• Vice President of the Foundation of Popular Housing
• Former Minister of Health and Social Assistance (93-94) and Member of the National Health Council, (94-98)
• Former Executive Director of the Pan American Federation of Associations of Faculties (Schools) of Medicine, PAFAMS.
• Former President of the Pan American Federation of Associations of Faculties (Schools) of Medicine, PAFAMS.
Education and Other Activities:
• Degree in Surgeon Physician, National Autonomous University of Mexico and Central University of Venezuela.
• Fellow in Physiology and Pharmacology National Institute of Cardiology, Mexico.
• Professor Central University of Venezuela, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiological Sciences.
• (MSc Biology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston.
• Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Assistant in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston MA.
• Research Associate Harvard Medical School
• Senior Fellow Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative.
International Affiliations:
Fellow American College of Physicians
Ass. F. American College of Cardiology
National Academy of Medicine of Colombia, Corresponding Member Bogotá
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University International Advisory Board
China Medical Board of NY, Institute of International Medical Education, Steering and Advisory Committees
He has been a member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the
Novartis Foundation International, London and
Jefferson University Global International Board, Philadelphia
China Medical Board of NY, Institute of International Medical Education, Steering and Advisory Committees