I am a professor of medicine in the University of Florida Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, where I also oversee a multidisciplinary team as the director of hepatology and medical director of Liver Transplant and Program, and director of the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship for the section of hepatobiliary diseases and liver transplantation. I received my medical degree in 1994 from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, where I subsequently completed my internal medicine internship and residency. During my residency, I served as chief resident. Thereafter, I relocated to the U.S. and completed my gastroenterology fellowship here at UF under an NIH T32 training grant.