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Mina Amezcua
3726 Las Vegas Blvd, Suite 309w, Las Vegas, NV, 89158 562-842-5024 hamezcua@medicine.nevada.edu EDUCATION
2009-Current
University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV
OB/GYN Residency
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY,
M.D.
University of California – Los Angeles, C.A.
B.S., Psychology-Biology
CERTIFICATE/LICENSURE
2011
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2011-2012 University of Nevada School of Medicine, Dept of OB/GYN, Las Vegas, NV
PI/Mentor: Kord Strebel, MD. Determined if vitamin D deficiency based on maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentration was associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkPI/Mentor: Dr. Wogensen Bach. Presence and inflammatory reaction of intracellular adhesion molecule-1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in renal tissues of brain dead porcine models.
UCLA Alzheimer’s Disease Research center. UCLA School of Medicine. Dr Michael MegaDifferentiate brain metabolic patterns associated with the response to the cholinesterase inhibitorGalantamine.
University of California – Los AngelesDepartment of Laboratory of Neuroimaging, UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Andrew GustavsonCreation of a brain MRI atlas representing the Alzheimer’s disease population. Overall goal is being the first to construct a multimodality probabilistic atlas of the brain representing a disease population.
Summer 2001 NIH Biomedical Sciences Enrichment Program-training in biotechnology laboratory, advanced writing seminars, and laboratory techniques.
University of California – Los Angeles Center for Academic Excellence/Summer Research Program
PUBLICATIONS
Mega,M. Dinov, I. Porter,V. Chow, G. Felix, J. Amezcua, H. Cummings, J. “Metabolic Patterns
associated with the Clinical Response to Galantamine Therapy: An FDG-PET Study.” Arch Neurology.
2005;62:721-728
CONFERENCES PRESENTING RESEARCH
University of Nevada School of Medicine Resident Research Day
Albany Medical College Research Forum. Wogensen Bach, M.D
Presence and inflammatory reaction of intracellular adhesion molecule-1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in renal tissues of brain dead porcine models.
UCLA Research Conference on Aging. Jeffrey Cummings, M.D., Validation of the Quality
of Life Scale for Dementia Caregivers. Los Angeles, CA
2004 Society For Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science.
Creation of a brain MRI atlas representing the Alzheimer’s disease population. Austin TX.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2012
American Urogynecologic Society: Excellence in Female Pelvic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Academy of Dermatology Medical Student Diversity Mentorship Program.
Lakewood Medical Centers Foundation scholarship recipient.
NIH Minority International Research Training Program
Bender Family Endowed Minority Scholarship Fund. Award based on academic merit and
financial assistance
Ethel Laracy Scholarship Fund
Community Service Award. Awarded by Hermanas Unidas Corporation for community service
throughout my 4 years of undergraduate.
PROFFESIONAL ACTIVITIES
06/2012-current
Academic Chief Resident
2010-2012
ACOG Junior Fellow Chair and Vice Chair for District 8, Nevada Section
UMC Electronic records committee
Project TEAM-Alisal High School, Salinas Ca. Organization designed to work with
disadvantaged high school students to educated on common adolescent disorders: STD’s, HIV.
2007 National Boriqua Latino Health Organization (NBLHO): Founder of AMC NBLHO. An
organization designed to serve the underserved community by hosting health fairs, preventive informative workshops and helping in recruitment of minority pre-medical students into medical school. Spanish Translator for Albany Medical Center. Take history of Spanish-speaking patients, and
translate between patients, nurses and doctors.
SNMA Carnival on the Hill Health Fairs. Hosted a health fairs for uninsured community of
Albany, providing glucose and hypertension testing and hosting workshops in cholesterol
control, diabetes and hypertension.
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Symposium. Host Alzheimer's disease symposiums in different
community centers lecturing on the causes and treatments of AD and methods to improve a
healthier lifestyle.
Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles, CA. Take history and assess vitals of Spanish-speaking
patients
Memory Disorders Clinic, Los Angeles, CA. Perform evaluations of memory testing,
neuropsychiatry, quality of life and history backgrounds on demented patients and their
caregivers.
EMPLOYMENT
2001-2003
UCLA Laboratory of Neuroimaging, School Of Medicine. Processing neuroimaging data
for comparative analysis of Alzheimer's disease
MRI Neuroimaging Coordinator for UCLA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
Established a neuroimaging database consisting of Alzheimer's patients MRI.
LANGUAGE FLUENCY: Spanish

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