CURRICULUM VITAE
Juliana Alvarez Argote MD
Juliana Alvarez Argote MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology - Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology - Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Froedtert Hospital |
9200 W Wisconsin Ave |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
08/2004 - 11/2011 MD, Universidad del Valle, School of Medicine, Cali, Valle, Colombia |
08/2010 - 09/2010 Clinical clerkship, Renal Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom |
08/2010 Clinical clerkship, Vascular Surgery, Universidad Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
11/2010 - 04/2011 Research Clerkship, Family Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada |
07/2011 Clinical observership, Adolescent Medicine, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL |
08/2011 Clinical clerkship, Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA |
09/2011 Clinical clerkship, Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN |
10/2011 Clinical clerkship, Hematology-Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
01/2012 - 06/2012 Translational research trainee, Anesthesiology and Physiology Department, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
07/2012 - 06/2015 Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT |
08/2013 - 05/2014 Courses I and II, Health Professions Education, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT |
03/2014 - 04/2014 Clinical rotation, Hematopoietic stem cell transplant, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
11/2014 - 02/2015 Introduction to Clinical Research, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT |
07/2015 - 06/2016 Fellowship, Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
07/2016 - 06/2019 Fellowship, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
01/2020 - 03/2020 Clinical & Translational Science Institute Methods in grant preparation, Spring course, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
01/2021 - 03/2021 Clinical & Translational Science Institute Manuscript Writing Course, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
01/2023 - 03/2023 Clinical & Translational Science Institute Methods in grant preparation course, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
09/2019 - Present Assistant Professor, Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin - Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2023 - Present Co-Director, Translational Genomics, Spring Course, Masters in Clinical & Translational Science Program, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wiscsonsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
09/2019 - Present Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 5000 W. National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
09/2019 - Present Assistant Professor, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
ABIM - Internal Medicine | 10/2015 | 12/2025 |
ABP - Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine | 06/2016 | 05/2026 |
ABIM - Medical Oncology | 06/2020 | 07/2030 |
ABIM - Hematology | 06/2020 | 07/2030 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Illinois License | 036.137583 | 07/2015 | 07/2018 |
Wisconsin License | 65855-20 | 07/01/2016 | 10/31/2025 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
07/2007 - Present Semester Scholarship Award, Universidad del Valle, School of Medicine, Cali, Valle |
07/2010 - Present Research Scholarship Award, Supervisor: Michel Labrecque, MD, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada |
07/2010 - Present Semester Scholarship Award, Universidad del Valle, School of Medicine, Cali, Valle, Colombia |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2010 - 2011 Colombian Association of Medical Students [ACEMVAL] (Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, Member) |
2013 - Present National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), Member |
2013 - 2015 American College of Physicians, Member |
2015 - 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Member |
2015 - Present American Society of Hematology (ASH). Associate member |
2018 - Present American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASCGT), Associate member |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Editorial Board |
03/2023 - Present PLOS ONE Journal |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
07/2022 - Present Clinical Liaison Physician, Cancer Committee, Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
07/2019 - 06/2022 Member, Education Committee, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) |
07/2021 - 06/2023 Task Force Member, Hematology Certification Item-Writing, American Board of Internal Medicine |
