University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hector H Gutierrez, MD, Raymond K. Lyrene Endowed Chair, Professor and Director, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, UAB Heersink School of Medicine.
Dr. Gutierrez earned his MD degree and performed his Pediatric Residency at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. This was followed by subspecialty training in Pediatric Pulmonology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Dr. Gutierrez led the Pediatric CF Center at Children's of Alabama/UAB from 2003 until 2023. He remains as the Center's Associate Director. He has been the division director since 2011.
He leads an academic environment focused on training and building high-quality medical teams to care for CF. His research goals are to investigate quality improvement and outcome measurements and implement and optimize clinical and non-clinical processes. Dr. Gutierrez has successfully led a mentoring training program for multidisciplinary teams caring for CF in developing countries.
S04.2- Quality of Care Worldwide – How Can We Help?
Thursday, September 26, 2024
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET