GERSON PELTZ M.D., M.P.H. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Licensed Physician - Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine - 1984

Internal Medicine Board Certified - Brazilian Medical Association - 1986

Clinical Nutrition Specialist - Brazilian Medical Association - 1991

Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certificate (U.S.A) - 2000

EDUCATION

Medical Doctor Degree (MD) - School of Medicine – Fundacao Tecnico Educacional Souza Marques, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1983

Residency Program in Internal Medicine - Hospital de Ipanema INAMPS – RJ, accredited by the Brazilian National Commission of Medical Residency, 1984/1986

Clinical Nutrition Specialist - Brazilian Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, sponsored by the Brazilian Medical Association, 1989

Masters in Public Health (MPH) – The University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, TX, 2006

WORK HISTORY

 Associate Professor of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC) since 2002

Graduate faculty of UTB/TSC, since 2001

Director of the Office of Premedical Education and Biomedical Research Programs – UTB/TSC, 2002-2006

Director of the Early Medical School Acceptance Program – The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston – UTB/TSC Partnership, 2001-2006

Faculty Director of the Joint Admission Medical Program – UTB/TSC, 2002-2006

Visiting Professor of UTB/TSC, 2001 - 2002

Visiting Scientist of the Texas A&M University (TAMU), 1998 - 2000

Internal Medicine and Critical Care physician of the National Institute of Cancer – INCA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1986 - 2001

Director of the Nutrition Support Team, INCA, 1992 - 2001

Chairman of the Internal Medicine Department, INCA, 1995 - 2001

Member of the Drugs Formulary Committee, INCA, 1994 - 2001

Coordinator of the Division of Quality of Life in Cancer, INCA, 1996 - 2001

Medical Advisor - Knoll Laboratories/BASF Group AG, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1991-1992

Medical Advisor of Darrow Laboratories/KabiVitrum AB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1986 – 1991

Medical Advisory of Support Nutritional Products, RJ, Brazil, 1987 – 1991

COMMITTEES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Member of the Panel Review – Department of Defense – Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program - 2006

Member of the Diabetes/Obesity Borderplex Task Force, UT System – 2005 to present

Member of the Human Subjects Research Review Committee – 2004 to present

Academic Senator – 2004 to present

Member of the U.S. Hispanic Nutrition Research and Education Center Advisory Board - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC), 2004 to present

Chair of the Biological Sciences Search Committee, 2003 to 2004

Chair of the Biological Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2002 to 2003

Member of the College of Science, Mathematics and Technology Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2002 to 2003

Member of the Biological Sciences Graduate Committee, 2001 to present

Member of the EXPORT Grant Search Committee, 2003 to present

Member of the Rio Grande Valley Intervention Nutrition Research Initiative, 2003 to present

Sponsor of the Students towards Excellence in Medicine Club, 2003 to present

Member of the Community Advisory Board of the Hispanic Health Research Center, 2003 to present

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 American Association for Cancer Research

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

New York Academy of Sciences

Society of Critical Care Medicine

North American Association for the Study of Obesity

Society for Epidemiologic Research

RESEARCH GRANTS

 DAMD 17-03-1-0274 --- Principal Investigator

Agency: Department of Defense/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

“Interrelationships of Hormones, Diet, Body Size and Breast Cancer among Hispanic

Women”

Period: September 2003 to September 2007

DAMD 17-03-1-0274 (supplement) --- Principal Investigator

Agency: Department of Defense/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

“Assessment of urinary phytoestrogens by HPLC”

Period: October 2005 to September 2007

TCC --- Co-Principal Investigator

Agency: Texas Cancer Council

“Partnership between the Texas Cancer Registry and the UTSPH-B for Assuring Timely, Complete and Accurate Cancer Data in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas”

Period: August 2005 – July 2007

1P20MD00161-01 --- Co-Principal Investigator

Agency: National Institute of Health

“Creation of a Hispanic Health Research Center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley”

Period:  February 2003 to January 2007  

R25 GM065925-01A1 --- Co-Investigator

Agency: National Institute of Health      

“MBRS RISE Program at University of Texas at Brownsville”

Period: March 2004 to February 2008

D52MP03115-02-0-HALE --- Principal Investigator

Agency: U.S. Hispanic Nutrition Research and Education Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC)

“Serum Leptin values in Mexican Americans: Association with body fat, body mass index, and obesity”

Period: October 2004 to September 2006

2001-38422-11053 --- Co-Project Director

Agency: United States Department of Agriculture

“Hands-on Research, Bridges to Graduate Studies in Agricultural Biotechnology”

Period: September 2001 to August 2004

INCa -1998 -01-055 --- Principal Investigator

Agency: The Brazilian National Institute of Cancer

”Chemopreventive activities of lycopene found in Texas grapefruit”

Period: April 1998 to April 2000

PUBLICATIONS

M. Sanderson, Peltz G, A. Perez, M. Johnson, R.J. Dutton. Influence of Mexican Health Care on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. Am J Epidemiol 165(Suppl):S31, 2007

Peltz G, Sanderson M, Perez, A. Sexton K, Ochoa D, Fadden MK. Serum leptin concentration, adiposity, and body fat distribution in Mexican Americans. Arch Med Res 38:563-570, 2007.

