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WHO IS Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja?

This unique logo shows what he is. The Mountain (Thorax diaphragms) is Illimani (6,432m), caressing the city of La Paz, Bolivia (3,100-4,100m). The lung at high altitude, above the mountain shown with a barometer with low levels of oxygen: Hypoxia……
(art by Katia Ardaya-Zubieta).

His fully detailed Curriculum Vitae can be found here

PROF. DR. GUSTAVO ZUBIETA-CALLEJA, M.D., FPVRI
The HYPOXIA MAN (India 2017)
Head
High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Institute (HAPPI-IPPA) located in La Paz, Bolivia (3,100-4,100m)
in the heart of South America.
Cel (591-73258026)
gzubietajr@altitudeclinic.com
Av. Copacabana – Prolongación # 55
Teleféricos Celeste y Blanco Av. Del Poeta, La Paz, Bolivia

find the Institute map:https://goo.gl/maps/nL2Y2TJjd4t


Ex-Visiting Professor Univ. of Copenhagen
Visiting Professor BLDE University, India
Visiting Professor at Era University, India
Co-Organizer of the 1st WORLD CONGRESS ON HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE AND PHYSIOLOGY
Co-Organizer 7 Chronic Hypoxia Symposiums 

Carries out joint research with his daughter Dr. Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, MD. They collaborate with BLDE University India, Laval University, Canada.

BUT, WHO IS HE REALLY?

…….
Well… kind of difficult to say. He has been described as a “Renaissance Man” along with his father Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, because of his extensive know-how.

Has proposed that space travel should be in a chronic hypoxia environment and created the word BIOSPACEFORMING to denote adaptation to life in space.

He constructed with his father Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja the Chacaltaya Glass Pyramid Laboratory at 5,260masl, the highest laboratory in the world.

He helped carry out the Futbol (Soccer) game at the Summit of Mt. Sajama at 6,542 masl, a world record.

He constructed the Hyperoxic/Hypoxic Adaptation Chambers 1 and 2.

He has been invited to give talks in many parts of the world, including:
India (5 times)
USA
Italy
Ukraine
Russia
Spain
Germany
Poland
Denmark
Czech Republic
Ecuador
Colombia
Brazil
Chile
Japan
Tibet
China


And many more…

Interested in learning more about him? Go to his blog.
Make sure you navigate all around.

He has worked on COVID describing the disease from very early on, creating the term Pneumolysis (Lung destruction) in COVID, was the first to affirm, in the world, that COVID would have a lower incidence at high altitude and the favorable effect of U-V radiation at high altitude.

He is also a bioengineer.

He constructed pulmonary function equipment, protein electrophoresis equipment, and even an elevator.

He is a top self-taught mechanical electronics engineer.

He developed hardware, software for medical records and on-line data loggers since 1981, being the first to have databases in the medical field.

Distinctions and Awards:
Several, but he is not interested.
Rather, he created the “Science, Honor and Truth” Award

His publications are extensively read:

Publications by Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja ordered by date.

