Dr. Lestter Cruz Serrano is the Head of Global Medical Affairs & Health Sciences Strategy in Cognizant, responsible for all 3 verticals – Healthcare, Life Sciences & Medical Devices – under the Cognizant Health Sciences division.
He has been instrumental in driving adoption of Cognizant’s products & platforms, like, Shared Investigator Platform (SIP)—the industry’s first collaborative SaaS clinical ecosystem—across prestigious clinical research Sites worldwide.
Prior to this role, Dr. Cruz worked at CHI Health, where he led the Hematology and Oncology studies for the NIH Cooperative Group and Pharmaceutical Trials. He has also worked at Nebraska Medicine & the University of Nebraska Medical Center where he conducted phase II & III clinical trials.
He received his M.D. degree from the UAG School of Medicine and trained as a Family physician. He is a Board-Certified Medical Affairs Specialist and currently is working on his MBA.