Hector Colon-Rivera

Areas of expertise and specialization

Treatments

• Inpatient, ED, Addiction, Adolescents

Professional Society Memberships

• American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Articles and Publications

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  Brief Newspaper Peer Reviewed Articles:

   

  1.    Colon-Rivera HA. “Residents Bring APAF’s ‘Typical or Troubled’ Program to Puerto Rico” Psychiatric News, May 31st, 2017

   

  2.     Colon-Rivera HA. “The Forgotten Island” Psychiatric News, June 14th, 2016.

   

  3.     Colon-Rivera HA. “Our Opioid Epidemic: How Can We Help?” The Official Newsletter of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Spring 2016, Volume 32, Number 1, Pages 8, 13. 

   

  Original, Peer Reviewed Articles:

   

  1.     Muvvala S, Colon-Rivera HA, Camenga D. “Medications for Maintenance Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Adolescents: A Narrative Review with Recommendations for Clinical Practice and Future Research” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2017. Abstract Accepted. Submitting manuscript soon. 

   

  2.     Daum AM, Colon-Rivera HA, Nykiel S. “Shared Medical Appointments Role in the Opioid Epidemic Era; A Tool for Integration of Care” J Addict Res Ther. 2017, June. Accepted

   

  3.     Barmada H, Roberts S, Patil D, Colon-Rivera HA, Chang G. “Perceived stigma and satisfaction with care among veterans receiving methadone maintenance treatment:  A pilot study” Addictive Diseases and their Treatment. 2017, June. Accepted 

   

  4.     Broad KL, Colon-Rivera HA, Haque L. Re: Primary care management of opioid use disorders: Abstinence, methadone, or buprenorphine-naloxone? E-Published, Can Fam Physician. 2017, May 16. 

   

  5.     Thapa M, Colon-Rivera HA, Taylor M, Greenfield SF, Marienfeld C.  “Assuring the Appropriate Care of Pregnant and Newly Delivered Women Addicts” American Psychiatric Society Position Statements, May, 2016. 

   

  6.     Montenegro R, Colon-Rivera HA. Racial/Ethnic and Sexual/Gender Minority Training Experiences in Psychiatry: Past, Present, and Future Directions to Improving Training Climate, The Am J of Psychiatry Residents Edition, January 2016. 

   

  7.     Colon-Rivera HA, Daum AM, Nykiel S. The impact of sharing: The use of shared medical appointments to allow providers to increase treatment access for substance use and related disorders. Subst Abus. 2016 Jan-Mar, 37 (1):7-8.

   

  8.     Colon-Rivera HA, Oldham MA. The mind with a radio of its own: a case report and review of the literature on the treatment of musical hallucinations. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2014 Mar-Apr, 36 (2):220-4.

   

  9.     Colon-Rivera HA, Jimenez-Torres GJ, Lugo F. Evolving story of vitamin D, supplementing vs. implementing new approaches. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2013Jul, 128 (1):99-100.

What do you attribute your success to?

• My family. Being self-motivated and pro-active.

Hobbies / Sports

• Performance Cars, Health, Traveling, Business

Favorite professional publications

• APA, JAMA

Areas of research

 Research Experience: 

June 2014- Serve as a co-investigator for “Veteran’s Perceptions of Opiate Agonist Therapy." Boston University School of Medicine & Boston VA Health Care System.  Principal Investigator: Grace Chang MD, MPH, Grace.Chang2@va.gov 

April 2015-May 2015Screening of research literature abstracts for psychiatric practice guidelines, working with The APA Office of Quality Improvement and Psychiatric Services (QIPS) to facilitate a global search of relevant psychiatric treatment literature. Principal Investigator: Laura Fochtmann MD, MBI, Phone: (631) 444-1607.laura.fochtmann@stonybrook.edu 

May 2009-July 2009Research Assistant for "Improving cancer screening in community clinics." Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital- Washington DC. Principal Investigator: Elmer Huertas MD, Claire Selsky MA, cfs25@georgetown.edu 

Jan 2008-May 2008Research Assistant for "Phenotypic identification and molecular characteristic action of staphylococcus aureus and clostridium difficile isolates." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. Principal Investigator: Brandi Limbago PhD, Deputy Branch Chief at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Brandi.limbago@cdc.hhs.gov 

May2006-June2016 "Analysis of Plasmodium berguei gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase’s role in drug resistance lines and the knockout of this gene." Leids Universitair Medisch, Department of Parasitology at LUMC Leiden in The Netherlands

Principal Investigators: Andrew Waters PhD, Andy.waters@glasgow.ac.uk

June 2004-June2008 "Investigation of DNA lines with multi drug resistance in Malaria.” University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus- San Juan, PR. Principal Investigator: Adelfa Serrano PhD, Adelfa.serrano@upr.edu

Research Supports and Grants:

June 2016-American Psychiatric Association Substance Abuse Fellowship PGY5

July2014-June 2016American Psychiatric Association and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship

June 2012 United Health Foundation Diverse Scholars Forum Research Grant

June 2011Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Community Research Scholarship

June 2009Latin American Cancer Research Coalition Fellow Grant, Georgetown University. Hospital-Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, DC

June 2006-2008Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Research Training Grant

May 2006The Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Grant 

Position Statements:

1.Thapa M; Colon-Rivera HA; Taylor M; Greenfield SF, Marienfeld C.  “Assuring the Appropriate Care of Pregnant and Newly Delivered Women Addicts” American Psychiatric Society Position Statements, 2015-16 Under revision by the APA Addiction Council 

Poster Presentations:

1.Torres-Llenza V; Padilla A; Tirado-Morales D; Colon-Rivera HA; Rodriguez-Cabezas L; Parekh R. "How to impact a community with a Mental Health Tour? A Mental Health awareness tour, a tool to impact a community? American Psychiatric Association 169th Institute on Psychiatric on Services Annual Meeting, 2015 October 8-11th. 

