Escuela Médico Militar
The Escuela Médico Militar is a medical school of the Mexican army and Mexican air force for medical training. The school is located in Mexico City, Mexico.
History
[edit]The school was founded as Escuela Constitucionalista Médico Militar by Generals Guadalupe Gracia García-Cumplido and Enrique Cornelio Osornio Martínez de los Ríos in 1917.[1] It is deemed to be the follow-on institution of the Escuela Práctica Médico-Militar which was founded for practical training of military physicians at the San Lucas military hospital in Mexico City by its first director Francisco Montes de Oca y Saucedo in 1880.[2]
The Escuela Médico Militar is under the command of the general direction of military education and rectorate of the university of the army and the air force, a department of the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA).[3]
Notable faculty
[edit]- Guadalupe Gracia García-Cumplido, also founder and director
- Enrique Cornelio Osornio Martínez de los Ríos, also founder and director
- Fernando Ocaranza Carmona
- Edmundo Calva Cuadrilla
- Segismundo Rodríguez Rodríguez
- Martha Patricia Fernandez
Notable alumni
[edit]- Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
- Jesús Lozoya Solís
- Juan García Ramos
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 90th anniversary of the Escuela Médico Militar (Spanish).
- ^ Historia de la Escuela (Spanish), SEDENA.
- ^ constitution of the Escuela Médico Militar Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish).
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