Dr. Gabriela Merino Real

Lead business activities in Ecuador with responsibilities spanning general management, product strategy, brand image, target-market definition, financial management and market expansion. Define the product's commercial positioning and sales focus, identify business opportunities and coordinate execution across these areas.

Occasional private practice in regenerative medicine, including recombinant enzyme protocols for facial and body treatments and personalised patient protocols.

Directed the provincial public health network across primary, secondary and tertiary care. Oversaw priority health programmes, epidemiological surveillance and emergency response. Managed human, financial and logistical resources to support service continuity. Coordinated with local authorities, public institutions and cooperation partners. Monitored performance, care quality and patient safety indicators.

Coordinated health facilities across Zone 8. Oversaw health indicators and institutional objectives, supply management and strategic processes. Worked with partner institutions to strengthen health services and monitored projects and continuous improvement plans.

Hospital of the Benemérita Sociedad Protectora de la Infancia. Led hospital administration and operations, including institutional transformation, workforce management and process optimisation. Developed institutional sustainability projects and coordinated strategic initiatives for organisational growth, care quality and patient safety.

Provided occupational medical supervision across nationwide sites. Implemented preventive programmes, managed workplace risks and conducted occupational epidemiological surveillance. Supported compliance with occupational health and safety requirements.

Served as first assistant in general and proctological surgery in private practice.

Completed rural medical service at Centro de Salud Jadán 01D04, within Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health.

Combined administrative support and teaching for the Medical Emergencies diploma programme, delivered by Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil in partnership with CEMEDIP. Delivered 162 teaching hours.

Provided administrative support and tutoring for the diploma programme in Obstetric and Neonatal Emergency Management for Healthcare Professionals, delivered by MSP in partnership with Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Delivered 120 teaching hours.

Worked as a surgical resident at Clínica Rendón.

Served as first surgical assistant in private practice.

Served as first assistant in general and proctological surgery in private practice.

Completed a medical internship at Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, part of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS).

Worked on quality control using Accreditation Canada International standards and participated in the Ministry of Public Health accreditation action group. Held responsibilities in patient safety and infection control and participated in the maternal mortality control group. Created an area-based traffic-light monitoring system.

Medical degree officially recognised in Spain (homologación). Thesis: Monitoring compliance with safe practices and its relationship with adverse events in patients isolated for healthcare-associated infections at Hospital Abel Gilbert Pontón.

School attendance in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Secondary School Diploma in Sciences, with a focus on Chemistry and Biology.