 Peltz G, Sanderson M, Calil RC, Aguirre MT, Casares DO, Chavez-Reyes J, Fadden MK. Association of leptin with insulin: Effects of body fat and waist circumference. Diabetes Vasc Dis Res 4(Suppl 1):S87, 2007.

 Sanderson M, Coker AL, Perez A, Fadden MK, Du XL, Peltz G. A multilevel analysis of socioeconomic status and prostate cancer risk. Ann Epidemiol 16:901-907, 2006.

 Sanderson M, Fernandez ME, Dutton RJ, Ponder A, Sosa D, Peltz G. Risk behaviors by ethnicity and Texas-Mexico border residence. Ethn & Dis 16:514-520, 2006.

 Sanderson M, Sparrow P, Peltz G, Perez A, Johnson M. Association between breast and cervical cancer screening and self-rated health by ethnicity. Am J Epidemiol 163(Suppl):S142, 2006.

 Peltz G, Casares DO, Fadden MK, Calil R, Perez A, Sanderson M. The use of body mass index for the diagnosis of obesity in Mexican Americans: a comparative study with bioelectrical impedance analysis. Obes Res 13(Suppl.):A62, 2005.

 Peltz G, Garcia ER, Calil R, Fadden MK, Sanderson M. Self-perception of body image and body area dissatisfaction in Mexican Americans. Obes Res 13(Suppl.):A130, 2005.

 Peltz G. Nutritional support and quality of life for cancer patients. Hospital Healthcare Europe 2003-2004, C11-C12, 2004.

 Peltz G. Nutritional support and quality of life for cancer patients. Private Hospital Healthcare Europe, 2003 C29-C30, 2003.

 Peltz G. Nutrition support in cancer patients: a brief review and suggestion for standard indication criteria. Nutrition Journal, 1:1-5, 2002.

 Gadelha MIP, Peltz G, Martins WJ, Pereira CRA, Lima LD, Soares MLB, Santos MLF, Grimmer M, Sérgio JV, Minnemann MF, Meirelles F, Dias RL. The Rio de Janeiro State Commission for Reorganization and Restructuring of Cancer Care. Guidelines for oncologic care, restructuring, reorganization, and follow-up in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Rev Bras Cancer, 47:125-141, 2001.

MONORGAPH

 Sanderson M, Peltz G. (2004). Cancer. In R. Sue Day (Ed.), Nourishing the future: The case for nutrition research in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (pp-70-76). The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston.

 Peltz G, Deyhim F. (2004). Impaired Immunity. In R. Sue Day (Ed.), Nourishing the future: The case for nutrition research in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (pp-99-           106). The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston.

BOOK CHAPTER

Peltz G & Lameu E. Proteins: Biochemistry, Digestions, and Absorption. In Clinical Nutrition. Ed. Edson Lameu. Revinter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. pp. 41-47, 2005.

THESIS

Peltz, G. Serum leptin concentration, adiposity, and body fat distribution in Mexican Americans: a cross-sectional study. Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 2006.

JOURNAL REVIEWER

 Nutrition Research

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

ABSTRACTS

 Peltz G, Casares DO, Calil RC. The Use of Body Mass Index for the Diagnosis of Obesity in Mexican Americans: A Comparative study with Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice. 2007 – Vienna, Austria.

M. Sanderson, Peltz G, A. Perez, M. Johnson, R.J. Dutton. Influence of Mexican Health Care on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. 40th Annual Society for Epidemiology Research Meeting. 2007 – Boston, MA.

 Peltz G, Sanderson M, Calil RC, Aguirre MT, Ochoa DC, Chavez-Reyes J, Fadden MK.

Association of  leptin with insulin: Effects of body fat and waist circumference. 2^nd International Congress of Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome. 2007 – Barcelona, Spain  

 Aguirre MT, Peltz G. The Development of a Method for the Measurement of Urinary Phytoestrogens using High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled with Photodiode Array. UTB/TSC 9th Research Symposium, 2007 – Brownsville, TX.

