Summary
Overview
Education
Research
Certification
Work History
Languages
Timeline
Skills
Volunteering
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Paula Gimena Guerrero De Luna Valverde, M.D.

Medical Doctor
Berkeley,California

Summary

Hardworking and responsible Medical Doctor graduate from Peru. Interested in research. Experience in both inpatient and outpatient patient care. Ability to connect easily with people from different backgrounds and cultures. Bilingual with English and Spanish.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
2
2

CITI Program training courses

1
1
Certificate

Education

M.D. - Medicine

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Lima, Peru
03.2019

Research

Frequency of Hypothyroidism in Pregnant Women at a Public Hospital in Lima, Peru / Cayetano Heredia Hospital (HCH)

March 2019. Lima, Peru

  • Descriptive cross-sectional research study to obtain Medical Degree
  • Published in the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Repository
  • Serum Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) was measured in 155 pregnant women who attended obstetrics outpatient consultation at HCH during 1 month in 2019
  • Evaluate and enroll patients according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, informed consent, data entry, data analysis

Certification

  • GDPR & Human Subject Research in the U.S. Course, [CITI Program] - [03/05/2024- 03/05/2025]
  • GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Biologics (ICH Focus) Course, [CITI Program] - [02/17/2024- 02/17/2025]
  • Basic Life Support, [American Heart Association] - [01/21/2024- 01/31/2026 ]

Work History

Hospitalist

San Isidro Labrador Hospital
06.2020 - 08.2021
  • Worked in the inpatient care unit with COVID-19 patients
  • Physical examinations, prescriptions and procedures
  • Timely patient referral to intensive care unit or more complex health centers

Physician in Clinical Trial Study

CureVac
04.2021 - 05.2021
  • Participated as monitoring physician in Clinical Trial Protocol: Phase 2b/3, Randomized, Observer-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Study Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Investigational SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine CVnCoV in Adults 18 Years of Age and Older
  • Evaluate and enroll patients according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, informed consent, data entry
  • Physical exam, prescriptions and follow ups

Physician - Chief

Ministry Of Health Of Peru
05.2019 - 05.2020
  • Chief and Physician for a local Health Clinic in Huancho, Puno, Peru as part of the Rural Service program
  • Primary Health Care attention
  • Patient educational sessions performed
  • Proper patient referrals

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Physician in Clinical Trial Study

CureVac
04.2021 - 05.2021

Hospitalist

San Isidro Labrador Hospital
06.2020 - 08.2021

Physician - Chief

Ministry Of Health Of Peru
05.2019 - 05.2020

M.D. - Medicine

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • GDPR & Human Subject Research in the U.S. Course, [CITI Program] - [03/05/2024- 03/05/2025]
  • GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Biologics (ICH Focus) Course, [CITI Program] - [02/17/2024- 02/17/2025]
  • Basic Life Support, [American Heart Association] - [01/21/2024- 01/31/2026 ]

Skills

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Bilingual; Spanish, English
  • Ability to work in high-stress environments
  • Team leadership
  • Great communication; empathetic and culturally sensitive
  • Trusty collaborator
  • Willingness to participate in unfamiliar situations
  • Capacity to learn and retain information quickly

Volunteering

  • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

March 2023. San Francisco, USA

- Currently volunteering at Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Patient and Family Cancer Support Center (PFCSC) at Mission Bay

- Front desk and office organization 

- Phone calls to patients to let them know about services offered at PFCSC, in both English and Spanish

- Translate documents to Spanish


  • UCSF Patient Technology Advocate Program

May 2023. San Francisco, USA

- Currently volunteering at UCSF Mount Zion with the Patient Technology Advocate Program helping hospitalized patients to navigate their bedside tablets and teaching them how to use the MyChart application

- Use of Epic and APeX 


  • Medical Missions

July 2015 and July 2016. Lima, Peru

Voluntary interpreter for Canadian students, doctors, and other health professionals from McMaster University


  • Gorgas Course / Alexander von Humboldt Institute of Tropical Medicine & Cayetano Heredia Hospital

February 2016. Lima, Peru

Voluntary interpreter for the “Gorgas Course” of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine

Paula Gimena Guerrero De Luna Valverde, M.D.Medical Doctor