Pilar Ortega, MD

Dr. Pilar Ortega is an Emergency Physician and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, where she directs and teaches the Medical Spanish program for the College of Medicine’s Hispanic Center of Excellence. Dr. Ortega is Co-founder and Immediate-Past President for the Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA), and the Founder and Director of the National Association of Medical Spanish (la Asociación Nacional de Español Médico). Dr. Ortega is a nationally and internationally recognized author, speaker, and researcher on the topics of language in health and medical Spanish education.