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Cayetano Heredia University ( es, link=no, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, UPCH; or simply ''Cayetano Heredia'') is a
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nonprofit university located in Lima, Peru. It was named in honor of
Cayetano Heredia Cayetano Heredia (August 5, 1797 – June 11, 1861) was a Peruvian physician, born in Catacaos, Piura, northwestern Peru. He studied medicine at the National University of San Marcos. Together with Hipólito Unanue, he was one of the two greatest ...
, one of the eminent Peruvian physicians of the 19th century. The university is overseen by a
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''(patronato)'' and is not owned by any private or state entity. It is considered one of the top medical schools in Peru, along the Faculty of Medicine "San Fernando" of National University of San Marcos, and is currently one of the major producers and publishers of scientific research in the country.


History

The university was founded in 1961 by a group of professors and students from the
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of the four-century-old National University of San Marcos in Lima. This group of students and professors expressed their strong disagreement with legislation, inspired by the
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, a political party interested in the absolute control of the university system in the country. The legislation advocated the "co-government" of all the state universities by the so-called "student one-third", which would politicize the academic enterprise. The dissenting group was led by Drs.
Honorio Delgado Honorio Delgado Espinosa (born Arequipa, 26 September 1892 - died Lima, 28 November 1969) was a gifted teacher, a creative researcher, a humanist, a philosopher, a linguist, and scholar whose work covered almost 50 years of the 20th-century histo ...
and Alberto Hurtado, dean of the medical school at San Marcos. As their campaign to preserve academics failed, the 400 plus faculty members had no other option but to resign en masse, and found the new medical school as a private non-profit academic institution. On September 22, the decree authorizing the new university school with the name of Private Peruvian University of Medical and Biological Sciences was promulgated. The official inauguration of the new university took place on June 18, 1962, with the assistance of the President of the Republic, Manuel Prado Ugarteche. It would be on February 24, 1965, when the institution changes its name to the one it currently has: Cayetano Heredia University.  The first classes began in April 1962, in the old headquarters of the Colegio Sagrados Corazones Belén del
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, and after the opening of the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital in 1967, they moved to the new headquarters of San Martín de Porres in 1968. Some have suggested that these events were the subject of "prior arrangements/agreements" which, in the political context of the time, would have been practically impossible. 47 years later, Cayetano Heredia and San Marcos are the most prestigious medical schools in Peru.


Vaccine-Gate case

The Vaccine-gate case (Vacuna
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in Spanish) is a case of corruption that occurred in the second half of 2020 and early 2021 with respect to 1,000 vaccines from the pharmaceutical company
Sinopharm China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (CNPGC), commonly referred to as Sinopharm, is a Chinese state-owned enterprise. The corporation was the indirect major shareholder of publicly traded companies Sinopharm Group (, via a 51–49 j ...
unofficially granted to the Cayetano Heredia University destined for Phase 3 clinical trials. Leftover doses were given to senior officials of the Peruvian State (including the President of the Republic of Peru at that time: Martín Vizcarra and his minister of health
Pilar Mazzetti Pilar Elena Mazzetti Soler (born 9 September 1956) is a Peruvian physician and health administrator who served as Minister of Health from July 2020 to February 2021, excluding her for nine days from office during the brief presidency of Manuel Me ...
), workers of the research project on the use of the vaccine in the Peruvian population and high University authorities, including the rector of the university Luis Varela Pinedo, his vice-rector José Ronald Espinoza Babilón and the researcher and ex-minister Patricia J Garcia, who among other authorities of the educational center, had to resign on February 18 as a result of the scandal. On February 16, the situation was aggravated when it was discovered that Germán Málaga Rodríguez, project leader at the Cayetano Heredia headquarters, administered three doses to 40 people, including himself and a deputy minister, irregularly and without written consent. On February 19, after an inspection in which various irregularities that violated the study protocol, good practices and ethical standards were corroborated, the National Institute of Health of Peru determined the departure of the principal investigator responsible, Germán Málaga, and suspended to the university as a center for conducting new clinical trials.


Organization


Administration

The rectors of the university, since its foundation, are: *Dr.
Honorio Delgado Honorio Delgado Espinosa (born Arequipa, 26 September 1892 - died Lima, 28 November 1969) was a gifted teacher, a creative researcher, a humanist, a philosopher, a linguist, and scholar whose work covered almost 50 years of the 20th-century histo ...
(1962–1967) *Dr. Alberto Hurtado (1967–1969) *Dr. Carlos Monge (1970–1972) *Dr. Enrique Fernandez (1973–1976) *Dr. Alberto Cazorla (1976–1977, 1984–1989) *Dr. Homero Silva (1977–1984) *Dr. Roger Guerra Garcia (1989–1994) *Dr.
Carlos Vidal Layseca Carlos Vidal Layseca (4 February 1931 – 24 September 2017) was a Peruvian physician. He led the Ministry of Health from 1990 to 1991 and later served as rector of Cayetano Heredia University Cayetano Heredia University ( es, link=no, Unive ...
(1994–1999) *Dr. Ozwaldo Zegarra (1999–2007) *Dra.
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(2008–2017) *Dr.
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(2017–2021) *Dr. Gustavo González Rengifo (2021) *Dr. Enrique Castañeda Saldaña (2021–)


