Elizabeth Hinostroza

Elizabeth Hinostroza was born in Lima on 8 July 1968. She earned a doctorate in medicine at the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), and also holds a master's degree in public health with a mention in hospital management from the Federico Villarreal National University (UNFV).[1] She also has a master's in neurosurgery from the University of San Martín de Porres (USMP) and a specialization in functional neurosurgery from Paul Sabatier University.[2]

In May 1990, she entered the Health Service of the PNP as an assimilated medical officer, with the rank of captain, and was promoted to colonel in 2009.[3] She was the first officer to surgically implant a brain electrode for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.[3] She also served as an undergraduate and graduate professor at the USMP School of Medicine.[2]

In January 2017, Hinostroza rose to the rank of medical general, the first woman to do so.[2]

In 2017, she was appointed as a board member of the Health Insurance Fund of the National Police of Peru (SaludPol). Since 2019, she has served as the PNP's Director of Police Health.

She is a member of associations such as the Peruvian Academy of Surgery, the Health Academy of the Armed Forces and the National Police of Peru, and the French Society of Neurosurgery.[4]

On 18 November 2019, Hinostroza was appointed Minister of Health of the government of Martín Vizcarra.[1][2][4]

On 20 March 2020, in the midst of the crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hinostroza was dismissed from her position, with Víctor Zamora appointed as her successor.[5]