Division of anatomy
Faculty - Bertha C. Escobar-Poni, MD
Experience
Loma Linda University
School of Medicine, department of pathology
and human anatomy
Assistant professor
Primary appointment since 1993 to
present
School of Allied Health Professions
Coordinator and solely lecturer of
Essentials of Human Diseases and Pathology I & II courses (3, 4, &
5-unit courses)
Programs: Coding specialist, physical therapy, occupational
therapy, radiation therapy, physician assistant (master), and public health
(doctorate).
Contract since 2002 to present
School of Dentistry - dental hygiene program
Coordinator and co-lecturer
for Anatomy of Head and Neck - 3-unit course 1998 - present
Facilitator
Heuristic Methods in Medicine. Full-year sequence.
1997-present
Orientation to Religion and Medicine. Summer quarter. 1997 to
present
Adjunct faculty
Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California - 1999
to present
Anatomy & Physiology, two-semester preprofessional
course
California State University, San Bernardino, California - 1996
School of
Nursing
Victor Valley College, Victorville, California - 1994
Biology
Department
Hospital Pastor Oropeza, Venezuela - 1989 to 1992
Department of continuing
education, Internship program, Assistant Instructor
Education
1985 - 1989 Universidad Centro-Occidental Venezuela, SA
Degree obtained:
medical doctor
* Degree title: "Medico Cirujano" that literally translates
into "Surgical Physician"
* Doctorate thesis defense: "Bronchial Asthma:
Current and Accumulative Prevalence in Cabudare City, Lara State, Venezuela.
Universidad Centro-Occidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCOLA). School of Medicine.
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine. Barquisimeto, Venezuela, May 26,
1989.
1975 - 1977 Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, SA
* Pre-medical
training
Postgraduate educational experience
1995 - 1998 VA Hospital Loma Linda, California
Fellow Researcher with W.
H. Fletcher, PhD, principal investigator in the Molecular Biology Research
laboratory. Research: Gap junctions proteins and their relationship with heart
development
1989 - 1992 Hospital Pastor Oropeza Venezuela, SA
Internship and (non-completed) residency
* Completed obligatory two-year internship, which included 6 months of rural
medicine,
* One year residency in surgery/medicine
Clinical research
Poni E, Granero R, Escobar B, and Isaacura C. (1998). Recuperación Funcional
Neurológica y de Calidad de Vida en Pacientes Tratados con Nimodipina luego del
Primer Infarto Cerebral (Quality of Life and Neurological Functional Recovery of
Patients treated with Nimodipine after the First Ever Cerebral Infarction).
Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacología y Terapéutica. Vol 17(2): 115 -
119.
Dasgupta C, Escobar-Poni B, Shah M, Duncan J, and Fletcher WH (1998).
Misregulation of Connexin43 (_1) gap junction channels and congenital heart
defects. In: Gap Junction-Mediated Intercellular signaling in Health and
Disease. Eds. John Wiley & Sons, UK (2)
Poni E, Escobar B, and Granero R (1995). Riesgo de muerte a los 4 años de un
primer Infarto cerebral: Estudio prospectivo en Barquisimeto, Estado Lara,
Venezuela (Four-year death risk after first cerebral infarction: Prospective
study in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela). Original paper. Investigación
Clinica 36(4): 163 - 172
Poni E, Granero R, Escobar B (1995): Cambios de la función neuromuscular y de
las manifestaciones depresivas en los pacientes sobrevivientes al Infarto
cerebral luego de seis meses de tratamiento con nimodipine (Changes in the
neuromuscular function and in the depressive manifestations, after six-month
treatment with nimodipine, of patients surviving a cerebral infarction).
Archives Venezolanos de Farmacología y Terapeútica; 14(2): 74 - 80.
Poni E, Escobar B, and Granero R (Caracas 1994). Tratamiento crónico con
nimodipine en el accidente cerebro-vascular (Chronic treatment with nimodipine
in cerebrovascular accident). Original paper. Medicina Interna 6:85 -
92.
Poni E, Mendoza E, Granero R, Balza M, Escobar B, Alvarez N (Caracas 1990):
Estudio del valor predictivo de los parámetros microbiológicos y citopatológicos
de las muestras tomadas por expectoración vs aspiración transtraqueal en la
infección respiratoria baja de origen bacteriano: Informe preliminar (Study of
the predictive value of microbiologic and cytopathologic parameter of samples
taken by expectoration vs transtracheal aspiration in lower respiratory
infections of bacterial origin: preliminary report). Medicine Interna 6(3-4):
126 - 134.
Oral presentations
Fletcher WH, Dasgupta C, Escobar-Poni B, Shah M, Duncan J. Genetic &
developmental defects of the heart. NOVARTIS FOUNDATION Symposium #219: Gap
Junction-Mediated Intercellular Signaling in Health and Disease, March 2-5,
1998, London, England.
Fletcher WH, Dasgupta C, Escobar-Poni B, Shah M, Duncan J. Genetic &
developmental defects of the heart. WELCOME TRUST, March 6, 1998, London,
England.
Fletcher WH, Dasgupta C, Escobar-Poni B, Shah M, Duncan J. Gap junctions and
cardiology. University of Wales, College of Medicine, Department of medical
Biochemistry, March 18, 1998, Californiardiff, Wales.
Poni E, Kobelt R, Arocha I Escobar B, and Granero R. Nimodipine Clinic
effects in the acute ischemic accident: short and medium term evaluation.
National Congress of Internal medicine Society of Venezuela. April 19, 1988.
Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Ruiz J, Poni E, and Escobar B. No traumatic cerebro-vascular accident.
Descriptive and retrospective analytic study. National Congress of Internal
medicine Society of Venezuela. April 20, 1988. Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Poni E, and Escobar B. Pyogenic hepatic abscess: medical treatment in two
cases. Original case presentation. National Congress of Internal medicine
Society of Venezuela. April 20, 1988. Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Poster
Duncan JC, Shah MM, Zenoniani MA, Escobar-Poni B, and Fletcher WH. Regulation
of connexin43 by phosphorylation in heart development. American Society of Cell
Biology 36th Annual Meeting, 6th International Congress of Cell Biology. San
Francisco, California. December 10, 1996
Current project
"Wholeness Intervention and Anatomy Instruction".
* Data collection stage
of four-year followup
"Collaborative Active Learning: A new discipline in the anatomy Laboratory"
* Preliminary study
Professional societies
American Association of Anatomists
American Association of Clinical
Anatomists
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Other activities
* 2002 - Present: IFAC representative from the School of Medicine
* 2001 -
Present: Class co-sponsor of LLU-SM Class of 2004
* 2001 - present: member of
the American Association of Anatomist and FASEB
* 1998 - present: Member of
the DH Curriculum Subcommittee
* 1998 - present: Member of the Diversity
Committee of the School of Medicine
* 1998 - 2000: Secretary of the Hispanic
Faculty Forum, Loma Linda University
* 1997 to present: Coordinator of the
"Commemorative Service in memory of the Donors"
* 1997 - present: Member of
the American Association of Clinical Anatomists
* 1997 - present: SDA Church
Deacon
* 1996 - 2002: Cosponsor of the Association of Latin American Students
(ALAS)
* 1995 - 1999: Class sponsor of LLU-SM Class of 1999
Interests
* Music: playing piano, singing with family & friends, music
appreciation.
* Enjoy talking and discussing controversial issues
*
Reading
* Computer
* Definitely, learning from my students and
colleagues
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