Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
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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.
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).
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.
De la Fuente died of cardiorespiratory arrest on 31 March 2006 in Mexico City. 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.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
psychiatrist
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
who chaired the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico (1959), served as vice-president of World Psychiatric Association
World Psychiatric Association
The World Psychiatric Association is an international umbrella organisation of psychiatric societies.-Objectives and goals:Originally created to produce world psychiatric congresses, it has evolved to hold regional meetings, to promote professional education and to set ethical, scientific and...
(1970–76) and founded the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry in 1979.
De la Fuente graduated with a degree in Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous...
in 1944 and specialized in Neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychiatry is the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. It preceded the current disciplines of psychiatry and neurology, in as much as psychiatrists and neurologists had a common training....
at both the Clarkson Hospital of the University of Nebraska (1944–46) and the New York University School of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
The New York University School of Medicine is one of the graduate schools of New York University. Founded in 1841 as the University Medical College, the NYU School of Medicine is one of the foremost medical schools in the United States....
(1946).
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
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
from 1972 to 2000 and entered The National College on 4 April 1972.
De la Fuente died of cardiorespiratory arrest on 31 March 2006 in Mexico City. He had been married to Beatriz Ramírez de la Fuente, a renowned art historian who had died a year earlier. His son, Juan Ramón
Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez is a Mexican psychiatrist, academician and politician who 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.De la Fuente graduated with a bachelor's degree in...
, served as Secretary of Health in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo
Ernesto Zedillo
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He served as President of Mexico from December 1, 1994 to November 30, 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted seventy year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
and as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico from 1999 to 2007.
External links
- Memorias de un psiquiatra: de la Castañeda al Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, published in Letras libres magazine by Dr. Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (in Spanish).