Adela Montero V., PhD

e-mail: amontero@med.uchile.cl

Prof. Asociado at CEMERA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile

Obstetrician Gynecologist, specialist in Pediatric Gynecology and Adolescence. Master in Bioethics. Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile.Since 2004 she has worked at the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Integral Development of Adolescence of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, assuming the directorship in August 2007 to date. She is an honorary member of the Center for Applied Ethics Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities of the University of Chile. Under and postgraduate lecturer. She is the current Coordinator of the Specialty Derived in Pediatric Gynecology and Adolescence. Her line of research is related to aspects of sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as research related to the study of Bioethics in this area. She has participated as a responsible researcher and co-researcher in multiple research projects. Her experience has allowed him to develop articles published in indexed journals (Thompson Reuthers, Scielo, Scopus) and book chapters. Currently, through the Regular Fondecyt Project leads an investigation on conscientious objection in the context of the decriminalization of abortion in Chile. She has participated as a guest professor in several conferences and national and international conferences. In December 2015, she published the book "Bioethics in sexual and reproductive health" as co-editor. In the period 2014 - 2016 she was President of the Chilean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Childhood and Adolescence.