Luis is a physician from Quito, Ecuador, where he has devoted himself to academics and medical humanities. After obtaining his medical degree from Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, he obtained an ME in Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas – ESPE and a MS in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental health in King’s College London, from which he graduated with distinction. He has worked as a physician in private and public hospitals in Ecuador but has developed most of his career as professor of medical humanities and mental health, as well as area coordinator for his medical school. He is currently the Dean of the School of Medicine in Universidad de Las Américas, where he also teaches history of medicine and psychopathology modules to medical undergraduate students. He is interested in research on the history of psychiatry, medical education in the early-modern period and visual depictions of the body throughout the postclassical era. Outside his academic career, Luis holds a diploma in scientific illustration, which he practices occasionally.