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 […]
Internal Medicine student presented his research at a conference on cerebrovascular disease
Laura Marcela Rey, a physician and resident in Internal Medicine at this university, participated as a speaker at the “XXVII Ibero-American Congress on Cerebrovascular Disease and 2025 GlobalStroke Alliance VI Latin American Ministerial Meeting,” held from November 13 to 15 in Panama. Dr. Rey participated by presenting an oral paper entitled “Seroprevalence of Chagas disease […]
UIS professors to hold Cardiovascular Symposium in Bucaramanga
Professors from the Department of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine will hold a symposium on primary care in cardiology. This academic meeting is aimed at the healthcare community, primary care physicians, family members, internists, students, residents, and related healthcare professions such as nursing. The purpose of this event is to provide an academic […]
Resident of Specialization in Internal Medicine, 2nd place in poster modality in research contest
Sheyla Pardo Gonzalez, resident of the postgraduate course in Internal Medicine, participated in the XXI Congress of the Faculty of Health Sciences UNAB, IV Congress of Internal Medicine Residents – XII International 2025, held from June 10 to 12, 2025. During the event he took second place in the poster modality in the research contest, […]
Medical Student represented UIS during an academic rotation in Rotterdam
Laura Valentina Arciniegas Landínez made a rotation in the Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), after being admitted by the Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology of the Erasmus University. She is a medical student and a member of the UIS Electrocardiography Research Group directed by Professor Óscar Leonel Rueda Ochoa, a […]
Yellow Fever” Information Day
With the purpose of providing information on the epidemiological alert caused by yellow fever, the Faculty of Health, through its professors, will hold an informative activity to resolve concerns and educate the university community. Professor Bladimiro Rincón Orozco, Bacteriologist and Clinical Laboratorian, UIS. D. in Biological Sciences, University of Wurzburg (Germany) and Professor Agustín Vega […]
Student of Specialization in Internal Medicine participated in the XIV International Symposium of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
With the study of the leukemic index as a prognostic marker in Acute Coronary Syndrome, Jonathan Andrés Quintero Villamizar, a postgraduate student in Internal Medicine, presented a study entitled “Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and complications in patients with a first acute coronary syndrome in Bucaramanga”, at the XIV International Symposium of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, […]
Registration for the Medical Surgical Specialties is now open
The School of Medicine informs that the inscriptions are open for the Medical Surgical Specialties for the year 2025, according to Academic Council Agreement 036 of February 25, 2025. Place of development of the programs: Bucaramanga – Santander.Registration Deadline: May 30, 2025 Click on the following link for more information: