Physical Therapist from Chile, PhD in Clinical Applied Physiology, and post-doc in vascular physiology/functional genomics. 15 years of clinical experience and 15 years in Academia (Chile and the US).

• VizInC Competition, Second Place - UTEP Visualization & Interactive Collaboration (04/28/2023)
• 2024 Linda Crane Memorial Lecture - American Physical Therapy Association's Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy (02/15/2023)
• 2022-2023 Fellow, APTA Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership - American Physical Therapy Association (07/01/2022)
• 2021-2022 College of Health Sciences Mentoring Award - College and Building Scholars (12/07/2021)
• Best Translational Research Abstract - 2nd Annual Sun City Cardiovascular Summit (11/07/2021)
• Charles H. and Shirley T. Leavell Endowed Chair Faculty Fellow in Applied and Translational Research - The University of Texas at El Paso, College of Health Sciences (07/30/2020)
• Charles H. and Shirley T. Leavell Endowed Chair Faculty Fellow in Applied and Translational Research - The University of Texas at El Paso, College of Health Sciences (12/15/2018)
• Mentorship to Undergraduate Researchers - Indiana State University, Center for Student Research and Creativity (05/20/2017)
• PhUn week Five-Year Participant - American Physiological Society, Education section (04/23/2017)

• Ph D in Health and Human Performance, University of Florida (2010)
• BS in Physical Therapy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1990)

• Maximal Eccentric Cycling Metabolic Demand Based On True Negative Work Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise® (MSSE) 56 (in press), Manuel Gomez, Ramirez bailey, Daniel Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Quantification of Proteins and Genes Associated with Endothelial Cell Function after Different Shear Stress Intensities in vitro protocols.io (2023), Daniel A. Conde, Mario Garcia, Manuel Gomez, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Relevant Work Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 34 4 (2023), Alvaro Gurovich.
• Thrombin Generation Thresholds for Coagulation Initiation under Flow MDPI Axioms 12 9 (2023), Anass Bouchnita, Kanishk Yadav, Jean-Pierre Llored, Alvaro Gurovich, Vitaly Volpert.
• Vital Impact Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 34 3 (2023), Alvaro Gurovich.
• A short-term eccentric HIIT induced greater reduction in cardio-metabolic risk markers in comparison with concentric HIIT in sedentary overweight men Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 94 2 (2023), Luis Peñailillo, Manuel Diaz-Reiher, Alvaro Gurovich, Marcelo Flores-Opazo.
• Biomechanical Characteristics of the Carotid Artery during Aerobic Exercise 2 (2023), Manuel Gomez, Samuel Montalvo, Alejandro Sanchez, Progga Hassan, Alvaro Gurovich.
• The Effects of Different Intensities on Eccentric Cycling Blood Flow Patterns at a Concentric Cycling Workload Match 2 (2023), Alejandro R. Sanchez, Manuel Gomez, Samuel Montalvo, Alondra Lozano, Sabrina Arias, Alvaro Gurovich.
• In Vitro Exercise-Induced Endothelial Shear Stress Protects the Vascular Endothelium Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 34 2 (2023), Manuel Amador, Jonathan A. Huerta, Mario A. Garcia, Daniel A. Conde, Alvaro Gurovich.
• The Effects Of Different Intensities On Eccentric Cycling Blood Flow Patterns At A Concentric Cycling Workload Match: 1224 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 55 9S (2023), Alejandro R. Sanchez, Manuel Gomez, Samuel Montalvo, Alondra Lozano, Sabrina Arias, Alvaro Gurovich.
• The Effects of a Physical Therapy Program and the Covid-19 Pandemic on Student's Health Outcomes Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 34 1 (2023), Kristin S. Moreno, Caitlyn P. Ferguson, Vanessa A. Garcia, Samuel Montalvo, Alvaro N. Gurovich.
• Welcome to a New Era Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 34 1 (2023), Alvaro Gurovich.
