Silvina Zabala Travers, M.D. 3247 Liber Arce St, Montevideo, Uruguay • +59899382992 • Email: [email protected]

Objective Find placement as a MD in a Hospital or Medical Institution.

Education SCHOOL & SECONDARY SCHOOL. “San Miguel” College, Mercedes, Soriano, Uruguay ( 1990 – 2000) Bachelor of Science in Biology, “Jose María Campos” Secondary School, Mercedes, Soriano (2001 – 2002)

LANGUAGES Spanish Native speaker.

English Mercedes English Centre Institute (MEC) (1990 – 2002) International Exams 

Oxford Preliminary in English (GRADE Distinction) – 1999 (Universidad de Oxford)

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First Certificate in English (GRADE A) - 2000 (Universidad de Cambridge)

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Certificate in Advanced English (GRADE B) – 2001 (Universidad de Cambridge)

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Certificate of Proficiency in English (GRADE C) – 2002 (Universidad de Cambridge)

French Alliance Française Mercedes (1997 – 2003) International Exams: 

DELF (Diplôme d’etudes en Langue Française): A1 – General expression – Alliance Française Montevideo – 1999 A2 – Ideas and Feelings – Alliance Française Montevideo – 2001

A3 – Written and oral comprehension – Alliance Française Montevideo – 2000 A4 – Language Practice – Alliance Française Montevideo -2001

A5 – Oral Test – 2002 A6 – Written Test – 2002 

Brevet superièur – Alliance Française Mercedes- 2002

COURSE IN BIOSTATISTICS – PRO.IN.BIO – 2010. Aimed to Master and PhD students in Medical Science (PRO.IN.BIO – Biological Research Program) and Master students in PE.DE.CI.BA (Basic Science Development Program).

Medical Education Faculty of Medicine, Republic University, Montevideo, Uruguay (2003 – 2011) Doctor of Medicine, Graduation in 2011.

INTERNSHIP 

Dr Manuel Quintela’s Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay. Department of Gynecology and Neonatology – August 2010 – October 2010

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Dr Fransico Soca’s Hospital, Canelones, Uruguay. Emergency Department - November 2010 – April 2011

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Pereira Rossell Pediatric Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay. Emergency Department – May 2011 – July 2011.

Research and Publications RESEARCH Volunteer in the Basic Neonatology Department research group, Hospital de Clinicas, Montevideo, Uruguay, where the following projects where being developed:   

Pharmacologic modulation of arterial pulmonary pressure in neonate piglets. Development of pulmonary hypertension models in neonate piglets. Hemodynamic variation in xenon anesthetized neonate piglets as a potential neuroprotector.

PUBLICATIONS

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Response to early Sildenafil administration and study of plasmatic levels in a neonate piglet meconium aspiration model. Silvera F1, Blasina F. 1 , Vaamonde L. 1, Escobar R. 1, Malacrida L. Bolioli P. 2, Tellechea S. 1, 1Somma M.1, Moraes M. 2, Ruffo R. 1, Zabala S. 1, Abete C 1, Martell M. 1 1Depto. de Neonatología, Área Básica, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República 2Depto. de Neonatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell

POSTER ( III Uruguayan Congress of Neonatology, Uruguay)

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Hemodynamic changes following intra-tracheal aspiration of human meconium in neonate piglet model. Somma M.1, Ruffo R. 1, Zabala S. 1, Tellechea S. 1, Moraes M. 2, Bolioli P. 2, Vaamonde L. 1, Abete C 1, Silvera F. 1, Blasina F. 1, Martell M. 1 1Depto. de Neonatología, Área Básica, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República 2Depto. de Neonatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell

POSTER ( III Uruguayan Congress of Neonatology, Uruguay)

INDEXED JOURNALS. 

Sildenafil prevents the increase of extravascular lung water and pulmonary hypertension after meconium aspiration in newborn piglets. Silvera F.E., Blasina M.F., Vaamonde L., Tellechea S., Godoy C., Zabala S. et al . Braz J Med Biol Res [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Aug [cited 2011 Nov 17] ; 44(8): 778-785. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0100-879X2011000800007&script=sci_arttext