History of Latin American Dermatology

History of Dermatology in PeruZuño Burstein 15Zuño Burstein is a physician, Doctor in Medicine, specialist in Dermatology and TropicalMedicine, with graduate studies in Germany and Israel. He was born in the city of Chiclayo,Lambayeque Department, in 1930. He obtained the degree of Bachelor in Medicineand later that of Surgeon Doctor at the UNMSM Medical School in 1957 (Figure 18).Between 1958 and 1960, he carried out specialized studies in Dermatology and TropicalMedicine at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, and at the UniversityDermatology Clinic of that same city. Subsequently, he continued specializedlearning at the Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed thistraining with a scholarship granted by the German government as part of an agreementbetween the Peruvian and German governments aimed at establishing an Institute ofTropical Medicine in Peru.Upon his return to the Medical School of St. Mark, in 1962, he was named Head Instructorof the Chair of Infectious, Tropical and Parasitic Diseases, the post of assistantprofessor in the Dermatology and Syphilography Department, and was entrusted withthe transfer, organization and coordination of the Department, which had been locatedat Dos de Mayo Hospital. He was later appointed Head Professor of the Dermatology andthe Tropical Medicine Department, occupying the post of Head of Outpatient Offices andPeripheral Units, as well as of the special programs of the already-constituted Daniel A.Carrión Institute of Tropical Medicine of the UNMSM, where he became Interim Directorand, later on, Head of the Sanitary Leprosy and Dermatology Service, in agreement withthe Health Ministry.In his academic and administrative activity, he was member of the reorganizing committee,subsequently University Director of Academic Services and Central Record, andlater University Planning Director of the UNMSM. He was appointed Emeritus Professorof that teaching institution in 1976; at present, he continues to teach at the graduatelevel.He was Head of the Leprosy and Medical Mycology Department, and later of the SanitaryDermatology Department at the National Institutes of Health.Since 2001, he is a Full Member of the National Medical Academy. He belongs tomajor international scientific institutions, including the Ibero-Latin American Associationof Dermatology (CILAD), of which he was National Delegate in Peru; the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology, the International Society of Dermatology, the EuropeanAcademy of Dermatology and Venereology, the Latin American Union Against SexuallyTransmitted Diseases (ULACETS), and others. He is an Honorary International Memberof the Argentine Societies of Dermatology and Leprology.The national scientific institutions to which he belongs include the Ibero-Latin AmericanAssociation of Dermatology (CILAD-PERÚ) (currently, CIDERM-PERU), of which hewas Founder and President; the Peruvian Union Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases(UPCETS), which he also heads; the Society of Dermatology, the Immunopathology andAllergy Society, and others.He was First Secretary of the Peruvian Medical Federation in 1966; in 1969, he wasappointed member of the committee that drafted the Bylaws and Regulations of the PeruvianMedical Association in representation of the Medical Academic Programs.He is Founding Director of the Folia Dermatológica Peruana.His most important research works and publications include: “Flagellates in the Latexof Jatropha macranta (female huanarpo); Preliminary Communication,” “Contribution tothe Study of the Peruvian Wart and Tegumenary Leishmaniasis. Investigations inCnidosculos basiacantha and Jatropha macrantha (huanarpos) as Possible Reservoir”(Bachelor in Medicine Thesis, St. Mark University), “Contribution to the Study of DeepMycoses in Peru; Regarding Three Cases of Sporotrichosis,” “Current Study on theKnowledge of Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Peru,” “Norwegian Scabies in Peru,” “OurFigure 18. Dr. ZuñoBurstein323