Germán Abad Valenzuela (August 10, 1919 – October 16, 2008) was an

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ian

radiologist Radiology ( ) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiation), but tod ...

. He served as the doctor to 20 Ecuadorian presidents including

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Abad was born August 10, 1919, in

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to Juana Valenzuela Garaycoa and mariner Benigno Abad Lara. Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel
"Germán Abad Valenzuela"
''Diccionario Biográfico del Ecuador''. He attended in

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to San José LaSalle's primary school. In high school, he was an excellent student and athlete, he attended Guayaquil's Vicente Rocafuerte School and later he graduated from Cristóbal Colón's School. He graduated from the

University of Guayaquil The University of Guayaquil ( Spanish: ''Universidad de Guayaquil''), known colloquially as the ''Estatal'' (i.e., "the State niversity), is a public university in Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador. Estatal was founded in 1883. It is the ol ...

in 1948. While studying, he received important prizes from the Medical School Association (Asociación Escuela Medicina) and the Guayas Philanthropical Society (Sociedad Filantrópica del Guayas). He worked in Luis Vernaza Hospital, León Becerra Hospital, and Alejandro Mann Hospital. He played an important role in the installation of radiological facilities in the Social Security Clinic and Lorenzo Ponce Hospital. He founded the Guayaquil Posorja Yola Regatta as a medical student in 1940. This rowing race is considered the longest competition in the world with an extension of 49 nautic miles. In 2020, the principal park of Posorja received his name. He received awards including the Orden Nacional Al Mérito in the Comendador grade. He was married to Lidia Rodríguez Falconi (+ 2018), with whom he had five children, Germán, Sylvia (+ 2020), Juan José (+ 2019), Francesca and Víctor Alfonso (which is whom continues his work as a radiologist, MD).

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Germán Abad Valenzuela
in the ''

Biographical Dictionary of Ecuador The ''Biographical Dictionary of Ecuador'' (Spanish: ''Diccionario Biográfico del Ecuador'') is a biographical dictionary in 22 volumes written by Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born November 2, 1939, in Guayaquil) is an Ecuad ...

'' *Linaje Valenzuela: Dr. Germán Abad Valenzuel

1919 births 2008 deaths Ecuadorian radiologists People from Guayaquil University of Guayaquil alumni Ecuadorian male rowers {{Ecuador-bio-stub