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With savings from her research job during medical school, she paid herself to travel to the US to start residency in Internal Medicine at University of South Florida. Subsequently she went to Drexel University in Philadelphia for her Nephrology Fellowship. Afterwards she completed her Transplant Fellowship at Northwestern University. Next she was recruited by Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital from Harvard University where she served as faculty. Dr. Grafals has also been faculty at Tufts University, Georgetown University and University of Colorado. She is thrilled to serve the community at the Eagle River Valley and increase access in healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Grafals loves all aspects of medicine. She is enthusiastic to live in the mountains of Colorado with her husband and her daughter. She enjoys greatly the outdoors including skiing, hiking and camping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La Dra. M\u00f3nica Grafals esta certificada en Medicina Interna y Nefrolog\u00eda. Ella tambi\u00e9n esta certificada por UNOS en transplante. La doctora obtuvo una maestria de salud p\u00fablica de la Universidad de Harvard y una maestria de administraci\u00f3n de salud de la Universidad de Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dra. Grafals nacio y se crio en Puerto Rico, all\u00ed fue a la escuela de medicina. Con sus ahorros de su trabajo de investigaci\u00f3n, ella se pago su viaje a Estados Unidos para comenzar su residencia en Medicina Interna en la Universidad de South Florida. Luego fue a la Universidad de Drexel en Philadelphia donde complete su subespecialidad en Nefrolog\u00eda. Despu\u00e9s fue a la Universidad de Northwestern a completer otra subespecialidad en Transplante. La Dra. Grafals fue recrutada por el hospital de Brigham and Women&#8217;s de la Universidad de Harvard como facultad. Ella tambi\u00e9n ha sido facultad m\u00e9dica en la Universidad de Tufts, la Universidad de Georgetown y la Universidad de Colorado. La Dra. Grafals esta sumamente feliz de poder servirle a la comunidad del Valle de Vail y aumentar el acceso a la salud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A la Dra. Grafals le encantan todos los aspectos de medicina. Ella esta entusiasmada de vivir en las montanas de Colorado con su esposo y su hija. 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