07/2022 - 06/2024 Chair and Member, Education Committee, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) |
07/2023 - Present Member, Hematology Certification Approval Committee, American Board of Internal Medicine |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Alvarez Argote J, Panduranga V., Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, case presentation and literature review, Hartford Hospital, Morbidity and Mortality conference, Hartford, CT, USA, 2013 - Present |
Alvarez Argote J, Dlugi TA, Sundararajan T, Wang X, Faber ML, McKillop WM, Wilber A, Medin JA, SCD Gene Therapy at MCW: Progress and Next Steps, MACC Fund Research Center Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 05/19/2022 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
International |
Alarez Argote J, Burbano C, Gagnon MP, Cauchon M, Asua J, Labrecque M., Adaptation to Spanish-speaking countries of the InfoCritique, Self-learning modules on critical reading and managing of information, EDULEARN11, 3rd International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 2011 |
National |
Alvarez Argote J, Zhan WZ, Ermilov LG, Sieck GC, Mantilla CB, Ventilatory impairment following mid-cervical spinal cord contusion, Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2012 |
Sieck G, Gransee H, Gill L, Jorgenson A, Medina J, Alvarez-Argote J and Mantilla C., Unilateral diaphragm muscle paralysis minimally impacts ventilation in rodents, Experimental Biology, Meeting Abstracts, The FASEB Journal, 28: 871.5, 2014 |
Wool G, Alvarez Argote J, Poston J, Valenzi E, Dye A, Treml A, O'Connor MO, Improved computerized order entry for pRBC transfusion associated with decreased product utilization, American Association of Blood Banking, Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA, 2015 |
Wool G, Alvarez Argote J, Baron JM, Treml A., IVIG anti-A causing intravascular hemolysis and acute renal failure treated with plasmapheresis, American Society for Apheresis 36th Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, USA, 2016 |
Alvarez Argote J, Wool G, Baron BW, Treml A., Comparison of pediatric peripheral blood hematopoietic progenitor cell collection using spectra Optia versus COBE spectra, American Society for Apheresis 36th Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, USA, 2016 |
Alvarez Argote J., Patient with Myeloma Who Develops Thrombotic Microangiopathy without Hemolysis, Online Abstract #117095, American Society of Hematology 60th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 2018 |
Alvarez-Argote J, Dlugi TA, Sundararajan T, Faber ML, McKillop WM, Medin JA, Pathophysiological Characterization of Townes Mouse Model for Sickle Cell Anemia, ASGCT 25th Annual Meeting, Poster Session, Washington District of Columbia, USA, 2022 |
Wang X, Dlugi TA, Faber ML, McKillop WM, Alvarez-Argote J, Wilber A, Medin JA, Development of a Mass Spectrometry-Based Assay for the Detection of Endogenous and Lentiviral Engineered Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell Mice, ASGCT 25th Annual Meeting, Poster Session, Washington District of Columbia, USA, 2022 |
Alvarez Argote J, Dlugi T, Wang X, Sundararajan T, Faber ML, McKillop WM, Medin JA, Long-Term Expression of Anti-Sickling Transgenic β-Globin After Non-Myeloablative Conditioning Lentiviral Gene Therapy in a Sickle Cell Disease Murine Model, ASGCT 26th Annual Meeting, Poster Session, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2023 |
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Wang X, McKillop WM, Dlugi T, Faber ML, Alvarez Argote J, Chambers CB, Wilber A, Medin JA, A Mass Spectrometry Assay for Detection of Endogenous and Lentiviral Engineered Hemoglobin in Cultured Cells and Sickle Cell Disease Mice, ASGCT 25th Annual Meeting, Poster Session, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2023 |
Regional |
Alvarez Argote J., HIV-associated lymphoma, American College of Physicians Connecticut Chapter, Scientific Meeting, Farmington, CT, USA, 2013 |
Alvarez Argote J, Treml A, Wool G., Transfusion-related anaphylactoid reaction/ anaphylaxis, Illinois Association of Blood Banks, The Phyllis Unger case studies meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 2016 |
Local |
Alvarez Argote J, Arboleda OA, Borrero C, Díaz YV, Gutiérrez AA, Collazos T, García LS, Bravo LE, Supervivencia al cáncer hematopoyético infantil en el Hospital Universitario del Valle, entre 1998-2002, IX Simposio de investigaciones en salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle, Colombia, 2007 |
Khurana A, Khalid S, Khanapara D, Dedania B, Taylor J, Glove L, Pompa S, Alvarez Argote J, Cuadra R, Van den Bergh M, Covelli V, Joseph R, Narra A, Mitsis D, Majumder S., A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Readmissions in Patients with LACE Score >10: Comparing Different Strategies, Deans' Symposium on Continuous Quality Improvement, Farmington, CT, USA, 2014 |
