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Dominican Republic

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Medical Doctor & Researcher | Health Data Analysis, Systematic Reviews, Scientific Writing, Research Publication Support

Profile Summary

Welcome to my freelance profile! I’m an M.D. and Harvard-trained researcher with experience in healthcare data analysis, medical writing, and evidence synthesis. With a solid background in public health, neuroscience, and global clinical research, I help healthcare professionals, researchers, and organizations turn complex data into actionable insights and produce high-impact medical content aligned with the highest scientific standards. Over the past 6 years, I’ve contributed to 80+ research projects and peer-reviewed publications, including work published in The Lancet Global Health, Anaesthesia, and British Journal of Surgery. My work spans systematic reviews, clinical trial documentation, epidemiological data analysis, CME materials, and multilingual (English–Spanish) scientific communication. Expertise Includes: 🔸Statistical analysis & visualization (STATA, SPSS, Excel) 🔸Systematic literature reviews & meta-analyses (PRISMA-compliant) 🔸Clinical research protocols, case reports & investigator brochures 🔸Medical writing & editing (journal articles, abstracts, patient education, CME) 🔸Data cleaning, processing & dashboard development 🔸Scientific consulting for healthcare NGOs, biotech firms, and hospitals Whether you're preparing for peer-reviewed publication, writing a case report, preparing an abstract for poster presentation, conducting clinical research, or seeking to visualize health outcomes meaningfully, I bring scientific accuracy, clinical context, and analytical meticulousness to every project. Reach out to discuss how I can support your next project with data-driven insights and polished medical content.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Health Data Analysis
• ★ STATA
• ★ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurophysiology
• ☆ Neuroanatomy
• ☆ Information Technology
• ☆ Database Management
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Spanish
• ☆ SPSS
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ LaTex
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ IRB Applications
• ☆ Clinical Trial Design
• ☆ Clinical Data Management
• ☆ Clinical Trials Data Analysis
• ☆ Medical Education
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Epidemiology
• ☆ Global Health
• ☆ Quality of Life Assessment
• ☆ Healthcare Administration & Management
• ☆ Healthcare Quality Improvement
• ☆ Health Education
• ☆ Medical Terminology
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Presentation Design
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME) Training
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Regulatory Writing
• ☆ Clinical Trial Documentation
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Medical Content Writing
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME) Materials
• ☆ Healthcare Communications
• ☆ Patient Education Materials
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Medical Copywriting
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ User Guides & Handbooks
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Language Translation
• ☆ Audio Transcription
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Data-Driven Decision Making

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Neurology Research Fellow

Diagnostic Centers and Advanced Medicine and Telemedicine and Medical Conference (CEDIMAT)

July 2024 - Present

Research Intern

Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud

August 2022 - August 2023

Education

Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR) 5-Day Immersion Course (Executive and Continuing Professional Education)

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

October 2023 - November 2023

Principles and Practice of Clinical Research Diploma (Center for Executive and Continuing Professional Education)

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

March 2023 - November 2023

MD (School of Medicine)

Universidad Iberoamericana

January 2016 - July 2022

Scientific manuscript writing (Research)

Hospital General

October 2021 - November 2021

Certifications

• Good Clinical Practices

  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  https://www.notion.so/cedbruz/Good-Clinical-Practices-205fcf83013b8018babafef8059003c6?source=copy_link

  August 2022 - August 2025

Publications

CONFERENCE POSTER

Stephanie Daniela Castro, Stephanie Daniela Castro, Stephanie Daniela Castro, Stephanie Daniela Castro, Stephanie Daniela Castro, Stephanie Daniela Castro, Stephanie Daniela Castro, Maria Cedeño-Bruzual, Maria Cedeño-Bruzual, Maria Cedeño-Bruzual, et al. (2025). Risking the bleed: Alteplase vs Tenecteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Middle Income Country. European Stroke Organisation Congress 2025.

Cedeño-Bruzual M, Acra-Tolari R, Blaubach A, Rojas-Fermín R. [Abstracts of the 8th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology] Virtual Poster EPV-449:"Neurological characterization of COVID-19 inpatients: A retrospective study in the Dominican Republic". Eur J of Neurol; 2022 Jun; 1 Suppl. ISSN 1468-1331 (202206)29:6+1. Available from: https://www.ean.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ean/congress-2022/EAN2022AbstractBook.pdf .

R. Acra-Tolari, M. Cedeño-Bruzual, A. Blaubach-Russian, R. Rojas-Fermín. [32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases] ePoster "A story of compromise right by the sun’s path: COVID-19 in a Dominican Republic healthcare facility". Session PS082, Int code L0357 .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Cedeño M, Lora S, Peralta RAR, Castro S, Vásquez CT, Méndez F, et al. Time to Imaging and Functional Outcomes: Visualizing Predictive Trends between Door-to-Imaging, NIHSS, and mRS (P9-14.014). Neurology [Internet]. 2025 Apr 8;104(7_Supplement_1):4621. Available from: https://www.neurology.org/doi/abs/10.1212/WNL.0000000000211803 .

Latin American Surgical Outcomes Study (LASOS) group. “Patient outcomes after surgery in 17 Latin American countries (LASOS): a 7 day prospective cohort study.” The Lancet. Global health vol. 13,4 (2025): e635-e645. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00558-8 .

Yoanna S. Pumpalova, Sophie Wagner, Alice Agyekum, Zainab Aziz, Andria Reyes, Dolores Magdalena Mejia De la Cruz, María Fernanda Cedeño, Julio Rivas, Omar Ebrahim, Karla Marie Disla Pineda, et al. (2024). Cost effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in the Dominican Republic . Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Maria Fernanda Cedeño-Bruzual, Carolina Sáez-Alarcón, Monica Cintra, Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA, Gustavo Whipple Gonzalez, Daniele Hamamoto, Franiana Blanco Mendez, Ananda Queiroz Rocha Lima, Michell Saavedra, Fernanda Padrão Fernandes, et al. (2023). Animal-Assisted Therapy in Children Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Literature Review of Randomized Controlled Trials . Principles and Practice of Clinical Research Journal.

Cedeño-Bruzual, Maria, et al. "Neurotoxoplasmosis: a 5-year story in the Dominican Republic (P14-10.004)." Neurology 100.17_supplement_2 (2023): 3737 .

COVIDSurg Collaborative. and GlobalSurg Collaborative. “Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study.” Anaesthesia vol. 76,11 (2021): 1454-1464. doi:10.1111/anae.15560 .

COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative (2021). SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study . British Journal of Surgery.

COVIDSurg Collaborative. and GlobalSurg Collaborative. “SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study.” Anaesthesia vol. 77,1 (2022): 28-39. doi:10.1111/anae.15563 .

Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study COVIDSurg Collaborative. and GlobalSurg Collaborative. “Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study.” Anaesthesia vol. 76,6 (2021): 748-758. doi:10.1111/anae.15458 . Anaesthesia.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

1. Calcaño R, Sánchez A, Cedeño-Bruzual M. INFECCIÓN CAUSADA POR MICOBACTERIAS NO TUBERCULOSAS: REPORTE DE CASO. “SIMILAR NO ES IGUAL” [Translation: Infection Caused By Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Case Report. “Similar is not Equal to”]. "Infectología en tiempos de COVID-19" [Internet]. Asociación Panamericana de Infectología; 2022 [cited 26 January 2022]. p. 63-64. Available from: https://revistas.utp.edu.co/index.php/panamericana/article/view/24890 .

DISSERTATION THESIS

Cedeño Bruzual, María Fernanda, and Ricardo José Acra Tolari. Características clínicas y demográficas como predictores de severidad y mortalidad en pacientes COVID-19 del Hospital General Plaza de la Salud, en la ciudad de Santo Domingo, entre los meses de marzo-diciembre 2020. Diss. Santo Domingo: Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), 2021 .

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

Cedeño MF, Reyes LP. A challenge for inclusion in the Dominican Republic's Health Care Services [Internet]. The European Sting - Critical News & Insights on European Politics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Business & Technology - europeansting.com. The European Sting; 2019. Available from: https://europeansting.com/2019/07/24/a-challenge-for-inclusion-in-the-dominican-republics-health-care-services/ .

Cedeño MF, Acosta J. Primary Healthcare should be strongly connected with initial education [Internet]. The European Sting - Critical News & Insights on European Politics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Business & Technology - europeansting.com. The European Sting; 2019. Available from: https://europeansting.com/2019/03/20/primary-healthcare-should-be-strongly-connected-with-initial-education/ .