Alejandro Aparicio, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Dr. Alejandro Aparicio is currently the Director, Division of Continuing Physician Professional Development, American Medical Association as well as Vice President for Medical Affairs at Ballard Health Care, a Long Term Care facility in Des Plaines, Illinois.

He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and holds a certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics. He is also a Certified Medical Director of Long Term Care facilities and practices on the north side of Chicago. On September 1, 2004, he started a new role as Director, Division of Continuing Physician Professional Development at the American Medical Association.

Dr. Aparicio is a Past President of the Illinois Geriatrics Society and the current Vice President of the Illinois Medical Directors Association. For the past ten years he has served in the House of Delegates of the American Medical Directors Association, where he is also a member of the Education Committee.

Recently he was appointed to the Long Term Care and Assisted Living Professional and Technical Advisory Committee of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. In addition, he is involved in undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Aparicio’s community involvement over the years has included coaching children’s soccer teams and judging science fair projects at a Chicago Public School, Edison Regional Gifted Center, where he was also a member of the Local School Council. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Ravenswood Health Care Foundation and is President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hispanocare.