This curriculum vitae outlines the education and career experiences of Dr. Monica Rengifo Pardo. She received her MD from Universidad del Valle in 1992 and completed her dermatology residency from 1995-1998. Since then, she has held various clinical, research, teaching and translation positions in dermatology in Colombia, the UK and the US. She is currently a Clinical Instructor in Dermatology at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

1. MONICA RENGIFO PARDO, MD
CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 4703 Saul Road, Kensington, MD 20895, USA
Email: monicarengifop@gmail.com
Cell phone: +1-202-702-5447
GRADUATE EDUCATION
1995-1998 Dermatology Residency
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, School of Medicine,
Centro Dermatológico Federico Lleras Acosta,
Bogotá, Colombia
1992 – 1993 General Practitioner (General Medicine and Psychiatry)
Universidad del Valle, Hospital Psiquiatrico San Isidro,
Cali, Colombia
1991 - 1992 Medical Internship
Hospital Universitario del Valle (University Hospital),
Cali, Colombia
1985 – 1992 MD Degree
Universidad del Valle, School of Medicine,
Cali, Colombia
CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
April 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015:
Appointment to the faculty of The George Washington University School
of Medicine and Health Sciences in the status of Clinical Instructor in Der-
matology

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April 2014 to
present Research Assistant in Dermatology: The George Washington Medical
Faculty Associates, Washington DC, USA
January to
March 2014 Clinical Manager at DermAssociates, PC. Silver Spring, MD-USA
2011 – 2014 Medical Office Assistant, Dermatology, Medical Faculty Associates
The George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, Washington, D.C -
USA
Working directly with Dr. Alison Ehrlich, Chair of the Department of Der-
matology at GWU, National Leader in Psoriasis, Contact Dermatitis and
Patch Test, and Director of the Cosmetic Unit at Medical Faculty Associ-
ates.
2010-2011 Spanish Medical Translator, ICF International at the National Cancer In-
stitute-CIAT Biomedical & Clinical Information Services, Rockville, MD
- USA
Worked translating and editing the PDQ Summaries of Cancer for the Pa-
tient and Health Professional Versions from English to Spanish; also docu-
mentation of the available Clinical Trials and NCI drug and cancer term
dictionaries.
See more at: www.cancer.gov/types
2008-2010 Dermatology Assistant, Washington Dermatology Center, North Bethesda,
MD -
Working with Dr. Ronald Prussick MD at the Psoriasis Clinic and General
Dermatology
2001-Present Author, Reviewer, Translator, and Editor, Cochrane Skin Group,
Cochrane Colaboration, Oxford, UK
2000 Faculty and Chief of the Dermatology/Internal Medicine (AdHonorem),
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
1998 - 2000 Chief of Dermatology/Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de San
Ignacio (University Hospital), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota,
Colombia
1998 Guest Dermatologist Visitor, Department of Dermatopathology, St John's
Institute of the Skin, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK (by invitation from

3. Dr. JE Calonje, MD, Director)
1994 -1995 National Auditor-in-Chief, Cafesalud H.M.O. (audited medical accounts,
sick leave, and disability)
LICENSURE
1999 Medical License in Dermatology, Colombian Association of Medical Faculties
(ASCOFAME). January 22, 1999
1994 Medical License, Ministry of Health, Colombia (# 002306)
1994 Medical License, Secretary of Health of Bogotá, Colombia (# 16884)1994
Medical License, Sectional Health Service of the Department of Valle del Cauca,
Colombia 1994
AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP
2009 First Prize, PAHO-Cochrane Prize for the best systematic review relevant to the Health
Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017. Awarded by the Pan American Health Organiza-
tion (PAHO/WHO) and the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center ("Interventions for Ameri-
can cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis", by Drs. Urbà González, Mariona
Pinart, Mónica Rengifo-Pardo, Antonio Macaya, Jorge Alvar and John A. Tweed.”
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1992 (School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia)
Dean’s Top List Three Interns (Final Year Medical School)
1991 Latin American Medical Training Program Award
Departments of Internal medicine and Infectious Diseases, Jackson Memorial Medi-
cal Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
1991 (School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia)
Top Medical Student Scholarship (5th Year Medicine)
1990 (School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia)
Top Medical Student Scholarship (4th year Medicine)

