Meet The Faculty
Chairman of Emergency Medicine:
Fernando Soto Torres
MD, FACEP
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Puerto Rico
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Morristown Memorial- Goryeb’s Children's Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey
Associate Program Director:
Eddie G. Rodríguez Aquino
MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAAP, AEMUS-FPD
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Puerto Rico
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn
Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
EM Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at SUNY Downstate / Kings County Hospital
Center, Brooklyn, New York
Glen A. Malaret Hernández
MD, AEMUS-FPD
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
EM Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at Jacobi Medical Center
Jenniffer Santiago Rodríguez
MD
Emergency Medicine Residency at Ponce Emergency Medicine
Nicmarie Maldonado Rodríguez
MD
Emergency Medicine Residency at Ponce Emergency Medicine
Program Director:​
Miguel F. Agrait González
MD, FACEP, FAAEM CAQ-SM
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Puerto Rico
Georgetown/WHC Sports Medicine Fellowship, Washington DC
Acute Care: Resuscitation Leadership Academy
Emergency Ultrasound Division Director:
Michelle Surillo González
MD, FAAEM
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at Ponce Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound Fellowship at Presbyterian
EMS Coordinator:​
Stephanie Marrero
MD
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at Ponce Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship at UT Health San Antonio EM,
San Antonio, Texas
EM Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at UT Health San Antonio EM,
San Antonio, Texas
Melissa Rosado Rivera,
MD
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Puerto Rico
Carlos Gonzalez
MD
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Puerto Rico
EM Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at Kaiser San Diego Emergency Ultrasound
Program Coordinator:
Francés M. Figueroa García
BA in Office Systems Management at the Ponce Campus of the University of
Puerto Rico
MBA Human Resources Management at Pontifical Catholic University, Ponce,
PR
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division Director:​
Sarah Marrero Medina
MD, FAAP, FAEM
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency Program at University of Puerto Rico
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University
Jaritza M. Pérez Hernández
MD
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Puerto Rico
Wilderness Medicine Fellowship at UCI Irvine, California
Nehemesis Rivera Ortiz
MD
Emergency Medicine Residency at Ponce Emergency Medicine
Giovanni Ramirez
MD
emergenciologodeldolor@gmail.com
ABEM Board Certified
Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Puerto Rico
EM Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine / Ben Taub
Hospital, Houston, Texas
Anesthesiology Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship at the University of
Rochester, New York