About us

With more than 25 years of health care experience with Colombia-based Organización Sanitas Internacional (OSI), Fernando is the CEO of GuideWell Sanitas—the newly formed joint venture that owns and operates Sanitas medical centers. He’s responsible for bringing the innovative and culturally relevant Sanitas concept to the United States.

Fernando received his medical degree and General Surgery specialty training and certification from Rosario University—San José Hospital in Bogotá, Colombia. During his long career as an OSI executive, he has served as CEO of several of the organization’s business units throughout South America.

Fernando has earned a successful international track record for clinical practice management; start-up of hospitals and medical centers; strategic international expansion; and building innovative health care delivery models focused on quality, cost and outcomes.

He was one of the key architects in creating GuideWell Sanitas—the joint venture partnership for expansion in the United States—bringing his varied experience, leadership and team-building skills to the project, along with his focus on innovation, community-mindedness and social responsibility.

Juan is a board certified internal medicine physician with broad leadership and management experience in clinic operations, medical cost, quality management and hospital medicine.

Juan completed medical school in Bogota, Colombia, and his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Yale University—Saint Raphael Campus in New Haven, CT, where he earned several honors and awards in academic performance and research. After serving as an Acute Care Hospitalist at Philadelphia-based Cogent Healthcare, he moved to the Miami in a similar role with IPC Healthcare. His subsequent work there, included overseeing Family Practice and Internal Medicine physicians, and helping expand IPC’s footprint in the south Florida market.

Prior to becoming the CEO of Sanitas Florida, Juan was part of the core team that started the Sanitas expansion in the United States successfully adapting its core clinical model to the needs of the Florida, Connecticut and New Jersey markets. Juan is part of a leadership team that has grown Sanitas in the U.S. to serve hundreds of thousands of patients while achieving high patient satisfaction, exceeding quality scores and lowering total cost of care.

Alberto brings more than 20 years of financial and accounting experience, most of it in medical and health care related fields. He’s responsible for all financial related functions to Sanitas medical centers—including asset acquisition and management, financial projections, tax planning and compliance, budgeting and other critical functions.

Alberto earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Miami, FL International University in Miami and his Master of Business Administration degree in Accounting/Human Resources degree from DeVry University in Chicago, IL.

His broad financial management experience in the medical field includes significant successes in a managed care company specializing in Medicare and Medicaid recipients; a medical device manufacturer; a national blood plasma distribution company; and a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson that manufactures implants.

Alberto is an expert in financial management and reporting, cost accounting, financial modeling and forecasting, strategic planning, cash management and other areas that will help Sanitas medical centers thrive.

As Vice President of Healthcare Services, Carlos has unique medical and management experience. He’s an expert in designing and managing healthcare programs to educate patients and help them manage their conditions for a better quality of life.

Carlos is responsible for all facets of the company’s clinical operations including the expansion of new locations as well as the design, development and implementation of clinical guidelines to ensure safety, quality and efficiency objectives are incorporated into the clinical workflow and patient experience.

Before joining Sanitas Medical Centers in the US, Carlos served as general manager for the Sanitas division of Organización Sanitas Internacional, in Colombia. In his earlier role he was responsible for building and managing outpatient medical clinics that serve adults and children. He also created successful healthcare programs to teach patients how to avoid chronic illnesses and how to manage ongoing health conditions.

Carlos completed his medical and surgical training at Javeriana University of Bogotá and was trained in Clinical Epidemiology at Bogotá Health Studies Center (CES) and Libre University of Cali. He also holds an MBA and a degree in Health Services Quality Management.

As the regional medical director for Sanitas, Raul serves as the clinical leader for the organization. He’s responsible for recruiting and developing a high performing team of physicians and clinicians across the entire Sanitas network in the United States. In addition, he works closely with the leadership team to implement strategies that enhance patient care including quality assurance, protocol and care guidelines development, cost management and patient engagement.

Raul was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, where he attended medical school. In 2001, Raul moved to the United States to complete his Internal Medicine residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital System, a Columbia University affiliated program, in New York. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Raul started as an internal medicine doctor at Sanitas and soon after became the medical director for one of the fastest growing locations within the Sanitas network. Before joining Sanitas, Raul worked at IPC Healthcare in Miami as a hospitalist assuming more administrative and leadership functions related to quality, credentialing and integration to Hospital systems. He served in the medical executive committee for internal medicine at Memorial Hospital Miramar

Lina is responsible for Sanitas’ operations at a national level. In addition, to managing day-to-day operations, Lina designs and implements innovative strategies and action plans to improve the quality of patient care and serve the community where the medical centers are located.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Lina moved to the United States in 2002, inspired by her desire of joining the healthcare industry in this country. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Health Services Administration with a minor in Public Health from Miami, FL International University, where she earned a place on the Dean’s list for three consecutive semesters and graduated with honors. She also is a certified professional coder by the AAPC

Lina completed her Masters degree in Business Administration with a Management concentration from the University of Miami, FL and became an Associate Director of Physician Services for Jackson Health System. Her career has also included hospital-based assignments as a practice manager, office supervisor and billing liaison.

Rodrigo is responsible for management of our current and future network of medical centers in the U.S. North East region. In his role he is accountable for all aspects of operations, managing medical support staff and cross-functional teams and relationships with key stakeholders.

Rodrigo has more than 20 years of experience in operations and management, including 10+ years focused on the health care industry. Prior to joining Sanitas, Rodrigo was the Director of Operations for Union Health center in New York.

Rodrigo completed his MBA in Executive Healthcare Management at the Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. He also holds a Bachelors in Business Administration from the Universidad Viña del Mar in Viña del Mar, Chile.

Diana is responsible for the strategic development and management of Sanita’s growing human resources division, leading recruitment and retention, and expanding its employee engagement programs as the company ramps up for significant anticipated growth.

Diana was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia. She has a Juris Doctor Degree from Universidad Libre de Colombia, and a double specialization in Public Law and Telecommunications Law from Universidad Externado de Colombia. Diana also earned a Paralegal degree from Florida International University in Miami, FL. She is currently a candidate for a doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership at Nova Southeastern University.

As an attorney in her native country, Diana served as a staff attorney for public and private companies. Prior to joining Sanitas, Diana worked at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, supervising court units and collaborating with various divisions including Human Resources.

As the Director of Information Technology for Sanitas in the United States, Henry provides leadership for the continued development of an innovative, robust, and secure information technology environment for the organization.

In his role, Henry also is responsible for creating a secure environment and to further develop data integration between Sanitas and other health care organizations including insurance companies and health systems. Ultimately, facilitating instant and secure access to patients records that will dramatically improve patient care.

Prior to joining Sanitas, Henry spent 20 years in information technology roles in medium to large sized enterprises in different industries including the last 5 in healthcare. Henry holds a B.A. from Florida International University in Miami, FL