Wang X, McKillop WM, Dlugi T, Faber ML, Alvarez Argote J, Chambers CB, Wilber A, Medin JA, A Mass Spectrometry Assay for Detection of Endogenous and Lentiviral Engineered Hemoglobin in Cultured Cells and Sickle Cell Disease Mice, Medical College of Wisconsin Research week, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2023 |
Alvarez Argote J, Dlugi T, Wang X, Sundararajan T, Faber ML, McKillop WM, Medin JA, Long-Term Expression of Anti-Sickling Transgenic β-Globin After Non-Myeloablative Conditioning Lentiviral Gene Therapy in a Sickle Cell Disease Murine Model, Medical College of Wisconsin Research week, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2023 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2021 - Present Group member, Immunotherapy Toxicity, Hematology and Oncology, Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin-Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
09/2019 - Present Transfusion medicine and Hem-Onc emergencies lectures |
08/2022 - 12/2022 Case-based discussion sessions with medical students |
Resident and Fellow Education |
09/2019 - Present Transfusion medicine and Hem-Onc emergencies lectures |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Medical Students |
11/2023 - Present Allen (Chen Yu) Ku, Scholarly Pathway Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
Residents |
07/2019 - 06/2022 Samantha Benz, MD, Research mentor, Retrospective review study in Checkpoint inhibitor adverse events at the Zablocki VA Medical Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
Faculty |
07/2019 - 06/2022 Tristan Bice, MD, Fellow, Continuity clinic supervisor and advisor, MCW/Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
07/2019 - 06/2022 Joanna Zurko, MD, Fellow, Continuity clinic supervisor and advisor, MCW/Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
07/2021 - Present Fateeha Furqan, MD, Fellow, Continuity clinic supervisor and advisor, MCW/Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
07/2021 - Present Jennifer Obasi, MD, Fellow, Continuity clinic supervisor and advisor, MCW/Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
07/2022 - Present Amer Al Homssi, MD, Fellow, Continuity clinic supervisor and advisor, MCW/Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
07/2022 - Present Maria Georgen, MD, Fellow, Continuity clinic supervisor and advisor, MCW/Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
11/2009 - 05/2011 Amiguitos [Little Friends] Foundation, Universidad del Valle. Cali, Valle, Colombia |
05/2010 - 01/2012 Rotary Club, Cali, Valle, Colombia |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Diaz YV, Nichols-Vinueza DX, Alvarez-Argote J, Gutierrez-Montealegre A, Garcia LE, Bravo LE. Survival to leukemia and lymphomas in children at a University Hospital in Cali, Colombia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011;33(7):e284-8. Epub 2011/06/08. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31820d0eb9. PubMed PMID: 21646918. |
2. Giguere A, Legare F, Grad R, Pluye P, Haynes RB, Cauchon M, Rousseau F, Alvarez Argote J, Labrecque M. Decision boxes for clinicians to support evidence-based practice and shared decision making: the user experience. Implement Sci. 2012;7:72. Epub 2012/08/07. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-72. PubMed PMID: 22862935; PubMed Central PMCID: 3533695. |
3. Alvarez-Argote J, Bauer FA, Dasanu CA. CD5 negative mantle cell lymphoma: a different clinical entity? Conn Med. 2014;78(4):211-4. Epub 2014/05/17. PubMed PMID: 24830117. |
4. Dasanu CA, Van den Bergh M, Pepito D, Alvarez Argote J. Autoimmune disorders in patients with hairy cell leukemia: are they more common than previously thought? Curr Med Res Opin. 2015;31(1):17-23. Epub 2014/09/30. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2014.971358. PubMed PMID: 25265129. |
5. Van den Bergh M, Alvarez-Argote J, Panwala AH, Dasanu CA. Autoimmune disorders in patients with T-cell lymphoma: a comprehensive review. Curr Med Res Opin. 2015;31(10):1861-70. Epub 2015/07/28. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1074066. PubMed PMID: 26211818. |
6. Narra RK, Alvarez Argote J, Mesologites T, Dasanu CA. Synchronous Tumors: Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma. Conn Med. 2015;79(7):401-4. Epub 2015/09/29. PubMed PMID: 26411176. |
7. Alvarez Argote J, Bauer FA, Posteraro AF, 3rd, Dasanu CA. Retroperitoneal fibrosis due to B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Responding to rituximab! J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2016;22(1):179-85. Epub 2014/07/12. doi: 10.1177/1078155214543279. PubMed PMID: 25013186. |
