Expertise and Research Interests:

Dr. Fontelo has been a Staff Scientist with the LHNCBC Office of High Performance Computing and Communications for more than ten years. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Biomedical Informatics Department of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). He is Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology by the American Board of Pathology.

His research interests include medical informatics training, telemedicine/telepathology/mHealth, digital pathology, molecular pathology, global health, Information access at the point of care and in low-resource areas, evidence-based medicine, mobile health, hematology, critical appraisal of the literature, translational research, and geographic medicine.

Dr. Fontelo is a retired Army pathologist. His last assignment was at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, where he was the Chief of Telepathology and Staff Pathologist in the Department of Gastrointestinal Pathology. Prior to that he was Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at USUHS, where he was Course Director for a number of years. He has also had numerous assignments in research and hospital pathology, including in Belgium.

• MD, University of the Philippines, College of Medicine
• Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
• Diplomate, American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology)
• Medical license: District of Columbia

Professional Activities:

• Adjunct Professor in Medical Informatics, University of the Philippines, College of Medicine
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Honors and Awards:

• 2021 NIH Director's Award for your outstanding accomplishments as a member of the Trans-NIH Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Initiative Leadership Team, "For exemplary leadership in launching and developing the Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) Initiative".
• 2020 National Institutes of Health Director’s Award for Mentoring
• 1997 Outstanding Overseas Alumni Educator, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
• 1991-1992 Outstanding Teacher Award, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD

Publications:

Mayer CS, Fontelo P. Semaglutide use in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes from real-world utilization data: An analysis of the All of US Program. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024 Sep 9. doi: 10.1111/dom.15911. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39248157.

Mayer CS, Fontelo P. Alcohol consumption and its correlation with medical conditions: a UK Biobank study. Front Public Health. 2024 May 22;12:1294492. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1294492. eCollection 2024.PMID: 38841662 Free PMC article.

Gartrell K, Warren JI, Fontelo P. PubMed4Hh: A Point-of-Care Mobile App for Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support for Nurse Residents in Maryland. Comput Inform Nurs. 2023 Dec 1;41(12):983-992. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000001063.PMID: 38062547.

Janakiram C, Okunev I, Tranby EP, Fontelo P, Iafolla TJ, Dye BA. Opioids for acute and chronic pain when receiving psychiatric medications. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 26;18(9):e0286179. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286179. eCollection 2023.PMID: 37751410 Free PMC article.

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