This Faculty defines and bases its mission on a comprehensive concept of Health as an essential component of the well-being of the people and society. It does that in the context of a state university, in a pluralistic and socially responsible way, committed to the training, specialization and continuous perfection of human resources in health, in our Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs. It disseminates and implements a set of principles and values through its primary functions of teaching, research, extension and management, with the aim of contributing to the regional and national development, on the basis of quality, innovation, participation and respect for diversity.
The Faculty has the following academic departments: The Department of Pathological Anatomy; Department of Basic Science; Department of Surgery, Traumatology & Anesthesia; Nursing Department; Department of Medical Specialties; Department of Internal Medicine; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Department of Pediatrics & Pediatric Surgery; Department of Public Health; Department of Mental Health; and the Department of Preclinical Sciences.
We offer the following programs: Nursing; Speech & Hearing Therapy; Physiotherapy; Medicine; Nutrition & Dietetics; Obstetrics & Puericulture; Chemistry & Pharmacy; Medical Technology; and Occupational Therapy.
FACULTY AUTHORITIES
Dean
Dr. Wilfried Diener Ojeda
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Dr. Sara Barrios Casas
Vice Dean
Dr. Víctor Caire Villarroel
Director of Postgraduate Programs and Research
Dr. Marco Paredes Honorato
Academic Secretary
Mg. Giselle Fetis Navarrete
Director of Clinical Fields
Mg. Ingrid Magna Young
Director of Outreach and Community Engagement
Dr. Paula Astudillo Díaz
PROGRAMS
Nursing
Mg. Laura Carvallo Semler
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Speech & Hearing Therapy
Mg. Raúl Alarcón V.
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Physiotherapy
Mg. Juan Carlos Voguel Álvarez
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Medicine
Dr. Luis Echeverría Gómez
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Mg. Fabiola Henríquez Konings
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Chemistry & Pharmacy
Dr. José Villagra Cusevich
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Obstetrics & Puericulture
Mg. Grettel Alvear Aguirre
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Medical Technology
Dr. José Caamaño Lillo
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Occupational Therapy
Natalia Belmar Matus
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DEPARTMENTS
Department of Pathological Anatomy
Director
Dr. Miguel Ángel Villaseca Hernández
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Department of Basic Science
Director
Dr. Nicolás Saavedra Cuevas
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Department of Preclinical Sciences
Director
Dr. Mabel Schulz Rubilar
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Department of Surgery, Traumatology & Anesthesia
Director
Dr. Héctor Losada M.
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Nursing Department
Director
Dr. Ximena Osorio Spuler
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Department of Medical Specialties
Director
Dr. Sergio Echeverría Concha
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Department of Internal Medicine
Director
Dr. Rolando Sepúlveda Cortés
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Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director
Dr. Margot Acuña San Martín
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Department of Pediatrics & Pediatric Surgery
Director
Dr. Nora Montecinos Latorre
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Department of Public Health
Director
Dr. Gerardo Espinoza Espinoza
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Department of Mental Health
Director
Dr. Luis Silva F.
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