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Eddy Betancourt Flores
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Eddy Betancourt Flores

Pneumology/Pulmonology
Sleep Medicine
Patient Demographics: Adult, Elderly
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Procedures (7)

General Inquiry
Bronchoscope
Forced spirometry
Lung fluid drainage
Nebulisation
Online Medicine
Thoracocentesis
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Medical conditions (18)

Chronic cough
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Respiratory sleep disorder
Asthma
Asthma
Bronchitis
Bronchopneumonia
Coughing up blood
Difficulty breathing
Interstitial lung disease (ILD)
Lung cancer
Lung lining (pleura) disease
Pleural effusion (excess lung fluid)
Pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism
Recurrent respiratory infection
Shortness of breath
Tobacco disease
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General Info

Languages

English, italiano, Español

Education

Degrees
  • Specialty in Pulmonology. Universidad de Costa Rica. 2016
  • Medical Surgeon Degree. Universidad de Costa Rica. 2008
  • Bachelor of Medical Sciences. Universidad de Costa Rica. 2005
Courses
  • Congress N 29 European Respiratory Society Madrid

    October 2019

  • Sleep Congress, Texas

    June 2019

  • Congress N'27 European Respiratory Society Italy

    September 2017

  • Good Clinical Practices Workshop

    July 2017

  • Immunotherapy Workshop

    June 2017

  • XXX Central American and Caribbean Congress of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery

    March 2017

  • Course Pulmonary Hypertension Hospital Clinic Barcelona

    October 2016

  • Severe Asthma Course Panama

    April 2016

  • Advanced Cardiac Support - ACLS

    2015

  • Smoking Cessation Clinic Hospital Mexico

    August 2014 - September 2014

  • N'24 Congress European Respite Society Germany

    September 2014

  • Mechanical Ventilation Course

    2010

  • Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery

    2009

Trainings
  • Hospital Rotation

    Internship at the Hospital Clínico Sleep Unit in Barcelona, ​​February 2016

  • Internship

    Training Stay in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Hospital Clínico de Barcelona, ​​October 2015 January 2016

Professional

Licenses
  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED9435Active

    Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

Affiliations
  • Costa Rican Association of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery
  • Latin American Thoracic Association (ALAT)
  • European Society of Pulmonology
Positions
  • Social Service in Guatuso, Alajuela February 2008-January 2009
  • Resident Physician, Internal Medicine, Hospital Mexico Feb 2010-January 2014
  • Professor, Basic Pneumology, University of Medical Sciences 2014-2015
  • Resident Physician Pulmonology Hospital San Juan de Dios February 2014-January 2016
  • Undergraduate and Postgraduate Professor - Faculty of Medicine, University of Costa Rica. San Jose Costa Rica
  • Medical Assistant Service Pulmonology Hospital Mexico May 2016-present
Publications
  • Expositor Jornadas de Actualización San Carlos 2018 y 2019
  • Expositor en Seminario de Ventilación Mecánica no Invasiva, Panamá. enero 2020
  • Apnea Central y opioides: relato de caso tratado con Oxígeno. Pneumologia Paulista. Volumen 39, no 1. enero 2022