[1] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja R, Zubieta-Calleja G. Estudios sobre la circulacion coronaria en la altura. Acta de las Primeras Jornandas de Medicina y Cirugia de la Altura; 1978 4 – 7 de Octubre La Oroya, Peru; 1978.
[2] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G. & Zubieta-Calleja, R. El consumo de oxigeno en miocardio de perros a 3600 mt y a differentes tensiones de oxigeno. Acta de las primeras Jornadas de Medicina y Cirugia de la altura. La Oroya, Peru 1978.
[3] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, R. La Produccion de anhidrido carbonico durante el consumo de oxigeno en miocardio de perros a 3600 m. (Abstracto).
Primer Congreso Boliviano de Biología; 1979 1979; UMSS Cochabamba; 1979.
[4] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, R., Zubieta-Calleja, G. Clasificacion de la eritrocitosis en la altura de acuerdo al numero de eritrocitos (Abstracto). Primer Congreso Boliviano de Biología; 1979; UMSS Cochabamba; 1979.
[5] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Chronic mountain sickness and miners (Spanish). Revista de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1985;4:109-16.
[6] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. El mal de Montaña Cronico y los mineros. (Chronic mountain sickness and miners). Cuadernos Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1985;62:109-16.
[7] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Pulmonary diseases and chronic mountain sickness (Spanish). Revista de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1986;5:47-54.
[8] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Las Enfermedades pulmonares y el Mal de Montaña Cronico. (Pulmonary diseases and chronic mountain sickness). Cuadernos de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1986;68:3-12.
[9] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. The triple hypoxia syndrome at altitude (Abstract). Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1988;137(4):509.
[10] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Iatrogenic Disease in a polycythemic patient at altitude. Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1988;137(4):509.
[11] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G. High Altitude Pathology at 12000 ft. La Paz: Publisher: Papiro, 1989. La Paz, Bolivia
[12] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Progressive high altitude hypoventilation reversed by hyperoxia. Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1990;141(4):a924.
[13] Zubieta-Castillo. G & Zubieta-Calleja G. Hematocrit, PaO2 and PaCO2 changes in a High altitude increased Polycythemic during a 12 year follow up. Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1990;141(4):a921.
[14] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G & Zubieta-Calleja, L. Cambios en la PaO2, PaCO2 y el hematocrito en un paciente con mal de montaña cronico durante 12 años. Acta del Quinto Congreso Nacional de Medicina de la Altura; 1992; La Oroya, Peru; 1992. p. 136.
[15] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. Acute Hypoventilation on ascent to high altitude. European Respiratory Society Congress; 1992; Vienna, Austria; 1992.
[16] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. El Sindrome de Triple Hipoxia en la Altura. Acta del Quinto Congreso Nacional de Medicina de la Altura; 1992; La Oroya, Peru; 1992. p.
136.
[17] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. Eritrocitosis agudas, EPOC y sindrome de triple hipoxia. Acta del Quinto Congreso Nacional de Medicina de la Altura; 1992; La Oroya,
Peru; 1992. p. 135.
[18] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo G. High altitude illness in Bolivia (Abstract). First World Congress of High Altitude Medicine and Physiology;
1994; La Paz, Bolivia: Edvil;p. 58.

