Carlos A Reyes Ortiz
- carlos.reyesortiz@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-561-2882
- OFFICE
- Institute Of Public Health
Fredrick S. Humphries Science and Research Center #209D
Mondays • 1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m
Tuesdays • 1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m
Planning & Administration Health Education/Promotion • Wed. — 3:00pm-5:30pm
Advanced Research Public Health Practice III • Mon. Tu. — 10:00am-12:00pm, Th. — 2:00pm-4:00pm, Fri. — 1:00pm-4:00pm
Public Health Practice III • Mon. Tu. — 2:00pm-4:00pm
Public Health Practice for Health Professionals II • Th. — 7:00pm-9:30pm
Special Problems in Public Health • Wed. 12:00pm-2:30pm
Dr. Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz has been an Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Health, College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A & M University, in Tallahassee, Florida, since Sept. 2019. He was previously a geriatrician at the McGovern School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine in Houston, Texas, for five years. He graduated as a doctor and completed a family medicine residency at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. He earned his Ph.D. in Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He was three times a fellow in geriatric medicine [Spain and US]. He was twice a US Fulbright Scholar (2017-2018, 2022-2023) in Colombia. His research includes studies on geriatric syndromes, public health, global health, and cancer disparities in the United States, Colombia, and other Latin American and Caribbean countries.
- Community Health/Public Health/Healthy Aging/Health Services
- Health Education/Research Methods/Epidemiology
- Global Health/Latin American Aging
- Falls/Injury/Fear of falling/Frailty
- Elder abuse/Neglect and Self-Neglect
- Adverse Childhood events/Stressful life events/Discrimination
- Cognitive Impairment/Delirium/Depression
- Cancer Screening disparities/Melanoma/Prostate Cancer
- Religious Practice and Health
- Fellow, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship • 2013
Oakwood Hospital Medical Center - Preventive Medicine & Community Health, Ph.D. • 2005
University of Texas (Medical Branch) - Fellow, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship • 1996
Medical College of Virginia - Fellow, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship • 1988
Hospital Central Cruz Roja - Specialist, Family Medicine Residency • 1987
Valle University - Medicine, M.D. • 1987
Valle University
- Associate Professor • 2019 - Present
Florida A&M University - Associate Professor • 2017 - 2019
University of Texas - Assistant Professor • 2014 - 2017
University of Texas - Visiting Lecturer • 2013 - 2014
Georgia State University - Associate Professor • 2011 - 2012
Georgia Southern University - Associate Professor • 2008 - 2011
University of North Texas - Assistant Professor • 2006 - 2008
University of Texas Medical Branch - Research Scientist • 2006 - 2008
University of Texas Medical Branch - Research Fellow/Assistant • 2002 - 2005
University of Texas Medical Branch - Associate Professor • 2000 - 2002
Valle University - Geriatrician, Internal Medicine • 1996 - 2000
University Hospital - Assistant Professor • 1996 - 1999
Valle University - Instructor • 1992 - 1994
Valle University Medical School - Geriatrician, Internal Medicine • 1992 - 1994
University Hospital - Adjunct Professor • 1988 - 1991
Valle University
Dr. Carlos Reyes-Ortiz has received funding from the following agencies:
- US Fulbright Commission
- Colombian Federal Research Agency (COLCIENCIAS= Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación, República de Colombia)
- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
- US National Institutes of Health (NIH)/ National Cancer Institute
- Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
- United Way of Tarrant County
- University of North Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health
- US Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program
- Komen Foundation
- University of California Los Angeles & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Fogarty International Research Collaboration, NIH
- Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality
- National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, NIH
- Editorial Board Member at Preventing Chronic Disease Journal (CDC) • 2022 - 2026
- U.S. Fulbright Scholar • 2022 - 2023
- Visiting Professor, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia • 2022
- U.S. Fulbright Scholar • 2017 - 2018
- Member, UTHealth Consortium on Aging • 2014
- Grants Reviewer, the Israel Science Foundation • 2009
- Honorary Visiting Professor, Valle University School of Medicine, Cali, Colombia • 2009
- Health Quality Scholar, Multicultural Health and Healthcare Research Network, UCLA & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • 2008
- Fellow for the 2008 Workshop on Behavioral Methodologies in Cancer Research for Under-Represented Investigators, NCI-NIH and Kellogg Health Scholar Program • 2008
- Fellow of the Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB, Galveston • 2007
- American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Merit Award • 2006
- Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) of the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) • 2005
- Don W. Micks Scholarship in Preventive Medicine & Community Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTMB • 2005
- “Alien of extraordinary ability”, EB-1A, by the US Immigration & Naturalization Service • 2005
- American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Merit Award • 2005
- Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality, NIH • 2004 - 2006
- Curtis W. Lambert Scholarship, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTMB • 2004
- Arthur V. Simmang Academic Scholarship, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTMB • 2003
- Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award - Sealy Center on Aging. University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas • 2002 - 2005
- American Geriatrics Society: Geriatrics Recognition Award • 1997 - 2001
- Valle University Medical School: “Javier Gutiérrez Jaramillo” Award for the Teaching Spirit • 1998
- Member of the National Group of Experts in the Health of the Elder, Ministry of Health, Bogotá, Colombia • 1993
- Member of Geriatrics Medical Education Committee of ASCOFAME (Colombian Association of Medical Schools), Bogota, Colombia • 1989 - 1992
- Public Health & Aging
- Applied Community-Based Research Methods
- Planning & Administration Health Education/Promotion
- Community Organizing & Public Health
- Health Inequities in American Populations
- Advanced Research Public Health Practice III
- Public Health Practice II
- Public Health Practice for Health professional I
- Special Problems in Public Health