2.Chong W; Colon-Rivera H; Merete C; Vera A; Juarbe LA; Iriarte I, M.D "Attitudes and sex education influence on knowledge of sexual behavior among high school students in Vieques, PR." The National American Medical Society Association Conference in Washington, DC, 2011 March 10-13. 

3.Ramirez-Fort M; Lastra-Vicente RI; Rakofsky J; Llull M, Colon-Rivera H; Reizner G; Iriarte I. "Epidemiological Survey for Dermatological Diseases among the Population of Puerto Rico." Presented at AAD-American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, FL, 2010.

4.Vega Rodríguez, J; Colón Rivera, HA, Franke-Fayard, B; Delgado-Morales, W; Rodríguez-Orengo, J; Waters, AP; Janse, CJ, Serrano, AE. “Generation of Plasmodium berghei mutants deficient in expression of glutathione reductase” University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in San Juan, PR, 2008. 

5.Vega-Rodriguez J; Franke-Fayard B; Colon-Rivera HA; Janse C; Waters A; Serrano AE. "Disruption of the Multidrug Resistance Associated Protein Gene in Plasmodium Berghei." University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in San Juan, PR, 2007 April.

6.Colón Rivera, HA; Vega Rodríguez, J; Serrano, AE. "Analysis of motifs and the minimum promote region on the gene gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase in sensitive and drug resistant lines of plasmodium berguei." The 24th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, PR, 2006 April. 

 International Presentation:

1.Ubianuju OB, Colon-Rivera HA, Taylor J, “Providing Mental Health Services in Areas with Restricted          Human Rights,” 168th American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2015 May 17th.

National Presentations: 

1.Colon-Rivera HA, “Tell Me about You; My Clinical Approach to Addiction “The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Fifth Annual Educational Meeting, May 18 2016.

2.Colon-Rivera HA, Eaon A., Hurley, B, Levounis, “The Clinical Evaluation and Management of Substance Use Disorders in Transgender Patient Populations” American Psychiatry Association Annual Meeting at Atlanta Georgia, May 15 2016.  

3.Taylor J, Severe J, Colon-Rivera HA, Lewis-Fernandez R, Ranganathan M, “The Context of Psychosis: Cultural Curiosity and Enhanced Clinical Care” American Psychiatry Association Annual Meeting at Atlanta Georgia, May 16 2016.  

4.Montenegro R, Colon-Rivera HA, Johnson K, Zalpuri I, Parekh R, Racial/Ethnic and Sexual/Gender Minority Training Experiences in Psychiatry: Past, Present and Future Directions to Improving Training Climate, American Psychiatric Association 169th Institute on Psychiatric on Services Annual Meeting, October 8th, 2015.  

5.Colon-Rivera HA; Padilla A; Rodriguez-Cabezas L, “Treatment of Minorities in USA, Psychiatric Myths and Realities, Information on Resources (Where to seek help).” Radio Show-WKVM 810 AM – Radio Paz, San Juan, PR, 2015 February 20.

6.Colon-Rivera HA, “Choosing medicine as a profession. What to do?” San Ignacio de Layola High School, San Juan, PR, 2015 February 20. 

7.Colon-Rivera HA, “Psychiatry Residency, PR and USA. Differences, Similarities, Challenges and Rewards.” University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, San Juan, PR, 2015 February 20.

8.Colon-Rivera HA, “From Medical School to Residency, from Collaborations to Integrated care, What is Next?” Universidad Central Del Caribe, Bayamon, PR, 2015 February 19.

9.McCummings J; Colon-Rivera HA, “Recruitment of underrepresented minority medical students to Residency.” Sponsored by the Office of Minority Physician Recruitment at Boston University Medical Center, Universidad Central Del Caribe and Ponce School of Medicine, 2013 and 2014 October 10th.

10.Colon- Rivera, HA; Jimenez J, “Hablemos de Cancer” (Let’s talk about Cancer). Discuss the need of a clinic dedicated to work with patient and their family members to work with mental health care during cancer treatment. Ponce, PR, 2010 February 10.

11.Ramirez-Fort M; Colon-Rivera HA, “How the sun can damage your skin and how to protect it to elementary school students and their parents.” Dermatology and Pathology Interest Group Sun Protection Fun Presentation, Carolina, PR, 2010 February 5.

12.Colon-Rivera HA; Chong W; Merete C; Vera A, “Hablemos de Sexo” (Let's talk about sex), Vieques, PR. Assess the preconceived notion of sexual practices in the teenage population of Vieques, PR, 2009 November 20. 

Regional Presentations:

1Colon-Rivera HA, Whalley A., Anderson E., “Let’s Talk About Opioid Overdose; What are we doing?” Boston University Medical Center Ground Rounds, February 4th, 2016.

2Colon-Rivera HA, “Dual Diagnosis and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.” Causeway Street VA, Boston Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, 2014 November 17. 

3Colon-Rivera HA, “Relapse Prevention Model and Contemporary Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment.” Causeway Street VA, Boston Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, 2014 September 26.

4Colon-Rivera HA, “Time Limited Psychotherapy and other Brief Therapies.” Boston University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Group Therapy Course, 2014 May 22. 

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