GreciaSantaella MéndezMD(She/Her)

Loma Linda VA Clinical Internal Medicine Chief Resident

Dr. Santaella Méndez is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.

I am a Clinical Internal Medicine Chief Resident at the LLVA with experience in academic and clinical research, community outreach, and leadership regarding volunteer experiences and coordination of educational activities for peers. A hard worker and highly motivated resident, committed to life-long learning and peer and personal growth with an interest in Gastroenterology.

Currently leading research regarding barriers for screening colonoscopies in a county hospital with a significant underserved population. I also have undergraduate experience with literature and philosophy, permeating to an interest in humanism in the medical field.

Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 2021 - 2024
Universidad Central del Caribe School of MedicineClass of 2021
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus BS, Biology, Cum Laude, 2012 - 2017

Alpha Omega Alpha 2024
Poster of Distinction Digestive Disease Week, 2023
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Student Research Stipend Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2016
High School Valedictorian Escuela San Germán Interamericana, 2012
Join now to see all

Abstracts/Posters

Implementation of a gastroenterology hospitalist system on GI bleeding outcomes in a county hospital, a single center retrospective study
Gandhi, D.,Santaella-Mendez, G., Tong, A., Imam, D., Solaimani, P., Thiruvengadam, N., Serrao, S., Digestive Disease Week 2023, Chicago, IL, USA, 5/7/2023
Crossbreeding maps for the discovery of genetic variants associated to diabetic nephropathy
Santaella-Méndez, G; Martínez-Cruzado, J.C., Howards Hughes Medical Institute, 5/2017
Loss of function mutation on CCBE1 as a possible disease etiology in Puerto Rican populations
Santaella-Méndez, G; Serrano-González, J; Martínez-Cruzado, J.C., Simposio Subgraduado de Estudiantes de Biologia UPRM, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 5/2016