Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez is Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center where he was a fellow working on MDRTB in NY and around the world. He was also Director of Knowledge Management at WHO (Geneva, CH) and Managing Director for International Health at The Rockefeller Foundation (New York, NY), helping position Universal Health Coverage in the global agenda. In 2011, Dr. Pablos was appointed by President Obama (with US Senate consent) to lead USAID’s bureau for Global Health. Dr. Pablos is a Board-certified internist with over 100 publications, and has served in various Boards and international commissions. He received his M.D. from the University of Guadalajara's School of Medicine and his M.P.H. from Columbia University.