Ignacio Chávez Sánchez 3057586 209772953 2008-05-02T20:45:48Z Dotlu 6959818 Added info on World Congress of Cardiology Dr. '''Ignacio Chávez Sánchez''' (b. [[January 31]], [[1897]] in [[Zirándaro de los Chávez|Zirándaro]], [[Guerrero]] – d. [[July 12]], [[1979]] in [[Mexico City]]) was a prominent [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[physician]]. ==Education and professional career== Dr. Chávez studied at Colegio de San Nicolás and the School of [[Medicine]] of Morelia. He received his [[bachelor's degree]] in medicine-surgery from the National University in 1920. He was the [[rector]] of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo from 1920 to [[1921]]. He taught several subjects in the School of Medicine of [[Morelia]] (1920) and at the National School of Medicine since 1922. He specialized in [[cardiology]] in [[Paris]] (1921-1927) and then he studied at clinics in [[Berlin]], [[Prague]], [[Vienna]], [[Rome]] and [[Brussels]]. He was the head of the National School of Medicine (1933-1934). He founded the first cardiology area in the General Hospital of Mexico (1924-1944). He was also the director of the General Hospital of Mexico (1936-1939). He was the founder and director of the National Institute of Cardiology, the first hospital of this kind (1944-1961 and again since 1976) in Mexico. He was the rector of the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] (March 1965 to April 1966). He founded and chaired the Mexican Society of Cardiology (1935) and the Interamerican Society of Cardiology (1946). He was vice-chairman (1958-1962) and honorary life [[chairman]] (since 1962) of the International Society of Cardiology. He presided over the fourth [[World Congress of Cardiology]] held in Mexico City in 1962. He was a member of the counseling committee of the [[World Health Organization]] (1955) and the [[Organization of American States]] (1958-1966). He participated in 18 different cardiology societies in all America and Europe. He was appointed honorary doctor or rector of 95 universities around the world. He was a founding member of [[El Colegio Nacional]] (1943). Among others, he received the following awards: the National Order of the Honor Legion (France: 1933, 1951, 1966); the [[Manuel Avila Camacho]] Science Award (1945); the Mexico City Medal to the Civic Merit (1945); the General Morelos Medal (Michoacán, 1954); the Eduardo Liceaga Gold Medal (1960); the National Science Award (1961); the American College of Physicians Gold Medal (Atlantic City, 1963); and the [[Belisario Domínguez Medal]] awarded by the [[Senate of Mexico]] (October 9, 1975). His statue was uncovered on [[September 27]], [[1980]] in the park named after him which is located in front of the National Medical Center. ==Writings== He wrote, among other works: Lecciones de clínica cardiológica (Lessons on Clinical Cardiology) (1931); Enfermedades del corazón, cirugía y embarazo (Heart diseases, surgery and pregnancy) (1945); México en la cultura médica (Mexico in Medical Culture) (1947); and [[Diego Rivera]], sus frescos en el Instituto Nacional de Cardiología (Diego Rivera, his murals in the National Institute of Cardiology) (1946). {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez Sanchez, Ignacio}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:Mexican physicians]] [[Category:Members of El Colegio Nacional]] [[Category:Recipients of the Belisario Domínguez Medal]] [[Category:People from Guerrero]] {{Mexico-bio-stub}} {{physician-stub}}