• Near Infrared Spectroscopy is not a Surrogate of Venous Occlusion Plethysmography to Assess Microvascular Resting Blood Flow and Function. International journal of exercise science 15 2 (2022), M Gomez, Samuel Montalvo, Alvaro Gurovich.
• End of the Road, Beginning of a New Era Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal (2022), Alvaro Gurovich.
• Brachial Artery Blood Flow Patterns During Eccentric Cycling Exercise Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 54 9S (2022), Manuel Gomez, Samuel Montalvo, Alondra Lozano, Sabrina Arias, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences In Blood-flow Patterns Of The Carotid Artery Between Two Exercise Modalities At Three Intensities Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 54 9S (2022), Sabrina Arias, Samuel Montalvo, Manuel Gomez, Alondra Lozano, Progga F. Hassan, Alvaro Gurovich.
• High Blood Lactate Levels Are Maintained For Almost 60 Minutes During High Intensity Interval Training Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 54 9S (2022), Juan C. Mazza, Raul R. Festa, Sandra L. Prieto, Gustavo D'Andrea, Maria B. Pasquali, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Transitions and New Ideas Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 33 3 (2022), Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences in Blood Flow Patterns and Endothelial Shear Stress at the Carotid Artery Using Different Exercise Modalities and Intensities. Frontiers in physiology 13 (2022), Samuel Montalvo, M Gomez, A Lozano, S Arias, L Rodriguez, F Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Exercise‐Induced Shear Stress Upregulates eNOS Protein <i>in vitro</i> The FASEB Journal 36 S1 (2022), Mario Garcia, Shelsea Cabral, Carmen Rodriguez, Daniel A. Conde, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Higher Levels of Shear Stress Downregulate Endothelin‐1 mRNA Expression The FASEB Journal 36 S1 (2022), Carmen Rodriguez, Mario Garcia, Shelsea Cabral, Daniel A. Conde, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Moderate Intensity Exercise‐Induced Shear Stress Upregulates eNOS mRNA Expression The FASEB Journal 36 S1 (2022), Alvaro Gurovich, Shelsea Cabral, Carmen Rodriguez, Daniel A. Conde, Mario Garcia.
• Current Research, Exciting Future Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 33 2 (2022), Alvaro Gurovich.
• New Year, New Volume, New Cover, Same High-Quality Relevant Research Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 33 1 (2022), Alvaro Gurovich.
• There are no differences in brachial artery endothelial shear stress and blood flow patterns between males and females during exercise. Clinical physiology and functional imaging 41 6 (2021), Alvaro Gurovich, L Rodriguez, F Morales-Acuna.
• Effects of 1 MHz Therapeutic Ultrasound on Limb Blood Flow and Microvascular Reactivity: A Randomized Pilot Trial. International journal of environmental research and public health 18 21 (2021), M Waters, B Miljkovic, J Rascon, M Gomez, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Keeping the Torch Burning Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 32 4 (2021), Alvaro Gurovich.
• Blood Lactate Steady State During High Intensity Interval Training Could Be Sustained Over Continuous Maximal Lactate Steady State Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 53 8S (2021), Raul R. Festa, Juan C. Mazza, Sandra L. Prieto, Gustavo D'Andrea, Lisandro Ruffo, Maria B. Pasquali, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Estimation Of Skeletal Muscle Tissue In Athletes Using Dual X Ray Absorptiometry, Anthropometry, And Bioelectrical Impedance Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 53 8S (2021), Fernando A. Bravo, Elda Pacheco-Pantoja, Carlos J. Padilla, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Effects of Exercise Induced Endothelial Cell Shear Stress on eNOS and Nitrotyrosine Expression in Different Sites of a Bifurcated Model The FASEB Journal 35 S1 (2021), Daniel A. Conde, Mario Garcia, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Moderate Exercise‐Induced Endothelial Shear Stress Increases eNOS Expression in vitro The FASEB Journal 35 S1 (2021), Mario Garcia, Daniel A. Conde, Alvaro Gurovich.
