Fernando Góngora Rivera is Director of Neurovascular Programme and Stroke Unit at José Eleuterio González University Hospital, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Professor of Internal Medicine and Neurology of the Medical School of Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Associate Member of Neurology and Stroke Department at Medical Centers in Private Hospitals and Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, ZH Medical Center TecSalud. President of the Red Ictus Mexico; past President of the Mexican Stroke Society (AMEVASC) and the Iberoamerican Stroke Organization (IASO).
Specialist of Neurology and Neuro-Endovascular Therapy by National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Master in Medical Sciences and Neurovascular Diseases at University of Paris. Research Fellow in Cerebrovascular Diseases at Bichat Hospital, Paris; complementary endovascular training at Lariboisière and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospitals in Paris, France. Member of National Research System of México, CONACYT. He is working for the establishment of the Policy and organizing stroke systems around the country.