History of Latin American Dermatology

CÉSAR IVÁN VARELA HERNÁNDEZCalfat, in 1995. It has organized academic and scientificevents, owns an excellent photographic archive and hascarried out much research earning domestic and internationalrecognition.Figure 57.Mariano LópezFigure 58. LuzMarina GómezFigure 59.Álvaro AcostaDermatology service of the Forest University, BogotáThe illustrious professor Mariano López López (Figure57), who was working as director of the FedericoLleras Dermatological Center, in 1989 launched theDermatology program of the Colombian Medical School,currently Forest University, adopted in 1992. From 1994to 2003 it was led by Juan Guillermo Chalela Mantilla,followed by Adriana Motta Beltrán. It has turned out 21dermatologists; Eduardo Salcedo and Mónica Riverawere its first graduates, in the year 1997.Dermatology service of the Bolivarian Pontifical University of MedellínIn 1995 Guillermo Jiménez Calfat, dermatologist and oncologist, Rodrigo RestrepoMolina, pathologist, and Luz Marina Gómez Vargas (Figure 58), dermatologist of theJaverian University in Bogotá, drew up the project for graduate studies in Dermatology,which was adopted in 1996. It has produced 10 dermatologists; the first graduate wasPaula Alexandra Mejía in 1999. Its residents have carried out rotations in Barcelona,London and Buenos Aires; it has participated in the organization of scientific and ongoingeducation events. This group of young figures has from the outset been underthe leadership of Luz Marina Gómez Vargas, who imbues it with the dynamism andsuccessful growth inherent in the region.School of Oncological Dermatology, National Cancerology Institute of BogotáIt had its origin in 1934 at the National Radium Institute, which changed its nameto National Cancer Institute in 1953. Since 1979 it was led by the oncological dermatologistGuillermo Gutiérrez Aldana, who in 1992 created the subfield of oncologicalDermatology, turning to Michel Faizal Geagea for its design. In that same year,Álvaro Enrique Acosta Madiedo de Hart (Figure 59) took over as head of the school.The first graduate was María Bernarda Durango in 1993, followed by GuillermoJiménez, Elkin Peñaranda, Gustavo Pérez and Ana Francisca Ramírez. Residentsfrom other schools carry out rotations at the Institute in their last year. In 1995 theJaverian University of Bogotá began to award the degree of specialist in Oncological Dermatologyto the graduates of the School, where seminars and courses in the subfield aresuccessfully carried out.■ Dermatology, art and art culture and cultureCÉSAR IVÁN VARELA HERNÁNDEZDermatology, literature and artMajor Colombian writers have made reference in their works to skin diseases. By wayof example: “While he carried the beat with his big walking feet cracked by saltpeter”(Gabriel García Márquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude) 46 . Others have been inspiredby the beauty of the skin:142