Steven Santiago, M.D., Medical Director
Dr. Santiago was born and raised in New York City. He received his B.S. at City College of New York and his M.D. from the nearby State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical School. He did his residency in Family Practice at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Santiago became Board Certified in Family Practice in 1994 and was appointed as a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1998.
Dr. Santiago has been the Medical Director at Care Resource, South Florida’s largest non-profit AIDS service organization, since 2003. Care Resource uses a unique “total care” approach, including working with affected communities to create and/or implement prevention strategies, community outreach and initiatives, testing, medical care, and protocols, as well as individual and family counseling and support services. This wide array of programs collectively strives to respond to every area of need of the HIV at-risk and infected communities. In addition, he directs the research program at Care Resource and he functions as principal investigator for numerous pharmaceutical and government sponsored HIV-related clinical trials.
Dr. Santiago has been an active member of the HIV education community, speaking frequently on numerous topics to patient groups and also to physicians and allied health professionals.
Robert B. Heglar, M.D., Associate Medical Director
Dr. Heglar joined our family full-time at Care Resource in June 2005 and trained in New York City at Montefiore Hospital after attending Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Prior to entering medical school, Dr. Heglar was an international and environmental lawyer in Washington, DC. He became interested in HIV medicine while doing volunteer work with the Whitman-Walker Clinic in DC and has worked directly in the HIV/AIDS community ever since. Dr. Heglar is board certified in family practice and accredited as an HIV specialist by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He is the principal investigator for a number of clinical trials and is active in community education efforts.
Michael Cuenca, M.D.
Dr. Cuenca joined Care Resource in April 2006 and in his previous 3 years (from 2003-2006) Dr. Cuenca was the Medical Director of Community Health Care Center/One and Principal Investigator for a number of on-going studies since 2001. Currently he has 12 clinical trials. Previously he was the Medical Director of Clinic St. Christopher. He finished the Residency Program in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1999 where he served as Chief Resident. This is where he received the inspiration to take up HIV Medicine during the crucial period of 1996-1999 when AIDS changed from a grave and terminal illness to a chronic and manageable disease.
Dr. Cuenca is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and Certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine since 2003. He was born in the Philippines and grew up in Rhinebeck New York.
Luis Saenz, D.O.
Dr. Saenz was born in Nicaragua and has lived in South Florida since 1983. He feels fortunate to have seen Miami grow into the exciting cosmopolitan city it has become. He received his B.S. Physical Therapy degree from Florida International University and graduated in 2002 from Nova Southeastern University with a degree of Doctor of Osteopathy. Dr. Saenz is Board Certified in Family Medicine and is accredited as an HIV specialist by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He has been involved in clinical research since becoming a physician. Dr. Saenz enjoys the opportunity to work in South Florida’s multicultural community and looks forward to providing you with excellent service.
