History of Latin American Dermatology

History of Nicaraguan Dermatologyand several cases of pediatric nodular leprosy were found. She also participated in thefield work carried out in 1996 on El Zapote, Real de la Cruz and Sabana Larga communities,in the Department of Matagalpa, where the wells that provided drinking waterwere found to be contaminated with arsenic, detecting 111 persons with CHA. She hasparticipated in foreign congresses as a lecturer and at national congresses as a guestprofessor, presenting her experiences and work.She is currently a faculty member of the undergraduate Chair at the Autonomous NationalUniversity of Nicaragua (Managua) Medical School.Dr. Alina Gómez: She coordinated the field work conducted in the San Francisco LibreDistrict, Managua Department, where a leprosy focus was found, and participated withDr. Luz Cantillo in the field work in which 111 patients with CHA were detected. At theTwenty-Second Central American Congress of Dermatology, held in the city of Panama,she won the first prize in the presentation ofcharts with summaries of the arsenic cases.She has participated in foreign congresses asa lecturer and at national congresses as aguest professor, presenting her experiencesand work. For one year, she was a facultymember of the undergraduate and graduateChairs of Dermatology.Dr. Leónidas Pacheco Mora: He was thepresident of the Nicaraguan Association ofDermatology during 1996-1998. He was incharge of the organization of two nationalcongresses of the specialized field. He hasparticipated as a guest professor at variousnational congresses.Dr. José Miguel Gutiérrez Arostegui: He was the president of the Nicaraguan Associationof Dermatology during 1998-2000 and, as such, organized two national congressesof the specialized field. He was the head of the National Center of Dermatologyduring 1997-1998.Dr. María Luisa Álvarez Ortiz: She was the president of the Nicaraguan Associationof Dermatology during 2000-2002; in this period, she organized two National Congressesof Dermatology. She has participated at national congresses as a guest professor and atforeign congresses as a lecturer, presenting her experiences and work.Dr. Erasmo Aguilar Díaz: Since 2002, he is the coordinator of the graduate program inDermatology. He has participated as a guest professor in national congresses. He participatedin the field work in Matagalpa Department, where 111 patients with CHA were found.Figure 10. Left toright: AlejandroVarel, FedericoPrado, Sonia Rivas,María EugeniaMedina, GladisRosales, Aldo EdgarMartínez Campos,Hermann SchafferUrbina and ÁngelMartínezFigure 11. Left toright: Jorge IsaacNeira Cuadra,Hermann AllanSchäffer Urbina,Lesbia Altamirano,Aldo EdgarMartínez Campos,Eréndira Rizo andJosé MiguelGutiérrezFigure 12. Left toright: Aldo EdgarMartínez Campos,Berthalina Cuevas,Federico Prado,Alejandro Varel,María EugeniaMedina, ErasmoAguilar, MaríaLuisa Álvarez,María MercedesPalma, HermannSchäffer Urbina281