Gabriela de Hurtado

Fellow

Gabriela is currently enrolled in a masters in management degree in NEU, focusing on strategy and digital transformation in HC, pursuing it as an opportunity to seize a professional halt after shutting down the healthcare startup she founded and presided over for the past 6 years. Having recently experienced the collapse of MiSalud, she has come to the selfless realization that her intrinsic curiosity and change ambition, coupled with what she humbly considers to be a privileged academic path for her environment, had led her to pursue transformational crusades that were perhaps, ahead of their time in her country. As she unveils the countless teachings of past experiences, sharpens her skills and updates learnings on current trends, she validate the reason why this wicked healthcare challenge needs to be addressed from a systems design perspective, where diverse and transformational leaderships are key. She is confident that her professional background can be leveraged by organizations interested in tackling (especially) LATAM markets, to enable novel approaches to what continues to be the end game: Achieving measured improvements in patients’ and populations’ health outcomes with cost control and through humane and equitable care; To deliver the value that - especially - patients and health seekers, but also care providers, vendors, payers and every key stakeholder in the complex healthcare arena, individually expect and deserve.

In summary, Gabriela holds a medical degree, has completed several health management and innovation programs in Colombia, Israel, Costa Rica, the US, and holds 20+ years’ experience in different HC scenarios in her region. She has worked in non-profits, procuring around the globe medical in-kind donations and bridging HC gaps for underserved communities, then jumped into highly specialized medical organizations, consulting in strategy and operational improvements for renowned players LATAM, has volunteered on outreach surgical missions in Peru, Ecuador, India and El Salvador with US based Global Smile Foundation for over a decade, and co- founded MiSalud, a first of its kind, value-based primary care model at home in El Salvador. Curious by nature, she was -quite literally- born into and is truly passionate about HC: Patient centered healthcare. She has profound comprehensive knowledge of and experience with its players and processes, needs and pain points, and the many opportunities that Latin American countries DO have, even if buried under a thick layer of stagnant methods, poverty, inequality, bureaucracy, and corruption.