Curriculum Vitae

Education

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) — Mexico City, Mexico

2019 — 2025
High-Performance Academic Program (PAEA) — 2× Congress 1st Place

Six-year medical degree with comprehensive clinical rotations. Member of the High-Performance Academic Program (PAEA). Two-time 1st place winner at the PAEA Congress (2022, 2024). Thesis focused on cardiovascular medicine.

Social Service Medical Intern

National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez — Mexico City, Mexico

2025 — Present

Mandatory social service placement at Mexico's foremost cardiology institute. Serving as research assistant on two active clinical protocols alongside clinical duties.

Undergraduate Medical Internship

Hospital Médica Sur — Mayo Clinic Care Network — Mexico City, Mexico

2024 — 2024
Chief Medical Intern

Year-long rotating internship at a Mayo Clinic Care Network affiliate hospital. Appointed Chief Medical Intern. Rotations across internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, paediatrics, and emergency medicine.

Exchange Program — Vascular Surgery

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University — Paris, France

2024 — 2024

International clinical exchange in the Vascular Surgery department at one of Europe's leading academic hospitals.

Hospital Experience

Chief Medical Intern

Hospital Médica Sur — Mayo Clinic Care Network

Jan 2024 — Dec 2024

Appointed chief among the medical intern cohort

Research Activity

Research Assistant

National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez

Feb 2025 — Present

Co-investigator on two active cardiology clinical protocols

Active research participation on the VOICE HF protocol (vericiguat and ventricular mechanics by advanced echocardiography) and a fixed-dose combination pharmacotherapy adherence protocol in hypertension and dyslipidemia.

Research Assistant

Mission Brain – UNAM

Jan 2021 — Dec 2022

Two research projects on neurology and brain tumors

Contributed to two projects: (1) Effect of subthalamic nucleus stimulation on psychosocial functioning (SCOPA-PS scale), and (2) Infratentorial and supratentorial tumors and their relationship with sleep disturbances.

Research Assistant

Endocrinology Dept, National Medical Center "Siglo XXI"

Jan 2023 — Dec 2023

Study on visceral fat, NAFLD, and adiponectin in T2DM

Congress Participation

American Heart Association Scholar Graduate

American Heart Association

Jan 2025 — Present

Paul Dudley White International Scholarship recipient (2025–2026)

Professional Member

European Society of Cardiology

Jan 2025 — Present

Professional Member

American Heart Association

Jan 2025 — Present

Certification Support

Volunteer Paramedic Cadet Trainee

SUUMA — University Emergency Medical System, UNAM

Jan 2023 — Present

Prehospital emergency medical care training and active field deployments

Basic Life Support (BLS)

American Heart Association

Oct 2025 — Oct 2025

Certified October 2025

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

American Heart Association

Oct 2025 — Oct 2025

Certified October 2025

Teacher Training and Updating in Health Sciences Workshop (TaFADoCS)

UNAM

Jan 2021 — Dec 2021

Social Determinants of Health

TUFH / iSTEP

Jan 2020 — Dec 2021

Bioethics Training Program (PUB)

UNAM

Jan 2020 — Dec 2020

Scientific Publishing and Presentation Course

Mexican Society of Cardiology

Jan 2024 — Dec 2024

Epidemiology, Statistics, and Research Methodology

National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INNN)

Jan 2024 — Dec 2024

Foundations of Electrocardiography

Mexican Society of Cardiology

Jan 2025 — Dec 2025

Bases of Nutrition Biochemistry

Mexican Association for Training and Professional Specialization

Jan 2020 — Dec 2020

Medical Clubs

Journal Club Chair

Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)

Jan 2024 — Dec 2024

Member

Mission: Brain Chapter UNAM

Jan 2021 — Jun 2025

Institutional Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Jan 2020 — Dec 2023

Taught undergraduate public health to medical students

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Jan 2021 — Dec 2023

Taught biomedical informatics and data tools to medical students

Coordinator, Bioethics Department

SDG HUB UNAM Program

Jan 2020 — Dec 2022

Led bioethics department within the UN Sustainable Development Goals hub at UNAM

Health Content Adviser (AstraZeneca Account)

Cu4tro Marketing Company

Jan 2023 — Present

Medical accuracy review and health content strategy for AstraZeneca marketing

Dr. Sofia Santillán Herrera

Dr. Sofia Santillán

Physician · Social Service Medical Intern at INC · Aspiring Cardiologist · Researcher

Social Service — National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez

Mexico City, Mexico

sofiasantillanherrera@gmail.com

Awards & Distinctions

Languages

Spanish Native
English Advanced (TOEFL iBT 108 pts.)
French Advanced (DELF B2, 2024)
Japanese Elementary (JLPT N4, 2011)
German Elementary

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
EKG interpretation (EKG 101, Mexican Society of Cardiology, 2025)
Epidemiology, statistics & research methodology (INNN, 2024)
Research coding R (tidyverse, dplyr, ggplot2, Shiny) · STATA
Programming Python (pandas, BeautifulSoup, TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenAI API)
Quantitative skills Bayesian statistics, survival analysis, regression & classification, time-series, data cleaning (Excel, CSV, STATA, SQL), EDA, reproducible workflows

Interests

Cooking · Piano · Sustainable nutrition · Creative writing