CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Juan G. Ochoa, MD

Associate Professor and Residency Director

Division of Neurology

Phone:  251-660-5991

E-mail: jochoa@usouthal.edu

 

 

Home Address:          7065 Carson Lane

Spanish Fort, AL  36527

904-252-7409

 

Office Address:         University of South Alabama College of Medicine

                                    Department of Neurology

                                    3401 Medical Park Dr.

                                    Building 3 / Suite 205

                                    Mobile, AL  36693

 

Place of Birth:           Barrancabermeja, Columbia

 

Citizenship:                Permanent Resident

 

Education:                 1982 - 1988                 M.D., Universidad Javeriana Medicine,

Bogota, Columbia

 

Postgraduate Training and Clinical/Research Fellowship Appointments:

 

2003 – 2004                Fellowship, Medical Education,

            University of Florida,

            Jacksonville, FL

1997 - 1998                 Clinical Fellowship, Neurophysiology/Epilepsy

            Montefeore Medical Center

            Albert Einstein College of Medicine

            Bronx, NY

1994 – 1997                Residency, Neurology

            Suny-Downstate Medical Center

            State University of New York at Brooklyn

            Brooklyn, NY

1992 - 1994                 Residency, Family Practice

            Jamaica Hospital

            Jamaica, NY

1996 - 1996                 Course, Basic and Clinical Neurosciences

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

            New York, NY

Faculty Appointments:

 

                                    05/2010 – Present       Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

                                                                        University of South Alabama

                                                                        Mobile, AL

                                    05/2010- Present         Medical Director

                                                                        USA SouthCEP Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

                                                                        University Medical Center

                                                                        University of South Alabama

                                    08/1998- 02/2009        Director EEG Lab/Epilepsy Monitoring Unit,

Epilepsy Clinic, UF Neuroscience Institute

                                                                        Shands Jacksonville Medical Center

Jacksonville, FL

                                    08/1998 - 02/2009       Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology,         University of Florida

                                                                        Jacksonville, FL

                                    08/1998 - 02/2009       Staff Neurologist

                                                                        Camden Medical Center

                                                                        St. Marys, GA 

                                    08/1998 - 02/2009       Staff Neurologist,

                                                                        Shands Jacksonville Medical Center

                                                                        Jacksonville, FL

                                    01/1989 - 04/1991       Corporate Doctor

                                                                        Move LTDA/Columbia                                  

                                    07/1988 – 12/1988      Rural Practice

                                                                        Mesetas Meta, Columbia

 

Administrative Appointments:

                                    05/2010 – Present       Residency Director, Department of Neurology

                                                                        University of South Alabama

                                                                        Mobile, AL 

 

                                    02/2009 - Present        Virtual EEG Program Director

                                                                        EEGCare and  University of South Florida

                                                                        Jacksonville, FL

                                   

 

Clinical Gap:

                                    07/1992 – 06-1998      Post-Graduate Training

                                    04/1991 - 7/1992         Preparing and taking FMEGMS I and II, and           TOEFL1

 

Specialty Boards and Certifications:

                        Board Certified                                                           Issue Date      Expiration

                        American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology             04/2001           12/2011

                        Clinical Neurophysiology

 

                        American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology             04/2000           12/2021

                        Neurology

 

                        Licensure                     Number                                   Issue Date       Expiration

                        Alabama                      MD.30288                               06/08/2010      12/31/2011

                        Georgia                       046631                                    10/03/2009      10/31/2011

                                   

 

Awards and Honors:

                        2008-2009       Exemplary Teacher Award. College of Medicine University of FL

                        2007-2008       Exemplary Teacher Award. College of Medicine University of FL

                        2005-2006       Exemplary Teacher Award. College of Medicine University of FL

                        2003-2004       Exemplary Teacher Award, College of Medicine. University of FL.

