Luis Torres Torija

Dr. Luis Torres Torija Arguelles, born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico, is a 

physician from Westhill University with training in Quality and Patient Safety from 

the Tecnológico of Monterrey Residence program. He has a Master's degree in 

Business Administration from EGADE Business School in Mexico and is part of the 

Beta Gamma Sigma Society, which integrates the best students from the main 

business schools in the world. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s in Public Health 

at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina.

During his academic and professional training, he had the opportunity to work in 

both the public and private medical sectors. He completed a training stay in the 

Quality Department of the Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Dallas, Texas, as well as 

international exchanges at the University of Berkeley in California and the 

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He finished the Healthcare Safety Fellowship of the 

Patient Safety Movement Foundation focused on improving patient safety.

He has the knowledge and experience for the management, design, evaluation, 

improvement, and innovation of clinical care and patient safety processes, 

incorporating methodologies for continuous improvement. Within another type of 

specific training, he is certified as a facilitator of communication workshops for 

health personnel by the United States Academy of Communication in Healthcare.

He currently is an Ambassador in Mexico of the Patient Safety Movement 

Foundation, an international organization focused on improving patient safety 

worldwide, and serves as an evaluator of the National Certification System. of 

healthcare establishments in Mexico and the international model of the Canadian 

Healthcare Council.

He has participated as a speaker in national and international congresses related to quality and patient safety, health economics, and health systems globally.