Houston-based Harris Health System chose Glorimar Medina-Rivera, MD, an anesthesiologist at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, as executive vice president and administrator of its ambulatory care services, as well as its integrated network of health centers, specialty clinics and mobile health units.
Here are four things to know about Dr. Medina-Rivera.
1. She has held various roles with Harris Health, including assistant chief of anesthesiology at the system's Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, medical director of the system's Ambulatory Surgical Center at LBJ Hospital, and medical director of the Harris Health Outpatient Center specialty clinics, according to a news release.
2. Prior to those positions, Ms. Dr. Medina-Rivera completed her residency of anesthesiology at UTHealth, and she received the medical school's Emerging Leadership Award in 2013.
3. Additionally, she was a medical representative for the Affiliated Medical Services Committee for Harris Health's board.
4. Outside of her work in the U.S., she has taken mission trips to Guatemala as part of her interest in helping underserved populations, the release states.
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