Board of Directors

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

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

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


Raymond Arroyo
Alternative Distribution
Aetna
Hartford, CT

David Carlisle, MD, PhD
President
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science
Los Angeles, CA

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

Judith Flores, MD, FAAP, CHQM
Clinical Associate Professor
New York University School of Medicine

Efrain Fuentes, Ed.D.
Walt Disney Company
Burbank, CA

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

Antonio Linares, MD, MBA
Medical Director and Regional VP
Anthem Blue Cross
Health & Wellness Solutions 

Flavia E. Mercado, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Jorge Mettey
Senior Vice President
Noticias MundoFox

Norma Gomez Parra, MD 
Medical Director
CentroMed


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


Nelson Reyneri, Jr., MBA, MPH
Vice President, National Sales and External Affairs
LibertyPower
Fort Lauderdale, FL

John Paul Sanchez, MD, MPH
Chairman, NHMA Council of Young Physicians
Emergency Department, Montefiore
Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Gerardo Lopez-Mena, MD
Chairman, NHMA Council of Residents
Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine

Alvaro Galvis, MD, PhD
Latino Medical Student