HectorJavierCastroMD

Internal Medicine • New York, NY

Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist, Pulmonology, Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy

Medical Director

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Office
160 East 56 Street
Suite 3
New York, NY 10022

Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1994 - 1995
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Cabrini)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease, 1992 - 1994
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Cabrini)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1992
New York Medical CollegeInternship, Fifth Pathway Program, 1988 - 1989
Universidad Autonoma de GuadalajaraClass of 1987
Pace UniversityBS, 1979 - 1983

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Notable 2022 Hispanic Leader Award - CRAIN"S New York Business https://www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/notable-hispanic-leaders-2022, 2022
Health Humanitarian Award - Alianza Ecuadoriana Inernational NYC 2021
New York State Assembly Citation - Heritage Award for Good Citizenry 2020
Certificate of Academic Appreciation - The University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq 2020
New York City Council Citation - For Good Citizenry 2010
Community Service Award - Vision Urbana Inc 2009
Outstanding Health Care Professional Award The Hispanic Health Professional Association of New York, 2010
"Inspiration" Award National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) New York Chapter’s 3rd Annual Scholarship Award Gala, 2008
2007 Community Service Award The Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, 2007
Alfred Soffer Research Award 1997
Charles P. Felton Pulmonary Fellowship Award New York Lung Association, 1992
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

The use of Intravenous Gamma Globulin in the Prevention of Infections in Severely Immunocompromized AIDS Patients.
Fontana, L., M.D., Castro HJ, M.D., Mullen, M., M.D, Chest Supplement
Point-of-Care Testing in the Intensive Care Unit: The Intensive Care Physician’s Perspective.
Castro, Hector J., MD, John M. Oropello, MD, and Neil Halpern, MD, Am. J. Clin. Pathol
Serum Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Levels in Pneumocystis Carini Pneumonia and Response to Therapy.
Castro H.J., M.D., Handwerger S., M.D., Talavera W., M.D, Chest Supplement

Lectures

2nd Virtual International Conference on COVID-19: Containment and Living with COVID-19
Bagdad, Iraq - 8/7/2020
Everything Patient’s Need to Know about Healthcare Rationing and Evidence-Based Medicine.
Washington DC
Practice Issues: New Models for Successful Practices.
12th Annual Conference of the National Hispanic Medical Association, Washington DC
It Takes a Village: Multidisciplinary Diabetes Care in the Latino Community.
Rutgers University’s Busch Campus Center
Inside City Hall on NY1 with Dominic Carter.
Latino Health Care in New York City. NYC, NY
Healthy Living Seminar Series .
Boys & Girls Harbor's Emily N. Carey Harbor School, NYC, NY
Cardiac Health and Preventative Medicine.
NYC, NY
Latinos and the Simple 7.
The American Heart Association, NYC, NY
Elusive Pandemic.
Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network (HITN), NYC, NY
Dia Internacional del Imigrante: La Nueva Cara de Nueva York - Alianza Ecuatoriana Internacional.
NYC, NY
Centro Altagracia's Cancer Forum - The Church of the Incarnation’s Parochial School.
NYC, NY
Annual Health Diversity Forum - Su Salud Primero, The Morristown Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce.
Morristown Memorial Medical Center. Morristown, NJ
The Latino Commission on AIDS - La Crisis de Salud en la Comunidad en Nueva York.
NYC, NY
Introduction to Socio-Behavioral Health.
NYC, NY
PS 159 - BEAR Day.
NYC, NY
Overview of Cancer - The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
SI, NY
Vision Urbana - Senior Health Sessions.
NYC, NY
XI Cinferencia de Asuntos Dominicanos, Taller de Salud.
Newark, NJ
Brooklyn Lion’s Club – Community Health Fair Screening.
Lung health and Function screening and Lung and Air Quality session, Brooklyn, NY
Lung Health and Air Pollution in Latinos.
NYC, NY
Air Pollution in the Latino Community.
33rd Annual Empowerment Conference for Hispanic/Minority Seniors
Lung Cancer in Latinos.
Telemundo Television – Channel 47 Fort Lee, NJ
Health Care Issues in Latinos.
Colgate-Palmolive Corporation Hispanic Fair NYC, NY
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.
Cabrini Medical Center NYC, NY
Health Consequences Post.
Telemundo Television – Channel 47 Fort Lee, NJ
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