Dr. Fernando Larrea

Fernando Larrea, M.D. Head of the Department of Reproductive Biology (BR), Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán INCMNSZ). México. Medical doctor from the School of Medicine, National University of Mexico (UNAM), MD degree. Specialist in Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology, UNAM, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center of Biomedical Research, The Population Council, Rockefeller University. New York. Full- time researcher, Head of the Department (BR, INCMNSZ), and Emeritus Investigator of the National System of Investigators (SNI), Mexico. Mechanism of action of natural and synthetic hormonal steroids, contraception, and endometrial physiology, including placental physiology and breast cancer. Member of the Mexican Society of Endocrinology, The Mexican National Academy of Medicine ANMM), the Endocrine Society, and the Latin American Society of Reproductive Biology (ALIRH). FL has received several awards from the Mexican Endocrine Society, the Mexican Government, SNI, and the ANMM.