  1. [20] Zubieta-Calleja GRZ-C, G and Zubieta-Calleja, L. Zubieta-Calleja, G.R. Zubieta-Castillo, G and Zubieta-Calleja, L.. Inadequate treatment of excessive erythrocytosis. Acta Andina. 1995;4:123-6.
    [21] Zubieta-Calleja GZ-C, G. Chronic Mountain Scikness. Proceedings of the Third Symposium on High Altitude
    Medicine and Physiology; 1995; Xining, Gingai, PR China; 1995. p. 40.
    [22] Triplett J, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Physiological changes related to rapid altitude shifts in La Paz, Bolivia. Acta Andina. 1996;5(1):19-21.
    [23] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G. High Altitude Pathology Institute. 1996 [cited 2007 june 15, 2007]; Available from:
    http://www.altitudeclinic.com
    [24] Zubieta-Calleja G. and Zubieta-Castillo GR. International Soccer vetoed in Stadiums above 3000 m of altitude. International Society for Mountain Medicine. 1996;6(1).
    [25] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo, G and Zubieta-Calleja, L. Can HAPE be diagnosed through the tongue? Acta Andina. 1996;5:31-4.
    [26] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. Triple hypoxia syndrome. Acta Andina. 1996;5(1):15-8.
    [27] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. New Concepts on chronic mountain sickness. Acta Andina. 1996;5:3-8.
    [28] Zubieta-Calleja G, De Urioste, L. & Zubieta-Calleja, L. High altitude residents in Bolivia. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. In: HidekiOhno TK, Shigeru Masuyama and Michiro, Nakashima, ed. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. Matsumoto, Japan 1998:185-9.
    [29] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo G. Changes in oximetry during breath holding in normal residents of high altitude. In: Hideki Ohno TK, Shigeru Masuyama and Michiro, ed. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. Matsumoto, Japan 1998:343-8.
    [30] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G, Arano E, Zubieta-Calleja L. Respiratory Disease, chronic mountain sickness and gender differences at high altitude. In: HidekiOhno TK,
    Shigeru Masuyama and Michiro, Nakashima., ed. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. HidekiOhno, Toshio Kobayashi, Shigeru Masuyama and
    Michiro, Nakashima. 1998:132-7.
    [31] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Pulse oximetry in chronic mountain sickness- long breath holding time and oscillation at lowest saturation. In: HidekiOhno TK, Shigeru Masuyama and Michiro, Nakashima, ed. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology 1998:349-54.
    [32] Pollard AJ, Niermeyer S, Barry P, Bartsch P, Berghold F, Bishop RA, et al. Children at high altitude: an international consensus statement by an ad hoc committee of the International Society for Mountain Medicine, March 12, 2001. High Alt Med Biol. 2001
    Fall;2(3):389-403.
    [33] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L. & Zubieta, N. Exercise performance of bolivian aymara in 3 conditions: at La Paz 3,510 m, breathing a hypoxic mixture simulating Chacaltaya and at Chacaltaya 5,200 m. HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.
    [34] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N. Measurement of circulatory time using pulse oximetry during breath holding in chronic hypoxia. HAMB. 2002;3(1):115.
    [35] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N. Breath holding and pulse oximetry as a diagnostic tool at high altitude. HAMB. 2002;3(1):115.
    [36] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N. Exercise performance in chronic mountain sickness (cms) patients at 3510 m. HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.
    [37] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G.R., Zubieta-Calleja, L. Exercise performance in a woman with CMS following triple hypoxia syndrome treatment. HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.
    [38] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G.R., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N. Bolivian Aymara that played soccer at 6542 m maintain higher oxygen saturation and lower oxygen uptake during maximal exercise. HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.
    [39] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta C, Nancy. Adaptation to life at the altitude of the summit of Everest. Fiziol Zh. 2003;49(3):110-7.
    [40] Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) GR, Moretti M, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N, Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) G. Chronic mountain sickness among the Chipaya after 2500 years of high altitude exposure. HAMB. 2004;5(2):291-2.
