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Tag: Surgeon

Jesus Antonio Cabrales, General Surgeon
Medics, United States

Jesus Antonio Cabrales, General Surgeon

Jesus Antonio Cabrales – a General Surgeon in Cali, Colombia – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on April 15, 2020. Cabrales was 68 years old. Jesús Antonio Cabrales, 66, who was a general surgeon at Hospital Mario Correa. Cabrales, a doctor from Barranquilla who had arrived in Cali three months ago, also had a history of smoking and hypertension Source: Las 2 Orillas Please help us in adding details.
Luis Bitar Mahuad, Plastic Surgeon
Medics

Luis Bitar Mahuad, Plastic Surgeon

Luis Bitar Mahuad – a Plastic Surgeon, Founder of Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Cirugía Plástica Reconstructiva y Estética, Judo Instructor at Hospital Luis Vernaza, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on 13 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Luis was 82 years old. He was considered one of the pioneers in the sport of judo in Ecuador. He was a founding member of the Ecuadorian Society of Aesthetic Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Guayas chapter. He died in Guayaquil of a heart attack after a dialysis session, during the Ecuadorian quarantine due to the health crisis due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, on April 13, 2020, at the age of 82 years. Source: Wikipedia Please help us in adding details.
Renato Coimbra, Surgeon
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Renato Coimbra, Surgeon

Renato Coimbra – a Surgeon in Manaus, Brazil – passed away on 12 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Retired surgeon Renato Coimbra is the third doctor at Hospital Santo Alberto, located in Cachoeirinha neighborhood, South Zone. Source: CM7 Please help us in adding details.
Eduardo Méndez Martinez, Orthopedic Surgeon
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Eduardo Méndez Martinez, Orthopedic Surgeon

Eduardo Méndez Martinez – an Orthopedic Surgeon (retired), Hospital Administrator at ISSSTE Hospital Regional General Ignacio Zaragoza, Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico – passed away on 10 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Martinez was 65 years old. Méndez, who a few years ago served as union secretary of the Zaragoza Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE). Source:Fondo Please help us in adding details.
Francesco Cortesi, Surgeon
Italy, Medics, Profiles

Francesco Cortesi, Surgeon

Francesco Cortesi –  a Specialist in General Surgery and Oncology in Rome Italy – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 9 April, 2020. Francesco was 59 years old. Source: Fnomceo Please help us in adding details.
Chris Firlit, Surgeon
Medics, Profiles, United States

Chris Firlit, Surgeon

Chris Firlit – a PGY6 Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery Chief Resident in Detroit, Michigan (presumed) – passed away on 5 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19.  Chris was 32 years old. He experienced a fever before his chief fellow drove him to Providence Hospital in Southfield, where he died of suspected COVID-19, Dr. Rafael L. Barretto, director of medical education, wrote in a message obtained by The News. While it is not immediately clear whether Firlit's exposure came at work, Baretto's note underscored rising tensions about the increasing use of residents — physicians who are training in their specialty — in medical areas that are not their specialty during this crisis. "As we continue to ramp up using our re...
Si Ahmed El Mahdi, Surgeon
Algeria, Medics, Profiles

Si Ahmed El Mahdi, Surgeon

Si Ahmed El Mahdi – a Professor in Department of Surgery, Hospital Frantz-Fanon de Blida, Algeria – passed away on 30 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Mahdi was 58 years old. The announcement of the death of Pr Si Ahmed provoked an avalanche of reactions and comments on social networks. All internet users were unanimous in paying tribute to this gentleman who gave his life to save that of others. For their part, the employees of the surgery department of the University Hospital of Blida wrote in a moving message that “the family of Algerian surgery is in mourning. Dear father Professor Si Ahmed has just left us ”. Source: Observalgerie Please help us in adding details.