CURRICULUM VITAE

Jose M. Portal, M.D.

BIRTHDATE:

November 9, 1958

FAMILY:

Wife – Cynthia Portal, M.D.
Children – Christina Elena,  Andrew Joseph

EDUCATION:

8/76 - 5/80	University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia B.A.  Biochemistry – 1980
9/80 - 5/84	University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Virginia M.D. – 1984

INTERNSHIP:

7/84 - 7/85

Internal Medicine Department Shands Hospital Univeristy of Florida Gainesville, Florida

RESIDENCY:

7/85 - 7/88

Ophthalmology Department Shands Hospital University of Florida Gainesville, Florida

FELLOWSHIP:

7/88 - 7/89

Pediatric Ophthalmology Marshall Parks, M.D. Childresn Hospital National Medical Center

HONORS:

• Valedictorian -   J.E.B. Stuart High School
  Falls Church Virginia - 6/76
• SUMMA CUM LAUDE - University of Virginia - 5/80
• PHI BETA KAPPA - University of Virginia - 5/80
• ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA - University of Virginia School of Medicine - 3/83
• 8/89-12/00 - Opticare Eye Health Centers Norwalk

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology

PUBLICATIONS:

• Portal, JM; Romano, P:  “Rome of Ocular Dominance on Sports”, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 319, Page 655, Sept. 8, 1988
• Portal, JM; Romano, P:  “Ocular Sighting Dominance”, Binocular Vision, Vol. 13, Page 125, 1998