In 1994, Dr. Bayona was recruited in Peru to become the director of Socios en Salud (SES); a sister organization of Partners in Health (PIH) that started in Lima, Peru, to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and HIV/AIDS in patients, and to provide health care to the poor who live in limited-resource environments. Once Dr. Bayona became the director of SES, he had to manage a large group of 150 and growing staff of community health workers along with keeping up to date with NIH grants (National Institutes of Health).