                        2004                Master Educator in Medical Education Recognition, University of                                                  Florida, Faculty Development program

 

Memberships in Professional and Honorary Societies:

                        2002 - Present             American Epilepsy Society

                                                            2006–2009   CME Committee

                                                            2009–2009   Education and Technology Committee                                                                         2002–2004  Student & Resident Education Committee

                        Present                                    American Academy of Neurology

                        Present                                    American Clinical Neurophysiology

                        Present                                    First Coast Neurological Society

                        Present                                    Duval Medical Society

 

 

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Department Committees or Responsibilities:

                        Comprehensive Epilepsy Program Director

 

College of Medicine Committees:

                        2010 – Present                        GMEC, Committee Member

                        2010 – Present                        Curriculum Committee Member

                                   

 

University and/or Health System Committees:

                        None at this time

 

 

EXTRAMURAL SUPPORT

Research Grants, Contracts, Awards, Projects:

 

Major Research Interest:

Medical Education: Learning styles and use of technology/Nonsynaptic mechanisms in epilepsy/Improve yield of Electroencephalogram

           

 

 

Grants/Projects:

            2005                A dosing algorithm for converting valproate monotherapy to lamotrigine                                        monotherapy in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior 6 (2005) 63-                                    70. Contributor investigator.

            2004                LAM 40112: Double-blind Randomized Trial of Cognitive Effects of                                             Lamictal versusTopamax in Epilepsy, Funded by Glaxo

            2003-2004       LAM 40117: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Pilot Study of Lamotrigine as                                         Adjunctive Therapy and Monotherapy in Patients with Epilepsy and                                               Comorbid Deppressive Symptoms. Principal Investigator, Funded by Glaxo

            2003-Present   IXL-201-14-189: Efficacy and Safety of Talampanel as Adjunctive                                                Therapyin Patients With Partial Seizures: A Phase II Clinical Trial. Co-                                           Investigator

            2002                LAM40013: A Multicenter, Open Label Conversion of Valproate                                                   Monotherapy to Lamotrigine Monotherapy in Patients with                                                                         Epilepsy.Principal Investigator, Funded by Glaxo

            2001-2004       WASID, Warfarin-Aspirin symptomatic Intracranial Disease StudyCo-                                           investigator. Funded by NIH

            1999                TOPAMAX: Action of Co-therapy on Tolerability in the Clinical                                                    SettingPrincipal Investigator. Funded by Ortho-McNeal

            1999-2000       S.T.O.P.S trial (Safety and Therapeutic effect of Oxcarbazepine in Patients                                    with Partial Seizures) GP 47680/OxcabazepinePrincipal Investigator. Funded                                 by Novartis

            1998                GAINS, An International, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind,                                             Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Asses over 3 Months the                                            Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacoeconomics of an 800 mg Loading dose and                                      Five mg Maintenance Dose ofGV150526 in the Treatment of Patients with                                    a Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Stroke. Protocol GLYA3002. Co-investigator,                                  Funded by Glaxo-Wellcome

           

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Leadership and Committee Positions:

 

                        2002 – 2009    CME Committee Board Member

                                                University of Florida

                        2006 - 2009     Task Force in Technology in Medical Education

                                                UF International League Against Epilepsy

                        2006 – 2009    Advisory Board Member of the Education Committee 

                                                Epilepsy Foundation Northeast Florida    

 

Editorial Boards:

                       

                        2006 – 2008    Deputy Editor-in-Chief,

                                                LiveMed Journal, Neurology

                        2007- Present  Editorial Review Board,

                                                Journal of Pediatric Neurology 

 

Invited Lectures/Workshops/Presentations:

                       

1.  “Web Base Teaching Implementation in Neurology”, American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Chicago, IL,  2008 

 

2.  Learning Style in Medical students and neurology residents, COMECT grant, University of Florida, 2007

 

3.  Judge, Twelfth Annual Research Day, UF Jacksonville, 2006

 

4.  Electrolyte Therapy for Refractory Absence Epilepsy in WAJ/Rij rat, UF Dean’s Grant, Jacksonville, FL, 2005

 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION

College of Medicine Teaching Activities:

 

Medical Student Education:               2010                Monthly Lecture - “Neurological Localization                                                                                   & Vignettes”

2010                                Monthly Lecture – “Strokes”

 

Resident Education                            2010                Weekly Tues./Thurs. lectures

2010                                Under development-a web-based training program

2010                Curriculum Development

2010                                Residency Director

 

Faculty Development/                         2010                Neurology Grand Rounds Speaker/Participant

Continuing Medical Education          

                       

Other Teaching Experience:

                        2007 - 2009     Clinical neurophysiology, Neurology residents  UF Jacksonville,                                                      weekly group teaching 

