Ricardo Arregui Calvo (born 19 September 1952) is a neurosurgeon doctor,

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specialist and former president of CAI Balonmano Aragón and

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League.

Career

After studying

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at the University of Zaragoza, Arregui researched ''Mountain Medicine'' at the Frostbite Unit at Hospital Clínico Universitario "Lozano Blesa", and later 2000 in Clinica MAZ. He became the official doctor of the ''Al filo de lo imposible'' TV documentary series for which went on expeditions to

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(year 1992) and the

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(year 2000). After the

expedition, Arregui wrote a scientific and personal journal: ''"El quirófano del hielo: del bisturí al Everest"''. Spanish mountaineers Edurne Pasaban,

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and

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have been treated by Arregui, as have

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ian,

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, and Juanjo San Sebastian who lost fingers and toes through frostbite. Besides his medical career, Arregui was from 2003 to 2008 president of CAI Balonmano Aragón handball team that played for the

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and the Asobal League. He also was president of Asobal League (2006–2007).Arregui deja la presidencia de Asobal (Spanish)
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External links

Arregui's research: elpais.com
retrieved 22.Feb 2011.
aragondigital.es
retrieved 22.Feb 20

References

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