Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM

Dr. Mora Pinzon is a physician-scientist, board certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. She graduated from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Escuela Jose Maria Vargas in Caracas, Venezuela, and completed her preventive medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is currently an assistant professor on the tenure track at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology. Her work seeks to improve healthcare access for patients living with dementias and their caregivers, particularly among Latino populations.

Among her awards, she was selected as 2018 Young Physician of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association, 2020 William Kane Rising Start Award from the American College of Preventive Medicine, and more recently named by Medscape as one of the 25 Rising Stars in Medicine. Dr. Mora Pinzon is a REC scholar with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and received a K99/R00 from the National Institute of Aging to fund her project “Improving Access to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia’s Care Services for Latinx Individuals at Community Health Clinics.”