Thursday, August 15, 2013

USA Welcomes Dr. Omar Sanchez

Dr. Omar Sanchez was recently appointed assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and serves as a pediatric critical care specialist seeing patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital.

Prior to his appointment to USA, Dr. Sanchez served as a pediatric intensivist at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute in Fort Pierce, Fla.

Dr. Sanchez earned his medical degree at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He completed a pediatrics residency at Hospital Roosevelt at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and earned his management of health services certification at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

In addition, Dr. Sanchez completed a pediatrics internship and residency at USA.  He also completed a pediatric critical care fellowship at Miami Children’s Hospital in Miami, Fla.

Dr. Sanchez is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the College of Surgeons and Physicians of Guatemala.