Editorial Board
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Juan Carlos Vázquez García
Coordinación de Investigación Educativa y Medicina Basada en Evidencia (CIEMBE)
Dirección de Enseñanza, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER)
Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax (SMNyCT)
Mexico City, Mexico
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Pulmonology
Renata Báez Saldaña
Education Directorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Arturo Cortés Telles
Clínica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Peninsula de Yucatan, IMSS Bienestar, Yucatán, Mexico
Pediatric pulmonology
María del Carmen Cano Salas
Clínica de Asma, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Thoracic surgery
Francina Valezka Bolaños Morales
Surgery Subdirectorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Critical care medicine
Carmen Margarita Hernández Cárdenas
General Directorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
EDITORIAL BOARD
Mayra Edith Mejía Ávila
Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Andrés Palomar Lever
Centro Médico ABC, Mexico City, Mexico
José Rogelio Pérez Padilla
Smoking and COPD Research, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Patricio Santillán Doherty
Comisión Nacional de Bioética, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
Mario Humberto Vargas Becerra
Bronchial Hyperreactivity Research, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
EDITORIAL TEAM
Asthma
Erika López Estrada
Asthma Clinic, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Fernando Morett Vera
Hospital San Javier, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Carlos Andrés Celis Preciado
Unidad de Neumología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
Pulmonary circulation
Arturo Gómez Gonzalez
Centro Médico ABC Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Tomás Pulido Zamudio
Clinical Research Subdirectorate, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico
Nayeli G Zayas Hernández
Department of Cardiorespiratory Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico
Héctor R Cajigas
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Thoracic surgery
Jesús Carranza Sarmina
Cenit Medical Center, Merida, Yucatán, México
Rafael Andrade Max
University of Minnessota Medical School, Minnesota, United States
Rubén Nava Bahena
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
Stella Martínez Jaramillo
Thoracic Surgery Program, Universidad El Bosque, Clínica Reina Sofía Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Bogotá, Colombia
Medical education
Janet Real Ramírez
Department of Innovation in Health Education, Education Directorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Dayanna Álvarez Monter
Education Subdirectorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Interstitial lung diseases
Ivette Buendía Roldán
Aging and Fibrosing Diseases Research Laboratory, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
José Omar Barreto Rodríguez
Hospitalization Coordination, Medical Subdirectorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Martín Eduardo Fernandez
Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease Section, Hospital de Rehabilitación María Ferrer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Luis Carlos Murillo
Medical Department, Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela
COPD
Alejandra Ramírez Venegas
Centro Respiratorio de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Rafael Hernández Zenteno
Clínica de EPOC y Bronquiectasias, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Ramcés Falfán Valencia
Laboratorio de Neumogenómica, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Ciro Casanova Macario
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Tenerife, España
Respiratory physiology
Laura Gochicoa Rangel
Auxiliary and Diagnostic Services Subdirectorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Torre Bouscoulet
Instituto de Desarrollo e Innovación en Fisiología Respiratoria, Mexico City, Mexico
Irlanda de Jesús Alvarado Amador
Department of Respiratory Physiology, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Juan Pablo de Torres Tajes
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España
Thoracic imaging
Aloisia Paloma Hernández Morales
Department of Imaging, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Fortunato Juárez Hernandez
Department of Imaging, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Sebastián Atilio Rossini
Instituto Radiológico de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Respiratory infectious diseases
Julio Edgardo González Aguirre
Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, Mexico
Eduardo Becerril Vargas
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Pulmonary intervention
Olivia Sánchez Cabral
Pulmonary Intervention Unit, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Erik Folch
Complex Chest Diseases Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, United States
Critical care medicine
Eduardo Rivero Sigarroa
Department of Intensive Care, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y de Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Juan Gutiérrez Mejía
Department of Critical Care, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
José Gustavo Barajas Ruiz
Intensive Care Unit, Médica Sur, Mexico City,Mexico
Sleep medicine
José Luis Carrillo Alduenda
Sleep Medicine Unit, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
José Luis Che Morales
Outpatient Medical Care Unit, IMSS, Yucatán, Mexico
María Angélica Bazurto Zapata
Fundación Neumológica Colombiana, Bogotá, Colombia
Pleural medicine
Sebastían Rodríguez Llamazares
Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Edgar Felipe Castro Arellano
Pleura Clinic, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Esmeralda Gordillo Valdés
Pleura Clinic, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Erick Rendón Ramírez
Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, Mexico
Pediatric pulmonology
Rodrigo del Río Hidalgo
Head of Research, Hospital Valentín Gómez Farías, ISSSTE, Jalisco, México
Manuel E Soto Martínez
Pulmonology Service, Hospital Nacional de Niños, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
Thoracic oncology
Marisol Arroyo Hernández
Thoracic Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico
Carla Paola Sánchez Ríos
Medical Oncology Service, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Cabrera Miranda
Thoracic Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico
Lucía Viola
Thoracicl Oncology Service, Fundación Neumológica Colombiana, Bogotá, Colombia
Tobacco dependence
Justino Regalado Pineda
Department of Smoking and COPD Research, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
María Angélica Ocampo Ocampo
Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Robinson Emmanuel Robles Hernández
Department of Smoking and COPD Research, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Gustavo E. Zabert
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina
Respiratory therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation
Rosaura Esperanza Benitez Pérez
Department of Respiratory Physiology, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Sergio Monraz Pérez
Department of Respiratory Physiology, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Saraí del Carmen Toral Freyre
School of Technical Training, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Santiago C. Arce
Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas A. Lanari, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tuberculosis and mycoses
Miguel Ángel Salazar Lezama
Tuberculosis Clinic, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Marcela Muñoz Torrico
Unidad de Vigilancia Epidemiologica Hospitalaria e Infectologia, INER, Ciudad de México, México
Norma Téllez Navarrete
Pulmonology Medical Care Subdirectorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Marco Villanueva Reza
Hospital Epidemiological Surveillance Coordination, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
José Antonio Caminero Luna
Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, España
Luis Adrián Rendón Pérez
Servicio de Neumología, CIPTIR. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México
Upper airway
Armando Castorena Maldonado
Medical Directorate, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
María Angélica Portillo Vásquez
Epidemiology and Statistics Coordination, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
José Luis Mayorga Butrón
Department of Otolaryngology, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico
Respiratory world
José Luis Sandoval Gutiérrez
Infectious Diseases Clinic for Immunocompromised Patients, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Gustavo Giraldo Buitrago
Technical Coordination Department, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Editorial Office, Department of Educational Innovation in Health, Directorate of Education, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
Cover art and design
Diana Beatriz Campos Puebla
Emma Samantha González Benítez
Department of Technical Support in Education, INER, Mexico City, Mexico
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax, A.C.
Catalina Casillas Suárez
President
Laura Graciela Gochicoa Rangel
Vicepresident
José Luis Sandoval Gutiérrez
Former President
Saraí del Carmen Toral Freyre
Secretary
Arturo Gómez González
Centro Médico ABC Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas
Carmen Margarita Hernández Cárdenas
Director General
Renata Báez Saldaña
Director of Education
Joaquín A. Zúñiga Ramos
Director of Research
Armando Roberto Castorena Maldonado
Medical Director