general pediatrician

EDANILI S. LACAR, M.D.

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EMPLOYMENT

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LOCUM TENENS FOR URGENT AND PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICS, JOINT BASE MCGUIRE DIX LAKEHURST AFGHAN REFUGEE MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY. Operation Allies Welcome Task Force Liberty. HHS/ Office of Refugee Resettlement in contract with International SOS. Medical Staffing Agency: Barton and Assoc./ Wellhart. JBMDL, Trenton. New Jersey.

2001 MARCH – 2020 SEPTEMBER

PRIVATE SOLO PRACTICE IN PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICS, LACAR KIDS’ CLINIC. 220 S Bicentennial Blvd. McAllen. TX.78501 until Apr 2004. 400 S Bicentennial Blvd. McAllen. TX. 78501

2000 JULY – 2001 MARCH

LOCUM TENENS COVERAGE, Various private clinics. Weslaco, Mission and McAllen, TX. Elsa Rural Health Clinic of Dr. Julio Lopez. Not associated with medical staffing agency.

1998 MARCH – 2000 DECEMBER

STAFF PEDIATRICIAN, PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICS, HIDALGO COUNTY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, DBA NUESTRA CLINICA DEL VALLE (AN FQHC). Mission Family Health Center. 1018 N Conway Ave. Mission. TX 78572 1996 OCTOBER – 1997 DECEMBER

ASSOCIATE IN GROUP PRACTICE, PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICS, EDINBURG PEDIATRIC NETWORK. 920 S Closner, Edinburg, TX 78539. Offices in Donna, Elsa, Rio Grande City, Roma, TX.

1990 NOVEMBER – 1993 MAY

RURAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN, GENERAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGION 5 DISTRICT 2. Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines and Matnog, Sorsogon, Philippines.

Duties included implementing public health services and providing direct patient care as a general practitioner in an underserved province, in both in-patient and out-patient settings. 2

Regular visits made to outlying health stations for direct health care delivery and community health education purposes.

1990 NOVEMBER – 1993 MAY

HEALTH PROGRAM CONSULTANT, LINGAP PARA SA KALUSUGAN NG SAMBAYANAN (LIKAS - HEALTH FOR THE PEOPLE). Provinces of Albay and Sorsogon, Philippines.

LIKAS is a non-governmental organization focused on community development mainly through agribusiness cooperative development and support and community health programs. LICENSES AND CERTIFYING EXAMS

Texas Medical License. Since 1996.

Indiana Medical License. 1996-1998.

American Board of Pediatrics Certifying Exam. 1996. Recertification, 2003, 2013. MOC Compliant 2022-2027.

Federal Licensing Exam (FLEX) I and II. 1993.

FMGEMS Basic and Clinical Sciences and English. 1992. Philippine Physicians’ Licensing Exam. 1990.

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

BLS. Recertified 2021 October.

PALS. Recertified 2022 March.

Culturally Competent Care for Physicians. HHS. 2022 Feb. US Dept Homeland Security FEMA Emergency Management Institute. Introduction to Incident Command System ICS-100. 2021 September.

EDUCATION

2000-2004

MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH –COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT

(NOT COMPLETED), TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER SCHOOL OF RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH. College Station, TX and SOUTH TEXAS CENTER FOR RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH. McAllen, TX.

1993-1996

INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY TRAINING IN GENERAL PEDIATRICS, MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER – ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. 111 e 210th street, Bronx, NY 10467

Served as supervisory Senior Clinic Resident from Feb 1996 to June 1996 3

1985-1990

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL. Pedro Gil St., Ermita, Manila, Philippines. Completed the 7-yr curriculum for the Integrated Arts and Medicine Program inclusive of two years preparatory, four years of medical school and one year of rotating internship at the PGH. 1987

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. Pedro Gil St., Ermita, Manila, Philippines. Awarded to Integrated Arts and Medicine students upon completion of first four of the 7-yr curriculum.

1983

HIGH SCHOOL, SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL. Dumaguete City, Philippines. Graduated Valedictorian

VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE WORK AND INTERNATIONAL

MEDICAL MISSIONS

2021 JULY –ONGOING

PUBLIC HEALTH RESERVE CORP SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. COVID-19 Vaccination events and Childhood Vaccination Clinics. 2021 APRIL - JUNE

MEDICAL RESERVE CORP VOLUNTEER TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. COVID- 19 Vaccination events.

2013 – 2020 SEPTEMBER

CATHOLIC CHARITIES HUMANITARIAN RESPITE CENTER. Sacred Heart Catholic Church, McAllen, TX. Provided pro bono consultation and diagnostic lab work occasionally onsite at the Respite Center mobile unit parked at the Church and mostly at my own clinic close by with volunteers accompanying ill asylum applicants/ refugees to Lacar Kids’ Clinic for medical evaluation and management.

