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Mildred Donis Silva, M.D.

Dr. Silva is a board-certified family practice practitioner. As a family physician, Dr. Silva can serve as a primary care physician for people of all ages, as well as provide consultation for other physicians.

Family medicine physicians, also called family practice physicians or family physicians, are medical doctors who specialize in providing continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and the family, including physical and behavioral health.

About Dr. Silva

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology - Magna Cum Laude
  August 1971 - May 1975
  University of Peurto Rico
  Rio Piedras, P.R.

• Medical Doctor (M.D.)
  August 1975 - May 1979
  University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
  San Juan, P.R.

• Flexible Internship
  June 1979 - June 1980
  San Juan City Hospital - Peurto Rico Medical Center
  San Juan, P.R.

• Specialty Training in Radiation Oncology
  July 1980 - June 1984
  University District Hospital - Radiation Oncology Department - Puerto Rico Medical Center
  San Juan, P.R.

• Chief Resident
  Radiation Oncology Department
  July 1983 - June 1984
  University District Hospital - Radiation Oncology Department - Puerto Rico Medical Center
  San Juan, P.R.

• Fellowship in Radiation Oncology
  July 1983 - June 1984
  University District Hospital - Radiation Oncology Department - Puerto Rico Medical Center
  San Juan, P.R.

Academic Honors:

• 1971 - 1979 Full Merit Scholarship for Total Academic Career. -University of Puerto Rico
  
• 1975 Magna Cum Laude B.S. in Biology - University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
  
• July 1980 National Board Diplomate
  
• July 1983 - 1984 Research and Medical Fellowship American Cancer Society
  

Research Dissertations, Presentations and Publications:

• November 1981
  Cancer of the Ovary; University District Hospital Experience.
  Presented at Puerto Rico Medical Association
• February 1981
  Special Staging in CAncer of the Ovary; University District Hospital.
  Experience Presented at Research Week, UPR Medical Sciences Campus
  
• February 1984
  Cancer of the Ovary at Metropolitan Hospital.
  Presented at Research Week. UPR Medical Sciences Campus
  
• 1987 - 1988
  Articles published at two Major Newspapers (El Mundo and El Nuevo Dia) Puerto Rico & Cigarette Smoking and Breast Cancer

  Breast Cancer Published in: Image A Major Magazine in Puerto Rico

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