MEET our Medical & Public Health Systems Advisor
Alina M. Carbonell Cañete.
Alina M. Carbonell Cañete is a highly experienced medical professional whose career spans clinical medicine, anesthesiology, trauma care, public health coordination, and quality assurance across diverse healthcare environments. Her work has focused extensively on high-population, low-income, and medically fragile communities, making her expertise uniquely valuable to Ocean Pad’s mission of resilient, self-sustaining living systems.
Medical & Clinical Background
Alina earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Higher Institute of Medical Science in Cuba and completed a Residency in Anesthesiology and Resuscitation at Celia Sánchez University Hospital. She practiced as an anesthesiology and resuscitation specialist in both adult and pediatric hospital settings, managing surgical patients, intensive care cases, chronic disease management, pain control, and emergency interventions.
Her experience includes:
Adult and pediatric anesthesiology
Neonatal and pediatric surgical care
Intensive care and resuscitation
Central venous catheterization
Trauma response and perioperative management
Public Health & Community Care Experience
After relocating to the United States, Alina built a long-standing career in community-based healthcare, serving medically underserved populations in New York City and New Jersey. For over 17 years, she worked with Episcopal Social Services / Sheltering Arms, supporting foster care populations, adults with developmental delays, and medically fragile children and families.
Facilitation & Mental Health Support
Most recently, Alina served as a Facilitator at Medical Central LLC, providing emotional, psychological, and social support to older adults. Her work emphasized empathy-driven communication, stress and anxiety management, and fostering community cohesion—skills that translate directly into population-scale residential and disaster-response environments.
Role at Ocean Pad
At Ocean Pad, Alina contributes critical insight into:
Public health considerations for high-density living
Disease prevention and health monitoring strategies
Trauma and emergency medical readiness
Medical system planning for vulnerable populations
Health resilience in disaster-prone and low-resource environments
Her experience ensures that Ocean Pad platforms are not only structurally resilient—but also designed with human health, safety, and long-term wellbeing at the core.