Ruben Burgos-Vargas

General data.

Name: Rubén Burgos Vargas.

Place and date of birth: July 17 1953; México, D.F.

Address: Circuito Circunvalación Poniente 31-A.  Ciudad Satélite. Naucalpan, Estado de México.

Current position.

Senior Investigator. Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de México, SS

Professor of Medicine, División de Posgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Director, CLIDITER (Clínica para el Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de las Enfermedades Reumáticas, SA de CV).  Private center for medical care, teaching, and clinical research related to the rheumatic diseases.

Past positions.

1995-2004 Director, Research Division, Hospital General de México

1992-1995 Head, Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de México

1983-1992 Staff Rheumatologist and Clinical Researcher, Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de México

1982-1983 Honorary Visiting Scientific Research Worker. Rheumatology Division, Clinical Research Centre, Medical Research Council. Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom. Mentor: Barbara M Ansell MD.

Professional Training.

1971-1977: MD (Médico Cirujano). Facultad de Medicina, UNAM.

1977-1981: Board Certified Specialist in Rheumatology. Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Hospital General de México and Consejo Mexicano de Reumatología, A:C:

Medical Society Memberships, National.

Academia Nacional de Medicina

Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Secretaría de Educación Pública

Consejo Mexicano de Reumatología

Sociedad Mexicana de Reumatología

Sociedad Médica del Hospital General de México

Medical Society Memberships, International.

British Society for Rheumatology (BSR), Member

American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Fellow

Pediatric Rheumatology Section of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Fellow

Assessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis (ASAS) International Working Group, consejero

Pediatric Rheumatology International Trial Organization (PRINTO), coordinador nacional

Spondylitis Association of America (SAA), consejero

Spondyloarthropathies Research Network (SPARTAN), member

International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Study Groups (IMACS), member

Medical Society Presidency

Sociedad Mexicana de Reumatología, 1989-1991

Consejo Mexicano de Reumatología, 1991-1992

Editorial Committee Memberships.

2008 to date, International Journal of Rheumatology

2006 to date, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

2005 to date, Rheumatology (Oxford)

2005 to date, Gaceta Médica de México

2005 to date, Reumatología Clínica

2001 to date, Pediatric Rheumatology on line

1989 –1997 Revista Médica del Hospital General de México.

1989 –2005 Revista Mexicana de Reumatología.