’m a Professor of Ob-Gyn at the UPR School of Medicine, certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Academy of HIV Medicine. I have experience in Ob-Gyn and HIV related research that includes behavioral interventions and clinical trials with HIV infected and at-risk populations, as well as with pregnant and non-pregnant women. I was part of the group of examiners for the American Oral Board of Ob-Gyn (ABOG) for 22 years and Past Residency Program Director for the UPR Ob-Gyn program.  I established an infrastructure for the care of pregnant and nonpregnant women living with HIV. The transmission rate of HIV infection among the more than 600 infants born to pregnant women living with HIV during the past 20 years at our clinic has been zero.  We worked with the PR Health Department in the elimination of perinatal HIV transmission, for which we published the experience and stated that PR was in fact the first country to eliminate transmission. For almost 2 decades, I have been the PI of the Integrated UPR Clinical Trials Unit (IUPR-CTU), including the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (IMPAACT), the Adult Clinical Trials Unit (ACTG). I’ve served as consultant for national and international organizations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Agency for Health Research Quality (AHRQ) and others, and a former member of the Office of Women’s Health