 Chavez-Reyes J, Aguirre K, Aguirre MT, Casares DO, Sanderson M, Peltz G. Association of Leptin with Insulin: Effects of Body Fat and Waist Circumference (Preliminary Results). UTB/TSC 9th Research Symposium, 2007 – Brownsville, TX.

 Aguirre K, Chavez-Reyes J, Cortez E, Aguirre MT, Casares DO, Wittenburg D, Bailey M, Fadden MK, Sanderson M, Peltz G. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis vs. Air-displacement Plethysmography for the Assessment of Body Composition in Mexican Americans. UTB/TSC 9th Research Symposium, 2007 – Brownsville, TX.

 Cortez E, Chavez-Reyes J, Aguirre K, Aguirre MT, Peltz G. Segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis and central obesity: a comparative study with waist circumference. UTB/TSC 9th Research Symposium, 2007 – Brownsville, TX.

 Peltz G, Casares DO, Calil RC, Fadden MK, Sanderson M. Leptin and body composition in Mexican Americans. North American Association for the Study of Obesity. 2006 – Boston, MA.

 Sanderson M, Sparrow P, Peltz G, Perez A, Johnson M. Association between breast and cervical cancer screening and self-rated health by ethnicity. 2006 Congress of Epidemiology. 2006 – Seattle, WA.

 Peltz G. Effectiveness of figural stimuli to identify obesity in Mexican Americans. UTB/TSC 8th Research Symposium, 2006 – Brownsville, TX.

 Casares DO, Peltz G. The use of body mass index for the diagnosis of obesity in Mexican Americans: a comparative study with bioelectrical impedance analysis. UTB/TSC 8th Research Symposium, 2006 – Brownsville, TX.

Ponce R, Peltz G. Body image discrepancy in Mexican-Americans: the effect of gender, BMI, and acculturation. UTB/TSC 8th Research Symposium, 2006 – Brownsville, TX.

 Stubblefield C, Peltz G. Association of serum leptin concentration with body fat content and body fat distribution in Mexican Americans. UTB/TSC 8th Research   Symposium, 2006 – Brownsville, TX.

Peltz G. Obesity in Mexican Americans: what body mass index does not tell us. First Binational Nursing Research Symposium, 2006 – Brownsville, TX.

 Gupta V, Sanderson M, Peltz G. Using medical records for ascertaining diabetes and breast cancer status: South Texas Women’s Health Project. UTB/TSC 8th Research Symposium, 2006 – Brownsville, TX.

 Peltz G, Ponce R, Stubblefield C, Garcia ER, Casares DO, Fadden MK, Calil RC, Perez A, Sanderson M. Self-perception of body image and body area dissatisfaction in Mexican American college students. RAHC Regional Nutrition Conference for Health Professionals, 2005 – Harlingen TX.

 Peltz G, Stubblefield C, Ponce R, Casares DO, Fadden MK, Calil RC, Perez A, Sanderson M. The use of body mass index for the diagnosis of obesity in Mexican Americans. RAHC Regional Nutrition Conference for Health Professionals, 2005 – Harlingen, TX.

Peltz G, Garcia ER, Calil RC, Fadden MK, Sanderson M. Self-perception of body image and body area dissatisfaction in Mexican Americans. North American Association for the Study of Obesity. 2005 – Vancouver, Canada.

 Peltz G, Casares DO, Fadden MK, Calil RC, Perez A, Sanderson M. The use of body mass index for the diagnosis of obesity in Mexican Americans: a comparative study with bioelectrical impedance analysis: a preliminary report. North American Association for the Study of Obesity. 2005 –Vancouver, Canada.

 Peltz G, Sanderson M. Use of mammography by Texas-Mexico Border residence and ethnicity. Era of Hope - Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting. 2005 - Philadelphia, PA.

 Peltz G. Nutrition and quality of life in cancer patients submitted to radiotherapy. 23rd Clinical Congress of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) – Spanish Speaking PIC Meeting – 1999 – San Diego, CA.

 Peltz G. Nutrition and cancer: reasons for new concepts. 20th Clinical Congress of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) – Spanish Speaking PIC Meeting - 1996 – Washington, DC.

 Peltz G, Najman HL. Anthropometric measures: problems and suggestions. 19th Clinical Congress of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) - Spanish Speaking PIC Meeting - 1995 – Miami, FL.

AWARDS

 STARS Fellow - Texas Center for Health Disparities, 2007

Listed in the Who is Who among American Teachers, 2004 and 2005.

Listed in the Who is Who in the World, 1997.