History of Latin American Dermatology

ELBIO FLORES-CEVALLOS, LUIS FLORES-CEVALLOS, ZUÑO BURSTEINClinical Experience in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Peru; an Attempt to Group the ClinicalForms with a Clinical Epidemiological Criterion,” “New Contributions to the Knowledgeof Sporotrichosis in Peru; Less Frequent Clinical Forms,” “CandidiasisGranulomatosa,” “Pathological Anatomy of South American Blastomycosis in Peru(Hystopathological Aspects),” “An Uncommon Clinical Form of Actinomycosis,” ”On aCase of Maduromycosis (madurella mycetomi)”.Other works published in scientific journals are: “Ashy Dermatosis (pertans dischromicerythema) in Peru: Regarding a Case Studied,” “Contribution to the Diagnosis ofHuman Mycosis in Peru (Our Contribution During 8 Years of Work)” (PhD Thesis), “SouthAmerican Blastomycosis in Peru,” “Sporotrichosis and mycetomes in Peru,” “Contributionto the Knowledge of Superficial Mycoses in Peru,” “Undifferentiated Leprosy inPeru,” “Breakdown of the Leprosy Control Program in Peru Due to the Decentralizationand Incorporation into the General Health Programs,” “Genital Mycotic Flora in PregnantWomen in Our Environment (Peru),” “Current Status of Control of Venereal Diseases inPeru,” “Verruga du Perou” (Medical Surgical Encyclopedia, Paris),” “The Need to EvaluateCosmetics,” “Treatment of Severe Psoriasis with Cyclosporine A,” and others.He was declared Honorary President of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of Ibero-Latin American Dermatologists of the Southern Cone (RADLA), held from May 1 through4, 2004, in Lima. He received an award from the Peruvian Medical Association for hiscontributions to Peruvian medicine and his great professional prestige. The Peruvian Societyof Dermatology gave him the Medal of Honor, in September 2004, as FoundingMember and Ex-President.Figure 19. Dr. DanteMendozaDante Mendoza 15Dante Mendoza is a dermatologist and dermopathologist; born in the Junín Department,Peru, in 1934 (Figure 19). He completed his graduate studies at the DermatologyService with Prof. Robert Degos, and in Dermatopathology with Prof. Jean Civatte, at theSaint-Louis Hospital in Paris. On September 20, 1974, he obtained the degree of Specialistin Dermatology, at the National Higher University of St. Mark. He began his teachingcareer at the latter, entering by competition as Chief of Internships, in July 1962; heobtained the top category of Head Professor, in January 1981. In 1993 he was appointedHead of the Dermatology Department of the St. Mark University Medical School.His most important works include: “Donovanosis at Dos de Mayo Hospital,” “Kaposi’sSarcoma, from 1991 to 1993 at the Dos de Mayo Hospital,” and “Lipoid Necrobiosis atthe Dos de Mayo Hospital, 1992-1993.”He is a Founding Member of the Peruvian Society of Dermatology and belongs to theIbero-Latin American Association of Dermatology.At present (2004), he is President of the Dermatology Specialized Field Committee ofthe Graduate Unit of the St. Mark University Medical School.Wenceslao Castillo 15Wenceslao Castillo was born in Lima in 1929; he obtained the degree of Medical Surgeonat the UNMSM in 1956 (Figure 20). In 1961, he became professor at the St. MarkUniversity, where he is currently Head Professor of Dermatology of the St. FerdinandMedical School, and is Head of the Dermatology Service of the Daniel Alcides A. Carrión-Callao Hospital Complex.The most important work Dr. Castillo has carried out in his professional career is inthe field of research. His work, “Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis, ImmunologicalStudy and Specific Treatment with Transference Factor,” drafted together with Dr. RaúlPatruco, earned him the Second Prize of the prestigious Hipólito Unanue Institute in1979, and an Honorable Mention in the Roussell Award.In 1982, the “Study of Immunological Parameters in Infectious and Tropical Diseases324