    [41] Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) GR, Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) G, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N. Hypoventilation in Chronic Mountain Sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy. HAMB. 2004;5(2):291-2.
    [42] Zubieta-Calleja G. Bloodletting: a medical resource since the stone age. Journal of Qinghai Medical College. 2004;25(4):273-5.
    [43] Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) G, Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) GR, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N. How chronic mountain sickness (cms) contributed to the theory of life at the hypoxic levels of the summit of Mount Everest. HAMB. 2004;5(2):291-2.
    [44] Fabiola León-Velarde, Marco Maggiorini, John T Reeves, Almaz Aldashev, Ingrid Asmus, Luciano Bernardi, Ri-Li Ge, Peter Hackett, Toshio Kobayashi, Lorna G Moore, Dante Penaloza, Jean-Paul Richalet, Robert Roach, Tianyi Wu, Enrique Vargas, Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja. Consensus statement on chronic and subacute high altitude diseases. High Alt Med Biol. 2005 Summer;6(2):147-57.
    [45] Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Essentials in the diagnosis of acid-base disorders and their high altitude application. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2005 Sep;56 Suppl 4:155-70.
    [46] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L. Non-invasive measurement of circulation time using pulse oximetry during breath holding in chronic hypoxia. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2005 Sep;56 Suppl 4:251-6.
    [47] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Calleja N, Zubieta-Castillo G. Hypoventilation in chronic mountain sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:425-30.
    [48] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N. The increase in hematocrit during the high altitude adaptation process. (Abstract). Wilderness Environ Med. 2006 Fall;17(3):202-3.
    [49] Zubieta-Castillo G, Sr., Zubieta-Calleja GR, Jr., Zubieta-Calleja L. Chronic mountain sickness: the reaction of physical disorders to chronic hypoxia. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2006
    Sep;57 Suppl 4(2):431-42.
    [50] Paulev P-E, Zubieta-Calleja G. High Altitude Diving Depths. Res in Sports Med. 2007;15(1 or 2 in print).
    [51] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev P-E, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Castillo G. Altitude adaptation through hematocrit changes. J of Physiol and Pharmacol. 2007;58(Supplement).
    [52] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. Facts that Prove that Adaptation to Life atExtreme Altitude (8848m) is Possible. In: L.Lukyanova NTaPKS, editor. Adaptation Biology and
    Medicine: Health Potentials; 2007; New Dehli, India: Narossa Publishing House; 2007.
    [53] Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja GZC, Poul-Erik Paulev (2009) The Adaptation of Highlanders to Sea Level. In Wilderness & Environmental Medicine- Wilderness Conference and Annual Meeting. (ed.), Vol. 20, pp. 184-5, Wilderness & Environmental
    Medicine-Official Publication of the Wilderness Medical Society, Snowmass, Colorado.
    [54] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja L, Ardaya-Zubieta G, and Paulev PE (2009) Do over 200 million healthy altitude residents really suffer from chronic Acid-Base disorders? Indian J Clin Biochem 26, 62-5.
    [55] Zubieta-Calleja L (2009) The High Altitude Adaptation Formula. In 36th Annual Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India. (ed.), Vol. 24, pp. 83-4, Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry- Association of Clinical Biochemists of India, Kochi, India.
    [56] Zubieta-Castillo G (2012) Loss of Adaptation and Maladaptation: two terms Inadequately used-Conversely-“Adaptation: A Fundamental Law of Biology that at High Altitude, even Permits Life at the Hypoxic Levels of Mt. Everest”. In Global Hypoxia Summit & 4th International Conference on Chr onic Hypoxia. (ed.), Vol. pp. 74-5, New Delhi, India.
    [57] Zubieta-Calleja, G, Zubieta-Castillo, G, Merishi, J. (2012) Extremely high altitude hypoxic conditions during Mount Everest expeditions, residence at South Pole stations, in Tibet and among the Andes: Van Slyke equation modification is crucially important for acid–base measurements. Journal of Biological Physics and Biochemistry 12(3):103-112.
    [58] Balaban DY, Duffin J, Preiss D, Mardimae A, Vesely A, Slessarev M, ZubietaCalleja G, et al.(2013) The in-vivo oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve at sea level and high altitude. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 186, 45-52.
