Pulmonologist and intensivist | Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program @UTHealthSA @UnivHealthSA | husband/dad, Guatemala 🇬🇹 | my ideas

San Antonio, TX
Joined December 2013
🌎 PVRI LATAM Taskforce Webinar October 28 – 10:00 a.m. CST Experts from across Latin America discuss the future of pulmonary hypertension care. 🔗 pvrinstitute.org/learning-hu… @PVRI #PH #LATAMPVRI 🇪🇸 Expertos de América Latina comparten avances en hipertensión pulmonar.
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📢 New publication: Survival Outcomes and Impact of Targeted PAH Therapy in Portopulmonary Hypertension in the PVRI GoDeep Meta-Registry by Arun Jose, Athiththan Yogeswaran, Khodr Tello, @ElwingJean, Werner Seeger, Meike Fünderich Et al. Read the full research article onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Cancún + cutting-edge science? I’m in! Next week at #ALAT2025, I’ll be presenting the Year in Review in Pulmonary Circulation, spotlighting the studies that shaped the year and why they matter now. Let’s move the field forward… together! ✈️🌊🎙️ @ALATorax @ATS_PC @UTHealthSA
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Honored to speak at the 1st Pulmonary Circulation Congress hosted by @amra_arg in Córdoba. Grateful for the science, the new and old friendships, and the chance to experience Argentina’s warmth (and Fernet). #PH #Cordoba @UTHealthSA @UTHSA_PCCM @ATS_PC @accpchest @PVRI
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Amazing work by an outstanding team! Go check their abstract out if you are at #ISHLT2025. @LungTxptMD @MarcSimonMD @jeanlucvachiery @Montanidavid @SavaleL @girgis_reda et al.
Just in time for the @ISHLT conference, our @PVRI Delphi Project on Lung Transplant for PAH is now published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Come hear about our work at the #ISHLT2025 conference. Symposium 23, in Ballroom C on 4/28/2025 1:15-2:31 pm EST. abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/2…
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The countdown is on, come join us! bit.ly/3Gi3V9i #PH #ATS2025 @atscommunity @ATS_PC
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Pulmonary Hypertension: What You Need to Know Today — a full‑day #ATS2025 post-graduate course. 🗓️ May 16 | San Francisco | CE‑eligible 20+ experts on diagnosis, risk, therapy & special pops. Register: bit.ly/3Gi3V9i #PH #ATS2025 @atscommunity @ATS_PC
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📅 Pulmonary Conference - Free Registration! Join us Sat, March 1st in San Antonio, TX. Engage with top experts in pulmonary medicine. 🫁🩺 🔗 Free registration: tinyurl.com/4znbj7nr Don't miss the chance to connect and learn. See you there! @UnivHealthSA @UTHealthSA – at San Antonio, TX
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What a morning at #PVRI2025! Great to hear such captivating talks on establishing the framework for the classification & diagnosis of PH worldwide 🫁 Here’s some highlights: 🌎After Anna Hemnes’s welcome, Rogerio Souza opened with an insightful talk on PH care in Brazil 🌎Gabor Kovacs discussed Classification & diagnosis of PH: Updates from the 7th WSPH 🌎 Omics-based & data-driven approaches to early disease diagnosis was the next talk led by Catherine Simpson 🌎 Ioana Preston presented a talk on CIPHER & CIPHER-MRI studies for early diagnosis of PH 🌎 Followed by Andy Swifts’ presentation on advanced medical imaging & AI in PH diagnosis & classification 🌎After a break, we moved onto cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the diagnosis & phenotyping of PH patients with a presentation from Khodr Tello 🌎 Dunbar Ivy discussed classification & diagnosis of paediatric PH: Updates from the 7th WSPH 🌎 And final presentations for the morning included CTEPH & CTED approach to early diagnosis & treatment and how pre-clinical models can be used to improve clinical phenotyping & early diagnosis with speakers Mark Toshner, Vineet Agrawal Looking forward to another afternoon of science and networking! #PVRI2025
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What an exciting day full of great sessions, exchanging ideas during our poster presentation and catching up with friends at #PVRI in Rio de Janeiro! 🇧🇷 Looking forward to today’s topics! @PVRI @UTHealthSA @UTHSA_PCCM
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Join us on this AMAZING webinar from our DEI group. @heresi_gustavo @belindariveramd @Eddas463 @RFPMachado share their perspectives on developing a career in PH. It’ll be a nice conversation with @jgomezarroyo and me @ATS_PC @IUPCCM @StanfordPACCM
Join out @ATS_PC assembly for a webinar on A Career in Pulmonary Vascular Disease on Dec 13th at 3pm Eastern Register here: thoracic.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
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Let’s discuss “Contemporary Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A U.S. Perspective” Exciting PC Webinar on 11/25 2 PM EST ⏰ @ATS_PC All star panelists @SandeepSahayMD @IoanaPreston @mardigomberg @JimWhiteCurePAH and MChakinala Register here: bit.ly/4fyIz45
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Excited to arrive in #SãoPaulo for the @PVRI LATAM Adult & Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium! 🌎pvrilatam2024.com.br/evento/… Keen to dive into the unique challenges and opportunities in the region, and looking forward to collaborating with fellow experts! 💡🤝 @ATS_PC #PH
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Check out this "quick read while you walk from the car to the office" update on key takeaways from the latest PH World Symposium we wrote with @rjbernardoMD #ChidinmaEjikeme for @journal_CHEST. Amazing support from @CHESTPulmCardio team! @ATS_PC @PVRI @PHAssociation @EuropePHA
Members of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Section of the Pulmonary Vascular and Cardiovascular Network provide a review of the latest updates in #PH research. Read more: hubs.la/Q02Y7JvF0 #PulmonaryHypertension
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Absolutely the best time learning and creating wonderful new memories together! Thank you to the Houston team for your hospitality and support.🦾🌟 @UTHealthSA @UTHSA_PCCM @PHAssociation @ATS_PC @CHESTPulmCardio @PVRI #friendship #mentoring #PH #MarcHumbert #NidhyVarghese
Amazing learning experience, discussions on PH, career mentoring, academic growth, food and fun over the last couple of days! @EuropePHA @ATS_PC @PHAssociation @HMHCardioFellow @HMethodistMD
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An amazing time building new ideas and exciting projects at #CHEST2024 with amazing colleagues and friends! @accpchest @CHESTPulmCardio
Great time at the @accpchest #CHEST2024 Network Mixer @CHESTPulmCardio Picture of “The Four Amigos” #Arun Jose / #Adriano Tonelli / @REstradaMD
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I was just promoted to Associate Professor, and was given this incredible teaching recognition! ⚡️This year has been a great journey and September starts with amazing news. Deeply grateful for everyone who has made this possible! 🙏 @UTHealthSA @UTHSA_PCCM #academia – at San Antonio, TX
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Here is the link to the publication in the ERJ of the latest World Symposium in Pulmonary Hypertension 7th edition #WSPH2024 bvgq2.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/… @ATS_PC @PHAssociation @PVRI @CHESTPulmCardio @ErsPvd @ISHLT @UTHSA_PCCM
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Rodolfo A. Estrada, MD FCCP retweeted
Take-home message from the #WSPH2024 : Recent studies reaffirm that PAH-specific medications should NOT be used in PH-LHD. @AssociationWsph @jeanlucvachiery @RyanTedfordMD @TamCardio
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