Expertise
Profile
Ismael Cordero is a Healthcare Technology Management Professional with over 30 years of international experience planning, managing, maintaining, improving, and developing healthcare technology.
Skills
- Evaluating, recommending, and procuring medical equipment for medical facility upgrade projects Evaluating, recommending, and procuring medical equipment for medical facility upgrade projects
- Planning and managing medical equipment during its entire life cycle
- Designing and implementing training programs on the use, maintenance, and management of medical equipment Designing and implementing training programs on the use, maintenance, and management of medical equipment
- Developing written and audiovisual instructional and guidance materials on the use and maintenance of medical devices Developing written and audiovisual instructional and guidance materials on the use and maintenance of medical devices
- Developing systems, policies, procedures, manuals, and guidelines for managing healthcare technology Developing systems, policies, procedures, manuals, and guidelines for managing healthcare technology
- Performing assessments and evaluations of a healthcare institution’s technology and their ability to support it Performing assessments and evaluations of a healthcare institution’s technology and their ability to support it
- Troubleshooting and solving healthcare technology related malfunctions Troubleshooting and solving healthcare technology related malfunctions
- Maintaining, calibrating and repairing sophisticated medical devices including life support equipment such as anesthesia machines and intensive care ventilator
- Building prototypes for new medical device components and performing bench and field testing of new medical devices
- Investigating incidents and accidents inviolving medical devices
- Providing expert guidance to international healthcare organizations such as the World Health Organization, ORBIS International, and The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Professional Activities
• Past Co-Editor of the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) newsletter (2008-2011, July 2019 to July 2023)
• Past President Elect of the Board of ACCE.
• Past member of ACCE's International Committee.
• Member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
• Past Member of the Board of the Clinical Engineering Division of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
• Past Member of Technical Advisory Group on Health Technologies (TAGHT) for the World Health Organization (WHO)
Awards
• 2008 ACCE Professional Achievement in Management /Managerial Excellence Award
• 2014 AAMI Foundation and ACCE's Robert L. Morris Humanitatian Award.