Clinical

Enrique Ginzburg, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Medical Director, UHealth International
Co-Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care
Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Dr. Enrique Ginzburg is currently Professor of Surgery, in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Medical Director of UHealth International and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. He holds secondary appointments as an attending surgeon and physician at the Trauma and Surgical Care Unit at Jackson Memorial Center. He is also an attending staff surgeon and surgical consultant at the Veterans Administration Hospital and an attending surgeon at UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Ginzburg coordinated the affiliation between the University of Miami and the University of Tel Aviv and was the founding coordinator of the Trauma Training Program for the Middle East. This program is responsible for training the current Directors of Trauma at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Tel Aviv, as well as the future leaders of trauma care for Lebanon.

Jorge M. Diego, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director, UHealth International
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Nephrology

Dr. Jorge M. Diego is a graduate of the University of Florida, School of Medicine. Dr. Diego completed a residency in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital, affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Diego continued his postgraduate training at the University of Miami, completing a fellowship in nephrology and also received a Masters in Public Health from the University of Miami. Dr. Diego is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Dr. Diego’s research interests are primarily in end-stage renal disease, dialysis, and HIV.

Ernesto A. Pretto, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director, International Medicine Institute Clinical Initiatives
Professor and Chief, Division of Solid Organ Transplant
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management

Dr. Ernesto A. Pretto, Jr., is a graduate of the University of Panama where he received his Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Pretto is Board Certified in Anesthesiology with Special Qualifications in Critical Care Medicine. He has has worked extensively internationally, most notably with the Medical Support Unit of the United Nations Office of Peacekeeping Operations, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), where he served as member of the working group that set policy and guidelines for the Development of Trauma/ Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Disaster Response systems. He was part of the medical team at UPMC that initiated the Istituto Mediterraneo per I Trapiantied Chirurgia ad Alta Specializzazzione (IsMETT) in Palermo, Italy. A UPMC sponsored transplant hospital and one of the largest and most successful international health partnerships of its kind to date.