Manuel Batlle

Dynamic Family Medicine Physician with a proven track record at Dedicated Senior Medical Center, excelling in patient management and quality improvement. Adept at implementing risk assessment programs and fostering collaborative care, enhancing patient engagement through compassionate bedside manner. Committed to elevating healthcare standards and delivering exceptional patient outcomes.

• Board certified in Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine, 2031
• DEA Registration, United States Department of Justice, 2025
• Medical License, Texas Medical Board, 2027
• Medical License, Florida Department of Health, 2027
• Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, 2023
• Mental Health First Aid (Youth), National Council for Mental Wellbeing, 2025
• Provisional Medical License, Department of Health of Puerto Rico, 2017
• Registered Home Care Aide, California Department of Social Services, 2017
• Permanent Medical License, Ministry of Public Health of Dominican Republic, 2012

• Air and Space Achievement Medal, US Air Force, 2022
• Transitional Resident of the Year, Damas Hospital, 2018
• Heroes in the Hospital, Association of Hospitals of Puerto Rico, 2018
• Customer Service Excellence Award of the Year, Medical Home Care Professionals, 2016
• Employee of the Month of July, Medical Home Care Professionals, 2016
• Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, US Navy, 2004

• Incidence of sclerosing cholangitis at the Hospital General Plaza de la Salud, Hansell Soto, Ofelia Leroux, Maria Crespo, Manuel Batlle, Mayra Vargas, Revista Medica Dominicana (Dominican Medical Journal), 01/2011, 72, 1, 17-20, Published
• Cardiac arrhythmias associated with the use of morphine via epidural and subarachnoid blockade, R. Vanderlinder, G. Ureña, A. Nuñez, M. Vargas, P. Garcia, M. Batlle, Revista Medica Dominicana (Dominican Medical Journal), 09/2012, 73, 3, 123-124, Published

• Volunteer Hospitalist, St. Francis Hospital Joint Task Force Civil Support, Operation Wingspan, Hartford, CT, 02/2022, 03/2022, Served as hospitalist for critical manning shortages related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic., Admitted seventy-six patients to observation unit, working 120 hours over 15 shifts, valued at $15.8K and indirectly contributing to recapturing $95K of revenue.
• Vaccination Volunteer, DHR Mass Vaccination clinic at Bert Ogden Arena, Edinburg, TX, 01/12/2021, Mass vaccination clinic at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas., 6,500 doses of the Moderna Vaccine were given., Personally administered 165 COVID-19 vaccinations to the community of Hidalgo County.
• Volunteer, Internal Medicine Department Hurricane Maria Relief, Ponce, PR, 12/01/2017, 12/31/2017, Volunteered in preparation of basic needs supplies, gift wrapping for children from various towns of Puerto Rico during the Holiday Season.
• Volunteer, Pediatrics Department Hurricane Maria Relief, Ponce, PR, 10/01/2017, 10/31/2017, Volunteered in the preparation of basic necessity bags for children at natural disaster shelters.
• Tutor/Coach for Target USMLE, Target USMLE, Step 2 CS Preparation Company online, India, 01/03/2016, 03/23/2016, Online Tutor/Coach for native of Chennai, India to improve the spoken English portion of the USMLE Step 2CS.
• Creative Writer, The Spectator, online creative writing website, Bay Area, CA, 2015, 2018, A place for intelligent writers., A place for intelligent readers., Sharing life experiences as a physician who went from working toward being a hand surgeon to Family physician and everything in between., http://www.spectatorron.com/manuelbatlle.htm
• Surgical First Assistant (Physician), Operation Walk-Boston Chapter (comparable to Doctors without Boarders), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 03/21/2012, 04/27/2012, Ensures the patient receives quality care during a surgical procedure with Boston Surgical team., Prepares and positions the patient for surgery, assist in visualization of the operating field, provide hemostasis, harvest surgical grafts, perform closure of incisions, and apply various wound dressings., Medical Translator for Boston and Dominican surgical teams., Assisted in performing 45 arthroplasties for a population of Dominican underserved and economically disadvantaged citizens.
• Surgical First Assistant (Physician), Pediatric Orthopedics and Spine Surgery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 04/2011, 09/2011, Optimized operating room quality care during a surgical procedure with 2 orthopedic surgeons., Prepares and positions the patient for surgery, assist in visualization of the operating field, provide hemostasis, harvest surgical grafts, perform closure of incisions, and apply various wound dressings., Team member during the first minimal invasive spine surgery in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic., Ensures the patient receives quality care during a surgical procedure.
• Facilitator/Volunteer, Caduceus Society of premedical students, Dominican Republic Chapter, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 06/2007, 06/2008, Organizes fundraising activities with first year medical students for the purchase of basic necessity items for the Elderly Assisted living facility of Boca Chica and for the Home Sanisis for children HIV positive., Outreach team member that participates in activities to generate interest in humanitarian efforts amongst medical students for underserved and economically disadvantaged communities in Dominican Republic.

• English, Fluent (Reads, Writes and Speaks)
• Spanish, Fluent (Reads, Writes and Speaks)

• Primary Plasmacytoma: A Case Series, Di Marco Serra G, Batlle M, Di Marco Serra A, 66th Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 05/25/2018
• Weight Lifting: An Uncommon cause of Effort Thrombosis, Agosto A, Gutierrez M, Freytes L, Batlle M, Rivera H, Rodriguez-Paz E, Sanchez K, Conde J, ACP Clinical Vignettes Competition, La Concha Renaissance Resort, San Juan Puerto Rico, 01/20/2018
• Incidence of Hepatic Cancer at Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, From January 2008 to December 2009, Soto H, Batlle M, Vargas M, Scientific meeting at Hospital San Lorenzo de los Mina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 11/17/2010
• Laparoscopic Surgery during 2010 at the Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, Pumarol P, Mata A, Batlle M, Garcia P, Vargas M, 10th annual Scientific meeting 2012: Achievements, Challenges and Progress, Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 03/22/2010
• Pink eye at UNAP of Mella, Independence Province: Endemic Levels, Soto H, Batlle M, Crespo M, Vargas M, Medical Urgencies meeting, Dominican College of Medicine headquarters, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 09/21/2011