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III Symposium on the Effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude
Dear Colleagues and friends: Several colleagues were asking us about the next symposium. It is here. Mark you calendar for October 16-23, 2010! The III Symposium on the Effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude is coming up. And yes, it will also be itinerant, so that conferences are carried out at different altitude sites: click here to read about it. Bolivia is waiting for you! The city of La Paz at 3600 m. Our previous two symposium were very succesful and … Read entire article »
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The International Society of Chronic Hypoxia
We are proud to present the new website of the International Society of Chronic Hypoxia (ISCH) whose President is Larry Silver, Vice-President Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) and Directors, all the founding members from different parts of the globe that gathered during the II Chronic Hypoxia Symposium. Please click below: International Society of Chronic Hypoxia Congratulations Larry!! … Read entire article »
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II Chronic Hypoxia Symposium
The follow-up on the successful II Chronic Hypoxia Symposium Titicaca Lake 3800 mis now on-line. Read about the events, the locations, see pictures, who came, the subjects and more:click here http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »
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Send your titles Chronic Hypoxia Symposium
Dear distinguished colleagues: We are now elaborating the preliminary program for the II Symposium on the effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude. Some of you are in our lists of scientists that have expressed their interest in participating. If you have not, our apologies. Please send us the titles of your talks. Remember that the themes are: Adaptation and acclimatization to high altitude Adaptation of highlanders to sea level Soccer and other sports at high altitude Diving at high altitude Chronic Mountain Sickness Adaptation to extreme hypoxia The carotid body at high altitude High altitude ophthalmology Aviation hypoxia High Altitude Anthropology Other high altitude diseases However some of you have expressed their interest in presenting other hypoxia related subjects. You are most welcome! We will have oral and … Read entire article »
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II Symposium on the Effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude
Dear Colleagues and friends from around the globe: We are proud to send this 1st Announcement of the forthcoming: Lake Titicaca 3800 m. One place of the itinerant symposium. II Symposium THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC HYPOXIA ON DISEASES AT HIGH ALTITUDE Aug 2-9, 2008 La Paz, Bolivia Lake Titicaca 3800 m. Part of the itinerant symposium Please visit our website: http://zuniv.net/symposium2 We look forward to seeing you in 2008 !!! Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) and Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) http://altitudeclinic.com http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »
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Hanns-Christian Gunga visits La Paz
Once more our good friend Hanns-Christian Gunga was in La Paz in Dec, 2006 and we had a wonderful visit at the High Altitude Pathology Clinic and a great dinner at a local ***** restaurant. This time he came with Prof. Karl Kirsch of the Department of Physiology, Charite-Universitatsmedizin and Center of Space Medicine, Berlin, Germany. We made plans for joint research in our Pyramid in Chacaltaya.This photo is in the waiting room of IPPA. http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »
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Seminar at the Centre for Cardiovascular Research Czech Republic
by Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja On Nov 14th, 2006, I visited the Centre for Cardiovascular Research of the Czech Republic Academy of Sciences at Prague. I was very favorably impressed with the long standing pioneer work on the protective effect of chronic hypoxia with regards to myocardial infarction. After the publications of Hurtado in Peru(1950) affirming a lower incidence of myocardial infarction in people living at altitude, Kopecky and Daum (1958) and Poupa (1966) performed … Read entire article »
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Poland Pneumology Conference 2006
Poland Pneumology Conferences 2006 with Prof. Mieczyslaw PokorskiAt the University of OpoleClick here to go to the conference website Back to the High Altitude Pathology Institute home page photos courtesy of the Pneumology Conference auditorium engineer. http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »
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6th World High Altitude congress in China 2005
6th World Congress on Mountain Medicine and Physiology in Xining, China and Lasha, Tibet. 2004 Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (left) and Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta Calleja (right) in Lhasa, Tibet during the visit to one of the hospitals. Shown here are three tibetan monks. Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, a Tibetan Monk and Prof. Dale McMcall on the foreground in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, considered one of the marvels of the world. On the background … Read entire article »
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Berlin Frei University Fisiology Conference
Berlin Fiziology conference 2005 at The Department of Physiology of Berlin Frei University. Center for Space Medicine under the direction of Prof. Dr. Univ. Hanns-Christian Gunga Prof. Poul-Erik Paulev and Prof. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja gave talks representing the Univ. of Copenhagen and the High Altitude Pathology Institute in La Paz, Bolivia Back to the High Altitude Pathology Institute home page http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »
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