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                                                                    Exhibit 31.4

                  CERTIFICATION BY PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

         I, Roberta Lipson, certify that:

         1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Chindex
International, Inc.;

         2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any
untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
annual report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

         4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

         a)     designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such
                disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
                supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
                registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
                the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

         b)     evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                controls and procedures and presented in this annual report our
                conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this
                report based on such evaluation; and

         c)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
                control over financial reporting that occurred during the
                registrant's most recent year that has materially affected, or
                is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
                internal control over financial reporting;

         5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):

         a)     all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                design or operation of internal controls over financial
                reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                financial information; and

         b)     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
                other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
                internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  July 29, 2004
                                             /s/ Roberta Lipson
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                                             Roberta Lipson
                                             Chief Executive Officer