    [59] Zubieta-Calleja, GR, Ardaya, G, Zubieta-DeUrioste, N, Paulev, PE, Zubieta-Castillo, G. Tolerance to Hypoxia (2013) Vol 59:4 Fiziol Journal. Kiev, Ukraine.
    [60] Zubieta-Castillo, G and Zubieta-Calleja GR.(2014) High Altitude Research and its Clinical Application. Chapter in Book Translational Research in Environmental and Occupational Stress. Editors: Chachi Bala Singh, Nanduri R. Prabhakar, Crinivas N. Pentyala. Springer
    India.
    [61] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-DeUrioste NA. Extended longevity at high altitude: Benefits of exposure to chronic hypoxia. BLDE Univ J Health Sci 2017;2:80-90
    [62] Zubieta-Calleja, G.R.; Zubieta-DeUrioste, N.; Venkatesh, T.; Das, K.; Soliz, J. COVID19: Multiple Diseases Simulating Extreme High-Altitude Exposure? Oxygen Transport Physiology and Scarce Need of Ventilators; Andean Condor’s-Eye-View. Preprints 2020,
    2020050085 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202005.0085.v1).
    [63] Zubieta-Calleja, G., & Zubieta-DeUrioste, N. (2020, September 27). Pneumolysis and “silent hypoxemia” in COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/qde8w
    [64] Roberto Carlos Vera, Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, (Oct 2020) La quema de los bosques bolivianos afecta la calidad del aire y atenta contra la salud en estos tiempos de pandemia COVID- https://zuniv.net/pub/BOLET%C3%8DN1Ambiente_13oct.pdf.
    [65] Arias-Reyes C, Zubieta-DeUrioste N, Poma-Machicao L, Aliaga-Raduan F, CarvajalRodriguez F, Dutschmann M, Schneider-Gasser EM, Zubieta-Calleja G, Soliz J. Does the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 virus decrease at high-altitude? Respir Physiol Neurobiol.
    2020 Jun;277:103443. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103443. Epub 2020 Apr 22. PMID: 32333993; PMCID: PMC7175867.
    [66] Soliz J, Schneider-Gasser EM, Arias-Reyes C, Aliaga-Raduan F, Poma-Machicao L, Zubieta-Calleja G, Furuya WI, Trevizan-Baú P, Dhingra RR, Dutschmann M. Coping with hypoxemia: Could erythropoietin (EPO) be an adjuvant treatment of COVID-19?
    Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2020 Aug;279:103476. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103476. Epub 2020 Jun 6. PMID: 32522574; PMCID: PMC7275159.
    [67] Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja*, Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, Thuppil Venkatesh, Kusal K. Das and Jorge Soliz, “COVID-19 and Pneumolysis Simulating Extreme High-altitude Exposure with Altered Oxygen Transport Physiology; Multiple Diseases, and Scarce Need
    of Ventilators: Andean Condor’s-eye-view    ”, Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials (2020) 15:
  2. https://doi.org/10.2174/1574887115666200925141108
    [68] Zubieta-Calleja, G., Merino-Luna, A., Zubieta-DeUrioste, N., Armijo-Subieta, NF., Soliz, J., Arias-Reyes, C. , Escalante-Kanashiro, R., Carmona-Suazo, J., López-Bascope, A., Calle-Aracena, J., Epstein, M. & Maravi, E (2020, October 15). COVID-19 patients in the high-altitude areas of Bolivia and Peru manifest a substantive decrease in mortality. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/7rd2h
    [69] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-DeUrioste N. Pneumolysis and “Silent Hypoxemia” in COVID-19. Indian J Clin Biochem. 2020 Nov 9;36(1):1-5. doi: 10.1007/s12291-020-00935-0. Epub ahead of
    print. PMID: 33191989; PMCID: PMC7652053.
    [70] Zubieta-Calleja G, Merino-Luna A, Zubieta-DeUrioste N, Armijo-Subieta NF, Soliz J, Arias-Reyes C, Escalante-Kanashiro R, Carmona-Suazo JA, López-Bascope A, Calle-Aracena JM, Epstein M,
    Maravi E. Re: “Mortality Attributed to COVID-19 in High-Altitude Populations” by Woolcott and
    Bergman. High Alt Med Biol. 2021 Feb 9. doi: 10.1089/ham.2020.0195. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33567217.
    [71] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-DeUrioste N. Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, and High Altitude Cerebral Edema: A view from the High Andes. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2021 Feb 2;287:103628. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103628. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33545376.
    [72] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-DeUrioste N. The Oxygen Transport Triad in High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Perspective from the High Andes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(14):7619. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147619


