Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez

2020 - 2024 Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

Degree: Doctor of Medicine, MD

2013 - 2018 Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA 

Degree: Chemistry, BS

Track: Biochemistry

2008 - 2010 ISCF Manuel Fajardo, Cienfuegos, Cuba 

Degree: Sports Medicine

2024 Stop the Bleed

2024 Advance Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

2022 Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) Provider by the American Heart Association

2022 Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification (ILT) by the Epilepsy Foundation of America
2021 PHR Asylum Clinic Training by the GUSOM PHR

• American College of Cardiology (AAC)
• American College of Physicians (ACP)
• Latino Medical School Association (LMSA)
• Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
• Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society

2023   Rapha Health and Fitness Fair, Silver Spring, MD, USA.

2022   “Rosemary Williams MammoDay” at Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.

Duties: Assisted in the clinic doing clinical breast exams, escorting patients to get their mammograms, passing out flyers, and filling in paperwork.

2020 – Present   New Freedmen’s Clinic, Washington, DC, USA.

Duties: At the free clinic run by medical students, I interview patients, take a full history as well as perform a physical examination, and complete a progress note for each patient encounter that is later placed on the patient’s chart.

2020 - 2021   COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.

Duties: As a volunteer at the Clinic, I administered vaccines, played a vital role in the registration process, diligently monitored post-vaccine effects on the residents of the DMV area, and proficiently employed my bilingual prowess to seamlessly fulfill the role of a translator when the need arose.

2017 – 2018   Nicklaus Children’s Hospital (Volunteer) Emergency Room, Miami, FL, USA.

Duties: As an emergency department (ED) volunteer at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, my tasks included restocking patients’ rooms, assisting families in the waiting area, and transporting patients to various departments around the hospital. My experience as an ED volunteer helped me recognized the importance of collaboration, as I witnessed interdisciplinary exchanges between physicians, nurses, therapists, and other hospital staff.

2016 - 2017   Florida International University Chemistry Department, Miami, FL, USA.

- General chemistry (I) Learning Assistant [Spring 2016]

- Organic chemistry (I and II) Learning Assistant [Fall 2016 and Spring 2017]

2016 - 2017   Project Downtown-Volunteer, Miami, FL, USA.
2011 - 2012   International Rescue Committee (IRC) - Volunteer, Miami, FL, USA.

2023   Midlines or Middle Ages? Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction Strategy, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction Improvement Pre-post Study with Quality improvement initiative.

Mpey Tabot Tabot, MD1,2,3, Renee Skific, MD1,2,3, John Prempeh, MD1,2,3, Mailen Fernandez1,2, Rohan Kuruvilla1,2, Mesay Asfaw, MD1,2,3, Daniel Larbi, MD1,2,3, Alem Mehari, MD1,2,3,41

1Howard University, 2Howard University Hospital, 3Department of Internal Medicine, 4Division of Pulmonary medicine

2021- Present   Fiber directions in the respective heart chamber walls indicates the history of heart folding processes - true or false?

Janine M. Ziermann (PI), Delaena Harley, Haripreet Singh, Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez Howard University College of Medicine

2016 – 2019   Impact of exposure to environmental Manganese on behavioral, neuroimaging and neuropathological endpoints associated with manganese-induced Parkinsonism and cognitive dysfunction.

Loss of striatal cholinergic interneurons in the presence of intact nigral dopaminergic neurons in early Manganese-induced Parkinsonism.

Kalynda Gonsales (PI), Tomas Guilarte (PI), and Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez

Lab of Dean Tomas R. Guilarte, PhD

Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work

Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

2015   Carotenoid glycosides from cyanobacteria are teratogenic in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Asha Jaja-Chimedza, Kristel Sanchez, Miroslav Gantar, John Berry (PI), and Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez

Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

2023 - Present 

VP of the Internal Medicine Interest Group at Howard University 

2023 

Liaison between the department of Neurology and the students during the Neurology clerkship rotation

2022 - Present 

Howard University College of Medicine, Class of 2024, VP of Fundraising

2021 - Present

Mentor for 1st year medical students

2023  DCHA Patient Safety & Quality Summit.

2023  DC ACP Resident and Student Poster and Podium Competition at Georgetown Medical School.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts 

• Mpey Tabot Tabot, MD1,2,3, Renee Skific, MD1,2,3, John Prempeh, MD1,2,3, Mailen Fernandez1,2, Rohan Kuruvilla1,2, Mesay Asfaw, MD1,2,3, Daniel Larbi, MD1,2,3, Alem Mehari, MD1,2,3,41Howard University, 2Howard University Hospital, 3Department of Internal M. (2023, Aug). Midlines or Middle Ages? Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction Strategy, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction Improvement Pre-post Study with Quality Improvement Initiative. Midlines or Middle Ages? Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction Strategy, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction Improvement Pre-post Study with Quality Improvement Initiative.
  Pub Status: Submitted.

Oral Presentation

• Mpey Tabot Tabot, MD, Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez. (2023, May 06). Midlines or Middle Ages? Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction Strategy, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction Improvement Pre-post Study with Quality Improvement Initiative [ Oral Presentation]. ACP Annual Conference/Washington, DC, USA.
• Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez. (2023, June). "A case of severe mitral valve regurgitation." [ Oral Presentation]. Leffall Presentation/Washington, DC, USA.
• Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez. (2023, August). Midlines or Middle Ages? Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction Strategy, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction Improvement Pre-post Study with Quality Improvement Initiative [ Oral Presentation]. Department of Medicine Ground Rounds/Washington, DC, USA.
• Mpey Tabot Tabot, MD, Mailen Fernandez Gonzalez. (2023, November 14). Midlines or Middle Ages? Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction Strategy, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction Improvement Pre-post Study with Quality Improvement Initiative [ Oral Presentation]. DCHA Patient Safety & Quality Summit/Washington, DC, USA.