Jose Gavito-Higuera, MD
- Associate Professor
Education
- Medical School
- Internship – Medical Social Service Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (UAG), (Av. Patria 1201, Lomas del Valle, CP 45129) Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico 08/1993-07/1999
- Diagnostic Radiology Residency
- General Hospital of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), (C/ Dr. Balmis 148, Colonia Doctores, Cuahutemoc 06726) Mexico City, DF, Mexico 03/2000-02/2003
- Neuroradiology Fellowship
- Fellow of Ibero-Latino-American Society of Neuroradiology (SILAN) Medical College of Georgia, (1120 15th Street, 30904) Augusta Georgia, USA Directorship: Ramon Figueroa, M.D. 05/2004-07/2004
- Neuroradiology Residency
- National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, ”MVS” Hospital / UNAM (Insurgentes Sur 3877, Colonia La Fama, Tlalpan Sur 14269) Mexico City, DF, Mexico 03/2003-2/2005
Publications
PUBLICATIONS:
Book Chapter
- Brain Tumors. Chapter 13. Neuroimaging of the brain tumors, Diagnostic innovations ISBN: 9789687988849. Editorial: Medica Panamericana, S.A (Mexico, DF). 2008 Perla Salgado, Gavito-Higuera Jose, Rojas Rafael.
Journal Article with PMID
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: Improvement in Cognitive-Behavioral Disturbances and Motor-Function Disabilities Following Treatment With Antidepressants and Cholinesterase Inhibitors Michelle Oyeka, Terngu Ibilah, Jacob Israel, Jose Gavito-Higuera, Ricardo Salazar. Cureus 13(6): e15641. (June 14, 2021). DOI:10.7759/cureus.15641
- Acute Respiratory failure due to upper airway obstruction in the setting of infectious mononucleosis. Hayder Azeez, Zeinab Abdulrahman, Jose Gavito-Higuera, Hernando Garcia. J Med Discov (2020); 5(2):jmd20018; DOI:10.24262/jmd.5.2.20018
- Delusional Misidentification Syndrome: Phantom Boarder Syndrome Presenting with Intact General Cognition and Functional Brain Imaging Evidence of Bilateral Posterior and Orbitofrontal Hypometabolism. Sovanarak J. Lek, M.S., Sean Trinh, B.S., Jose Gavito-Higuera, M.D., Ricardo Salazar, M.D. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 31(2):175-177, Dec 2018 DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.18080185 / PMID: 30561281
- Aggressive blood pressure treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage may lead to global cerebral hypoperfusion: Case report and imaging perspective. Gavito-Higuera J, Khatri R, Qureshi I, Maud A, Rodriguez G. World Journal of Radiology. 9(12): 448-453, Nov 2017 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v9.i12.448 / PMID: 29354210
- Cervical arterial Fibromuscular Dysplasia in a Biethnic Population: A retrospective study in the US Mexican Border. Qureshi IA, Rodriguez GJ, Chacon-Quesada T, Gavito-Higuera J, Cruz-Flores S, Maud A. The Interventional Journal of Angiology: Official Publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc. 26(4): 253-258, Oct 2016 DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1593773 PMID: 29142493 PMCID: PMC5685790
- Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: A pictorial review. Gavito-Higuera J, Mullins CB, Ramos-Duran L, Olivas-Chacon C, Hakim N, Palacios E. Journal of Clinical Imaging Science. 6:24 June 2016 DOI: 10.4103/2156-7514.184244 PMCID: PMC4926551 PMID: 27403402
- Sinonasal Fungal Infections and Complications: A pictorial review Gavito-Higuera J, Mullins CB, Ramos-Duran L, Sandoval H, Akle N, Figueroa R. Journal of Clinical Imaging Science. Vol. 6:23, Issue 2, Jun 2016. DOI: 10.4103/2156-7514.184010 PMCID: PMC4926542 PMID: 27403401
- Intraoperative imprint cytology of central neurocytoma: The great oligodendroglioma mimicker Michal Klysik, Jose Gavito, Darius Boman, Roberto N. Miranda, Fadi Hanbali, Luis E. De Las Casas Diagnostic Cytopathology, volume 38, Issue 3, pages 202-207, March 2010 DOI: 10.1002/dc21179 PMID:19795492
- Diagnostic approach in suspected recurrent primary brain tumors using (18) FDG-PET/MRI, perfusion MRI, visual and quantitative analysis, and three-dimensional stereotactic surface projections. First experience in Mexico Estrada G, Gonzalez L, Celis M.A, Gavito J, Larraga J.M, Salgado P, Altamirano J Rev Esp Med Nucl. 2008 Sep;27(5):329-339 DOI: 10.1157/13126189 PMID:18817662
