Eduardo Santiago Delpín
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Dr. Eduardo Santiago Delpín is a physician, surgeon, educator and author who wrote the first book in Spanish about organ transplants. Dr. Santiago Delpín is the founder of the Latin American Transplant Register, The Pan-American Society of Dialysis and Transplants, plus the Latin American and Caribbean Society of Transplants.
, Puerto Rico
. There he received his primary and secondary education. After his graduation from high school, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico
where he first earned a Bachelors degree in science and followed by a medical degree from that institution's school of medicine. After gaining experience as a surgeon in Puerto Rico's Hospital Universitario, he continued his medical education at the University of Minnesota
. In said university he studied and gained experience in the fields of organ transplants and immunology
and earned a Master's degree in Science.
In 1977, Santiago Delpín established his first organ transplantation program in the Veterans Hospital of Puerto Rico. In 1984, he established the transplantation program at the Auxilio Mutuo Hospital. From that time until the year 2010, 1,589 patients have benefitted from these programs.
Santiago Delpín founded the Latin American Transplant Register, The Pan-American Society of Dialysis and Transplants, plus the Latin American and Caribbean Society of Transplants.
He published 193 scientific articles and 146 abstracts on transplants, immunology and surgery. His book, Organ Transplantation, the first to be published in Spanish on the topic, won the Prize of Graphic Arts in Mexico. This book sold out in a year and a half, and is now in its second edition. The book covers the history of transplants in different countries and under different conditions. In addition to considering immunological and clinical procedures, the book also considers the effect of organ transplantation on religious beliefs, cultural consensus, personal ethics, and the human psyche.
ISBN 978-0847703371.
Early years
Santiago Delpín was born in SanturceSanturce
Santurce can refer to:*Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, a district of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico*Santurtzi, a town near Bilbao, the Basque Country, Spain...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. There he received his primary and secondary education. After his graduation from high school, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...
where he first earned a Bachelors degree in science and followed by a medical degree from that institution's school of medicine. After gaining experience as a surgeon in Puerto Rico's Hospital Universitario, he continued his medical education at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. In said university he studied and gained experience in the fields of organ transplants and immunology
Immunology
Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the...
and earned a Master's degree in Science.
Organ transplantation programs
Santiago Delpín returned to Puerto Rico and was named director of the Laboratory of Experimental Surgery. He was also named dean of the Association of Biomedical Sciences and Surgery Department of the University of Puerto Rico. He founded and directed various laboratories and organ transplantation programs, which included a laboratory of organ preservation and an experimental immunology laboratory.In 1977, Santiago Delpín established his first organ transplantation program in the Veterans Hospital of Puerto Rico. In 1984, he established the transplantation program at the Auxilio Mutuo Hospital. From that time until the year 2010, 1,589 patients have benefitted from these programs.
Santiago Delpín founded the Latin American Transplant Register, The Pan-American Society of Dialysis and Transplants, plus the Latin American and Caribbean Society of Transplants.
"Organ transplantation" (the book)
Santiago Delpín is a professor of surgery at the University of Puerto Rico and program director of transplantation of organs of the "Hospital Auxilio Mutuo" (Mutual Aid Hospital).He published 193 scientific articles and 146 abstracts on transplants, immunology and surgery. His book, Organ Transplantation, the first to be published in Spanish on the topic, won the Prize of Graphic Arts in Mexico. This book sold out in a year and a half, and is now in its second edition. The book covers the history of transplants in different countries and under different conditions. In addition to considering immunological and clinical procedures, the book also considers the effect of organ transplantation on religious beliefs, cultural consensus, personal ethics, and the human psyche.
Written works
Among Santiago Delpín's written works are the following:- "Exodo (Aqui y ahora)"; Publisher: La Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico; ISBN 0847703371;
ISBN 978-0847703371.
- "Transplantes de Órganos"; by Eduardo A. Santiago-Delpín; Segunda Edición; Publisher: JGH Editores
See also
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Rican scientists and inventors