2020 FEBRUARY 3-7

FOUNDATION FOR PHILIPPINE MEDICAL MISSIONS CATARMAN 2020. Catarman, Samar, Philippines

2018 FEBRUARY 7-18

FOUNDATION FOR PHILIPPINE MEDICAL MISSIONS BAIS 2018. Bais, Negros Oriental, Philippines

2018 JUNE – 2020 SEPTEMBER

AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTH TEXAS. Harlingen and McAllen, TX 2011 DECEMBER

HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL RELIEF STATION. Port-au-Prince and Leogane Arrondissement. Haiti.

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OTHER POSITIONS AND SERVICE

2016-2019

COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, City of McAllen, TX

2002 MARCH – 2005 JUNE

CONSULTANT, Coalition for Healthy Schools. Region One Educational Service Center. Hidalgo County. TX

2002 MARCH – 2004 DECEMBER

MEMBER HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD, Mission Independent School District, Mission, TX 2001 FEBRUARY – 2005 MAY

PANEL MEMBER. INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH, University of Texas Pan American. Edinburg, TX 2001 NOVEMBER – 2020 SEPTEMBER

PRESIDENT. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Child Wellness Council of the Rio Grande Valley. McAllen, TX. CWC is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. 2000 JULY – 2005 MARCH

MEDICAL SUPERVISOR. COMMITTED TO KIDS ® PEDIATRIC WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, McAllen, TX.

1998 JULY – 2005 MAY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. VALLEY AIDS COUNCIL OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. Harlingen, TX. General board member 1998 to 2001 Dec. Chair of Clinic Affairs Committee 2000 April to 2001 December. Advisory member 2001 December to 2005 May PUBLICATIONS, ABSTRACTS, PRESENTATIONS

Adolescent Obesity in a Low-Income Mexican American District in South Texas. E. Lacar. W.Riley, X. Soto. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. August 2000; 154:837- 840.

Prevalence of Overweight / Obesity among four secondary schools in a predominantly Mexican-American low socioeconomic population in South Texas. (Abstract) E. Lacar, W. Riley. Pediatric Research. Program Issue. April 1999. 45;4:#605. Presented at the Epidemiology Plenary of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies/ Society for Pediatric Research, San Francisco, CA, May 3, 1999 OTHER RESEARCH

1998 DECEMBER – 2000 OCTOBER

Bristol-Myers Squibb Protocol CV 138-039: A Multicenter, Randomized,Double-blind, Placebo- controlled, Parallel Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Metformin Hydrochloride for the Treatment of Pediatric Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. KL Jones, S Arslanian, et. al. Results published in Diabetes Care, Jan 2002, 25(1):89-94. Served as Prinicipal Investigator for Site 188, Jul 1999-Oct 2000. Co-investigator to Dr. William Riley for Site 28, Dec 1998-Jul 1999 5

OTHER HEALTH PROJECTS

Jan 1999-Dec2000

Project Director and Coordinator. Jovenes Saludables Seran Adultos Saludables:From Healthy Teens to Healthy Adults. Administered through Nuestra Clinica delValle until Dec 2000. Jovenes Saludables was a comprehensive health behavior intervention project targeting the issues of child and adolescent obesity and type 2 diabetes through school-based and community-based intervention. The project was funded through the American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health Planning Funds (CATCH) program, a Pfizer Committed to Kids grant, a grant from the Children’s Heart and Health Institute of Texas, and an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb.

May-Aug 1999

Coordinator. Jovenes Saludables Day Camp (for Kids with or At Risk of Type 2 Diabetes). Held August 21-22, 1999. Senior Citizens’ Center, 1921 N 25thSt.,McAllen, TX 78501. JS Day Camp was a major collaborative effort between the JSSAS project and numerous agencies in the community including Dental clinics; the Diabetes Education Departments and Nutrition Departments of McAllen Medical Center, Rio Grande Regional Hospital, and Mission Hospital; representatives from the Department of Agriculture Outreach Division, American Diabetes Association local chapter, University of Pan American Department of Health and Kinesiology, the UTPA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Team. Volunteers were also provided by the UT Health Science Center San Antonio Med-Ed Program for honor high school students. It was funded in part by the JSSAS project grants as well as through donations from local sponsors such as HEB.

Jun 1999-Dec 2000

Director. Hijos Seguros-Nuestra Clinica del Valle site. Hijos Seguros is a child passenger safety education and free car seat distribution program funded through the National Council of La Raza and GM Motors.

Dec 2000- Nov 2004

Member. Planning Committee for the Heart of the Valley Health Fair Children’s Section (annual event sponsored by the McAllen Chamber of Commerce)

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