Dr. Norberto López Serna

Session moderator

Dr. med. Norberto López Serna is a Surgeon and Obstetrician who trained at the Faculty of Medicine, UANL (1980–1986), and later earned a Doctorate in Medicine from the same institution (1992). He has served as Head of the Department of Embryology at the Faculty of Medicine, UANL, and has been recognized as a Level I Researcher by Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). Since 2001, he has held the position of Coordinator of the Basic Sciences Area for the Surgeon and Obstetrician degree program, and currently serves as Full Professor "C" of the Embryology teaching unit, as well as Adjunct Professor of Embryology courses for residents at the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital, UANL. He is a member of both the Self-Assessment Committee for degree accreditation and the Curricular Committee for the Surgeon and Obstetrician program. He is author and co-author of books and book chapters on Embryology, with national and international publications on fetal morphogenesis, congenital anomalies in clinical contexts, and educational research, and has supervised undergraduate research stays for students from the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.