Honors and Awards
1997 Awarded Best student of the 7th semester of the Medical School in 1996. Granted by the area of Health Science of the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (UAG). Jalisco, Mexico
07/1998 Honorable Mention for the Best performance during Internship. Granted by the Direction of the General Hospital of Mazatlan ¨Hospital Martiniano Carvajal” during 07/97 to 06/98. Mazatlan Sinaloa, Mexico
02/2002 Awarded First place: Poster Presentation, entitled: “Skeletal dysplasia with or without association with lung hypoplasia (thoracic constriction as a prognostic factor)”, presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Radiology. Mexico City, Mexico
02/2002 Awarded Second place: Poster Presentation entitled: “Edward’s Syndrome: Diagnostic imaging in trisomy 18”, during the 36th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Radiology. Mexico City, Mexico
02/2004 Awarded First place: Educational Exhibits entitled: “Functional Magnetic Resonance Applications (3 Tesla)”, presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Radiology. Mexico City, Mexico
02/2005 INNN-PUIS Award: To the Best Graduate Thesis in Neurology Academic Year 2004-2005. Granted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), through the Health Research University Program and by the MVS National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Mexico City, Mexico
02/2005 Awarded First place: Scientific Exhibits “Quantitative evaluation of relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) through 3 Tesla Perfusion MRI for the differentiation between neoplastic and infectious processes”, during the 39th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Radiology. Mexico City, Mexico
02/2005 Awarded Second place: Educational Exhibits “Neuroimaging of the cranial nerves”, during the 39th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Radiology. Mexico City, Mexico
04/2006 Honorable Mention and “Alfonso Caso Medal”: Granted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), for having been the most outstanding certified program participant on 2004 on the specialty (Neuroradiology) program. Mexico City, Mexico
11/2009 Awarded Second place: Poster presentation entitled: “Leukoencephalopathies: A pictorial review of MR Imaging”, during the 30th Annual SWAHAP Medical Education Congress, Medical Abstract Contest. El Paso, Texas
12/2016 Awarded with Certificate of Merit: Educational Exhibit entitled: “MRI of Toxic, Metabolic and Autoimmune Encephalopathies: What the Radiologist Needs to Know-A Pictorial Review” at the 102nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, November 27-December 2, 2016, McCormick Place, Chicago Illinois
06/2018 Academic Faculty Teaching Award 2018. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. Department of Radiology
11/2018 Awarded with Certificate of Merit: Educational Exhibit NR286-ED-X entitled: “Cortical Restricted Diffusion Patterns on MRI: What the Radiologist Needs to Know” at the 104th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, November 25 – November 30, 2018, McCormick Place, Chicago Illinois
08/2020 Awarded with Summa Cum Laude. Educational Exhibit entitled: “Transfacial Injuries: A Pictorial review of Midfacial Fractures” at the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER), Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, Pandemic Edition 2020, Virtual meeting.
08/2020 Awarded with Robert A. Novelline, MD Award. Educational Exhibit entitled: “Transfacial Injuries: A Pictorial review of Midfacial Fractures” at the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER), Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, Pandemic Edition 2020, Virtual meeting.
11/2020 Awarded with Certificate of Merit: Educational Exhibit. Entitled: “The Hippocampal World: What the Radiologist Needs to know” at the 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2020, McCormick Place, Chicago Illinois.
06/2021 Academic Faculty Teaching Award 2021. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. Department of Radiology