Professor at the Department of Industrial engineering, University of Bio-Bio in Concepcion, Chile.My current interest is in healthcare simulation, developing objects to facilitate the development of simulation studies by non simulation experts. This includes simulating all the different Department or sevices within a hospital.Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, the Society for Health Systems of IIE and the Chilean Engineering Organization.Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from U. of Concepcion, Chile. M.Sc. and Ph.D IE from the Georgia Institute of Technology.Specialties: The improvement or processes within the healthcare indusry, developing decision tools to help decision making. This includes optimiztion applications, the design of simuators and special purporse software.