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.
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