International Society for the History of Medicine

It is affiliated with national societies in many countries, among which are Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

[1][2] The ISHM publishes twice a year Vesalius, subtitled Acta Internationalia Historiae Medicinae, an academic journal publishing some abstracts from its International Congresses and International Meetings for the History of Medicine, and some other scientific communications.

Editor-in-Chief: Francesco M. Galassi (Poland) & International Editorial Board and Referees (2024): Dana Baran (Romania), Luca Borghi (Italy), Maria do Sameiro Barroso (Portugal), Kenneth Collins (Israel & UK), Valentina Gazzaniga (Italy), Donatella Lippi (Italy), Ricardo Jorge Losardo (Argentina), Paolo Mazzarello (Italy), Andrew Nadell (USA), Juris Salaks (Latvia), Ragnar Stien (Norway), Alain Touwaide (USA), Robrecht Van Hee (Belgium), Elena Varotto (Australia), Carlos Viesca (Mexico), Fabio Zampieri (Italy), Giorgio Zanchin (Italy).

• Vice Presidents: Prof. Maria do Sameiro Barroso; Prof. Maria Blanca Ramos de Viesca; Prof. Ricardo Losardo; Dr. Andrew Nadell.

• Advisors: Prof. Giorgio Zanchin; Prof. Jean-Pierre Tricot; Prof. Ana Maria Rosso; Prof. Amélia Ricon Ferraz; Prof. Axel Karenberg; Prof. Zhang Daqing.