MATEO GUARDERAS RIBADENEIRA M.D.
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EDUCATION
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito–School of Medicine (Quito, Ecuador) 08/2006 – 02/2013 o Medical Doctor - GPA 3.45
o Top 10% of the class
o Awarded Athletic Scholarship
WORK EXPERIENCE
• East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine. (Johnson City, TN). 07/2016 - Present General Surgery Residency.
• Ecuadorian Ministry of Public Health (Wawa Sumaco, Ecuador). 06/2015 - 05/2016 General Physician at a rural community in the Ecuadorian amazon.
• Hospital de los Valles (Quito, Ecuador). Surgical Research Rotation 10/2014 - 05/2015
• Georgia SurgiCare (Atlanta, GA). Surgical Rotation 08/2014 - 09/2014
• USMLE Certification. Step 1, Step 2 CS/CK 03/2013 - 06/2014
• Hospital Carlos Andrade Marin (Quito, Ecuador). Rotating Internship 08/2011 - 08/2012
• All Children’s Hospital (St. Petersburg, FL) 07/2011 - 08/2011 Hands-on Clinical Rotation in Pediatric Endocrinology
• Hospital de los Valles (Quito, Ecuador). Rotating Externship 07/2010 - 07/2011 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
• Banerjee J, McKenzie T, Guarderas M. Management of scalp in patients using a cryopreserved umbilical tissue with viable cells. Wound Healing Society anual meeting. San Diego, CA. Poster Presentation. May 2020
• Guarderas M, Ugazzi M, Donoso F, Quinonez (2020). Bases of Pediatric Surgery. Chapter 24, Surgical management of pyloric stenosis. Author. Editorial San Francisco. Quito, Ecuador.
• Guarderas M, Lasher K, Keeley J. Impact of the Availability of a Regional Trauma Center on Patient Survival: Skilsaw Transection of the Proximal Femoral Artery and Vein. Southeastern Surgical Congress. Charlotte, NC. Poster Presentation, February 2019.
• Guarderas M, Lasher K, Keeley J. REBOA use as a valuable adjunct in severe refractory hemorrhagic shock, a case report. Southeastern Surgical Congress. Charlotte, NC. Poster Presentation, February 2019.
• Guarderas M, Dorn H. Comparative Analysis of the Donation and Transplant Project with the New Organic Law of Donation and Transplant of Organs, Tissues and Cells in Ecuador. Annual Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Washington, DC. Poster presentation, October 2013.
• Guarderas M, Dorn H. Comparative Analysis of the Donation and Transplant Project with the New Organic Law of Donation and Transplant of Organs, Tissues and Cells in Ecuador. 14th American Society of Transplant Surgeons
(ASTS) Winter Symposium. Miami Beach, FL, January 2014
• Relationship of sexual abuse with mental health in sexual workers of rural areas in Ecuador. Research Assistant. Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Quito, Ecuador. 2009 VOLUNTEERING
• Hospital Padre Carollo. Medical Missions for Children. (Quito, Ecuador). Volunteer 10/2014 - 11/2014 Translating and assisting surgeons from Mayo Clinic on cleft lip/palate surgery.
• Unidad Educativa Tumbaco (Quito, Ecuador). Medical Student Volunteer. 07/2009 – 07/2010 Helping an underserved community in Ecuador by making medical checkups on children.
• Fundación Un Techo para mi País (Quito, Ecuador). Volunteer. 04/2009 – 05/2009 Building houses for underserved people in rural areas of Ecuador.
• Community Service, American School of Quito (Quito, Ecuador) Volunteer. 05/2005 - 05/2006 Teaching English and Computers to children in elementary schools of rural Ecuador. CERTIFICATIONS
• Certificate in Basic Life Support (BLS), Universidad San Francisco de Quito, May 2010
• Certificate in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Quito, April 2016
• Certificate in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). Johnson City, October 2019 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Fluent in Spanish and English. Basic level of Quechua.
• Member of the Ecuadorian National Squash Team (2003-2011)
• Ecuadorian National Squash Champion U-17, 2005.
• Ranked # 215 in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world ranking (December 2009).
• Bronze Medalist on the South American Games, Medellin-Colombia, 2010.