A UNIQUE HONOR FOR A SENIOR MEXICAN OMS

DR JAVIER DAVILA TORRES of Mexico recently was bestowed the prestigious annual award of Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF). The Patient Safety Movement Foundation is a partner of the IAOMS. The foundation extends its work to 49 countries and more than 4,700 hospitals affiliated promoting Culture of Safety and link with World Health Organization. Dr Davila Torres is a member of the board of directors of the PSMF. He is also the current Secretary of the Mexican Academy of Surgery, and Chair of Scientific Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Mexican Government. He is the former Chief Medical Officer of the Social Security Mexican Institute (IMSS with more than 2,000 medical units and more than 77,000 physicians), Maxillofacial Surgeon, former President of the Mexican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and member of IAOMS since 1986. ■