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José Amén-Palma
José Amén-Palma (born 23 October 1926) is an Ecuadorian surgeon and medical researcher. His passion for medicine led him to undertake countless researches, of which two stand out: a technique to prevent bleeding during urological interventions and another to do digestive surgeries with the autograft-method also known as "fascia lata" - to reinforce the inguinal hernia. Amén-Palma was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in 2011 for his lifetime work in the field of Science. Biography Amén-Palma was born in Portoviejo on 23 October 1926 . He graduated with a medical degree from the University of Guayaquil with a thesis on urethral stricture, specifically those of traumatic origin. He specialized in Barcelona at the Puigvert Urology and Nephrology Institute, and in Mexico with Professor Ruben Gittes of Harvard University. He has attended numerous international urology-related conferences. Amén-Palma was a practising doctor in the Portoviejo Medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portoviejo
Portoviejo (), also known as San Gregorio de Portoviejo, is a city in Ecuador, and the capital of the Province of Manabí from the Pacific coast. It is still known as the city of the "Royal Tamarind Trees" due to former Tamarind plantains in the area. It serves as the main political and economical centre of the Portoviejo River valley, which also includes the cantons of Santa Ana and Rocafuerte, where about are cultivated every year. The city, which was affected by economic crisis in the eighties and nineties, is now recovering but severe budget limitations and a huge unemployment rate present difficulties for local authorities. Founded on March 12, 1535, it is one of the oldest cities in Ecuador and is the sixth largest of the country. Portoviejo is important for the cultivation of coffee, cattle and fishing and has a thriving agricultural-processing industry, with good road connections to Quito and Guayaquil. History Founded March 12, 1535, near the coast, by the Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |