Mario Garcia-Palmieri House

About the House

Dr. Garcia-Palmieri, a 1951 graduate of the School of Medicine, was a cardiologist and the first Hispanic to receive the distinguished title of “Master” by the American College of Cardiology.

After medical school, he returned to his native Puerto Rico and became the first cardiologist trained in Puerto Rico. He later served as Chair of Internal Medicine and Director of Cardiology at the School of Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico. He also became Secretary of Health for Puerto Rico. He served on two Presidential Medical Commissions (Nixon and Carter).

Dr. Garcia Palmieri is the only person to twice be elected president of the International Society of Cardiology. The main bi-annual lecture of the Interamerican Congress of Cardiology bears his name.

House Head

Christine Lau, MD 
Professor of Surgery

OSA Liaison

Marissa Flaherty, MD 
Assistant Professor of  Psychiatry

OME Liaison

Joseph P. Martinez, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine
Associate Dean for Medical Education and Student Experience

House Mentors

Michael K. Abraham, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Jackie Clark, MD 
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Sarasijhaa K. Desikan, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Preeti R. John, MBBS, MPH
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery

Sarah McAvoy, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Leah S. Millstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Krista Tookhan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Nel Trasybule, MD
Assistant Professor of Family and Community Service