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108.4 Tissue Donation in Mexico

Francisco Martinez, Mexico

Chief of division
Division of Skin and Tissue Bank
National Institute of Rehabilitation

Biography

Is a MD and PhD in Biomedical Sciences by the Institute of Biomedical Researches of the National University of México.
Post Doctoral Fellow of the Gene Therapy Center of the University of Alabama At Birmingham, USA.
He was visitor professor of the University of Oviedo and Barcelona in Spain, and the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam in Nederlands.
Is a researcher in biomedical sciences focused on gene and cell therapies, transplants and molecular pharmacology. Is a member of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) and the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy ESGCT.
Designer and creator of the first skin bank of the Ministry of Health of Mexico, and promoter of donation and procurement of skin and Tissues.
He was director of the National Registry of Transplants of México and Vice-president of the Latin American Association of Tissue Banks in 2020 and President elected since 2022 of ALABAT.
Actually, is the chief of the Skin and Tissue Bank in the National Institute of Rehabilitation of México and head of the research program of Cryobiotic, Advanced Medical Biological Therapies and professor of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine of the National University of Mexico.

 

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