8. Shimanovsky A, Alvarez Argote J, Murali S, Dasanu CA. Autoimmune manifestations in patients with multiple myeloma and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. BBA Clin. 2016;6:12-8. Epub 2016/06/23. doi: 10.1016/j.bbacli.2016.05.004. PubMed PMID: 27331023; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4900299. |
9. Choy B, Alvarez Argote J, Treml A. Cancer-related microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. Transfusion. 2016;56(8):1937. Epub 2016/08/09. doi: 10.1111/trf.13634. PubMed PMID: 27500918. |
10. Dasanu CA, Alvarez-Argote J, Lippman SM, Plaxe SC. Longitudinal thumbnail fissures due to erlotinib therapy for lung cancer. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2018;24(3):229-31. Epub 2017/04/25. doi: 10.1177/1078155217698845. PubMed PMID: 28436313. |
11. Alvarez Argote J, Dasanu CA. ASXL1 mutations in myeloid neoplasms: pathogenetic considerations, impact on clinical outcomes and survival. Curr Med Res Opin. 2018;34(5):757-63. Epub 2016/12/29. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2016.1276896. PubMed PMID: 28027687. |
12. Dasanu CA, Samara Y, Codreanu I, Limonadi FM, Hamid O, Alvarez-Argote J. Systemic therapy for relapsed/refractory meningioma: Is there potential for antiangiogenic agents? J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2019;25(3):638-47. Epub 2018/09/27. doi: 10.1177/1078155218799850. PubMed PMID: 30253729. |
13. Dasanu CA, Alvarez-Argote J, Limonadi FM, Codreanu I. Bevacizumab in refractory higher-grade and atypical meningioma: the current state of affairs. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2019;19(2):99-104. Epub 2018/12/18. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2019.1559292. PubMed PMID: 30556741. |
14. Alvarez-Argote J, Dasanu CA. Durvalumab in cancer medicine: a comprehensive review. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2019;19(9):927-35. Epub 2019/07/06. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2019.1635115. PubMed PMID: 31272242. |
15. Dasanu CA, Plaxe SC, Gupta V, Popescu IM, Grover M, Alvarez-Argote J. Severe terminal ileitis induced by single-agent nivolumab administered every four weeks. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2020;26(6):1516-9. Epub 2020/02/08. doi: 10.1177/1078155220903367. PubMed PMID: 32028838. |
16. Dasanu CA, Alvarez-Argote J, Goff CB. Selecting appropriate therapy for hairy cell leukemia: current state and future prospects based on molecularly defined characterization. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2022:1-3. Epub 2022/06/16. doi: 10.1080/14656566.2022.2089561. PubMed PMID: 35703589. |
17. Alvarez-Argote J, Dlugi TA, Sundararajan T, Kleynerman A, Faber ML, McKillop WM, Medin JA. Pathophysiological characterization of the Townes mouse model for sickle cell disease. Transl Res. 2022 Oct 30:S1931-5244(22)00225-0. PMID: 36323381. |
18. Benz S, Sherman KA, Dasanu CA, Alvarez-Argote J. Immune checkpoint inhibitor- related adverse events: Real-world experience from a single veterans' affairs medical center. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2023:10781552231184178. Epub 2023/06/23. PMID: 37350125 |
19. Ellison C, Martens M, Alvarez Argote J, Benz S, Currey A, Johnstone C, Klawikowski S, Livingston K, Longo JM, Menon S, Ortiz de Choudens S, Puckett L, Retseck J, Shukla M, Thompson J, Gore E. High-grade Pneumonitis Events in Unresectable, Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation followed by Adjuvant Durvalumab. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2023. 100537. |
20. Wang X, McKillop WM, Dlugi TA, Faber ML, Alvarez-Argote J, Chambers CB, Wilber A, Medin JA. A mass spectrometry assay for detection of endogenous and lentiviral engineered hemoglobin in cultured cells and sickle cell disease mice. J Gene Med. 2023 Jul 17:e3567. PMID: 37455676. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Alvarez J, Arboleda OA, Borrero C, Diaz YV, Gutierrez AA, Collazos T, Garcia LS, Bravo LE. Supervivencia al cáncer hematopoyético infantil en el Hospital Universitario del Valle, entre 1998-2002. Trastornos digestivos, hepáticos y nutricionales con manifestaciones cardíacas en pediatría. Cardiología, Pediatría al día. Editor: Velasco CA. Cali, Valle, Colombia. Gastrohnup Ltda, 2010. |
2. Alvarez-Argote J. Trastornos digestivos, hepáticos y nutricionales con manifestaciones cardíacas en pediatría. Cardiología, Pediatría al día. Editor: Velasco CA. Cali, Valle, Colombia. Gastrohnup Ltda, 2010. |
Non-Peer Reviewed Educational Products |
1. Cauchon M, Labrecque M, Baillargeon L, Légaré F, Frémont P, Alvarez-Argote J. Infocrítica, Módulos de autoaprendizaje de las habilidades de lectura crítica y gestión de la información en salud. Quebec City, QC, Canada. http://infocritique.fmed.ulaval.ca. 2012 |