia Rodríguez, third-year residents in Internal Medicine, participated in IDWeek 2025, held in Atlanta, United States. The researchers participated by presenting a poster entitled “Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Gram-negative microorganisms in intensive care units of a tertiary hospital in northeastern Colombia. Case description and analysis of risk factors from a six-year […]
Internal Medicine Resident Participated in National Conference with Study on Cardiac Mortality
Jonathan Andrés Quintero Villamizar, a third-year Internal Medicine resident, presented the poster “Predictive variables of cardiac mortality in patients with first acute coronary syndrome in Bucaramanga” at the II Congress of Internal Medicine: Frontiers of Internal Medicine, Innovations, and Challenges, recently held at the Central Military Hospital in Bogotá. Acute coronary syndrome continues to be […]
UIS graduate recognized as “Woman of the Year in Health”
Dr. Karen Dueñas, who graduated with a postgraduate degree in Internal Medicine in 2013. A specialist in cardiology, currently affiliated with the Fundación Cardioinfantil in Bogotá, where she is the head of the clinic for the management of heart and valve diseases, was recognized by the She Is Foundation as “Woman of the Year in […]