History of Latin American Dermatology

History of Dermatology in PeruHe has been Secretary of the Michigan Dermatology Society, from 1978 a 1981, andPresident of that institution from 1981 to 1983.He belonged to the Dermatology Department of the Anglo-American Clinic in Lima, from1965 to 1974; from 1984 to date (2004), he is Director of the Dermatological Institute.He is the author of 15 publications in national and foreign medical journals, such asJAMA, Dermatology Archives, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology andothers, on subjects such as “Ototoxicity of Kanamicine,” “Essential Familiar HypercholesterolemicXanthomatosis,” “Subcutaneous Calcifications in Leg Ulcers,” “Jadassohn’s Epithelium,”“Skin and Conjunctival Multiple Kerato-Acanthomes,” “Benign ChronicFamiliar Pemphigus,” “Hereditary Anhidrotic Ectodermic Dysplasia,” “Reiter’s Syndromewith Keratodermia,” “Principles of Photobiology and Photosensibility,” “Minocycline andGeneralized Skin Pigmentation,” “Torres’ Syndrome: Report on 2 Cases,” among others.He has collaborated in chapters of books such as Conn’s Current Therapy, with thesubject, “Treatment of Scabies” and others.He has given many lectures at national and foreign institutions on various subjects inDermatology.He is a member of the Peruvian Society of Dermatology, of the Ibero-Latin AmericanAssociation of Dermatology, of the American Medical Association, of the American VenerealDisease Association, of the International Society of Tropical Dermatology and of theInternational Society of Pediatric Dermatology, among others.Pedro Navarro 18Pedro Navarro, dermatologist, Doctor in Medicine, born in the Constitutional Provinceof Callao in 1931. Upon graduation from the St. Ferdinand Medical School in 1958, withthe degree of Surgical Doctor, he started working in Military Health; later on, he joinedthe Employee’s Central Hospital, where he was assigned to the Dermatology Service.In subsequent years, up to 1963, he trained in short periods abroad; in 1964, he obtaineda place in Professor Luis Pierini’s Chair, in Buenos Aires; in that same city, he received trainingin Dermatopathology with Professor Jorge Abulafia; in August and September, 1967, heattended Professor Duperrat’s Service at the Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris.He obtained the degree of Specialist in Dermatology at the UNMSM in 1976, and theAcademic status of Doctor in Medicine in 1978 at that same University.He started university teaching as Dermatology Professor in 1977; his academic activitycontinues up to the present with the rank of Head Professor, being a member of theCommittee on the Specialized Field of Dermatology of the Graduate Unit of the UNMSMfor many years. He is also a faculty member at the Ricardo Palma University since 2001in Dermatology education.In the area of medical treatment, he was Head of the Dermatology Service at theEdgardo Rebagliati Hospital (formerly, the Employee’s Central Hospital), a post he heldup to 2001.With multiple studies and academic and professional training, he has participated incongresses and contests of the specialized field since 1963, and is the author of numerouspublications in journals and books.He is founding member of the Peruvian Society of Dermatology, Member of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology, of the Ibero-Latin American Association of Dermatology,of the Peruvian Dermatology Circle, of the International Society of Dermatology, of theBolivarian Federation of Dermatology, of the Leprosy Research Institute of Argentina, ofthe Oral Pathology Society and of the New York Academy of Sciences.Upon the creation of the Peruvian Medical Association in 1970, he participated activelyin the definitive registration of the Peruvian Society of Dermatology in the nationalrecord of Scientific Medical Institutions.327