• A Novel “Eccentric” Therapeutic Approach for Individuals Recovering From COVID-19 Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal Publish Ahead of Print (2021), Alvaro Gurovich, Sangeeta Tiwari, Stephanie Kehl, Emre Umucu, Luis Peñailillo.
• Imaging Ultrasound Assessment of Exercise-Induced Endothelial Shear Stress of the Brachial and Carotid Arteries Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 32 1 (2021), Alvaro Gurovich, Lisa Rodriguez, Manuel Gomez, Paulina Caraveo, Luis Ochoa, Francisco Morales-Acuna.
• Special Issue Guest Editorial: Basic and Applied Physiology Research Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 32 1 (2021), Alvaro Gurovich, Richard Severin.
• A Novel “Eccentric” Therapeutic Approach for Individuals Recovering From COVID-19 Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal. (2020), Alvaro Gurovich, Sangeeta Tiwari, Stephanie Kehl*, Emre Umucu, Luis Peñailillo.
• Differences between Males and Females in Determining Exercise Intensity. International journal of exercise science 13 4 (2020), Jozelyn Rascon, Elizabeth Trujillo, Francisco J. Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Blood Lactate Steady State Is Maintained During Moderate Intensity Interval Training Depending Rest Time Duration Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 7S (2020), Juan C. Mazza, Raul R. Festa, Sandra L. Prieto, Gustavo D'Andrea, Maria B. Pasquali, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Boxing Training Effects On Brachial And Popliteal Endothelial Function In Prehypertensive Individuals Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 7S (2020), Paulina Caraveo, Francisco M. Acuna, Andrea Rico, Carlos Rehbein, Manuel Gomez, Lisa Rodriguez, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Boxing Training Effects On Cardiorespiratory Fitness In Individuals With Prehypertension Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 7S (2020), Janeth B. Aguilera, Rosa E. Lara Fuentes, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Karla Irigoyen, Manuel Gomez, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Comparison Of Oxyhemoglobin, Deoxyhemoglobin, Tissue Oxygen Saturation, And Venous Occlusion Plethysmography Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 7S (2020), Manuel Gomez, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Effects Of Boxing Training On Peripheral And Central Blood Pressure And Arterial Stiffness In Prehypertension Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 7S (2020), Francisco Morales-Acuna, Manuel Gomez, Lisa Rodriguez, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Endothelial Shear Stress In The Common Carotid Artery During Boxing Training Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 7S (2020), Karla F. Carrillo, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Manuel Gomez, Lisa Rodriguez, Paulina Caraveo, Alvaro Gurovich.
• VO2 Max And Ventilatory Threshold Comparison Between Boxing And Arm-crank Exercise Tests Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52 7S (2020), Enrique A. Sosa, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Manuel Gomez, Lisa Rodriguez, Paulina Caraveo, Janet Juarez, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Effects of in vitro exercise-induced endothelial shear stress on adhesion molecule gene expression FASEB JOURNAL 34 (2020), Daniel A. Conde, Manuel Gomez, Mario Garcia, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Effects of in Vitro Exercise-Induced Endothelial Shear Stress on Oxidative Stress and Vasoconstriction Gene Expression FASEB JOURNAL 34 (2020), Mario Garcia, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Daniel A. Conde, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Endothelial shear stress in the common carotid artery during boxing training in prehypertension FASEB JOURNAL 34 (2020), Manuel Gomez, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Lisa Rodriguez, Paulina Caraveo, Alvaro Gurovich.