Faculties

*Faculty of Medicine *Faculty of Science and philosophy *Faculty of
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*Faculty of Psychology *Faculty of Nursing *Faculty of Public health and Health Administration *Faculty of Veterinary medicine and Animal breeding *Faculty of Education


Academics

Soon after its founding and during the following forty-plus years Cayetano Heredia University became a significant center of higher learning and scientific research in Peru. UPCH is credited with world-quality research in the area of health sciences in Peru. It is a rather small school (under 2,000 students) that focuses on the disciplines of medicine, dentistry, natural sciences, public health, veterinary medicine, nursing, psychology, biotechnology and education. It grants baccalaureate degrees as well as master's and doctoral degrees in biochemistry, biotechnology, medicine, biology, and a Master of Health Administration. In 2016, due to the new university licensing process by the National Superintendence of Higher University Education (SUNEDU), after complying with the basic conditions of educational quality, the UPCH was licensed, being the fifth private university to do and the second university to be licensed for a period of 10 years (something that only some universities such as the Catholic, San Agustin, Engineering and San Marcos achieved).


Research

Cayetano Heredia University has established numerous agreements and collaborative arrangements with leading institutions from all over the world, including the Johns Hopkins University, University of Washington, University of California San Diego, University of California Berkeley, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium, and the University of Pennsylvania. The Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt (Tropical Medicine Institute) is among the top research institutions in tropical medicine in Latin America, with ongoing investigations in tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, malaria, and HIV, both at its site in Lima and at several field sites such as Iquitos, Cuzco, and La Merced. The institute is internationally recognized for the Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine, given jointly with UAB. The ''Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura'' (High Altitude Research Institute) is known for its contribution to the understanding of high altitude physiology and the pathophysiology of acute and chronic high altitude sickness.


Logo

The logo of Cayetano Heredia is a yellow shield with the words ''"Spiritus ubi vult spirat"'' from the Gospel of John on the sides. In the center is the Rod of Asclepius, which is representative of medicine and healing.


Rankings

Together with the National University of San Marcos and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, the Cayetano Heredia University is one of the only three Peruvian universities which has managed to rank first nationally in certain editions of different major international university rankings. In recent years, it is considered the best university in the country in various rankings, especially those that measure research (Scopus, SCImago, etc.). In 2022, when the results of the ''Biennial Report on Reality in Universities'' by SUNEDU came out, in the results of the historical ranking (1980-2021) and academic excellence (2019-2022), Cayetano Heredia University is the best university from the country.


Notable faculty

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Alberto Hurtado Abadia Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Al ...
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Honorio Delgado Honorio Delgado Espinosa (born Arequipa, 26 September 1892 - died Lima, 28 November 1969) was a gifted teacher, a creative researcher, a humanist, a philosopher, a linguist, and scholar whose work covered almost 50 years of the 20th-century histo ...
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Carlos Vidal Layseca Carlos Vidal Layseca (4 February 1931 – 24 September 2017) was a Peruvian physician. He led the Ministry of Health from 1990 to 1991 and later served as rector of Cayetano Heredia University Cayetano Heredia University ( es, link=no, Unive ...
* Enrique Fernández *
Javier Mariátegui Javier Mariátegui Chiappe (Lima, 13 September 1928 – Lima, 3 August 2008) was a renowned Peruvian intellectual and psychiatrist. He was the last of the children of José Carlos Mariátegui and Anna Chiappe. Studied at the University of San Mar ...
* Fabiola León-Velarde * Uriel García Cáceres *
Dionicia Gamboa Dionicia Gamboa is a Peruvians, Peruvian Parasitology, parasitologist and professor at Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Cayetano Heredia University. Her research focusses ...


Notable alumni

* Patricia Garcia Funegra *
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* Edward Málaga Trillo * Raúl Patrucco Puig * Fabiola León-Velarde * Carlos Bustamante *
Ernesto Bustamante Ernesto Bustamante (born May 19, 1950, in Lima, Peru) is a scientist known for his expertise and contributions to the field of molecular biology. He is currently also a politician and member of Parliament. Academia In academia, he has serve ...
* Ramiro Castro de la Mata *
Maria C. Freire Maria C. Freire is a Peruvian-American biophysicist who was the president and executive director of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) from 2012-2021. She also is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and C ...
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Humberto Guerra Allison Humberto Guerra Allison (born 1940), is a physician and scientist. He graduated from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (MD) and Baylor College of Medicine (PhD in Microbiology). With Hugo Lumbreras, he co-founded a Tropical Medicine Institute at ...
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* Juan Mezzich * Renato D. Alarcón * Oswaldo Zegarra * Abraham Vaisberg Wolach *
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Gonzalo Castro de la Mata Gonzalo Castro de la Mata (full name Gonzalo Castro de la Mata Valdivia) is a Peruvian ecologist and writer born in Lima, Peru. He is recognized as a global leader in the promotion of sustainability with emphasis on innovative free market solution ...


See also

* List of universities in Peru *
Cayetano Heredia Cayetano Heredia (August 5, 1797 – June 11, 1861) was a Peruvian physician, born in Catacaos, Piura, northwestern Peru. He studied medicine at the National University of San Marcos. Together with Hipólito Unanue, he was one of the two greatest ...
* Consortium of Universities


References


External links


Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia official website

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia alumni website
{{Authority control Universities in Lima Medical and health organisations based in Peru Nursing schools in Peru Medical schools in Peru Educational institutions established in 1961 1961 establishments in Peru Health education organizations Schools of public health