Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja was addressed for the first time in 2017 as THE HYPOXIA MAN by Prof. M.L.B. Bhatt the Vice-Chancellor of King George’s Medical University in Lucknow India shown above during the Inauguration of the Asociation of Clinical Biochemists International Conference (ACBICON).

India is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Its biodiversity, love, and respect of all living beings and its kindness and hospitality, never stop surprising me. Five times have I visited India, thus far. Three with my late father Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, the Mountain Guru!

Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh, The Lead Man of India has been instrumental. We met at the 4th World Conference on High Altitude Medicine and Physiology in Arica, Chile in 2000. The President of that meeting was Klaus Behn, a fine man, that we have never seen again, although we would love to do it. He had invited my father to be one of the 3 Keynote Speakers. His theme was Chronic Mountain Sickness. Unfortunately, a Peruvian lady imposed her presence and my father was obliged to share his presentation.

Prof. Venkatesh is the current President of the International Society of Chronic Hypoxia. Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) is the Vice-President.

It is interesting to point out, that during the ACBICON 2017 conference, Gustavo Jr had not taken a suit to his 4th visit to India. Prof. Venkatesh kindly lent him a blue coat, which is shown in the picture above.

Outside King George’s beautiful Vice-Chancellor’s office we share some wonderful moments with Prof. (Dr.) Farzana Mahdi , Vice-Chancellor of Era University, and our dear friend Dr. Hari Sharma Professor at Erasmus MC in Belgium.

During a wonderful visit to Prof. M.L. Bhatt, Vice-Chancellor’s at the King Georges’s University in Lucknow, India, we discussed many interesting aspects.