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| Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (May 20, 1926 - September 17, 2015) |
Professor Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo - The Mountain
Guru, Bolivian visionary who loved art and Science. He was a Word Class
Pioneer and defender of life and medicine at High Altitude. In 1964 after his observations of the perfused heart in
dogs, he affirmed that the hearts of high altitude residents are much more
resistant to hypoxia than those at sea level. He clarified misconceptions about
lung diseases at high altitude, which were improperly termed “loss of
adaptation”. His original and unique views on what was called Chronic Mountain Sickness, a term he proposed be
discarded and be rather expressed as
PolyErythroCythemia (as a more precise symptomatic
description of multiple pathologies in the hypoxic environment
of high altitude. He created the “Triple Hypoxia Syndrome” an essential description
to explain momentary decrease of PaO2 in Polyerythrocythemic patients.
His
concepts of hypoxia gave rise to the formulation of the High Altitude
Adaptation Formula.
On
his obituary legendary Respiratory Physiologist Prof.John B.West stated “He
was a remarkable man and our discipline has lost a giant.”.
Renowned Environmental scientist Prof.Thuppil Venkatesh, a long time friend of Prof.Gustavo Sr stated "We lost one of the most valuable and precious personalities… a great loss to the world scientific community".
Prof.Gustavo’s
son Prof.Dr.Gustavo Zubieta Calleja is also renowned pulmonologist like his
legendary father and keeping his illustrious father’s legacy with pride and
honor at his ‘High Altitude Pulmonary
& Pathology Institute’, La Paz, Bolivia
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| Late Gustavo Zubieta Castillo was a great artist. One of his painting |
