Jaime Mañalich

Family and education Mañalich was born in Santiago on 7 June 1954. He is the eldest son of Jaime Ramón Mañalich Fajardo and Monserrat Muxi Segura, Spanish Catalan immigrants who arrived in Chile as a result of the Spanish Civil War.

He completed his primary education at Escuela N.º 48 in Ñuñoa and his secondary studies at the Liceo Experimental Manuel de Salas, also in Ñuñoa. In 1972 he entered the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, where he shared classes with future President Michelle Bachelet, who at the time was an active left-wing student leader. He graduated as a medical doctor with a specialization in nephrology. According to statements he made in a 2012 interview, he also holds degrees in clinical epidemiology.

In 1995 he became medical director of Clínica Las Condes, an institution where Sebastián Piñera served as director until 2009 and as a shareholder until early 2010. He also acted as the personal physician of the Piñera family. During his administration, the clinic obtained accreditation from the Joint Commission International (JCI).

He participated in a 2007 research project conducted by Fundación Expansiva and Universidad Diego Portales, together with the School of Public Health of the University of Chile, where he was tasked with analyzing the implementation of the Health Reform in Chile. He also served as an academic at the University of the Andes.

In October 2017 he assumed the position of general manager of Clínica Las Condes. In March 2018 he joined the board of the Teletón Foundation.