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Included preceptorship with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tulane,
New Orleans, LA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
2011 - Present Member, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)
2009 - Present International Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
2001 - Present Cochrane Collaboration as Reviewer for the Cochrane Skin Group and as
Member of the Consumer Network for the Cochrane Pregnancy and Child-
birth Group (2000)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Salim A, Rengifo-Pardo M, Vincent S, Cuervo-Amore LG. Melasma. In: Williams H, Bigby M,
Diepgen T, Herxheimer A, Naldi L, Rzany B, editors. Evidence-based Dermatology. 2nd edition
2008. Blackwell Publishing. [50], 497-510. 2008. Oxford. ISBN 978-1-4051-4518-3
http://www.evidbasedderm.com
Salim A, Rengifo-Pardo M, Vincent S, Cuervo-Amore LG. Melasma. In: Williams H, Bigby
M, Diepgen T,Herxheimer A, Naldi L, Rzany B, editors. Evidence-based Dermatology . Lon-
don: BMJ Books, 2003:552-567.
Original Articles
1. González U, Pinart M, Reveiz L, Rengifo-Pardo M, Tweed J, Macaya A, Alvar J. Designing
and Reporting Clinical Trials on Treatments for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Clin Infect Dis.
2010 Jul 12. PubMed PMID: 20624067.
2. González U, Pinart M, Rengifo-Pardo M, Macaya A, Alvar J, Tweed JA. Interventions for
American mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 2009 Apr
15;(2):CD004834. Review. PubMed PMID: 19370612.
3. Salim A, Rengifo M, Cuervo LG, Tweed J, Vincent S: Interventions for melasma (Protocol

5. for a Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2002. Oxford: Update Soft-
ware.
4. González U, Ospina EG, Rengifo-Pardo M, Macaya A, Tweed J. Interventions for mucocu-
taneous leishmaniasis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Protocol) 2004, Issue 3.
Art. No.: CD004834. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD004834.
5. Gonzalez U, Pinart M, Rengifo-Pardo M, Macaya A, Alvar J, Tweed J. Interventions for
American cutaneous and muchocutaneous leishmaniasis. Cochrane Review ID:
464803062609522283, April 2009.
6. Salim A, Rengifo-Pardo M, Vincent S, Cuervo-Amore LG. Melasma. In: Williams
H, Bigby M, Diepgen T,Herxheimer A, Naldi L, Rzany B, Editors. Evidence-based
Dermatology, London: BMJ Books, Second Edition 2008.
7. Zahir, A., Ehrlich, A., Rengifo-Pardo, M. Grand Rounds Quiz: Bullous Pemphigoid. Jour-
nal American Academy of Dermatology: 05/2014; 70(5):957-9.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.04.047
8. Prussick R and Rengifo-Pardo M. Myelodysplastic Syndrome related to the use of Etarnecept
in a patient with Psoriasis Vulgaris. A case report. PsosriasisForum. Spring 2013 Vol. 19, #1
Opinion and Educational series
1. “WHO Director General Candidate Debate” (2006)
Interviewed international candidates for WHO General Director (Coordinated by Harry
McConnell) announcements -
http://enews.bond.edu.au/link/id/76d31d934aeacbe8c2c0P06cada6170714d37de81/page.html
Biomedical Translations
2002 “Clinical Evidence” (Issue 6) by British Medical Journal Publishing Group
for the IberoAmerican Cochrane Centre and MediLegis.
2000 “Cochrane Library Plus” for the IberoAmerican Cochrane Centre
(Barcelona)

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2010-2011 Spanish Medical Translator for the National Cancer Institute for the English to
Spanish versions of the NCI webpage (Health professional and patient versions of
the Biomedical and Clinical Information Services):
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types
DERMATOLOGY CONSULTANT
1998 - 2000 Hospital Universitario de San Ignacio (University Hospital)
1999 - 2000 Hospital del Tunal (public third level hospital)
1999 - 2000 Colsánitas (private health insurance)
1999 - 2000 Clinica del Country (private hospital)
1999 - 2000 Clinica de Marly (private hospital)
1998 - 2000 Petrobras Colombia (private health care)
1999 - 2000 Colmena Salud (private health insurance)
1998 - 2000 Salud Coomeva MedicinaPrepagada (private health insurance)
1995 - 2000 AXA Assistance (private health insurance)
1994 - 1998 Cafesalud (private health insurance)
1998 - 2000 Lasmo Oil Colombia Limited (private health care)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Volunteer – Clinical and Language Interpreter, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center,
Bethesda, MD 20892
REFERENCES
Provided upon request