My colleague and friend Dr. Thelma Rodríguez, who served as Executive Editor of our Journal in recent years, have had to resign to her position for personal reasons. A brilliant and meticulous clinician and hard-working professional, Dr. Rodríguez performed all the difficult editorial tasks with efficiency and a spirit of collaboration. Certainly, we will miss her close collaboration and advice.

Dr. Maria del Pilar Ortiz Vilchis, a young physician, with a Master and Doctorate in Sciences, has been designed as Executive Editor of the Journal, with the consent of the new President of our Association, Dr. Gabriela Borrayo. Dr. Ortiz, who do I know since her formative years, will continue the efforts of Dr. Rodríguez to improve the level of the Journal until reaching the goals that we all expect and desire. While we give her the warmest welcome as a prominent member of our Editorial Committee, we want to express her our highest confidence and consideration.

Dr. Pedro Gutiérrez, the former past President of our Association, did a magnificent job, amidst the complex, threatening and unknown reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite all the obstacles, ANCAM, under his leadership, is now stronger and has a growing academic importance in our country. We would like to acknowledge that Dr. Gutiérrez granted a great freedom to the Editorial Committee, as the former Presidents Dr. José Manuel Enciso and Dr. Francisco Javier León did in their in their respective administrations. Editorial freedom is an essential requirement for the performance and evolution of a scientific journal.

Dr. Ortiz and I also want to thank Dr. Borrayo for allowing us to continue leading the Editorial Committee. Our President can be sure that we will never betray that trust and that we will continue in the arduous fight to improve the quality of our Journal, to the limit of our strength and competence.