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CURRICULUM VITAE

Juliana Alvarez Argote MD
Assistant Professor
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 DateExpiration
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 DateExpiration
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:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Microvascular complications in sickle cell disease: assessment and treatment implications
Source:
2024 NIH-Funded Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program, Traditional Pilot Award
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
Dates:
06/01/2024 - 05/31/2025
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)
Source:
Laval University, QC Canada
Role & Effort:
Research Scholarship, Family Medicine Department
Dates:
11/01/2010 - 04/30/2011
Direct Funds:
$10,000
  

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
10. 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