But overall, he is a nice guy!!

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Dr. Tatiana Serebrovskaya – memorial

30/12/1947 – 06/04/2021

Prof. Tatiana Serebrovkaya
Leading Researcher in the Department of Hypoxic States Investigation, head of Bioethics Committee of Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology NAS of Ukraine the Principal Researcher, Doctor of Biology and Academician of the International Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine.

It is with great sorrow, that the High Altitude and Pulmonary Pathology Institute communicates to the world scientific community that this great physiologist from Kyiv, Ukraine, has passed away. This represents a great loss for science, as her extensive experience and dedicated work in Physiology, particularly in ventilation, hypoxia, mitochondria, is her legacy. She was born in Shevchenko Lane, Kyiv, and studied at the Kyiv State University (now Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev)

Among her most distinguished achievements, she proposed the use of Intermittent hypoxia as a therapeutic approach. She developed the first apparatus for intermittent hypoxia based on a re-breathing technique with CO2 consumption. She studied therapeutic possibilities of intermittent hypoxia when applied to patients with prediabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. She has many publications in important journals around the world.

Tatiana was the first recipient of the Science, Honor, and Truth Award in 2002 during the 5th World Congress on High Altitude Medicine and Physiology held in Barcelona, Spain.

At the 5th World Conference on High Altitude Medicine and Physiology in Barcelona, Spain, the moment Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo and Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja give Tatyana Serebrovskaya the Science, Honor, and Truth Medal. Our toast was with a Budmo! and Hey!!! (Ukranian toast).
Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, Dr. Tatiana Serebrovskaya, and Dr. Pavel Beloshitsky during the 3rd World Congress on High Altitude Medicine in Matsumoto, Japan (May 20-24, 1998).

This is the paper she presented at the 3rd World Congress on High Altitude Medicine and Physiology held in Matsumoto, Japan 1998.

Gsutavo Zubieta-Calleja, Tatyana Serebrovskaya and Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo visiting the Hypobaric Chamber in Barcelona, Spain 2002. Such was the passion for Science Tatiana had.

Through the years, we met several times in many parts of the world. She also visited us here in La Paz, Bolivia, and we had the most beautiful times together.

We went with my father to Kyiv, Ukraine, and she kindly hosted us in two opportunities, when we shared beautiful moments with Alex, her husband who is a Mathematician. We stayed in their apartment in one opportunity and the next in her mother’s apartment, Maria! She was a very sweet, lovely, and kind lady that we always remember. We visited the Bogomoletz Institute and shared academic moments with Pavel Beloshistky and V. Ya. Berezovsky. They showed us their hypoxicator machines used to treat Asthma and circulatory problems in Kyiv. We were also given as a gift a helmet that they developed, and we used it throughout the years for studies and treatments at our Institute.

The Bogomoletz Helmet in our Hyperoxic/Hypoxic Chamber

When Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo passed away, Dr. Portnychencko A.G., Chief Editor of the Medical Hydrology and Rehabilitation Journal, kindly invited us to write a Scientific Memorial by the kind suggestion of Tatiana. It is found on page 89 here.

Here at a meeting in Moscow, with her delightful smile!!

Tatiana was a kind and generous person. She loved the mountains and she loved children. Her spirit was always high and filled with enthusiasm.

Tatiana with her granddaughter

She was always willing to share whatever she had. We were going to Odense from Kiev on a train and she shared her snack including delicious conserved cherries that she and Alex had cultivated and prepared in her Dasha. But she was also generous in science. She kindly published two of our important papers in the Fiziol J of the Bogomoletz institute: The Life at the Summit of Mt Everest and the Tolerance to Hypoxia. We will forever be grateful for her generosity.

Her daughter Dr. Zoya Serebrovsky, also a physiologist at the Bogomoletz, follows in her footsteps. We keep in contact with her and look forward to the moments when we will meet again at some international conference, where we will share splendid memories of Tatiana.

Farewell Tatiana!!! You will always remain in our hearts and in our minds. You were a great Scientist, a wonderful Wife, a lovely Mother and Grandmother, and a truly marvelous Person!

Adaptation, Scientific Publications

AMS, HAPE, HACE: A view from the High Andes

 

Much to many world scientists’ surprise, a group of sea-level “International high altitude experts” who defend a different point of view, wrote to the Chief Editor of the prestigious journal Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology questioning our article: “Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, and High Altitude Cerebral Edema: A view from the High Andes” by Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja [his CV] and Dr. Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, published in Volume 287, May 2021 of the Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. Available as a Pre-print here. A full Journal printed scan version is available on request from the authors. Please send us an email.

 

full version copy available on request from authors at gzubietajr@gmail.com

The questions asked were properly answered with evidence-based medicine by the authors in a letter to the publishers. In order to find a solution, it was decided to stamp “RETRACTION” on the article (which would block the possibility of citations).

