Comité Directivo
President: Prof. Jonathan McFarland currently works in the capacity of the Head of Academic Writing Office at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. In addition, Mr McFarland conducts research in oratory analysis, sociolinguistics and compositional studies. One of his current major projects is the international association "The Doctor as a Humanist". (Sechenov University, Moscow)
General Secretary: Dr. David Cerdio Medical Doctor graduated from Universidad Anáhuac México. Specialtist in Health Management and Corporate Welfare with Master's Degree in Management and Administration of Health Institutions. Fervent promoter of medical humanism and humanities as a way to acquire such competence. (Anahuac University, Mexico)
Prof. Irina Markovina, Director of Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, also teaches English as for Medical Purposes, Medical Translation, Ethnopsycholinguistics, and conducts research in these fields, thus promoting intercultural communications and international cooperation. (Sechenov University, Moscow)
Dr. Jacek Mostwin, Professor of Urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an Affiliate faculty member of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at the Johns Hopkins University. He has been a member of the Hospital Ethics Committee since 1992, serving as co-chair for seven years. He now teaches introductory medical ethics for the Medical School. He formerly directed the School of Medicine’s Course on Patient, Physician and Society. He is currently working in conjunction with the Oxford Center for Life Writing at Wolfson College on the study of biography and memoir of patients and practitioners as part of a larger project entitled Lives in Medicine. From 1996 to 2012 he served as the medical director of the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes of the Federal Association, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In 2012 he was elected to be a member of the International Medical Committee of Lourdes.
Dr. Joaquim Gea obtained his MD (1979) and PhD (1989) degrees at the Universitat de Barcelona, being specialist in both Internal Medicine (1981) and Respiratory Medicine (1985). He is the Head of the Respiratory Department at Hospital del Mar, Full Professor and Dean of the School of Medicine at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Deputy Director at the Spanish Network of Excellence for Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES). He has been funded by 68 competitive grants, including 4 projects funded by the European Commission, and published more than 300 Original Articles and Reviews in peer reviewed journals as well as 60 book chapters. (Pompeu Fabra, University, Spain)
Dr. Manuel Pera
Dr. Joan Soriano is Associate Professor of Medicine at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and Senior Investigator at the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, both in Madrid, Spain. He is also a bariton opera singer. (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Dr. José Marcos Félix Is currently coordinator of clinical cycles at Anahuac University Mexico, Dr. Felix has dedicated his life to the promotion and development of humanism as a medical competence, seeking at all times to favor the treatment and patient-doctor relationship. Medical Oncologist-Pediatrician who in addition to exercising the medical profession has a great interest as a teacher trainer. (Anahuac University, Mexico)
Dr. Ourania Varsou BSc, MBChB, PgCert, PhD, AfHEA, is a Lecturer in Anatomy at the School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland UK. Her research includes the integration of anatomical imaging technologies in life sciences teaching, education-related quality assurance processes, scholarship of learning and teaching, clinically-applied anatomy, and incorporation of humanities in science/medical curricula.
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones