Dr. Germán Espino, - FACP

Especialidad: Hematología

Estudios

  • Bachiller en Ciencias, Letras y Filosofía, Colegio Javier-1984
  • Egresado de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panamá-1991
  • Residencia de Medicina Interna, Hospital Santo Tomás-1994 a 1997
  • Residencia de Hematología, Caja del Seguri Social-1997-1999
  • Entrenamiento en Trasplante de Médula Ósea, Fred Hutchinson Cancer
    Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA-1999 a 2000
  • Entrenamiento en Trasplante de Médula Ósea, Leipzig, Alemania-2013
  • Maestría en Biología/Oncología Molecular-2018 a 2019

Experiencia Laboral

  • Caja del Seguro Social-2000 a 2008
  • Hospital Santo Tomás-2008 a 2012
  • Caja del Segurio Social-2013 a 2016
  • Asesor Médico Novartis Pharmaceutic-2004
  • Director Médico Banco de Sangre, Hospital Nacional-2004
  • Director Médico Banco de Sangre, Hospital San Fernando-2006
  • Centro Hemato Oncológico Panamá-2001 al presente

Organizaciones

  • Miembro de la Sociedad Panameña de Medicina Interna
  • Miembro de la Sociedad Panameña de Hematología
  • Miembro de la Sociedad American de Hematología
  • Miembro de la Sociedad Americana de Trasplante de Médula Ósea
  • Chair del Comité de Donantes del Grupo Latinoamericano de Trasplante
  • Miembro del Grupo Latinoamericano de Mieloma Múltiple
  • Fellow American College of Physicians

Áreas de Interés

  • Leucemias Crónicas
  • Mieloma Múltiple
  • Trasplante de Médula Ósea
  • Biología Molecular

 

Publicaciones

  • #1. G Espino, J Denney, T Furlong, W Fitzsimmons, and RA Nash. Assessment of myocardial
    hypertrophy by echocardiography in adult patients receiving tacrolimus or cyclosporine therapy
    for prevention of acute GVHD. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2001. (28), 1097-1103.
    #2. J Storek, A Joseph, G Espino, M Dawson, D Douek, K Sullivan, M Flowers, P Martin, G
    Mathioudakis, R Nash, R Storb, F Appelbaum, D Maloney. Immunity of patients surviving 20 to
    30 years after allogeneic or syngeneic bone marrow transplantation. Blood. December 15, 2001.
    Vol. 98, Number 13: 3505.
    #3. J Storek, G Espino, M Dawson, B Storer, M Flowers, D Maloney. Low B cell and monocyte
    counts on day 80 are associated with high infection rates between days 100 and 365 after
    allogeneic marrow transplantation. Blood. November 1, 2000. Vol. 96, Number 9: 3290.
    #4. Richard A. Nash,1 Alessandra Takatu,1 Ziding Feng,1 Sherrill Slichter,2 Kraig Abrams,2
    German Espino, M. John Gass,1 George E. Georges,1 Peter A. McSweeney,1 Howard M.
    Shulman,1 Rainer Storb1. Effect of c-mpl Ligands after Total Body Irradiation (TBI) with and
    without Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Low-Dose TBI Does Not Prevent
    Sensitization. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 8:360-367 (2002).
    #5. Nina Worel 1,*, Andreas Buser 2,3, Hildegard T. Greinix 4, Hans Hägglund 5, Willis Navarro
    6, Michael A. Pulsipher 7, Grazia Nicoloso de Faveri 8, Mats Bengtsson 9, Annelies Billen 10,
    German Espino 11, Mirjam Fechter 12, Valeria Giudice 13, Kristina Hölig 14, Heiwa Kanamori 15,
    Yoshihisa Kodera 16, Gerda Leitner 1, Tanja Netelenbos 17, Dietger Niederwieser 18, Suzanna
    M. van Walraven 12,19, Vanderson Rocha 20, Tigran Torosian 21, Carmen Vergueiro 22, Daniel
    Weisdorf 23, Hiromasa Yabe 24, Jörg P. Halter 3. Suitability Criteria for Adult Related Donors: A
    Consensus
    Statement from the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Standing
    Committee on Donor Issues. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 21 (2015) 2052
    #6. Pessoa de Magalhaes, R, Crusoe, E, Riva, E, Bujan, W, Conte, G, Navaroo, JR, Garcia, D,
    Quintero Vega, G, Macias, J, Oliveros Alvear, J, Royg, M, Neves, L, Lopez Dopico, JL, Espino,
    G, Ortiz, D, Socarra, Z, Fantl, D, Ruiz Arguelles, G, Maiolino, A, Titsche de Moraes, V,
    Harosseau, Jean, Durie, B. Analysis of Availability and Access of Anti-Myeloma Drugs and the
    Impact on the Manasgement of Multiple Myeloma in Latin America Countries. Clinical
    Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia. Vol.19 (1). 2018
    #7.   Jaimovich, GMartinez Rolon, J;   Baldomero, H ;  Rivas, M;   Hanesman, I ;   Bouzas, L ;   Bonfim,
    C ;  Palma, J;   Kardus-Urueta, A ;  Ubidia, D;   Bujan-Boza, W ;  Gonzalez-Ramella, O;  Ruiz-
    Argüelles, G;  Gomez-Almaguer, D;  Espino, G;  Fanilla, E ;  Gonzalez, D;  Carrasco, A;   Galeano,
    S ;  Borelli, G;  Hernandez-Gimenez, M;   Pasquini, M ;  Kodera, Y;  Gratwohl, A ;   Gratwohl,
    M ;   Nuñez, J ;   Szer, J ;  Gale, R P;   Niederwieser, D ;   Seber, A .
    Latin America: the next region for haematopoietic transplant progress. Bone Marrow
    Transplantationvolume 52, pages671–677 (2017)