History of Latin American Dermatology

History of Dermatology in Colombiaman beyond the common mold by virtue of his simplicity, kindness, erudition andwisdom” 21 . Without his contribution the School wouldn’t be what it is today.Nelson Giraldo, Antonio Torres and Ricardo Rueda have been pillars of researchand of dermatopathology. Carlos Escobar launched the era of dermatologicalsurgery, continued in the 1990s and enriched with the Mohs technique byClaudia Covelli and Carmen De La Hoz and Pablo Tróchez in dermocosmeticsurgery. In 1990 Rafael Falabella created the Dermatological Promotion and DevelopmentFund (PRODERMA) which constitutes a major support for academic development,research and the treatment of patients; Jairo Victoria joined later. TheSchool has 22 professors, most of them ad honorem, like Luis Hernando MorenoMacias (Figure 54), who additionally is a master in microbiology and has stood outas a pillar in the teaching field for more than two decades; Martha Campo andMaría Isabel Barona who back research; Adriana Arrunátegui, a fantastic teacher; LucyGarcía, researcher and master in microbiology; Luis Fernando Balcázar, Myriam Vargas,César Iván Varela and Doralda Castro, among others. The service, headed by its chief,has deepened research into pigmentation diseases, particularly vitiligo, developing surgicaltechniques for treatment. It has had 46 graduates, and expanded the graduate programto 4 years as of 2004. Since its creation, the leadership has been held by RafaelFalabella, whose name takes the Service to perpetuity as of the year 2000.Figure 54. Luis H.MorenoDermatology Service of the Central Military Hospital of the New GranadaMilitary University, BogotáThe Service started out in 1969 as an adjunct to the Internal Medicine Departmentwith professors Alberto Medina and Luis Alfredo Rueda; Julio César Medellín and MaríaTeresa Palacios joined in 1975, and in 1980 the pathologistGerzaín Rodríguez. In 1983 the Service was foundedby the brilliant and noted master Juan Guillermo ChalelaMantilla (Figure 55), who led it until 1991; he was succeededby another luminary of the country’s Dermatology,Jaime Soto Mancipe (from 1992 to 1994); next byMaría Claudia Torres (between 1995 and 2003), andsince then by Olga Patricia Escobar Gil. The service hasheld academic events in Dermatology and tropical diseasesand important cancer prevention sessions. In researchit has been a pioneer in PUVA treatment and thehandling of mycosis fungoides. It has turned out 39 specialists,the first having been Nancy Castro in 1984.Dermatology Service of the Institute of Health Sciences(CES), MedellínThe CES Medical School was founded in 1978; José Ignacio Gómez, Jorge Mesa andafterwards Diego Elías Jaramillo were the first professors of the undergraduate chair ofDermatology and those who organized the program and the first photographic archive.Ángela Zuluaga de Cadena (Figure 56) was the first professor named on an exclusivebasis in 1984, followed by Amparo Ochoa. The graduate program in Dermatology,adopted in 1998, was written by Ángela Zuluaga, since then head and full professor, withAmparo Ochoa and Myriam Mesa. The faculty also incluyes Laureano Osorio, Olga LucíaCastaño, Claudia Uribe, Sol Beatriz Jiménez, Guillermo Jiménez and Isabel CristinaVásquez. Its residents have rotated to Spain, Guatemala, United States, Canada, Mexico,Argentina and France. It has graduated 24 dermatologists, starting with the first, LuzStella Abisaad, in 1991. In 1994 the service pioneered with the creation of the subspecialtyprogram in dermatological surgery, graduating its first student, Guillermo JiménezFigure 55. J.GuillermoChalelaFigure 56.Ángela Zuluaga141