Master of Internal Medicine is the bighest award granted by the Chilean Society of Internal Medicine (Sociedad Médica de Santiago) to its members. Since this award was stated, in 1981, the Society has given it periodically to the most distinguished Chilean physicians. All nominees are considered a model as a physician, medical educator and person, to be emulated by the future generations, bearing the responsibility of maintaining the spirit, the prestige and the projection of Internal Medicine into the future. This year, on the ocassion of the XXVII. Chilean Congress of Internal Medicine, the title of "Master of Internal Medicine" was awarded to Alejandro Goic, M.D., F.A.C.P. Dr. Goic is Professor of Medicine at the University of Chile School of Medicine (and its former Dean, 1986-1994), former Editor of Revista Médica de Chile (1969-1996) and currently Editor Emeritus, Member of the Chilean Superior Council on Education and President of the National Academy of Medicine. He has authored over 160 articles on clinical research and medical education and several books, including one that has become a leading text on Medicine in Spanish. The following list shows the names of those Chilean physicians that have been awarded this distinction