SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Miguel Oswaldo
CADENA SANABRIA

Internship Coordinator Internal Medicine
Position 2
CONTACT
Information
mocadena@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944
GENERAL
Biography
Geriatric Internal Medicine Physician and career professor at Universidad Industrial de Santander since 2015. Currently serves as Coordinator of the Internal Medicine Internship. Holds a Master’s degree in Education, with extensive professional, academic, and research experience in aging, geriatrics, internal medicine, and medical education. Vice President of the Colombian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Associate Researcher recognized by Minciencias and member of the GERMINA research group. Active member of the Latin American Interuniversity Network for Healthy Aging (RIES LAC).
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Master of Education
Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, 2020
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Geriatrics Specialist
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2012
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Specialist in Internal Medicine
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2011
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Physician and Surgeon
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2006
Internship Coordinator Internal Medicine
Position 2
CONTACT
Information
mocadena@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944
AREAS OF
Expertise
- Internal Medicine
- Geriatrics
- Healthy aging
- Fragility
- Sarcopenia
- Geriatric syndromes
OFFICE
Hours


Monday to friday
7:00 a.m. – 12 noon
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Facultad de Salud,
Departamento de Medicina Interna



Outstanding
Works
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Pure Red Cell Aplasia: A Review of 2 Cases in Metastatic Melanoma
Article, Am J Case Rep. 2023
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Frailty syndrome in patients with chronic kidney disease at a dialysis Centre from Santander, Colombia
Article, Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 69, nro. 2, 2021
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Prevalence of dementia in older adults in Latin America: a systematic review
Article, Spanish Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2019
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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GEHEG Communications Award
Grupo Español de Hematogeriatría (Spanish Hematogeriatrics Group), 2023
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Guillermo Marroquín Sánchez Award for Best Research Work
Congreso Colombiano de Geriatría y Gerontología (Colombian Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology), 2022
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Best Poster Presentation
Congreso Colombiano de Geriatría y Gerontología (Colombian Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology), November 2021