
Hector Omar Rivera, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP
Pharmaceutical Medicine
839 CALLE ANASCO APT 822 SAN JUAN PR, 00925About
Dr. Hector Rivera is a clinical pharmacologist practicing in Humacao, PR. Dr. Rivera specializes in developing and testing new pharmaceutical products, with specific focus on the correlation between drugs and diseases. Clinical pharmacologists optimize drug prescribing and prevent medication errors as well as contribute to new drug applications delivered to the FDA.
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- American Association of Pharmacotherapy Specialist, American College of Clinical Pharmacology
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