CURRICULUM VITAE Prof. CARLOS A. ORTIZ, PhD(c), MBA, BS, LATG OFFICE ADDRESS Office of Informatics and Educational Resources School of Health Professions University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus P0 Box 365067, San Juan Puerto Rico 00936-5067 Tel. (787) 758-2525 Ext. 4100 Direct: (787) 751-4549 Fax (787) 759-3695 HOME ADDRESS Golden Court II Suite 338 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 Tel. (787)753-2231 EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT Doctoral Candidate for a PhD in Information Systems (2009) MBA Master in Business Administration Technology Management June 2001 B.S. Veterinary Technology: (Magna Cum Laude) June 1986 University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus October 2001 to Present: Director of the Office of Informatics and Educational Resources at the College of Health Related Professions, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico. October 2001 to 2005: Director of Activity I System Development for Data Management and Curricular Improvement Title V Project Granted by Department of Education at the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico.
September 1997 to Present: Professor of Health Informatics and Computers Sciences, Computers Fundamentals and Applications including Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Internet, Web-Page Design and Web-Course Design using Blackboard Platform. August 1988 to Present: Professor of Veterinary Clinical Analysis, Veterinary Microbiology & Veterinary Hematology courses at the Veterinary Technology Program, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico. October 1998 to June 2001: Director of the Computer Training Unit at the College of Health Related Professions, Medical Sciences Campus, UPR. June 1997 to October 2001: President of the Institutional Auction Board at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. July 1995 to 1999: Director of the Veterinary Technology Program at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. August 1996 to 1999: Financial Administrator of the Municipality of San Juan, Animal Shelter Project, under the Veterinary Technology Program, Medical Sciences Campus. December 1997 to January 1999: Chairperson of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the Medical Sciences Campus. January 1992 to 1994: Administrative Director, at the Caribbean Primate Research Center, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus. Involved with federal grants, contracts, accounting cycle and personnel matters. June 1986 to 1994: Veterinary Laboratory Clinical Supervisor at Caribbean Veterinary Laboratory, Medical Sciences Campus. Supervising the Quality Control and Quality Assurance and performing all kind of veterinary clinical analysis. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS IEEE Member Computing Technology Student Chapter Animal Health Technologist Educators Association of Veterinary Technologist of Puerto Rico Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) Society for Information Technology & Teacher education 2
HONORS Certification and Nomination to U.S. Professor of the Year Award The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 2007 Award Program Distinguished Professor in Education at the College of Health Related Professions in 2003 Distinguished Professor in Community Service at the College of Health Related Professions in 1996. Elected Vice-President for Board of Directors of American Veterinary Laboratory Association.(1994). PUBLICATIONS Implementation of an Educational Web Portal to Enhance Faculty Collaboration and Document Sharing C.A. Oirtz, E.Melon., Proceeding 10 th IASTED International Conference, Bejing China, October, 2007. Implementation of a WebPortal Solution in Higher Education C.A. Ortiz, E. Melón., Proceeding Campus Technology International Conference, Washington DC, August, 2007 Principles of Mycology Interactive CD-ROM Module for Clinical Microbiology Students 1999 - Revised on 2003 Handling of Primates Interactive CD-ROM Module for Veterinary Technologist 1999 S.Boinski, J. M. Scanlan, S.J. Suomi, C. Ortiz and J.D. Newman; "Acoustic Correlates of Pituitary-Adrenal and Leukocyte Response to Capture Stress and Separation in Rhesus Macaques" NHI, CPRC, UPR-MSC. Journal of Primatology, 1989 S.M. Schwarts, C. Ortiz- "Obesity and Lipid Levels in free-ranging rhesus macaques" Journal of Endocrinology, 1991 F.B. Bercovitch, P. Nieves, C. Ortiz, J. Rodriguez, M. Kessler A non-invase technique for the control of intestinal parasites in rhesus macaques" 1992 3
PRESENTATIONS Implementation of a WebPortal Solution in Higher Education C.A. Ortiz, E. Melón., Proceeding Campus Technology International Conference, Washington DC, August, 2007 Development, Implementation and Evaluation of the e-learning System in the Teaching-Learning Process of Health Professions. Carlos Ortiz, MBA; Rubén García, Ph.D, Title V Project, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico., E-Learning Conference., Honolulu, Hawaii October, 2006 Podcasting, Video and Games: Enhancing the Blackboard Experience C.A. Ortiz, A. Castro., World Blackboard Conference 2006, California USA, February 2006. Blackboard: Herramientas de Colaboración para Estudiantes y Profesores Carlos Ortiz 3er Foro de Informática del RCM Mayo, 2005 Impactando la academia con Tecnologías de Información: Trayectoria hacia el Futuro Carlos Ortiz, Rubén García, Saul Aponte 4to Congreso Hispano de Profesiones Relacionadas con la Salud December 2004 The Impact f Blackboard Course Management System in the Teaching and Learning Process of Health Professionals Carlos Ortiz Blackboard European User Conference, Barcelona, Spain October 2004 Course Management System: A New for Online Teaching Carlos Ortiz, COHEHRE, International Technology Group, Bad Elster, Germany- March 2004 The Future of the Classroom: New Models of Teaching and Learning Carlos Ortiz, XXIII Foro Anual de Investigación y Educación April 2003 Transformando la Educación a través de la Tecnología Carlos Ortiz, 2do Foro de Informática del RCM- April 2003 Exploring Web Technologist in the Classroom 3 rd World and Hispanic Congress of Health Professions San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001 Comparative Hematology: Humans and Animals College of Medical Technologist, San Juan 1999 Blood Bank and Anemia s in Dogs and Cats- Veterinary Laboratory Association, San Diego, California 1998 4
Basic Concepts in Veterinary Cytology - presentation at the Puerto Rico College of Veterinarians, Annual Meeting 1995 Veterinary Hematology Review - presentation at the VLA Continuing Education Program, 1994 Serologic Evaluation in Domestic Animals -presentation at ATTSA Continuing Education Program, 1993 How to Choose a Commercial Veterinary Laboratory - presentation to AALAS Caribbean Branch, 1990 TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Syllabus Conference 2005 Los Angeles, California Julio, 2005 4th Hispanic Congress of Health Related Professions San Juan, Puerto Rico December 2004 EDUCAUSE International Conference Denver, Colorado, USA October 2004 Blackboard European Users Conference Bacelona, Spain October 2004 Syllabus Annual Conference 2004 Teaching with Technology, San Francisco, CA July 2004 COHEHRE Annual Meeting International Collaboration on Technology Group Bad Elster, Germany - March-2004 Certificate of Flash Developer using Micromedia MX 2002 By CompuMaster 2003 Certificate of Dreamweaver Developer using Micromedia MX 2002 By CompuMaster 2003 Certificate of Database Developer using Microsoft Access 2002 By CompuMaster 2002 Certificate of Searching Database for Biomedical Research Facilities by A.A.L.A.S. 1998 Certificate of Laboratory Diagnoses for HIV Infection by the Panamerican Health Organization. 1988 5
Certificate of How to Set-up a Microbiology Veterinary Laboratory by A.A.L.A.S. 1999 Certificate of Special Accounts Cycle by the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus - Financial Administration, Contract and External Funds Office (1995) Certificate of Post Award Training by the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus - Financial Administration, Contract and External Fund Office (1995) Revised: November 2008 6