Interestingly, the same article received multiple congratulations and support. Simultaneously, the prestigious International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with an Impact Factor of 3.3 asked the author for an extension of the paper. Consequently, “The Oxygen Transport Triad in High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Perspective from the High Andes” was published. In it, several of the questions are addressed.

Many scientists from around the world are giving their support asking for a NO RETRACTION of the paper, as any questioning should follow a standard course through a Letter to the Editor.

Some comments of support by very distinguished scientists of include:

Dear Gustavo
You have taken the right step for world scholars’ opinion to the journal.
I am always with you and will be.
It is disgusting to see some Western scientists’ attitudes towards Latin America and South Asian community fellow colleagues.
Science always prevails with experience, observation, and truth. Yes I agree that nothing is a universal truth in science and that is the beauty of science but ‘what I think is always right and there will not be any “alternate hypothesis” is a shallow mindset of a few people who never tested their own hypothesis in other environments.
Your research and honesty are beyond any doubt. You are not only a great scientist but also a great physician with credibility.
I did not find anything wrong or unscientific in this interesting thought-provoking research article with facts and deep logical analysis. To me, it is a great Science and I shall teach your alternate but strong theories and explanations to my University students without hesitations as a great novel contribution of high altitude biology.
I believe your work is a part of the progress of science for serving humanity!

I not only oppose the idea of this great publication retraction but also condemn it.

Regards

Kusal K.Das, PhD, FRSB
Distinguished Chair Professor in Vascular Physiology
Laboratory of Vacular Physiogy and Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
BLDE ( Deemed to be University ), Vijayapur,
Karnataka, India (560m)
Former Vising Professor
School of Medicine
University of Leeds, UK
( 2014 – 2016 )
Hony.Fellow
Karnataka Academy of Science & Technogy
Government of Karnataka
President
South Asian Association of Physiologists ( HO. University of Colombo ).
President’s message, above.
Member of International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
IUPS is the world body of physiologists with 84 countries and hundred societies

Dear Gustavo,
I fully support your publication. My details are as follows.

Prof. Praveen Sharma      
PhD (Med), FACBI, FAMS, FAACC
Professor of Biochemistry,
(Former Head Biochemistry,
Dean (Research) & Controller of Examinations),
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 
Jodhpur-342005 ( India)
President ACBI (2003-2004 and 2014-2015)
President, InSLAR (2017 to date)
Chair, IFCC-CCLM (2020-to date)
Director, South East Asia on WASPaLM Board (2021 to date)
Editor-in-Chief, IJCB (2006 to date),
Chairman, APFCB Congress and Conferences (2019 to date)
Chairman, APFCB Communication committee (2010-2019)
Chief Editor, APFCB News (2010-2019)
Director, NRCLPI, Jodhpur (2014 to date)
Assessor (NABL )
International Lead Assessor (AERSSC)
Mobile:+91-8003996869
            +91-9414044562
Email:    praveensharma55@gmail.com
 sharmapr@aiimsjodhpur.edu.in

Someone has to pioneer the road to higher consciousness through scientific exploration. You have. Your paper is stellar and ahead of its time.
There was a saying in the 1960s I abide by: “keep on keeping on.”
Be proud of your forward-thinking ideals. Westerners will catch up to you in time.

Dr. Kathryn Rossie, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Researcher
Author, Publisher, and Editor
Consultant: International level. Private Practice Consultation: California.
Professor of the Neuroscience Institute for Psychotherapists of San Lorenzo Maggiore, Italy.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President:
The Ernest Lawrence Rossi Non-Profit Foundation for Psychosocial Genomics Research
Board of Directors: The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Press
Founding Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institue of the California Central Coast (MHE-CCC)

All high altitude researchers in India including HPRC (High Altitude Physiology Research Cell, Darjeeling), high altitude research facilities St John’s team, Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) are all in support of the research paper published by Professor Gustavo et al. We require scientific community to take this concept forward without any bias and come out with the most appropriate guidance documents to manage chronic Hypoxia.
With regards,

Dr Thuppil Venkatesh
President
International Society of Chronic Hypoxia
CEO and Director
Chairman Indian Society for Lead awareness and research and
Director
The National Referral Center for Lead Poisoning Prevention in India (NRCLPI)
Foundation for Quality India (FQI)
The Lead Man of India
Professor Emeritus
Biochemistry Department St John’s Medical College
Bangalore, India

Dear Gustavo, 

Thank you for the materials you sent me. I need some time to study these materials more closely, delving into the arguments and comparing them. 

