"Anatomic pathology is a medical specialty essential to understand the physiopathological processes of disease, to correlate them with clinical medicine and to arrive at a diagnosis to be able to help with treatment."
Dr. Irma Elisa Eraña Rojas graduated from the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus with a degree in Medical Surgeon and a specialty in Anatomy Pathology. Monterrey. She has recertification by the Mexican Council of Anatomopathological Physicians A.C. and is an active member of COMAPEN. She completed the Master's Degree in Health Professions Education Distinction Accreditation and Evaluation from Keele University, United Kingdom, and the Fellowship in Health Professions Education: Accreditation and Assessment from the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education (FAIMER) organization based in Philadelphia, USA, where she is currently Assistant Faculty and Project Advisor for IFI (International FAIMER Institute). Dr. Eraña was an Associate Fellow of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) and a Mentor in the Asia Pacific Women in Leadership (APWiL) program. She has the Conscious Business Coaching Plus Certification by Conscious Business Center International and is currently a Counselor at the Civil Association of Pal Sur del Norte.
Dr. Eraña earned the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert distinction from 2015 to 2018. She won the Inspirational Teacher Award in 2013, second place in the QS Stars Re-imagine Education Awards 2015 with the Virtual Pathology Laboratory project, and third place as best ePoster at AMEE 2020 Virtual Conference with the Forensic Sciences Immersion Laboratory project. She has participated as a Judge in the QS Stars Re-imagine Education Awards, the Novus Fund for Educational Innovation, and AMEE.
She is an Associate Professor and teaches pathology courses within the Medical Surgeon program and the medical specialty program in Pathological Anatomy. She was the Career Director of the Medical Surgeon program at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Tecnológico Monterrey, Monterrey campus, and later National Director of said program. She was part of the Technical Council of the General Examination for the General Medicine Bachelor's Degree. Dra. Eraña is currently the Academic Director of the medical specialty of Pathological Anatomy. She has participated as a reviewer of indexed magazines and as a speaker in various Panels and Congresses at National and International levels. She has e-books, book chapters, MOOCs, and national and international indexed publications in medical education and her discipline.
ierana@tec.mx
