| Germán Abad Valenzuela | |
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| Born | (1919-08-10)August 10, 1919 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Died | October 16, 2008(2008-10-16) (aged 89) Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Occupation | Radiologist |
Germán Abad Valenzuela (August 10, 1919 – October 16, 2008) was an Ecuadorian radiologist. He served as the doctor to 20 Ecuadorian presidents including Mariano Suárez Veintimilla
Abad was born August 10, 1919, in Guayaquil to Juana Valenzuela Garaycoa and mariner Benigno Abad Lara. He attended in Quito to San José LaSalle's primary school. In high school, he was an excellent student and athlete, he attended Guayaquil's Vicente Rocafuerte School and later he graduated from Cristóbal Colón's School. He graduated from the University of Guayaquil in 1948. While studying, he received important prizes from the Medical School Association (Asociación Escuela Medicina) and the Guayas Philanthropical Society (Sociedad Filantrópica del Guayas).
He worked in Luis Vernaza Hospital, León Becerra Hospital, and Alejandro Mann Hospital. He played an important role in the installation of radiological facilities in the Social Security Clinic and Lorenzo Ponce Hospital.
He founded the Guayaquil Posorja Yola Regatta as a medical student in 1940. This rowing race is considered the longest competition in the world with an extension of 49 nautic miles. In 2020, the principal park of Posorja received his name.
He received awards including the Orden Nacional Al Mérito in the Comendador grade. He was married to Lidia Rodríguez Falconi (+ 2018), with whom he had five children, Germán, Sylvia (+ 2020), Juan José (+ 2019), Francesca and Víctor Alfonso (which is whom continues his work as a radiologist, MD).
References
- ^ (in Spanish) "Germán Abad Valenzuela". El Universo (October 18, 2008).
- (in Spanish) Cynthia Flores Rodríguez. Entre la leyenda y su realidad Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. El Expreso (November 25, 2009).
- ^ (in Spanish) Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel. "Germán Abad Valenzuela". Diccionario Biográfico del Ecuador.
- "Regata de Yolas Guayaquil - Posorja Edición 78". Federación Deportiva del Guayas (in European Spanish).
- "15 equipos navegarán en la regata a Posorja". eltelegrafo.com.ec.
- "Reconocimiento Post-Mortem al Dr. Germán Abad Valenzuela". serecu.
External links
- (in Spanish) Germán Abad Valenzuela in the Biographical Dictionary of Ecuador
- Linaje Valenzuela: Dr. Germán Abad Valenzuela
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