Being a specialist in some intracellular molecular mechanisms of adaptation to hypoxia, I will not take the responsibility to take part in the discussion on issues of respiratory physiology and practical medicine.  

However, in any case, I consider the precedent of retraction of the already published article extremely dangerous. This not only destroys constructive scientific discussion, based on the freedom of publication by each of the side of its position and arguments. This also threatens us with an Orwellian dystopia of an unpredictable changing past. This precedent is especially dangerous in conditions when more and more scientific journals have only an electronic version and are not published in paper form. With this approach, we can get a situation where, with each change of the prevailing concepts in science, articles previously published in electronic journals will “disappear” as if they never existed. 

Of course, I join to letter to the Chief Editor and Publishers asking for NO RETRACTION.

Sincerely,  

Dr. Sergei Alexandrovich Stroev, PhD
I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia (2000-2015), University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Finland (2001-2014).

P.S. By the way, I was somewhat surprised by point 4 of your opponents’ objections, where they state: «“adaptation” must be limited to genetically transmissible changes because they are integrated into the gene pool of a particular population or species». 

My thesis, which I successfully defended in University of Tampere was called “The role of endogenous protein antioxidants in neuronal adaptation to hypobaric hypoxia”.

https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/95013/978-951-44-9354-6.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

The dissertation dealt with adaptation to hypoxia of cells and the organism as a whole at the level of regulation of the expression of individual proteins without any genetically transmissible changes (I will not vouch for epigenetic changes in this model – I have not studied this issue). And the term “adaptation” in this sense of an individual, not related to genetic changes, adaptation did not cause any objections from highly professional opponent, reviewers and many specialists who were present at the defense of the thesis.

Many other authors use this term in the same meaning, for example: 

Samoilov M.O. Brain and adaptation. Molecular and cellular mechanisms. St. Petersburg, 

1999. 272 p. (In Russian). 

Portnichenko V.I., Nosar V.I., Sydorenko A.M., Portnichenko A.H., Man’kovs’ka I.M. 

Continuous adaptation of rats to hypobaric hypoxia prevents stressor hyperglycemia and optimizes mitochondrial respiration under acute hypoxia. Fiziol Zh. 2012 b. 58(5): 56-64 (In Ukrainian, summary in English). 

Meerson F., Pozharov V., Minyailenko T. Superresistance against hypoxia after 

preliminary adaptation to repeated stress. J Appl Physiol. 1994. 76(5): 1856-1861. 

Lukyanova L.D., Sukoyan G.V., Kirova Y.I. Role of proinflammatory factors, nitric 

oxide, and some parameters of lipid metabolism in the development of immediate adaptation to hypoxia and HIF-1α accumulation. Bull Exp Biol Med. 2013. 154(5): 597-601. 

Lu G., Ding D., Shi M. Acute adaptation of mice to hypoxic hypoxia. Biol Signals Recept. 1999. 8(4-5): 247-255. 

49 world distinguished scientists have supported the quality of this article. We are most thankful !

See the letter of support by
49 outstanding scientists here.

as of Aug 5, 2021

We also have great support from a growing number of people 1,789 as of Aug 20, 2021 that also support our article.

 

 

The original article was printed in the Volume 287, May 2021 of the Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology journal

 

We have just published our latest enhanced version in the top level Journal Reviews on Environmental Health, responding to the observations made by those 17 “sea level high-altitude experts”.

Our latest publication May 2022

The link to this article is: 

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2021-0172/html

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The Hypoxia Man

During the Association of Clinic Biochemistry in India

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.

During his second visit to the new Vice-Chancellor of King George’s University