Miguel Angel Hernandez - Alvarez

Head of the Hand and Wrist Chapter, in charge of the scientific and academic activities performed by the Mexican College of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (annual meeting scientific program, monthly academic sessions)

Inter-societies affairs (national and overseas academic societies in hand surgery)

Active medical staff member, department of Orthopaedics.

Department of Pediatrics hand surgery consultant

In charge of hand surgery department

Evaluation of research projects produced in Shriners Hospital for Children (Mexico)

Management of outlines for clinical research and research bioetics

Supervision of outcome of clinical investigations and the conclusion of specific scheduled activities related.

Active Staff Member (Orthopaedic Surgery Department)

Pediatric hand surgeon

Head of Hand surgery department

Consultant of prosthetics department

During this period (2016), the main achievement was to re-incorporate Mexico back into the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand membership during the IFSSH meeting held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a ten-year absence.

Also, Mexico was incorpated as a member of the Latin American Hand Surgery Federation (2015), at the Biennial meeting of the Federation at Santiago, Chile.