TIVA y Neurociencias

Mission & Vision

When I arrived in this country four years ago, I decided to start this project. Many people couldn’t believe it. That a newcomer — without local connections, without a hospital behind her — would try to create a course that combined total intravenous anesthesia with neurophysiology and brain monitoring.

But I believed in myself. I believed that TIVA needed a new language — One based on understanding the brain.

Many colleagues told me it wouldn’t work. Some had been here for over ten years and said: "No one does that here." "It’s too ambitious."

But I had something priceless: The faith of great teachers and friends who believed in me, and stood by me — even when the odds were against us.

That’s how TIVA y Neurociencias was born. Not out of certainty, but out of conviction.

👉 A conviction that anesthesia must go beyond a number.

👉 That we must understand how hypnotic agents alter consciousness.

👉 That interpreting the EEG is not a luxury — it’s a responsibility.

So I created TIVA y Neurociencias with a clear mission:

👉 To bring neuroscience to the center of anesthetic practice.

👉 To teach — and keep learning — how we can switch off consciousness, but we must first learn how to do it wisely.

👉 To help anesthesiologists connect the data to the person — and see the patient as a whole.

And the most important thing: This project was never about being first. It was about being real.

Now, as we prepare to celebrate our 3rd TIVA y Neurociencias Course, I want to say thank you — To every professor, every sponsor, and every person who believed in this project before it became “possible.”

This is our mission. This is our vision - To transform the way anesthesia is understood and practiced —by placing neuroscience, consciousness, and the patient at the center of care - And this is just the beginning.

Ignacio Cortinez Fernández Juan C. Pedemonte Pablo Sepulveda Voullieme mauricio ibacache Victor Contreras @HebertoMuñozCuevas Emery N. Brown Diego Patlis Alberto Sanchez PD Dr. Finn M. Radtke Dr. Matthias Kreuzer Alex Barroso Carlos Rafael Ramirez-Paesano.M.D-EDAIC Milan Hrobský Gregory Contreras-Pérez Erik Weber Jensen Medtronic Acute Care & Monitoring Fresenius Kabi Narcotrend Gwen Merkelbach Intersurgical Distrauma Medical Masimo arcomed ag Merck Coresys Health Safe Brain Initiative - SBI Quirónsalud Centro Medico Teknon #medicstreaming Judit Aranda Moreno