Santiago Ramón y Cajal, MD
Dr. Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1 1852 – October 17, 1934) was born in Petilla de Aragón, Spain. He spent most of his childhood causing trouble, leading to frequently changing schools and even an arrest at the age of 11. His greatest love was art and medicine, as his father would take him to […]
Andrés Barbero, MD
Dr. Andres Barbero (July 28, 1877 – February 14, 1951) was born in 1877 in Asunción, Paraguay. He became one of the first Paraguayan citizens to earn a medical degree and dedicated himself to many philanthropic ventures across Paraguay. Born into a very wealthy family, he completed Pharmacy in 1898 and Medicine in 1903 at […]
José Carlos Millás
José Carlos Millás (January 22, 1889 – November 28, 1965) was a Cuban meteorologist that was called one of the “fathers of tropical meteorology”. Born in Havana, he obtained a BS in Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Havana and pursued postgraduate work at the University of Chicago in Celestial Mechanics. However, the […]
Pablo DT Valenzuela, PhD
Dr. Pablo Valenzuela was born in 1941, Santiago, Chile, and has made significant impact in blood saftety and disease treatment. He obtained his BS (1967) in Biochemistry from the University of Chile, PhD (1970) in Chemistry at Northwestern University, Postdoctoral training at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and was a Professor in Biochemistry […]
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia, MD
Dr. Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia (September 26, 1921 – November 2, 1996) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Dr. Caldeyro-Barcia was the father of Perinatology and was nominated for the Nobel Prize. He obtained his MD (1947) from the University of the Republic in Uruguay specializing in obstetrical physiology. He and his professor developed the Montevideo Units, which […]
Dr. Mireya Correa
Dr. Mireya Correa (February 6, 1940 – November 22, 2022) was born in 1940 Panama. She obtained a Licenciada or BS (1963) in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Panama and her MS (1967) in Botany from Duke University. She was given an Honorary Doctorate (2012) from the University of Panama. After her MS, […]
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero (January 5, 1865 – March 11, 1920) was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He was a prodigy that studied mathematics and lunar interactions on oceanic and weather fluctuations. Born amidst two major civil wars, the latter of which ended in 1877, Colombia introduced public education, allowing Julio to attend high school until 1884. […]
Cesar Ricardo Bressani Castignoli, PhD
Cesar Ricardo Bressani Castignoli, PhD (September 28, 1926 – January 30, 2015) was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala and his parents were immigrant Italians. He received his BS (1948) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton, his MS (1951) in Biochemistry from Iowa State University, and his PhD (1956) in Biochemistry focusing on Food […]
Antonia Coello Novello, MPH, MD
Dr. Antonia Coello Novello was born on August 23, 1944 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. She became the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as the US Surgeon General. After spending the first 18 years of her life continuously hospitalized due to congenital megacolon, before she was allowed to obtain corrective surgery, she dedicated her […]
Andrés Manuel Del Río
Andrés Manuel del Rio y Fernández (November 10, 1764 – March 23, 1849) was born in Madrid. He was the original person to discover the element Vanadium. After receiving his BS (1780) from the University of Alcalá de Hernares through his studies in analytical chemistry and metallurgy, he received a scholarship to study at Spain’s […]