40 Under 40 - 2025

Dr. Diana Mosquera’s trips to the doctor with her grandmother as a child underscored what she saw as a fundamental truth about healthcare: good relationships make for great care. 

Watching doctors work together to care for her grandmother sparked Mosquera's fascination with problem-solving and relationship-building. Her curiosity prompted her to apply to medical school.

Now, Mosquera, who also serves as associate medical director for value-based care at Albany Medical Center, splits her time between clinical work, teaching and leading Albany’s value-based care initiatives. 

Since starting at Albany Medical Center, Mosquera has spearheaded quality management, coding and clinical teams that have produced a 60% improvement in a quality measure impacting multiple payer programs, according to the organization.

She's also built up behavioral health among underserved patient populations and runs an initiative that's helped reduce readmissions by 1.5% year-over-year, Albany Medical Center said.

Mosquera is most proud of her work as a “translator” between the clinical and administrative sides of healthcare, she said, a role she’s built up over years of learning how disconnected those sides could be. 

“I do a lot of ‘horizontal work, where I bring a lot of different folks together and integrate all of these different knowledge pieces,” she said.

Mosquera’s advice for others: Stay humble, learn from the ground up, then lean on the experts around you to meaningfully tackle obstacles.

— Bridget Early