Dimas Espinola MD, MPH, MPS

Education

Graduate Medical Education
-- 2017-2020 - Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
-- 2015-2017 - Resident, Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
-- 2014-2015 - Intern, Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

Graduate Education
-- 2018-2019 - MPH / Master of Public Health (Health Service Administration Track), Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
-- 2010-2014 - MD / Doctor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
-- 2008-2010 - MPS / Master of Public Service, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, AR

Undergraduate Education
-- 2003-2007 - BA / Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Pre-Medical Concentration, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Representative Bibliography

PUBLICATION: Espinola DC, Olsen C, Banaag A, Koehlmoos TP. "A Cohort Study Comparing Overweight and Obese Pediatric Patients in the Military Health System." Childhood Obesity, 17(7): 476-482, 2021. DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0040.

PUBLICATION: Espinola DC, Nankoe SR, Eslami PW. "Acute Gastric Volvulus in a 16-Year-Old Male Adolescent: A Case Report." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Jan;33(1):34-37. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000488.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Cocozza V, Sickbert L, Kenny T, Espinola DC, Welsh S, Turner Z, Pieroni, K. “Increasing Mental Health Screening in Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics: An Improvement Project at Brooke Army Medical Center.” 2023 San Antonio Military Health and Universities Research Forum (S.U.R.F.), University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio, TX, June 15, 2023.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Covington-Hart RG, Costantino JM, Espinola DC. “An Evaluation of the Use of an Alternative Intravenous Levothyroxine Dosing Strategy at a Military Treatment Facility.” 2023 San Antonio Military Health and Universities Research Forum (S.U.R.F.), University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio, TX, June 15, 2023.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Espinola DC, Olsen C, Banaag A, Pope J, Koehlmoos TP. “A Cohort Study of the Prevalence of Overweight and Obese Pediatric Patients in the Military Health System (2009-2016).” Poster presentation was to be given at the 2020 Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, April 24-27, 2020, Fort Worth, TX. Conference canceled due to COVID-19. Published Hormone Research in Pediatrics 2020;93(Suppl 1):1-185.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Thompson S, James T, Espinola DC, Crouch G, Newton T, Parekh D. “The Development of a Novel Sickle Cell Transition Clinic within the Military Health Care System.” American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, November 2-6, 2018.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Espinola DC, Jensen K, Estrada-Veras JI, Larson NS. "Atypical Diabetes in a Female Adolescent with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and a Uterine Anomaly: Coincidence or Relationship?" 33rd Annual Clinical Conference on Diabetes, American Diabetes Association, Naples, FL, May 24-27, 2018.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Farrow MA, Geoghegan EM, Espinola DC, Sheehy AM. "Comprehensive Mutational Analysis of APOBEC3G." Conference on Retroviral and Opportunistic Infections, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.

ORAL PRESENTATION: Chiccarelli EN, Lawson ML, Villarreal NW, Corpuz RL, Espinola DC. 2023 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) Annual Conference, “A Primer on Obesity Pharmacotherapy,” Chicago, IL, March 7-10, 2023.

ORAL PRESENTATION: Espinola DC. “The Natural History of Overweight and Obesity in a Large MHS Pediatric Cohort,” Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Bethesda, MD, December 4, 2019.