Dr. Velázquez Mañana is a native Puerto Rican who is currently completing her hematology-oncology fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Velazquez received her undergraduate degree in pre medical sciences at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. She obtained her medical degree at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, were she received leadership awards and the Dr. Ramon Ruiz Arnau research award. During her medical school training, she obtained a master's degree in biomedical sciences focused on clinical and translational sciences from Mayo Clinic's Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Dr. Velazquez completed her internal medicine residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City, were she was awarded the Ira B. Cohen Award for most outstanding house officer and was selected to serve as Chief Resident. During her residency training she led multiple quality improvement projects focused on resource overuse affecting hospitalized patients and cancer patients.
Career Interests: Dr. Velazquez plans to pursue a career in academic medicine that combines her clinical focus in thoracic oncology, quality improvement, and health disparities research affecting minority cancer patients and survivors. She hopes to continue to advocate for healthcare workforce diversity and gender equity.
Research Interests: Her research interests include the study of cancer disparities and improving the quality of care delivered to racial minority cancer patients and survivors.