Faculty Profile

After graduating from medical school in Perú, Dr. Montes pursued postdoctoral training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases in the United States. In 2003, Dr. Montes was the first trainee to participate in the Baylor-Cayetano Heredia Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston under Dr. A. Clinton White. He studied and trained in immunology and participated in the Clinical Scientist Training Program. Dr. Montes returned to Perú in 2005 where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and a Research Associate at the Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT) Alexander von Humboldt at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. He is Director of the Immunology Laboratory and Cryobank at IMT.

Medical / Professional:

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Perú, M.D., 1997

Residencies:

Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, 2001

Fellowships:

Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas, 2003

Post Doctoral:

Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2005