• PhUn Day: Third Times a Charm FASEB JOURNAL 34 (2020), Jozelyn Rascon, Elizabeth Trujillo, Brianna Aguilar, Mariana Guerrero, Aaron Keller, Andrea Rico, Victoria Nunez, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Reliability of a Novel Ultrasound Transducer Holder for Flow-Mediated Dilation FASEB JOURNAL 34 (2020), Lisa Rodriguez, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Juan A. Aguilera, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Effects of Pulsatile Exercise-induced Shear Stress on eNOS, SOD, VCAM-1, and ICAM-1 mRNA Expression of Human Carotid Artery Endothelial Cells Artery Research 25 Supplement 1 (2020), Francisco Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences in Wasted Left Ventricular Energy between Patients with CAD and Sex-, Age-Matched Active Controls. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 31 1 (2020), Alexandria D. Molinar, Christian Ibe, Joselyn Rascon, Lisa Rodriguez, Francisco Morales, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Exercise-Induced Blood Flow Patterns in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 31 1 (2020), Cynthia K. Montenegro, Delfina Vasquez, Joselyn Rascon, Jessica Maddox, Francisco Morales, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Acute dietary nitrate does not reduce resting metabolic rate or oxidative stress marker 8-isoprostane in healthy males and females International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 70 7 (2019), Colin R. Carriker, Caleb D. Harrison, Evan J. Bockover, Brycen J. Ratcliffe, Sierra Crowe, Francisco Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Putting the Physiology Back in Physiotherapy Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 30 4 (2019), Richard Severin, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Characterization of blood flow patterns and endothelial shear stress during flow‐mediated dilation Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging 39 4 (2019), Francisco Morales‐Acuna, Luis Ochoa, Carolina Valencia, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Blood Flow Patterns during Flow-Mediated Dilation Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 51 Supplement (2019), Francisco Morales-Acuna, Carolina Valencia, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences in Determining Exercise Intensity in Males and Females Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 51 Supplement (2019), Jozelyn Rascon, Elizabeth Trujillo, Francisco J. Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Lactate Threshold Velocity At 4 mMol/l Does Not Maintain Blood Lactate Levels During Steady State Intensity Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 51 Supplement (2019), Juan C. Mazza, Raúl L. Festa, Sandra L. Prieto, Patricia Cosolito, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Comparison between cuff-based and radial tonometry exercise-induced central blood pressure European Journal of Applied Physiology 119 4 (2019), Francisco Morales-Acuna, Brycen Ratcliffe, Caleb Harrison, Sierra Crowe, Evan Bockover, Robert Pawlak, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences in Exercise-Induced Blood Flow Patterns between Apparently Healthy Female and Male Subjects The FASEB Journal 33 1\_supplement (2019), Marcelo Pena, Francisco J. Pena, Lisa Rodriguez, Francisco J. Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Reactivity to Experimental Pain Assessment in Pain-Free Adults The Journal of Pain 20 4 (2019), Carolina Valencia, F. Morales, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Heart Rate Differences in Males and Females during Similar Physiological Work The FASEB Journal 33 1\_supplement (2019), Elizabeth Trujillo, Jozelyn Rascon, Jessica Maddox, Francisco J. Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• PhUn Week: Bigger and Better The FASEB Journal 33 1\_supplement (2019), Jozelyn Rascon, Elizabeth Trujillo, Marcelo Pena, Francisco J. Pena, Juliana A. Ramirez, Gladys Melendez, Cameron Lazcano, Alvaro Gurovich.

• GRE: a weak predictor of academic and clinical performances in a Hispanic-serving DPT program (2023), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Rhonda Manning, Fredy R. Mora Solis, Michelle L. Gutierrez, Balachandar Kathirvelu, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Mission-Driven Admissions to Enhance Diversity in DPT Education and Workforce (2023), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Rhonda Manning, Fredy R. Mora Solis, Michelle L. Gutierrez, Balachandar Kathirvelu, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Actividad Física y Deporte infanto juvenil como un pilar en la salud y el rendimiento humano (2023), Volume Chihuahua, Mexico, Alvaro Gurovich.
