Abdellatif Berbich

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(, 17 May 1942–1 January 2015) was a professor of internal medicine. He was the founding Chairman of the

nephrology Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (ren ...

Moroccan company, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of the

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, and Morocco's ambassador to

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Education

Berbich was born in

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, Morocco on 17 May, 1934. He attended Moulay Youssef and Gouraud high schools for his secondary education. He obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1961 from the University of Montpellier. Between 1962 and 1964, he pursued a specialty in Nephrology and medical resuscitation at the University Hospital Center of Paris (Hospital Necker).

Career

In 1967, Berbich was an associate professor of medicine at the University of Rabat and in 1968, he became the chief physician of Ibn Sina-Avicenne hospital. In the same year, he was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rabat up until 1974. In 1982, he became the permanent secretary of the Kingdom of Morocco and in 1988, he became the ambassador of Morocco in Algiers. In October 1968, he became the first Director of Kidney transplant in Morocco and in 1973, he created the first chronic hemodialysis in Morocco.

Fellowship and membership

Berbich was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1986. He is a Founding member of the Moroccan associations of medical sciences and nephrology, a Member of French and international Nephrology associations, the French National Association of Internal Medicine, and the French National Academy of medicine.

Awards and honours

Berbich was awarded Hassi Beida Medal and Star of War award in 1963, the

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Monarchy of Canada, Canadian monarch, Mon ...

in 1987, Commander of the

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in 1989, the Commander of the

Order of the Throne The Order of the Throne (Arabic: ''Wissam al-Arch'', French: ''Ordre du Trône'') is a state decoration of the Kingdom of Morocco awarded for distinguished services of a civil or military nature. The Order was instituted on 16 May 1963 by King H ...

of Morocco in 1989, and the Commander of the

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2000. He was also awarded the Commander of the Order of Merit in Spain, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Portugal and Senegal. He was awarded posthumously the Throne medal, Great officer of Morocco in 2015.

Death

Berbich died in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

, Morocco on 1 January 2015, aged 80, and was buried in Martyrs' Cemetery.

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