Jacob Cintron Bio
Jacob Cintron
President and CEO
University Medical Center of El Paso
R. Jacob Cintron serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the El Paso County Hospital District (EPCHD) which includes University Medical Center of El Paso (394 licensed bed facility), El Paso Health, El Paso Children’s Hospital (122 licensed bed facility), a Surgical Hospital, an Ambulatory Surgical Center, 5 Neighborhood Health Clinics, 2 Freestanding Emergency Departments, and the University Medical Center Foundation of El Paso.
Mr. Cintron has over 40 years of healthcare management experience. He began his healthcare career at Thomason General Hospital, now named University Medical Center of El Paso – which he leads today.
Mr. Cintron came to the EPCHD in July 2016 from Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, where he served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2016. Other leadership positions he previously held at Del Sol Medical Center include Chief Operating Officer, Associate Administrator II, and Vice President of Support Services.
He also served in senior leadership positions (Chief Operating Officer) at Vanguard Healthcare in Chicago, ASIS Healthcare at Southwest General Hospital in San Antonio, and UHS’ Southwest Healthcare System in California.
Mr. Cintron is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, board chair of the America’s Essential Hospitals, board member of the TCAA, member and past board chair of the Teaching Hospitals of Texas, board member of the THA, committee member of the THA’s Council on Policy Development, past board chair of the Emergency Health Network, board member of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, past board chair of the United Way of El Paso, member and past board chair of the Paso Del Norte Health Information Exchange and serves on various other El Paso committees and boards. Mr. Cintron holds a Bachelor of Science – Industrial Engineering, a Master of Business Administration, and a Master of Accountancy, all from the University of Texas at El Paso.
Mr. Cintron also oversees important affiliations and partnerships between University Medical Center of El Paso and Texas Tech University Health Science Center of El Paso. These affiliations ensure the campus at University Medical Center of El Paso continues to be the center of medical teaching, providing an exceptional learning environment and experience for medical students, residents, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. These affiliations with Texas Tech include the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Other affiliations include the University of Texas at El Paso Nursing & Pharmacy Programs, El Paso Community College Nursing Programs, Dona Ana Community College, New Mexico State University, Texas Women’s University, Western New Mexico University, and New Mexico State University. Together, these programs are responsible for training more than a thousand future healthcare providers each year at the Campus of University Medical Center of El Paso.