• The Effects Of Different Intensities On Eccentric Cycling Blood Flow Patterns At A Concentric Cycling Workload Match (2023), Volume Denver, CO, Alejandro R. Sanchez, Manuel Gomez, Samuel Montalvo, Alondra Lozano, Sabrina Arias, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Actividad Física y Deporte infanto juvenil, un pilar en la salud y el rendimiento (2022), Volume Virtual, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Actividad Física y Deporte Infanto-Juvenil como un Pilar Fundamental en la Salud y Rendimiento (2022), Volume Virtual, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Rethinking Challenges in Aging: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2022), Volume El Paso Texas, Alvaro Gurovich, Carolina Valencia, Patricia Lara, Cecilia Fierro.
• Major Cardiovascular Changes that Happen with Age (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Brachial Artery Blood Flow Patterns During Eccentric Cycling Exercise (2022), Volume San Diego, CA, Manuel Gomez, Samuel Montalvo, Alondra Lozano, Sabrina Arias, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences In Blood-flow Patterns Of The Carotid Artery Between Two Exercise Modalities At Three Intensities (2022), Volume San Diego, CA, Sabrina Arias, Samuel Montalvo, Manuel Gomez, Alondra Lozano, Progga Hassan, Alvaro Gurovich.
• High Blood Lactate Levels Are Maintained For Almost 60 Minutes During High Intensity Interval Training (2022), Volume San Diego, CA, Juan C. Mazza, Raul Festa, Sandra Prieto, G D'Andrea, M B. Pasquali, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Blood Lactate Steady State During High Intensity Interval Training Could Be Sustained Over Continuous Maximal Lactate Steady State (2021), Volume Minneapolis, MN, Raul R. Festa, Juan C. Mazza, Sandra Prieto, Gustavo D'Andrea, Lisandro Ruffo, Maria Pasquali, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Estimation Of Skeletal Muscle Tissue In Athletes Using Dual X Ray Absorptiometry, Anthropometry, And Bioelectrical Impedance (2021), Volume Minneapolis, MN, Fernando A. Ferreyro Bravo, Elda Pacheco-Pantoja, Carlos J. Padilla, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Actividad Fisica y Deporte Infanto-Juvenil como un Pilar Fundamental en Salud y Rendimiento (2020), Volume Virtual, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Actualización Fisiológica del Paciente Cardíaco (2020), Volume Virtual, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Exercise-Induced Blood Flow Patterns in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease (2020), Volume Virtual, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Long Journey toward Exercise-Induced Blood Flow Patterns (2020), Volume Virtual, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Bringing People Together: The Role of Sports & Citizen Diplomacy (2020), Volume El Paso, TX, Alvaro Gurovich.
• From Bench Research to Cardiovascular Patient Management (2020), Volume Denver, CO, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Exercise-Induced Blood Flow Patterns and Endothelial Function (2020), Volume El Paso, TX, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Blood Flow Patterns during Flow-Mediated Dilation. (2019), Volume El Paso, Francisco J. Morales-Acuna, Carolina Valencia, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences in Determining Exercise Intensity in Males and Females. (2019), Volume El Paso, Jozelyn Rascon, Elizabeth Trujillo, Francisco J. Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Lactate Threshold Velocity At 4 mMol/l Does Not Maintain Blood Lactate Levels During Steady State Intensity. (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Juan C. Mazza, Raul Festa, Sandra Prieto, Patricia Cosolito, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences in Exercise-Induced Blood Flow Patterns between Apparently Healthy Female and Male Subjects (2019), Volume El Paso, Marcelo Pena, Francisco J. Pena, Lisa Rodriguez, Francisco J. Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Heart Rate Differences in Males and Females during Similar Physiological Work (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Elizabeth Trujillo, Rascon Jozelyn, Jessica Maddox, Francisco J. Morales-Acuna, Alvaro Gurovich.
• PhUn Week: Bigger and Better (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Rascon Jozelyn, Elizabeth Trujillo, Marcelo Pena, Francisco . Pena, Juliana A. Ramirez, Gladys Melendez, Cameron Lazcano, Alvaro Gurovich.

• Charles H. and Shirley T. Leavell Endowed Chair Faculty Fellow in Applied and Translational Research