pendienteIn 2001 an International Advisory Committee was instituted in Revista Médica de Chile, including in it prominent physicians working out of Chile who maintain regular contacts with different Chilean societies in the fields of Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. Members in this Committee are expected to contribute with their advice in the contents of our journal and also as expert reviewers and writers. Regrettably, Richard V. Lee, MD, passed away in May 2013. Vincenza Snow, MD, changed her professional activities and had to leave the Committee. Two new members are incorporated since January 2014: Juan Dapueto, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine from Montevideo, Uruguay, with particular interest in quality of life in patients with chronic diseases, and Diego Gracia, MD, Professor of Psychiatry from Madrid, Spain, a distinguished scholar in the fields of History of Medicine and Bioethics.