Juan F. Gutiérrez is the former Cross Cultural Health Care Program’s Curriculum Developer since and is currently the executive director of the National Institute for Coordinated Healthcare. He has a medical degree from his native Colombia and a master’s in public health from Western Kentucky University. For the past decade Dr. Gutiérrez has been a Language Access Coordinator, as well as faculty for Western Kentucky University. He is a licensed Bridging the Gap trainer. He served as the International Medical Interpreter’s Association (IMIA) state representative for Kentucky, the Kentucky Hospital Association Committee for Effective Communication in Hospitals, and the board of the South Eastern Medical Interpreter’s Association (SEMIA).
