Meet the editors

Víctor M. Whizar-Lugo, MD, graduated from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and completed his residency in internal medicine at Hospital General de México, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México City. He also completed a fellowship at the Anesthesia Department, Pain Clinic, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Currently, Dr. Whizar-

Lugo works in the Anesthesia Department at Lotus Med Group and is an associated researcher at the Institutos Nacionales de Salud, Mexico. He has publications on anesthesia, pain, internal medicine, and critical care to his credit. He has also edited five books and given countless conferences at congresses and meetings around the world. He is the editor-in-chief of the *Journal of Anesthesia* and *Critical Care*. Dr. Whizar-Lugo is the founding director of Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor, a free medical education program on the Internet (www. anestesiologia-dolor. org).

Guillermo Domínguez-Cherit, MD, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and completed his residency in internal medicine, anesthesiology, and critical care medicine at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México City. He also completed a professional internship in mechanical ventilation at Provincial Clinic Hospital I Barcelona and Sant Pau Barcelona

Hospital, Spain. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico and of the Task Force of Mass Critical Care, American College of Chest Physicians. He is a researcher level II in the National System of Researchers in Mexico. Dr. Domínguez-Cherit is the deputy director of critical medicine at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán and the regional dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies (ITESM), México City. He has been a visiting professor at national and international conferences and has published multiple investigations in journals and books.

Marissa Minutti-Palacios, MD, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado Puebla, México. She completed her residency in anesthesiology at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México City, and a fellowship in perioperative medicine of the obese patient at Centro Médico ABC, México City. She obtained a master's degree in Quantitative Methods for

Health Research and Epidemiology at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. Dr. Minutti-Palacios has publications in anesthesia and perioperative medicine to her credit and has lectured at conferences and meetings in México. She is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México City.

Analucía Domínguez-Franco, MD, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Anahuac Mayab, Yucatán, México. She completed her residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in chronic pain and palliative medicine at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México City. She has publications in chronic pain to her credit and has lectured at conferences and meetings in México. Currently, Dr. Domín-

guez-Franco is Professor of Anesthesiology in the Anesthesia Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán.
