Hometown:
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Hobbies:
Hiking Colorado with my significant other and our pup, all things Harry Potter (I'm a Ravenclaw who supports all transgender and non-binary people), hot yoga, baking, tea, English literature/film/television, general leisure reading, sports fanatic (MLB, NFL, NBA and everything in between), avid podcast listener and movie/TV watcher, home gardening, interior design, medical student education, and CU Minority and Allied Resident Council (MARC) Department of Pathology Representative
Education, Licensure & Certifications
Undergraduate School University of New Mexico (2014)
Medical School University of New Mexico (2019)
Post-Sophomore Fellowship University of New Mexico (2017)
Publications and Presentations
E.N. Gandara, K.C. Caldwell, PhD. Impact of prior stress on fear extinction and hippocampal ERK1/2 phosphorylation state in a mouse model of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), poster presentation at Society for the Advancements of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, October 2012, Seattle, Washington.
Elena Gandara, MD, Elyssa Glassheim, Jaryse Harris, Harley Schanoist, MD, Jolee Suddock, DO, Sarah Lathrop, DVM, PhD. Accidental Overdose Deaths in Women: Toxicological Trends in NM from 2011-2015, poster presentation at National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) Annual Meeting, October 2019, Kansas City, Missouri.
Elena Gandara, MD; Daniel Reiter, MD; Francisco G. La Rosa, MD; Lian Zhang, MD. Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Urinary Bladder: Solving a Diagnostic Puzzle, poster accepted for College of American Pathologists (CAP) Virtual National Conference, October 2020.