Joel Collazo, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Joel Collazo teaches various modules within the Clinical Medicine discipline to students in the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program.

Dr. Collazo has over 20 years of experience in medical education, having held faculty positions at Miami Dade College, Broward College, and Barry University.

Before working in the United States, he practiced medicine in Cuba and taught medical, nursing, and medical technology students at the Universidad de la Habana. He later worked as a rural physician in Peru and taught epidemiology and public health at the Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública del Perú in Lima.

Areas of Expertise and Interest

Public health and epidemiology (environmental epidemiology and epigenetics)

Education

Ph.D., Public Health and Epidemiology, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN

M.Sc., Clinical Biology, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

M.D., Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, Havana, Cuba