Pablo Acosta Ortiz, Venezuelan surgeon (Barquisimeto 21 March 1864 – Paris 13 February 1914)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Published Du traitement chirurgical des aneurismes du tronc brachiocephalique et de la crosse de l’aorte. Doctorate Thesis, Faculté de Medicine de Paris, 1892 (under prof. Le Dentu); it received highly in French medical environment.

Authored another book Lecciones de Clinica Quirurgica (1911)

HONORS

Honored in a bust at Hall of Fame, International College of Surgeons, Chicago, USA.