Ramon Guiteras
Ramon Guiteras | |
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Born | Bristol, Rhode Island | August 17, 1858
Died | December 13, 1917 New York, New York | (aged 59)
Burial place | Juniper Hill Cemetery |
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Occupation | Surgeon |
Ramon Guiteras (August 17, 1858[3] – December 13, 1917[4]) was a pioneering surgeon who specialized in urology and founded the American Urological Association.[4]
Early life and education
He was born in Bristol, Rhode Island,[5][6] and graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.[3][6] He was the cousin of Juan Guiteras, the noted Cuban doctor.
He became an officer in the
Later life and legacy
He died in New York City on December 13, 1917.[4] He is buried in Juniper Hill Cemetery in Bristol.[3] In his will he left $350,000 to build a school in Bristol to honor his mother, which resulted in Guiteras Memorial School (1925).[9][10][11] He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2009.[10] The American Urological Association has an annual award named after him for the individual who is deemed to have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of urology.[12]
Publications
- Guiteras, Ramon (1912). Urology: The Diseases of the Urinary Tract in Men and Women, a Book for Practitioners and Students. New York: D. Appleton and Company. (of two).
References
- ^ pls4e (July 17, 2018). "DeWolf-Guiteras House". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - OCLC 23833645. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ PMID 20620396. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Ramon Guiteras, noted surgeon, dead" (PDF). The New York Times. December 14, 1917. p. 13. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ "Ramon Guiteras, MD (1858–1917)". The William P. Didush Center for Urologic History. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4612-54768.
- ^ a b "Official Register of the National Guard, State of New York, December 31, 1890", page 24 published in the Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, For the Year 1890 (transmitted to the Legislature February 24, 1891) (Albany, New York: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1891).
- ^ Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, For the Year 1893 (transmitted to the Legislature January 9, 1894) (Albany, New York: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1894) page 159.
- OCLC 23833645. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Inductee Details: Dr. Ramon Guiteras". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ pls4e (July 17, 2018). "Guiteras Memorial and Junior High School". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ramon Guiteras, MD (1858–1917)". The William P. Didush Center for Urologic History. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
Further reading
- "Ramon Guiteras (1858–1917) Founder of the AUA". 2018 Erecting Giants History Brochure. American Urological Association. p. 15. Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via Issuu.
- "Miss Gertrude Guiteras Dies After Long Illness". Bristol Phoenix. Vol. 103, no. 104. December 31, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2020. Obituary for his sister.
- Carons, Akinwunmi; Paoli, Michele; Waldbaum, Robert. "History of the New York Section and the Foundation of American Urological Association (AUA)". American Urological Association. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- Cutter, William Richard (ed.). "Guiteras, and Allied Families". Encyclopedia of Massachusetts. Vol. 7: Biographical—Genealogical. New York, Chicago: The American Historical Society. pp. 231–232. Retrieved March 25, 2020. Guiteras' genealogy.
- Hedley, Fenwick Y. (January 1918). "Ramon Guiteras". Americana. Vol. 12, no. 1. Plate after p. 8; pp. 9–13. OCLC 865776116. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- Korr, Mary (March 2015). "Ramon Guiteras, MD: Surgeon, Statesman, Big-Game Hunter" (PDF). ISSN 2327-2228. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- Reiss, Harry (January 1980). "Ramon Guiteras (1858–1917)". Investigative Urology. 17 (4): 356–357. PMID 6985887. Bibliographic information only.
- PMID 20279607.
External links
- Ramon Guiteras at Find a Grave
- Ramon Guiteras Award at the American Urological Association