Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz

Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (29 August 1921 – 31 March 2006) was a Mexican psychiatrist who chaired the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico (1959), served as vice-president of World Psychiatric Association (1970–76) and founded the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry in 1979.[1]

Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Effigy of Dr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente-Muñiz at the central patio of Mexico's Health Ministry (Secretaría de Salud) 2011
Born(1921-08-29)29 August 1921[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
Died31 March 2006(2006-03-31) (aged 84)
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
NationalityMexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico, University of Nebraska
OccupationPsychiatrist
Known forfounding the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry and chairing the National Academy of Medicine [1]
Spouse(s)Beatriz Ramírez de la Fuente[2]
Children4

De la Fuente graduated with a degree in Medicine from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1944 and specialized in Neuropsychiatry at both the Clarkson Hospital of the University of Nebraska (1944–46) and the New York University School of Medicine (1946).[1]

He was a founding member and a chairman of the Mexican Society of Psychoanalysis (1956), the Mexican Psychiatric Association (1967–69), the Mexican Council of Psychiatry and the Mexican College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He also advised the World Health Organization from 1972 to 2000 and entered The National College on 4 April 1972.[1]

De la Fuente died of cardiorespiratory arrest on 31 March 2006 in Mexico City.[3] He had been married to Beatriz Ramírez de la Fuente, a renowned art historian who had died a year earlier. His son, Juan Ramón, served as Secretary of Health in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo and as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico from 1999 to 2007.[2]

References
  1. El Colegio Nacional. "Ramón de la Fuente" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  2. National Autonomous University of Mexico (2004-11-22). "En un merecido homenaje, el maestro Ramón de la Fuente recibe la Medalla al Mérito 'Dr. Ignacio Chávez'" (in Spanish). Universia. Archived from the original on December 15, 2004. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  3. La Jornada (2006-04-01). "Murió Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, pilar de la medicina en México" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
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