Elmer Huerta, MD, MPH Named to Hispanic Business Magazine’s List of “100 Most Influential Hispanics” Nationwide

Washington Hospital Center noted cancer prevention specialist Elmer Huerta, MD, MPH, has been named one of the nation’s “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business magazine.

“I am quite honored to be chosen and recognized among such an inspiring group of influential Hispanics,” said Dr. Huerta.  “I am extremely proud to be mentioned alongside these individuals who have exceptional achievements and made contributions to their communities or professions.”

Dr. Huerta is founder and director of the Cancer Preventorium at the Washington Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center. For more than two decades, Dr. Huerta has been committed to improving the quality of life for Latinos by using media to spread his message of prevention.

His Spanish-language radio and TV programs are nationally and internationally syndicated, and he is regarded as a trusted source of medical information to the Latino community in the United States and Latin America.

His popular one-minute radio segment “Cuidando su Salud” (Taking Care of Your Health) is syndicated to 120 stations in the U.S. and Latin America. It is the only daily radio show produced by a Hispanic physician in the U.S that promotes health and disease prevention.

Dr. Huerta also hosts the only daily, two-hour, Spanish-language radio health talk show, “Cita con el Doctor”, that is broadcast from his Hospital Center office. He co-hosts a nationally syndicated weekly TV show, “Hablemos de Salud” (Let’s Talk about Health), and serves as a medical commentator on Univision, Telemundo, CNN en Español and CNN Radio Noticias.

In addition to his clinical and NIH funded research duties, Dr. Huerta currently serves as the president of the American Cancer Society and is the first Latino to head the prestigious national organization in its 95-year history.

Hispanic Business magazine has been publishing its 100 Most Influential Hispanics List since 1983. Nominations are made by Website visitors, readers and the editorial staff of Hispanic Business.  “

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