Juan Manuel Taveras
Juan Manuel Taveras Rodríguez
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Juan Manuel Taveras Rodríguez, was born in Moca, Dominican Republic, on September 27, 1919, the son of Marcos M. and Ana L. Taveras. He died in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on March 28, 2002 as Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Medical School and Radiologist-in-Chief Emeritus of the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is widely regarded as the father of the medical specialty of neuroradiology, having co-authored the first textbook of this specialty and founded both the American Society of Neuroradiology and its journal, of which he served for several years as editor
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. He also made important innovations in training, investigation, radiologic administration, and professional organization which had global impact on the broader spectrum of radiology and the neurosciences throughout the world
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He received medicine doctorate degrees from both the University of Santo Domingo in 1943 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1949, and completed a radiology residency under the direction of Dr. Arthur Finkelstein at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)..
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- ^ McLoud, Theresa C.; Ferrucci, Joseph T.; Gonzalez, R. Gilberto (2006-03-09), "Juan Manuel Taveras: Faculty of Medicine - Memorial Minute", Harvard Gazette
- ^ Huckman, Michael S. (2002), "Juan Manuel Taveras, 1919–2002", American Journal of Neuroradiology, 23 (7): 1065–1068
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