Abstract

AMARO CANO, María del Carmen. Enrique Area Arrondo: Doctor, surgeon, professor, dean, for ever revolutionary. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1729-519X.

The Havanan from a working-class origin, Enrique Área Arrondo, started working as a clerk while he was studying High School. In 1962 he began to study medicine as a boarding student. His postgraduate work was carried out in the Northeastern region of Cuba. He worked for a few months at the hospital in Marcané, then as Vice Director of the regional Hospital in Mayarí, Head of the Municipal Civil Defense Medical Service and Head of the general staff of the regional medical services in Mayarí-Sagua-Moa. From 1972 to 1974 he was a member of the medical Cuban delegation in Algeria. In 1974 he began his residency in surgery at "General Calixto García" Hospital, graduating as a first degree General Surgeon in 1977. From 1981 to 1984 he stayed in Moscow where he specialized on Microsurgery in Transplants. In October, 1993 he was appointed as the provisional Dean of "General Calixto García" Medical Sciences School, and officially named the following year. From that position he created Cuba's first Bioethics professorship in March, 1995. Diagnosed with Lung Cancer, on January 17, 1996, in barely five months, he passed away on June 26, leaving a deep legacy as a doctor, professor and revolutionary.

Keywords : medical teaching; doctor; surgeon; Dean; revolutionary; Cuba..

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