Germán Abad Valenzuela

Germán Abad Valenzuela
Born(1919-08-10)August 10, 1919[1]
Guayaquil, Ecuador[1]
DiedOctober 16, 2008(2008-10-16) (aged 89)[1]
Guayaquil, Ecuador[1]
OccupationRadiologist

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[2]

Abad was born August 10, 1919, in Guayaquil to Juana Valenzuela Garaycoa and mariner Benigno Abad Lara.[3] He attended in Quito to San José LaSalle's primary school.[3] In high school, he was an excellent student and athlete,[3] he attended Guayaquil's Vicente Rocafuerte School and later he graduated from Cristóbal Colón's School.[3] He graduated from the University of Guayaquil in 1948.[1] While studying, he received important prizes from the Medical School Association (Asociación Escuela Medicina) and the Guayas Philanthropical Society (Sociedad Filantrópica del Guayas).[1][3]

He worked in Luis Vernaza Hospital, León Becerra Hospital, and Alejandro Mann Hospital.[1] He played an important role in the installation of radiological facilities in the Social Security Clinic and Lorenzo Ponce Hospital.[1]

He founded the Guayaquil Posorja Yola Regatta as a medical student in 1940.[4] This rowing race is considered the longest competition in the world with an extension of 49 nautic miles.[5] In 2020, the principal park of Posorja received his name.

He received awards including the Orden Nacional Al Mérito in the Comendador grade.[1] 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).[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in Spanish) "Germán Abad Valenzuela". El Universo (October 18, 2008).
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Cynthia Flores Rodríguez. Entre la leyenda y su realidad Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. El Expreso (November 25, 2009).
  3. ^ a b c d e (in Spanish) Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel. "Germán Abad Valenzuela". Diccionario Biográfico del Ecuador.
  4. ^ "Regata de Yolas Guayaquil - Posorja Edición 78". Federación Deportiva del Guayas (in European Spanish).
  5. ^ "15 equipos navegarán en la regata a Posorja". eltelegrafo.com.ec.
  6. ^ "Reconocimiento Post-Mortem al Dr. Germán Abad Valenzuela". serecu.


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