Bernardo Ochoa
Bernardo Ochoa Arismendy, Colombian pediatric surgeon (Barbosa, Antioquia Department 14 August 1926 – Medellín 25 December 2016) Discovered the urofacial syndrome or Ochoa syndrome (described by Elejalde) Elejalde, B.R. Genetic and diagnostic considerations in three families with abnormality of facial expression and congenital urinary obstruction: the Ochoa syndrome. Am. J. Med. Genet. 3(1):97-108, 1979 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Trauma of the external genitalia in children: amputation of the penis and demasculation. J. Urol. 160:1116-9, 1998 Surgical complications of ascariasis. World J. Surg. 15:222, 1991 With R.J. Gorlin. Urofacial (Ochoa) syndrome. Am. J. Med. Genet. 27(3):661-7, 1987 HONOURS Invited, American Congress of Pediatrics (1990) Visiting Scientist, University of Minnesota Honorary Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association International Guest Speaker, Urology Section of American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting (1992)
Benjamin Orozco
Benjamín Orozco Espinoza, Salvadorean physical chemist (San Salvador 22 May 1868 – San Salvador 22 October 1941) METHODS Ensayo de un procedimiento electro-colorimétrico para el desage de huellas de manganeso en las rocas DEVICES Establecimiento de una válvula electrolitica de una sola cuba, con un dispositivo para hacer variar el voltaje entre limites determinados, para la transformación de las corrientes alternas bifásicas en corriente continua Aparato inscriptor electrico para la determinación de la temperatura de fusión de ciertas substancias Probeta de doble brazo para analisis volumétrico com lectura instantânea de fracciones de milímetro Balanza sensible para analisis cuantitativo, con dispositivo especial para pesadas rapidas
Benjamin Oluwakayode Osuntokun
Benjamin Oluwakayode Iseolorunpo Adisa Osuntokun, Nigerian neurologist (Okemesi, Ado-Ekiti 06 January 1935 – Cambridge, England 22 September 1995) Authored 321 works Discovered the basis of tropical ataxic neuropathy Chronic cyanide intoxication and a degenerative neuropathy in Nigeria. Thesis. Ibadan University, 1969 Described with Italian L. Luzzatto & Nigerian neurosurgeon E. Latendu Odeku the Osuntokun syndrome Congenital pain asymbolia and auditory imperception. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat. 31:291-6, 1968 HONORS Langley Memorial Prize (1967-71)
Ayub Khan Ommaya
Ayub Khan Ommaya, Pakistani neurosurgeon (Mian Channu, Punjab 14 April 1930 – Islambad 11 July 2008) From Pakistani Muslim father and French Catholic mother Authored over 175 articles, chapters and books Invented Ommaya reservoir (1963) Published the first coma score for classification of traumatic brain injury (1966) With Di Chiro & Doppman pioneered spinal angiography (1967) Reported the treatment of spinal cord arterio-venous malformation by percutaneous embolization of an intercostals artery using stainless steel pellets (1968) First reported cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea occurring with primary empty sella Invented an inflatable collar that attaches to motorcycle helmets as a protection against spinal injury Developed techniques for topic cooling of brain Invented apparatus and technique for chronic implantation in human head and spine Invented the first spinal fluid driven artificial organ. US Patent 5385582 (1995)
Alfredo Manuel Offermann
Alfredo Manuel Offermann, Argentine agronomist and agricultural chemist (Buenos Aires 29 September 1909 – ?) Showed that terminal bud wilt of potato is a virosis With E.R. Vitoria. Estudio sobre un vírus produtor del marchitamiento apical de la papa. Rev. Arg. Agron. 8:105-13, 1941 TECHNIQUES/PATENTS Nueva técnica rápida para la valoración turbidimetrica del cálcio soluble en suelos (1949) Tecnicas de analisis rápidos para la valoración química de los elementos asimilables del suelo. Arch Frut. Uruguay 4(3):353-60, 1951 Instrument for measuring the moisture and temperature of soil US2869359 A (1953)
Alfred George Oettlé
Alfred George Oettlé, South African oncologist (Port Elizabeth 22 June 1918 – 06 January 1967) Became convinced that at least 80 percent of cancers were induced by environmental factors SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Cancer research in Africa illustrated by a recent epidemic of cancer of the gullet (1967) With F. de Waard. A cytological survey of postmenopausal estrus in Africa. Cancer 18:450-9, 1965 The aetiology of primary carcinoma of the liver with an outline of the myotoxin hypothesis. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 39:817-25, 1965 Tumours of the testis in South Africa. Leech 34:142-8, 1964 Cancer in Africa, especially in regions South of the Sahara. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 33:383-9, 1964 Cigarette smoking as the major cause of lung cancer. S. Afr. Med. J. 37:935-41, 1963 Regional variations in the frequency of Bantu oesophageal cancer cases admitted to hospital in South Africa. S. Afr. Med.J. 37:434-9, 1963 Skin cancer in Africa. Natl. Cancer Inst. Monog. 10-11:197-214, 1963 Geographical and racial differences in the frequency of Kaposi’s sarcoma as evidence of environmental or genetic causes. Acta Un. Int. Cancer 18:330-63, 1962 Malignant neoplasms of the uterus in the white, coloured, indian and bantu races of the Union of South Africa. Un. Int. Cancer 7, 1961 With J. Higginson. Cancer of the bladder in South African Bantu (1961) With J. Higginson. Gastro-intestinal cancer in Africa, south of the Sahara. Acta Unio Intern. Contra Cancer 17:333-8, 1961 With J. Higgnson. Cancer incidence in the Bantu and “Cape coloured” races of South Africa (Report of a cancer survey in the Transvaal, 1953-5. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 24:589-671, 1960 With B. de Meillon & B. Lazer. Carcinomas of the glandular stomach and hepatomas in Rattus mastomys natalensis with Bilharzia mansoni (1959) With J. Higginson. Carcinoma of the oesophagus in South African Bantu. Acta Un. Int. Cancer 14:554, 1958 The incidence of primary carcinoma of the liver in the Southern Bantu. I. Critical review of the literature. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 17:249-80, 1956 With D.H.S. Davis. The multimmamate mouse Rattus (Mastomys) natalensis Smith: a laboratory adapted African wild rodent. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 131:293-9, 1955 Racial differences in cancer in South Africas. S. Afr. Biol. Soc. Pamphlet 17:40-9, 1955 Spontaneous carcinoma of the glandular stomach in a laboratory stock of Rattus (Mastomys) natalensis. S. Afr. J. Med. Sci. 20:86, 1955 The technique of testicular biopsy with a note on testicular pain (1954) Recent theories of the nature and cause of cancer (1952) Rodent ulcers in identical twins. A.M.A. Arch. Dermat.