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Office
2240 Gause Blvd. East
Slidell, LA 70461Phone+1 985-643-9704Fax+1 985-267-0310
Education & Training
- Tulane UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1982 - 1984
- Tulane UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
- Universidad Autonoma de GuadalajaraClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 1985 - Present
- LA State Medical License 1981 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 1981 - 1987
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
- Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsLessons from the reestablishment of Public Health Laboratory activities in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.Margaret C. Hardy, Rita Czakó Stinnett, Kristine J. Kines, Danisha M. Rivera-Nazario, David E. Lowe
Nature Communications. 2019-06-20 - 71 citationsTGF-beta(1) released from activated platelets can induce TNF-stimulated human brain endothelium apoptosis: A new mechanism for microvascular lesion during cerebral mal...Samuel C. Wassmer, J. Brian de Souza, Corinne Frere, Francisco J. Candal, Irène Juhan-Vague
Journal of Immunology. 2006-01-15 - 107 citationsPlatelets potentiate brain endothelial alterations induced by Plasmodium falciparum.Samuel C. Wassmer, Valery Combes, Francisco J. Candal, Irène Juhan-Vague, Georges E. Grau
Infection and Immunity. 2006-01-01
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