RUIZ Y ARGUELLES, GUILLERMO JOSE

Guillermo José Ruiz-Argüelles MD, FCRP (Glasg), MACP, DSc (hc), FRCP

(Abstracted CV)

Born in Puebla, México, in 1951. Training in Internal Medicine (1980) and Hematology (1982) at the Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Post-doctoral research fellow in Hematology by the Fogarty Foundation in the Department of Hematology of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, U.S.A (1983). Director General, Centro de Hematologia y Medicina Interna de Puebla, Clinica RUIZ. Director of the Teaching and Research Division of Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Clinica RUIZ. Professor of Hematology in the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla and the Universidad de las Americas Puebla. Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Hematology. Member of the Academia Nacional de Medicina de México - National Academy of Medicine - , of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores - National Research System, level III (highest) - , of the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias - National Academy of Sciences - and of the Comisión de Investigación en Salud de México - Mexican Health Research Committee - . Past-president, Asociación de Medicina Interna de México - Mexican College of Physicians - (1989). Past-president, Agrupación Mexicana para el Estudio de la Hematología - Mexican Society of Hematology - (1993-1995). President of the Mexican Chapter of the Mayo Alumni Association (2008-2013). Member of the Board of Directors of the Mayo Alumni Association (2009-2015). Secretary General of the Interamerican Division of the International Society of Hematology (1996-2005). Chair of Council of the International Society of Hematology (2005-2009). President of the International Society of Hematology (2010-2012). Member of the Committe on Educational Affairs (1999-2002) and of the ad hoc Committee on International Outreach of the American Society of Hematology (1998-2001). Fellow of the American College of Physicians, of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, of the American Society of Hematology and of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Awards: "International Fogarty Fellowship 1982", "Luis Sánchez Medal” 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 , 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, the "Jorge Rosenkranz 1987", "Estacio Gonzaga 1987", "Aida Weiss 1987, 1989 and 1995", "Everardo Landa 1988", "Héctor Labastida 1992", "México Region Laureate Award 1996", of the American College of Physicians, "Premio en Ciencias Médicas 1997", of the V Festival Palafoxiano de Puebla, of the "Premio Carso-Funsalud” 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2007 in the area of organ transplantation, the “Ruy Pérez Tamayo 2000”, the “Premio Nacional de Oncología 2004”, the “Duc in altum” 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, the “Eduardo Liceaga 2006” by the Academia Nacional de Medicina,, the “Miguel Otero Arce 2007”, delivered by the president of the country in the name of the Consejo General de Salud – General Health Council – , the Ignacio Zaragoza Medal, by the Puebla City Major and the Premio “Roberto Kretschmer Schmidt 2012” by the Academia Nacional de Medicina.

Elected Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumnus in October 2011, Master of the American College of Physicians in April 2013, Doctor in Sciences (DSc), honoris causa, by the Universidad Aut´ónoma de San Luis Potosí in 2017 and Multi-institutional Advisor of the Secretary of Health of the State of Puebla, México in 2019.

Author of 683 papers in international and domestic peer-reviewed journals: 352 papers in full, 75 letters to the editor and 337 abstracts.

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Author of 48 chapters in books, editor of seven books and co-editor of four. Editor–in–chief of the Revista de Hematologia (México), member of the editorial board of peer-reviewed journals, both domestic (Medicina Interna de México, Medicina Universitaria, Gaceta Médica de México and De Medicinis Expertis) and foreign (HemOnc Today-USA, International Journal of Hematology-Japan, Acta Haematologica–Switzerland, Biología & Clínica Hematológica-Spain, Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia-Brasil, Revista de Oncología-Spain, Hematology / Oncology Stem Cell Therapy-Arabia and Hematology-England)