Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Paediatrics, Neonatology, Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, Medical bacteriologySEO tags
Biography
Obtained my M.D. Degree with honors at Universidad de Monterrey, in February 1982. Then, I pursued the Medical Residency in Pediatrics and obtained the degree of Specialist in Pediatrics in 1990, granted by Universidad Autónoma de NL, also in Monterrey, NL, México. Later, I completed the Fellowship in Neonatology and obtained the degree of Specialists in Neonatology, by Universidad de Monterrey, in 2004
My Qualifications
Obtained my M.D. Degree with honors at Universidad de Monterrey, in February 1982. Then, I pursued the Medical Residency in Pediatrics and obtained the degree of Specialist in Pediatrics in 1990, granted by Universidad Autónoma de NL, also in Monterrey, NL, México. Later, I completed the Fellowship in Neonatology and obtained the degree of Specialists in Neonatology, by Universidad de Monterrey, in 2004
My Qualifications
On May 2007, I obtained the master’s degree in Medical Sciences and Biotechnology, at Tecnologico de Monterrey, in Monterrey, NL, México.
Later, I pursued a second Master of Sciences and a Doctoral degree, focused on Molecular Medicine applied to Oxidative Stress and Bio Protection, both at CEU-Universidad San Pablo, Madrid Spain, completed in 2013, with Cum Laude
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Methodology of clinical research, ethics in clinical research.
My Engagement
I am founder member and past-president of Sociedad de Neonatología del Estado de NL, AC; Current member of Federación Nacional de Neonatología de México, AC; past-president and counselor for Consejo Mexicano de Certificación en Pediatría, Sección Neonatología AC; full member of Academia Mexicana de Pediatría AC; and member of Conacyt National Researchers Council (Level I).
I am in active clinical practice, strongly involved in translational medical research and postgraduate medical teaching.
I have conducted 18 medical specialty and 5 Clinical Sciences doctoral theses at Tec de Monterrey affiliated programs.
Since 2014, I have been part of Institutional Review Boards in Mexico.
My Teaching
From 1988 to October 2003 I was Associate Professor of Pediatrics and later of Pediatrics and Neonatology, at Hospital Conchita, affiliated to Escuela de Medicina of Universidad de Monterrey.
Since February 2006 I was Professor at Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, and the founder and academic director of the Neonatology Fellowship of the Multicentric Medical Residency Programs of Tecnologico de Monterrey and Secretaría de Salud, until February 28, 2019, in Monterrey, NL, México