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Catalina Figueroa

Catalina Figueroa, MD

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4424-021X
  • Phone+31 6 31 11 93 93

  • Correspondence Str. 6.131 | P.O. Box 85500, University Medical Center Utrecht

    3508 GA Utrecht

    Netherlands

20142025

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Biography

Medical doctor from Chile, specialized in Internal Medicine, with international certification in Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM, 2019). Holds a MSc in One Health from Utrecht University, where she focused on data visualization methods to integrate environmental, lifestyle, and biological data for individual exposome risk assessment, supporting the future development of an exposome app.

Currently a researcher (PhDc) at UMC Utrecht, studying the implementation of lifestyle medicine in secondary and tertiary care.

Over 10 years of clinical experience in hospital and outpatient care in Chile, with additional experience in education, including undergraduate medical training and Lifestyle Medicine Certificate Programs in Chile.

Co-founder and inaugural president of the Chilean Society of Lifestyle Medicine (2020–2022).

Education/Academic qualification

MSc One Health (Graduate School of Life Sciences), Utrecht University

2021 → 2023

Specialist in Internal Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

2012 → 2015

Doctor of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

2004 → 2010

Lifestyle Medicine Certified Physician (2019)

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  • Introducing Plant-Based Mediterranean Diet as a Lifestyle Medicine Approach in Latin America: Opportunities Within the Chilean Context

    Figueroa, C., 25 Jun 2021, In: Frontiers in Nutrition. 8, 680452.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • The Role of Healthy Relationships and Social Connectivity in the Mediterranean Lifestyle: An Umbrella Review of Reviews

    Yaman-Dent, G., Dent, G., Lawson, R., Maycroft, H., Figueroa, C., Erringto, L., O'Brien, N., Symington, E., Frates, B., Maniatopoulos, G., Johnson, A., Telinga, A. & Birrell, F., Oct 2025, In: Lifestyle Medicine. 6, 4, e70043.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Defining the Traditional Mediterranean Lifestyle: Joint International Consensus Statement

    Sidossis, L. S., Lawson, R., Aprilakis, E., Barata, B. C., Baska, A., Beneka, A., Bird, R., Birrell, F., Chatzinikola, C., Chondronikola, M., Chrousos, G. P., Conduit, R., Constantinou, C., de Courten, B., Cvejic, J. H., Davis, A. M., Demetriou, C. A., Errington, L., Feehan, J. & Figueroa, C. & 31 others, Flynn, M. M., Frates, B., Kabthymer, R. H., Karagounis, L. G., Karimi, L., Kennedy, G. A., Kolokotroni, O., Korovljev, D., Kouris-Blazos, A., Kushkestani, M., Kyriakides, T. C., Hutanu, E. M., Mosquera, M. C., Nikiphorou, E., O'Brien, N., Philippou, E., Piątek, K., Poole, S., Popescu-Spineni, D., Radd-Vagenas, S., Sidossis, A., Simonis, M., Soultanakis, H., Telinga, A., Tierney, A., Tkacz, A., Vlachopoulos, D., Yaman-Dent, G., Yap, Y., Zervides, Z. & Itsiopoulos, C., Oct 2024, In: Lifestyle Medicine. 5, 4, e115.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Results of a New Telemedicine Strategy in Traumatology and Orthopedics

    Prada, C. E., Izquierdo, N., Traipe, R. & Figueroa, C., 1 May 2020, In: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 26, 5, p. 665-670 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Portafolio en pregrado de Medicina: Impacto educacional a 10 años de su implementación

    Translated title of the contribution: Educational impact after 10 years of implementation of a portfolio for undergraduate medical studentsReyes, D., Isbej, L., Uribe, J., Ruz, C., Pizarro, M., Walker, R., Pérez-Cruz, P., Maldonado, A., Robles, C., Latorre, G., Ivanovic-Zuvic, D., Figueroa, C., González, A., Cotoras, P., Núñez, C., Labarca, J. & Riquelme, A., 2019, In: Revista Médica de Chile. 147, 6, p. 790-798 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Open Access
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