Manuel de la Pila Iglesias
Dr. Manuel de la Pila Iglesias | |
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Order of the Knights of Saint Gregory Order of Saint Gregory |
Manuel de la Pila Iglesias
Early years
Manuel de la Pila Iglesias was born in
Medical studies
After receiving his medical degree, de la Pila Iglesias (or Pila Iglesias, as he is more commonly known) started his journey through specialization into many areas of medicine. He went to the San Antoine Hospital in Paris, the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the Laboratory for Technical Surgery in Chicago, the Philadelphia Hospital in Pennsylvania, and the Hamburg Hospital in Germany. Afterwards, he studied electrocardiography in Berlin, otorhinolaryngology in Vienna, and allergy in Venezuela and Cuba.[3]
Medical practice
In 1917, Pila Iglesias returned to Ponce to start his prolific professional career. He first worked as a municipal government physician at Ponce's
Foundations
In 1925, Pila Iglesias founded the
Medical insurance legislation
Pila Iglesias' efforts at the
Civic and social activities
He was also involved in the civic and social environment in Ponce. In 1919 he was amongst the founders of the Ponce Rotary Club, the second such club on the Island. He also founded the Club Deportivo de Ponce.[3]
Representative in the medical community
Pila Iglesias was involved in the Puerto Rico Medical Association, becoming its president during a two-year term. He was also a delegate from Puerto Rico in the American Medical Association. Pila Iglesias was chosen several times to attend national and international medical congresses as a delegate from Puerto Rico.
University of Puerto Rico Medical School
Among the many contributions of Pila Iglesias was his involvement on the establishment and development of the medical school at the University of Puerto Rico. Appointed by UPR Rector Jaime Benitez, Pila Iglesias was one of the major leaders in the study that later made possible the creation of the medical school that for many decades was the only school graduating physicians in Puerto Rico. The magnitude of his work was felt for many years after his death.[3]
Accolades
He awarded the
Death
Pila Iglesis died on October 5, 1950, in an automobile accident in
Legacy
The clinic he founded in Ponce, now a major
See also
Footnotes
- Spanish name, the first or paternal surnameis de la Pila and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.
Notes
- 2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes, Escuela Superior Dr. Pila --together with four other Ponce public schools (Escuela Elemental Julio Collazo Silva (Bo. Tibes), Escuela Intermedia Antonio E. Paoli (C. Reina Final), Escuela Elemental Carmen Sola de Pereira (Urb. Jardines del Caribe), and Escuela (de niveles multiples) de Bellas Artes (C. Lolita Tizol))-- was declared unfit for use, and is currently (July 2020) closed. (See Miguel Diaz Roman. "Los temblores, el coronavirus y la falta de refugios complica temporada de huracanes a los sureños." Es Noticia. 10 July 2020 to 23 July 2020. Year 5. Issue 122. Page 4. Accessed 10 July 2020.)
External links
References
- ^ Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Histórico de Ponce. Page 241.
- ^ a b Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Histórico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 243. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j GALENUS: Revista para los Medicos de Puerto Rico
- ^ Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Histórico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 241. Imprenta Fortuño. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1963.
- ^ Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Histórico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 242. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963.
- ^ Completada la venta: Inyección vital para el Hospital Dr. Pila. Glorimar Muñoz Berly. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ Inyección vital para el Hospital Dr. Pila. Glorimar Muñoz Berly. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ Escuela Superior Dr. Pila. Archived 2010-07-01 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Department of Education. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ Marcan su huella en Porta Caribe. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 31. Issue 1564. Page 27. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ^ Benjamin Lugaro Torres. "Escuela Dr. Pila Celebra sus Cincuenta Años de Fundación." Page 33. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 17 September 2004. (15 to 22 September 2004). Page 33.
- ^ Radican cargos por robo a hermanos que simulaban asalto en Ponce. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ Sunny A. Cabrera Salcedo. Hacia un Estudio Integral de la Toponimia del Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ph. D. dissertation. May 1999. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Graduate School. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Page 176.
- ^ Medicine. TravelPonce. Retrieved 18 March 2012.