Board of Directors

NHMA Board of Directors

Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP
President & CEO
National Hispanic Medical Association
Washington, D.C.

Gilbert Burgos, MD, MPH
Chairman
Executive Director
Elderplan/Homefirst
Brooklyn, NY

Bert Johansson, MD, PhD
Chairman-Elect
Pediatric Critical Care
El Paso, TX
board of directors
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, FACOG
Secretary
 California Surgeon General
Keck, USC School of Medicine
Laguna Beach, CA

Elizabeth Lee-Rey, MD
Treasurer
Partner, Family Practice
Eastchester Medical Associates, PC
Bronx, NY
Nereida Correa, MD, MPH
Past Chairwoman
Co-Director Summer Membership Program, Hispanic Center of Excellence
Associate Clinical Professor
OB/GYN & Family Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
CEO - Eastchester Medical Associates
Bronx, NY

 

Maria Carrasco, MD, MPH
National Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Council
Kaiser Permanente
Montebello, CA

Ricardo Correa, MD, EsD, FACP, FAPCR, CMQ
Assistant Professor
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship Program Director
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ

Francisco Fernandez, MD
Founding Dean, Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry
UTRGV School of Medicine
Harlingen, TX

David Hayes-Bautista, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture
Los Angeles, CA

Yogi

Yolangel “Yogi” Hernandez Suarez, MD, MBA,
FACOG
Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida International University
Miami, FL

Juliana Jaramillo, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
East Carolina University Emergency Medicine/Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Greenville, NC

 

Sylvia P. Preciado, MD
Internist
Pasadena, CA

Leonardo Seoane, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Academic Officer
Ochsner Health
New Orleans, LA

David Saucedo
President
The Saucedo Company
El Paso, Texas

Brian Ternan
President and CEO,
Health Net
Woodland Hills, CA

Claudia H. Zamora, MPA
Founder & CEO
Zamora Consulting Group, LLC
Washington, D.C.

Alvaro 

Alvaro Galvis, MD, PhD
Chairperson, Council of Young Physicians
Attending Physician
Loma Linda University
San Bernardino, CA

Steve 

Steve Morrin, MD
Chairperson, Council of Residents/Fellows
Emergency Medicine Resident
Northwell Health
New York, NY

Larisa

Larissa De Souza
President, Latino Medical Student Association
Case Western University Medical School
Cleveland, OH

 

NHMA Advisory Board


Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS

17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006)
Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ


Henry Cisneros
Chairman
CityView
New York, NY


Yasmine Winkler

Retired, United HealthCare
Chicago, IL


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


Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez, MPH, MS
President & CEO
Urban Health Plan, Inc.
Bronx, NY