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Hector David Meza Comparan

Hector David Meza Comparan, MD

Research Scholar

Department: MD-NEURO-NEUROCRITICAL CARE
Business Phone: (352) 273-5550
Business Email: hmezacomparan@ufl.edu

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About Hector David Meza Comparan

Dr. Meza Comparan received his medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the largest university in Latin America. While attending medical school, he discovered his passion for research and has actively participated in observational studies and clinical trials since then. He has co-authored several publications and has peer-reviewed more than 30 articles.

A medical education enthusiast, he has lectured on research methodology to medical students. In 2022, he received the Youth Award in his home state of Tabasco, Mexico, in recognition of his outstanding academic performance. A compassionate, knowledge-driven, and caring physician, Dr. Meza Comparan’s areas of interest include neurocritical care, neuroimmunology, neuromonitoring, neuroprognostication, CNS infections, and vascular neurology. In his free time, he enjoys playing music, singing, brewing coffee, and watching TV series and films.

Accomplishments

  1. State Youth Award (Premio Estatal de la Juventud)

    Instituto de la Juventud y el Deporte de Tabasco (Mexico)

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Neurocritical Care in Transplant Patients

    Journal
    Current Treatment Options in Neurology.
    Volume/Issue
    27(1)
    [DOI]
    10.1007/s11940-024-00815-5.
    Publisher’s Site

  2. Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors for Headache After Elective Cranial Neurosurgery: Results from a Systematic Review of Efficacy of Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors for Headache After Acute Brain Injury

    Journal
    Neurocritical Care.
    [DOI]
    10.1007/s12028-024-02114-y.
    Publisher’s Site

  3. Rationale and Design for the BLOCK-SAH Study (Pterygopalatine Fossa Block as an Opioid-Sparing Treatment for Acute Headache in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage): A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial with a Sequential Parallel Comparison Design

    Journal
    Neurocritical Care.
    [DOI]
    10.1007/s12028-024-02078-z.
    Publisher’s Site

  4. Role of Renal Venous Oxygen Pressure for Renal Function Monitoring After Related Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Cohort Study

    Journal
    Transplantation Proceedings.
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.11.010.
    Publisher’s Site

  5. Hemodynamic and respiratory support in pulmonary embolism: a narrative review.

    Journal
    Frontiers in medicine.
    Volume/Issue
    10
    [DOI]
    10.3389/fmed.2023.1123793.
    [PMID]
    37332759.
    27 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  6. Simplified acute physiology score II and Mannheim peritonitis index are associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with abdominal sepsis admitted to ICU

    Journal
    Cirugía y Cirujanos.
    Volume/Issue
    90(92)
    [DOI]
    10.24875/ciru.22000219.
    Publisher’s Site

  7. Awake Prone Positioning in COVID-19

    Journal
    JAMA Internal Medicine.
    Volume/Issue
    182(9)
    [DOI]
    10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.3115.
    Publisher’s Site

  8. COVID-19 patients with increasing age experience differential time to initial medical care and severity of symptoms

    Journal
    Epidemiology and Infection.
    Volume/Issue
    149
    [DOI]
    10.1017/s095026882100234x.
    Publisher’s Site

Education

  1. MD

    Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-5550
Emails:
Business:
hmezacomparan@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
1149 NEWELL DR 100 RM L3
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1149 NEWELL DR RM L3 # 100
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610