HEAD OF THE RESPIRATORY DISEASE CLINIC, HOSPITAL REGIONAL DE ALTA ESPECIALIDAD DE LA PENINSULA DE YUCATAN – IMSS Bienestar, Mexico
Dr. Arturo Cortes-Telles is a distinguished pulmonologist and researcher, currently leading the Clínica de Enfermedades Respiratorias and the Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory at the Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán (HRAEPY) – IMSS Bienestar. With extensive experience in respiratory medicine, he is also a postgraduate associate professor of medicine at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Dr. Cortes-Telles has published numerous research papers and is actively involved in several national and international medical societies.
Education 🎓
Dr. Cortes-Telles completed his medical degree at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, where he also specialized in internal medicine. He further specialized in respiratory medicine at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias and completed a fellowship in respiratory physiology and pulmonary function tests at the same institute. His training continued with a clinical applied research fellowship in respiratory physiology focused on cardiopulmonary exercise tests at Kingston General Hospital and Queen’s University in Canada. He also holds a master’s degree in clinical research and bioethics from the Universidad Anáhuac-Mayab.
Experience 💼
Dr. Cortes-Telles serves as the head of the Clínica de Enfermedades Respiratorias and the Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory at HRAEPY – IMSS Bienestar. He holds positions as a postgraduate associate professor of medicine at two prominent universities in Mexico and manages a private consultation practice. His leadership extends to his role as head of the Research Committee of the Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax and as the secretary of the Latin-America Respiratory Physiology Society (SOLAFIRE).
Research Interests 🔬
Dr. Cortes-Telles’s research interests are diverse, focusing on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary complications due to COVID-19, pulmonary hypertension, pleural disease, interstitial lung diseases, and sleep disorders. He has presented his work at numerous national and international conferences and has supervised multiple postgraduate theses.
Awards 🏆
Dr. Cortes-Telles is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores since 2022, achieving SNI Level I with an H-Index of 14 in 2023. His professional memberships include prestigious international societies like the Latin-America Thoracic Association, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, and the European Respiratory Society.
Publications Top Notes 📚
Dr. Cortes-Telles has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, contributing significantly to the field of respiratory medicine. Here are his most recent publications:
Understanding the Gaps in the Reporting of COPD Exacerbations by Patients: A Review, COPD, 2024.
Knowledge and perceptions regarding pulmonary rehabilitation amongst Ecuadorian physicians following COVID-19 outbreak, Multidiscip Respir Med, 2024.
Response: Commentary: Modeling mortality risk in patients with severe COVID-19 from Mexico, Front Med (Lausanne), 2023.
Small airway disease in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, a non-conventional approach in three years follow-up of a patient with long COVID: a case report, J Med Case Rep, 2023.
Inflammation associated with lung function abnormalities in COVID-19 survivors, BMC Pulm Med, 2023.