SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
Julio César
MANTILLA HERNÁNDEZ
GENERAL
Biography
Medical Pathologist and Forensic Anthropologist, between 1988 – 2003 of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, coordinator of Forensic Pathology of the RNO of the INML and CF until 2003, initiator of the group of forensic anthropology for the identification of corpses from skeletal remains in the RNO of the INML and CF.
Since November 2003 linked to the Department of Pathology UIS and the research groups PATUIS, GIEM and CINTROP, author of the book Forensic Pathology and multiple articles on infectious and forensic pathology. Professor of the subjects General Pathology, Legal Medicine and Infectious Pathology of the UIS Medicine program. Currently tenured professor and director of the Department of Pathology UIS.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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University Teaching Specialist
Universidad Industrial de Santander
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Specialist in Pathology
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Specialist in Forensic Anthropology
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Physician and Surgeon
Universidad Industrial de Santander
AREAS OF
Expertise
- Forensic Pathology
- Infectious Pathology
- Dermatopathology
- Forensic Anthropology
OFFICE
Hours
Monday
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.
Tuesday and Wednesday
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.
Facultad de Salud, Cra 32 # 29-31, edificio Eloy Valenzuela, Departamento de Patología, segundo piso
Outstanding
Works
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In vivo protection against chagasic cardiomyopathy progression using trypanocidal fractions from Lippia alba (Verbenaceae) essential oils
Article, Industrial Crops & Products, 2021
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The Characterization of Cardiac Explants Reveals Unique Fibrosis Patterns and a Predominance of CD8+ T Cell Subpopulations in Patients with Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy
Article, Revista Española de Patología, 2022
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Mario Luna Award: Tutor of the best research work carried out by a resident doctor of Pathology
IThe United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology USCAP, 2014
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Second prize for the best original research work
VIII Congreso Colombiano de Neurología, 2007
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Second prize for the best original research work
XXVII Congreso Colombiano de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica, 2008