                        2007                Curriculum Development:Web base curriculum development for the                                                neurology clerkship, UF Jacksonville, FL

                        2005 - 2009     Program Director, Research Epilepsy/EEG Fellowship 

                        2004 - 2007     Grand Rounds, Jacksonville, FL

                                                            -Neuroscience program at Baptist Medical Center,                                                                            -Department of Neurology, UF Jacksonville, FL 

                                                            -Department of Medicine, UF Jacksonville, FL  

                        2003 - 2009     Neurology Clerkship Director, UF Jacksonville, FL 

                        1998 – 2009    Epilepsy Classification teaching course to third-year medical                                                            students. Bi-weekly. 

                        1998 – 2009    Teaching EEG technicians, basic principles and clinical EEG. Small                                                group teaching  

 CME Courses:

            -Women Issues in Epilepsy

            -Epilepsy and Neuroprotection

            -Epilepsy in the Elderly

            -Practical Approach for AED Combination Therapy

            -Seizure Management Made Ridiculous Simple

            -Advances in Epilepsy

            -Surgical management of Epilepsy

            -Seizing Status Epilepticus

            -Understanding EEG, web-based course directed to community neurologists and EEG                              technicians.

            -EEG in Clinical Practice, web-based course directed to community neurologists and EEG                        technicians

           

 

Community Service:

                        2002, 2003      Hispanic Health Fair, “Epilepsy”

                                                Epilepsy Awareness               

                                                “The Art of Epilepsy” panelist, Epilepsy Foundation Northeast FL.            

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Journal Publications/Original Papers

 

1.  Ochoa JG, Naritoku, DK. Using a Virtual Training Program to Train Community Neurologists on EEG Reading Skills. In press Teaching and Learning in Medicine

 

2. Bautista RE, Ochoa JG., Osmo-therapy for seizures: A new treatment paradigm? Clin Neurophysiol. 2009 Mar 13.

 

3. Bautista RE, Gonzales-Salazar W, Ochoa JG. Expanding the theory of symptom modeling in patents with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Aug;13(2):407-9

 

4.  Ochoa JG, Wludyka P. Randomized comparison between traditional and traditional plus interactive Web-based methods for teaching seizure disorders. Teach Learn Med. 2008 Apr-Jun;20(2):114-7.­

 

5.  Ochoa, JG. Gonzalez, W. Adjuntive oral electrolyte theraphy for uncontrolled seizures in children. J Ped Neuro. Volume 6, Number 4, Year 2008

 

6.  Ochoa J, Gonzalez W, Bautista R, DeCerce J.32-Channel banana-avg montage is better than 16-channel double banana montage to detect epileptiform discharges inroutine EEGs. Clin Neurophysiol. 2008 Oct;119(10):2185-7.

 

7.  Ochoa, JG Teaching Seizure Disorders: Comparison between traditional method and Interactive Web-based program. PI, Randomized blinded prospective Study. Teaching and Learning Medicine /Oct.2007

8.  Ochoa, JG. Electrolyte Therapy for Refractory Epilepsy in Familial Dysautonomia, Epilepsia, 45(11):1-2, 2004

 

9.  Ochoa, JG. Familial Dysautonomia (Riley-Day Syndrome) may be associated with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2003 Mar;44(3):472.

 

10.  Ochoa, JG. Pruritus, a rare but troublesome side effect of topiramate. Seizure 2003;12: 516-518

 

 

Books, Chapters and Reviews:

 

Book Chapters:

1.  Juan G. Ochoa and Mario Pulido. Parasomnias, In: Clinical Sleep Disorders, First edition, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, Paul Carney, Richard Berry, and Jim Geyer. Dec 2004

 

2.  Juan G. Ochoa and Willise Riche. Antiepileptic Drugs: An overview. eMEDICINE, Online book chapter, last revision 2007

 

3.  Luis Carlos Mayor, Juan G. Ochoa, Jorge Burneo, Carlos Alberto Quijano. Curso virtual de electroencephalografia.. eHealth, Fundacion Santafe de Bogota. Author, Online Book. 2005

 

 

Reviews:

1.  Antiepileptic Drugs: An Overview.

Wolf,S; Ochoa,JG. Seizure Management in Pediatric Patients in the Nineties Annals of Pediatrics, Oct. 1998