NHMA Board of Directors

Katherine A. Flores, MD
Chairwoman
Director, UCSF-Fresno Latino Center
for Medical Education and Resear
Fresno, CA

Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
President and CEO
National Hispanic Medical Association
Washington, DC

Ciro Sumaya, MD, MPHTM
Immediate Past President
Founding Dean, School of Rural Public Health
Texas A&M
College Station, TX

E. Luis Aguilar, MD
Treasurer
Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ


Samuel Arce, MD, FAAFP
Vice Chairman
Family and Attending Physician
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica, NY

Carol L. Brosgart, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Alios BioPharma, Inc.
South San Francisco, CA

J. Emilio Carrillo, MD, MPH
Vice President
Community Health Development
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY

Jorge A. Girotti, PhD, MA
Associate Dean, Hispanic Center of Excellence
Asst. Professor, UIC College of Medicine
Chicago IL

Paloma Hernandez
President and CEO
Urban Health Plan, Inc.
Bronx, New York

Onelia Lage, MD--Secretary
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and
Director of Adolescent Med. Ed.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Leonora Lopez, MD
Chairwoman, NHMA Council of Medical
Societies and President, New Mexico Hispanic
Medical Association
Albuquerque, NM

Raymond Morales, MD/PhD Candidate
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
National Coordinator, Latino Medical Student Association

Jorge G Puente, MD
Regional President
Oncology Business Unit in the Japan, Australia,
Canada and Korea Region
Pfizer Inc
NY, NY

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MBA
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Jaime Rivera, MD, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer
Betances Health Center
New York, NY

Vanessa Salcedo, MD, PGY2

Adolfo M. Valadez, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Commissioner
Prevention and Preparedness Services Division
Texas Department of State Health Services
Austin, Texas

Richard Zapanta, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgeon
Monterey Park, CA

Advisory Council

Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
17th Surgeon General of the U.S. (2002-6)
Vice Chairman, Canyon Ranch Institute
Distinguished Professor
Zuckerman College of Public Health
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Henry Cisneros
Chairman, CityView
San Antonio, TX

Ivelisse Estrada
Senior Vice President for Corporate and
Community Relations
Univision
Los Angeles, CA

Linda Griego
President & CEO
Griego Enterprises, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA