Carlos J. Cuellar, Md, Mph Email & Phone Number

Dr. Carlos Cuéllar has been URC’s Executive Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer since May 2020. Carlos’ leadership of large, challenging health service delivery and health system strengthening projects provides him with a deep technical and managerial understanding. He has more than 30 years of experience improving the performance of health programs in the public and private/NGO sectors in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Before joining URC, Dr. Cuéllar was with Abt Associates as vice president and senior fellow. At Abt, he served in Jordan as chief of party for the Primary Health Care Initiatives, the Health Systems Strengthening, and the Communication, Advocacy and Policy projects. He was also chief of party for the Maternal & Child Centers of Excellence Project in the Dominican Republic. He later served as portfolio manager of the Clinical HIV/AIDS Services Strengthening Project in Mozambique.Carlos started his career with the Ministry of Health of Bolivia as an epidemiologist with the National Center for Tropical Disease Control and later as a rural district medical officer. He is co-founder and former executive director of PROSALUD — the single largest and fully sustainable primary health care NGO network in Bolivia — providing high-quality and affordable health care to low- and middle-income families since 1985.Dr. Cuéllar received his MD from the Catholic University of Córdoba, Argentina, an MPH and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, and a Diploma in Management from NUR University of Bolivia. He is fluent in Spanish (native), English, French, and Portuguese.

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