Joint Academic Council

The Council is a MEDICC advisory body and includes both
the MEDICC, Inc. Board of Directors and the following Cuban colleagues:

Pastor Castell-Florit Serrate DSc PhD

Co-Chair, MEDICC Joint Academic Council
Director, National School of Public Health, Havana
Chair, Cuban Council of Scientific Societies in Health

Madelyn Montes de Oca Día MD MS

Secretary, MEDICC Joint Academic Council
International Relations Group, National School of Public Health

Tania Aguilar Guerra MD MS

Chief Consultant,
MEDICC Program

Eduardo Alemañy Pérez MD

Professor and Director of University Evaluation & Accreditation
Medical University of Havana

Rubén García López de Villavicencio MD

Director, Cosme Ordoñez University Polyclinic, Havana

Beatriz Marcheco Teruel MD PhD

Director, National Medical Genetics Center
Full Professor, Medical University of Havana
Member, Ministry of Public Health Task Force on the Human Genome Project

Pedro Más Bermejo MD PhD

Full Professor and Distinguished Researcher
Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute
Full Professor, National School of Public Health

Guillermo Mesa Ridel MD PhD

Principal Professor and Coordinator, International H.E.L.P. Public Health Courses on Management of Humanitarian Aid implemented by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Professor and Director of Public Health in Special Situations, National School of Public Health

Ileana Morales Suárez MD MS

National Director, Science and Technological Innovation, Ministry of Public Health
Chair, National Medical Education Quality Assurance Commission

Yoandra Muro Valle MD MS

Rector, Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM)

Eduardo Ojito Magaz MS Ch.E.

Director, Molecular Immunology Center (CIM), Havana

Manuel Raíces Pérez-Castañeda PhD

Molecular Biologist
Consultant to the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB)

Sonia Resik Aguirre MD MS PhD

Chair, Virology Department and Director, Polio Laboratory Network
Full Professor and Senior Researcher
Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute

Salvador Tamayo Muñiz MD

Director, National Program for Prevention & Control of Non-communicable Disease, Ministry of Public Health