Our team

Responsible Editors:

Prof. Dr. Jaime E. Bortz, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Humanities, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires University.
Research and Teaching Scholar Category II.
President, Argentinian Society for the History of Medicine, Argentinian Medical Association.
Co-president, Latin American Society for the History of Science and Technology.
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Editorial board:

Dr. Lucia Ariza
Doctor in Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Master in Sociology of Culture, IDAES, National University of San Martin (UNSAM)
Lic. in Sociology, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Visiting Researcher,  Gino Germani Research Institute (IIGG-UBA) and member of the Sexuality Study Group (IIGG-UBA)

Dr. Maria Fernanda Sabio
Professor of Secondary and Higher Education Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Dr. in Medical Humanities, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Specialist Bioethics and Higher Diploma in Social Sciences with a major in Gender, FLACSO
Professor of Ethics, National University of Lanus (UNLa) and Associate Professor of Ethics Seminar, National University of Quilmes (UNQ)

Consultive Editor:

Prof. Abel Luis Agüero MD, PhD
Adjunct Consultant Professor on History of Medicine and Public Health. School of Medicine. University of Buenos Aires.
Former Director of the Institute of History of Medicine. School of Medicine. University of Buenos Aires.
Former President of the Society of History of Medicine and Society of Medical Humanism. Argentinean Medical Association
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Scientific Advisory Committee

Prof. Dr. Leopoldo E. Acuña
Chief of the Department of Humanistic Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, National University of La Plata
Tenured Professor of the Chair of Medical Humanities
Professor in charge of the Humanistic Seminars, School of Medicine, Favaloro University
Academic, National Academy of Medical Ethics, Argentina.

Prof. Mario Albornoz
Professor of Philosophy and senior researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina.
Secretary for Science and Technology at the University of Buenos Aires (1986 - 1994)
Director of the Master’s Program on Management of Science, Technology and Innovation, jointly established by the National University of General Sarmiento, the Institute for Economic and Social Studies (IDES) and Centro REDES

Prof. Marta de Almeida
Researcher of the Department of History of Science, Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences, MAST, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil
Former Vice President of the Brazilian Society of History of Science (2004-2006)
Former General Secretary Brazilian Society of History of Science (2006-2008)

Jon Arrizabalaga, MD, PhD
History of Science Department, Institución Milà i Fontanals (IMF), CSIC (Barcelona, Spain)
Vice-Director of the Institución Milà i Fontanals

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Campos-Marín. Tenured Scientist
Institute of History. Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. Spanish High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)
Principal Investigator of Research Group of Social and Cultural History of Science
Secretary of the Spanish Society of History of Medicine
Editorial Secretary of the Asclepio journal
Founder of Frenia Journal of History of Psychiatry. Former Editorial Secretary of Frenia
Former-Secretary of the Spanish Society of History and Philosophy of Psychiatry

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Caponi
Department of Philosophy, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brasil)

Dr. Adrián Carbonetti
Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Dr Kenneth Collins MBChB FRCGP MPhil PhD
Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Glasgow and at the Department of Medical History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Editor (English language) Vesalius

Marcos Cueto, PhD en Historia
Director of the Peruvian Studies Institute.
Senior researcher of the School of Public Health - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Prof. MD. Dr. Rodrigo Fierro-Benítez
Department of Health, History of Medicine, Andean Simon Bolivar University, Quito
Former-President, Latin-American Association of National Academies of Medicine
Award Abraham Horwitz (PAHO); Award Benjamin Franklin (USA)
Honorary Member, Spanish Royal National Academy of Medicine
Journalist of Opinion (El Comercio, Quito)

Prof. Rafael Huertas García-Alejo
Research Professor.
Research group: Social and Cultural History of Science. History Institute, Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. Spanish High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)
President of the Spanish Society of History of Medicine

Dr. Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
Director of the Center of History of Science José Babini, School of Humanities , National University of San Martín (UNSAM)
Secretary of Innovation and Technology Transfer of the UNSAM
Professor of Social History of Science, Master of Policy and Management of Science and Technology at University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Researcher of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

Nasser Kotby

Prof. Dr. Pablo Kreimer
Full Professor, Quilmes National University
Research Scholar, CONICET
Director of the Centro de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad (CCTS)

Dr. Alain Lellouch, MD, PhD (Philosophy and History of Sciences, Paris I - Sorbonne)
HDRSH (accredited to conduct researches in Human Sciences)
Past chief of the Department of Medical information, St Germain -en -Laye Hospital (France)
Past General Secretary of the International Society for History of Medicine (ISHM)
Vesalius ( official ISHM journal) editor for French language and ISHM national delegate for France

Prof. Dr. Pablo Lorenzano
Full Profesor (“Ordinarius”) and former Director of the Studies and Research Center, National University of Quilmes
Independent Researcher, National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations
Former-director of the Institute of Science and Technological Studies, National University of Quilmes
Corresponding Member of the Académie International de Philosophie des Sciences
Former-president of the Association of Philosophy and History of Science of South Cone
Former-secretary of the Latinamerican Society of History of Sciences and Technology

Prof. Dr. José Alberto Mainetti
Senior researcher – CONICET
Director of the Institute of Bioethics and Medical Humanities of Mainetti Foundation
President of the Argentinean Academy of Ethics in Medicine
Konex Award for Humanities 1994 and Isalud Award 1992

Enrique Oteiza

Dr. Irina Podgorny
Reseach Scholar- CONICET
Historic Archive- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo- Universidad Nacional de La Plata

María Blanca Ramos de Viesca, PhD
Psychiatrist, Master in Clinical Psychiatry
Professor and Researcher of the Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine
School of Medicine - National Autonomous University of México (UNAM)

Prof. Dr. Luiz Carlos Soares
Full-Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF, Niteroi, Brazil)
Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brasília, Brazil)
President of the Brazilian Socitey of History of Science (SBHC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006-2010)
Former Presidente of the Brazilian Association of History (ANPUH, São Paulo, Brazil, 2003-2005)

Eduardo Tanus, MD, PhD
Professor of Ethics and Medical Deontology (School of Medicine – Favaloro University)
President of the Ethical Committee of the Latin American and Caribean Society of Transplants
Member of the Bioethical Committee of The Transplantation Society (TTS)
President of PRINCIPIOS (Foundation for the defense of patients’ and health teams’ rights)

Dr. Hernán Thomas
Director of the Area of Social Studies of Technology and Innovation
Institute of Social Studies on Science and Technology - Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
Senior Researcher - CONICET
Coordinator of the Argentinean Network of Social Studies of Science and Technology

Prof Carlos Viesca, MD
Chairman, Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine, School of Medicine, National University of Mexico
Former President of the Mexican Society of History and Philosophy of Medicine
Vice President of the International Society of History of Medicine

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