Combine regional efforts to expand the implementation of Patient Navigation
Share information about patient navigator training and certification
Create a support network for regional patient navigators
Nurses
Nursing Assistants
Social Workers
Psychologists
Health Administrators
Educators
Healthcare Volunteers
Community Health Workers
NPI is a nonprofit organization, registered in Boston, Massachusetts, that has been training and certifying patient navigators in Spanish in Latin America since 2016.
Recently (In 2022), NPI signed a formal agreement with the Istmo University in Guatemala, where the university has endorsed our training curriculum. This curriculum is based mainly on George Washington Cancer Center’s Patient Navigation Guide.
Associate Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Patient Navigation, George Washington Cancer Center GWCC
Teacher at Sayani Foundation. Former director of the National Cancer Institute, Argentina. Specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Head surgeon, 4th Surgical Unit, Breast Cancer Clinic, San Juan de Dios Hospital/Guatemala
System Engineering/Management. Masters of Executive Leadership. Founder, Fundación Edificando Vidas/ El Salvador
Medical Director at the INTEGRA Cancer Institute/Guatemala
Founder and President of Oncoguia/Brazil Psycho-oncologist with a specialization in Bioethics and Health Literacy
Founder of the Patient Navigation Program and Expert Advisor of the Permanent Cancer Forum in Costa Rica.
Executive Director of the Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA)
Health Informatics Nurse
Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS)
Unique Digital Health File (EDUS)
Expert in Health Promotion and Education
communications coordinator
Network of the Americas for Health Equity (RAES)
Executive Director of the Avon Foundation (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay), responsible for the AVON Promise to eradicate violence against women and girls and the AVON Foundation Award
Surgeon Oncologist Head of the Department of Mammary Tumors of INCAN Mexico City
Medical Director, BWH Comprehensive Breast Health Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Breast Surgery
Director of Education
Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+)
Doctor and surgeon at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, with a Masters in Public Health from Rafael Landívar University, and post-graduate studies in Social Medicine and Collective Health at the Independent Metropolitan University of Mexico City. Currently a congressional representative with the Movimiento Semilla (Seed Movement), serving from 2020-2024. Acted as Health Minister from 2016 to 2017.
Executive Director Oncoguia Center Donations and Charities www.oncoguia.cl Arturo López Pérez Foundation
Master in Clinical Epidemiology, Master of Health Administration, Nurse of the Pontifical Javeriana University Currently, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Patient Navigation Program Manager
Kenyatta National Hospital
Clinical Oncologist from Kenya, Head of Department at Kenyatta National Hospital Cancer Treatment Center with more than 20 years of experience in Oncology
Experience and interface design specialist. She is an Industrial Design Engineer graduated from the Technological Institute of Costa Rica.
Public Health Educator Certified Patient Navigator by the National Consortium of Breast Centers, Inc. HIMA•San Pablo Caguas Hospital in Puerto Rico
Social worker Certified Patient Navigator by the National Consortium of Breast Centers, Inc. HIMA•San Pablo Caguas Hospital in Puerto Rico
Train clinical and non-clinical patient navigators in Spanish to support patient access to oncology care and to reduce the rates of cancer and other chronic illnesses
Save patient lives by increasing access to medical attention and by providing support to navigate complex health systems.
Educate patient navigators about cancer prevention and increase overall cancer prevention awareness.
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