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 […]
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 […]
Jacinto Convit García, MD, DS
Jacinto Convit Garcia (September 11, 1913 – May 12, 2014). Born in 1913 in Caracas, Venezuela, Dr. Jacinto Convit Garcia was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (1988) in Medicine for his contributions towards the development of a cure for leprosy. Jacinto Convit received his Doctorate in Medical Sciences from the Central University of Venezuela […]