Dr. Amparo Elena Gordillo-Tobar is a Senior Health Economist at The World Bank Group serving as focal point for Maternal and Child Health for Latin America and the Caribbean and as Gender focal point for the Human Nutrition and Population Group at the World Bank.
Dr Gordillo-Tobar has prepared, managed, supervised and led innovative health financing investment Bank projects and grants in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Nicaragua and has over 15 years of experience working on health issues in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Prior to her work at the World Bank, she worked as a Health Economist at the Pan American Health Organization Health and coordinated projects for UNICEF.
Amparo Gordillo-Tobar has a Doctoral Degree in Medicine from the National School of Medicine in Ecuador and a PhD and Master’s degree from Tulane University in New Orleans.