medical doctor, Master in Public Health, Professor at the University of El Salvador in Health Systems and Health Policy; researcher in health sector reform; during the civil war in El Salvador (1975 to 1992) he was in charge of medical services in conflictive areas, and in capacitation of health activists of the insurgent forces and from the civil people in this areas without medical services from the government. He was imprisoned and tortured on two ocassions in 1978 (two months) and 1985 (eight months). Following the peace accords in 1992 he returned to the University of El Salvador to research and teach public health. Between 1995 and 1999 he was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of El Salvador (UES). Contributed to IPHU Course in Cuenca in July 2005.
