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Adrian Umpierrez De Reguero

  • Department of Medicine
    Associate Professor

  • 49 Jesse Hill Jr Dr
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Overview

Dr. Umpierrez is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. He earned his Medical Doctor degree from the Universidad Catlica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 2008. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, in 2013. From 2013 to 2023, he worked as a Hospitalist at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital. In October 2023, he joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, where he currently serves as the Associate Site Director for Hospital Medicine and the 9CD Unit Co-Director at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Umpierrez has dedicated his career to bedside teaching and developing a sustainable bedside procedure service to provide expedited inpatient care while educating students, residents, and junior faculty in point-of-care ultrasound and bedside procedures. Previously, he served as the Medical Director for the Medicine Bedside Procedure Service, the Resident Procedure Elective Director, the Intern Simulation Workshop Director, the Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the Chair of the Clinical Competency Committee. He also contributed to developing the curriculum for the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Resident Elective at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Umpierrez has received several teaching awards from Medical Student Clerkship and Sub-Internship programs, the Internal Medicine Residency Program, the Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, the Medical College of Wisconsin Society of Teaching Scholars, the Young Internist of the Year Award from the American College of Physicians (WI Chapter), and the Ernest O. Henschel Award for the best teacher in all clinical departments. His research interests include peri-procedural anticoagulation and safety profiles, procedural outcomes, and procedural resident education. Beyond procedures and point-of-care ultrasound, he is interested in clinical reasoning, and value-based care.

Academic Appointment

  • Associate Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • Medical Doctor from Universidad Catolica Guayaquil

Research

Publications

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