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Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles

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A Tribute to an Intellectual Life Dedicated to Knowledge, Science and Human Connection

There are individuals whose influence extends far beyond the formal boundaries of their profession. Their contribution cannot be measured solely by academic degrees, publications, institutional positions, or years of service. Their true legacy is found in the people they educate, the minds they inspire, the ideas they encourage, and the bridges they build between people and institutions.

Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles is such a person.

Distinguished professor of the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM), intellectual, mentor, philosopher, promoter of scientific activity, and tireless seeker of knowledge, Dr. Asín Capriles has devoted an important part of his life to intellectual development and to the creation of opportunities for dialogue and collaboration.

His relationship with the High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Institute (HAPPI-IPPA) has been a particularly meaningful expression of this vocation.

An exceptional professor and mentor

For generations of students at the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Dr. Asín Capriles has represented the highest values of university teaching. His students have had the privilege of being guided during their dissertations by a professor whose intellectual interests extend well beyond the conventional limits of an academic discipline. He has encouraged students not merely to obtain a degree, but to develop the intellectual independence necessary to question, investigate, and construct knowledge. This distinction is important. A professor transmits knowledge. A great professor teaches students how to seek knowledge for themselves.

Dr. Asín Capriles belongs to the latter category.

His academic career has been accompanied by a persistent interest in broader questions concerning science, philosophy, nature, humanity, and knowledge. This breadth of thought has made him not only an educator, but also an intellectual reference for those who have had the opportunity to engage with him.

He has been recently honored at the UAGRM:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4621886534761100

A valued collaborator of HAPPI-IPPA

At HAPPI-IPPA, we have experienced another dimension of Dr. Asín Capriles’ contribution: his extraordinary generosity as a collaborator.

In the 3rd Symposium of Chronic Hypoxia at HAPPI_IPPA

He has consistently promoted our scientific activities and encouraged intellectual exchanges with researchers, professionals, academics, and other interesting individuals whom he has personally identified and brought into our sphere of interaction. This is one of his most remarkable qualities.

Jorge Asín knows how to connect people.

He recognizes intellectual potential in others and understands that knowledge becomes more powerful when it is shared. His collaborations have therefore often extended beyond a particular activity or event. A simple introduction can become a scientific conversation; a conversation can become a collaboration; a collaboration can lead to a publication, a symposium, or a new intellectual initiative. Through these actions, he has continuously strengthened the networks surrounding HAPPI-IPPA. His contribution has never been limited to what he personally produces. He has also been committed to helping others produce, communicate, and develop their own ideas.

That generosity is a form of intellectual leadership.

The Science, Honor and Truth Medal

In recognition of his exceptional contribution, HAPPI-IPPA had the great honor of awarding Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles the Science, Honor and Truth Medal during the 9th Chronic Hypoxia Symposium. This distinction carries a special significance.

https://www.altitudeclinic.com/award.html

Dr. Asín Capriles is the only Bolivian recipient of the Science, Honor and Truth Medal.

The uniqueness of this recognition reflects the uniqueness of his contribution. The words Science, Honor and Truth are not simply ceremonial concepts. They represent principles that have guided his intellectual life: the pursuit of knowledge, integrity in intellectual activity, and respect for truth as the foundation of meaningful inquiry.

For HAPPI-IPPA, awarding this medal to Dr. Asín Capriles was therefore an expression of profound appreciation for a collaborator whose contribution has extended far beyond any single scientific activity. It was also a recognition of a person who has consistently demonstrated that intellectual generosity is itself a form of service.

A lifelong student of knowledge

Perhaps one of the most admirable aspects of Dr. Asín Capriles’ character is that his intellectual journey has never reached a point at which he considered himself finished. On the contrary, his curiosity has continued to expand. His particular interest in philosophy, and especially in the thought of Immanuel Kant, illustrates the depth of his intellectual pursuits. His engagement with Kant has led him to explore fundamental questions about knowledge, reason, human understanding, and the nature of intellectual inquiry.

It reflects Dr. Asín’s appreciation for individuals who are willing to challenge established assumptions, pursue knowledge independently, and dedicate their lives to questions that extend beyond immediate practical considerations.

His philosophical interests therefore complement his scientific vocation. Both arise from the same fundamental impulse: the desire to understand. And this desire has remained alive throughout his life.

The courage to continue learning

One of the most inspiring demonstrations of Dr. Asín Capriles’ intellectual vitality is his recent achievement of obtaining a Master’s degree in Psychology. This achievement deserves particular recognition. It demonstrates that intellectual curiosity does not belong to youth alone. It does not disappear with age. And it does not end when one receives a degree. For Dr. Asín, education is not merely a stage of life.

Education is a lifelong way of living.

His new Master’s degree is therefore more than an academic achievement. It is a statement about the nature of intellectual life itself: that the desire to learn can remain vigorous throughout one’s entire existence. In this sense, Dr. Asín continues to be both professor and student—a teacher who has never stopped learning.

A visionary for academic development

Dr. Asín Capriles’ intellectual contributions have also had an institutional dimension. He was the originator of the idea of creating the Earth Sciences Institute and the founder at the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno. This initiative reflects his capacity to recognize areas of scientific opportunity and imagine institutional structures through which knowledge could be developed and shared.

He has similarly contributed to intellectual life through the creation of the 3E group of intellectuals, establishing a space for discussion, reflection, and exchange among people interested in ideas. These initiatives reveal another important dimension of his character: he does not simply participate in intellectual communities.

He creates them.

Promoting scientific voices

Dr. Asín’s generosity has also been expressed through his support of scientific communication and publication.

He promoted the publication of our article:
“A mayor altura geográfica, mejor tolerancia a la hipoxia: una respuesta fisiológica paradójica / The Higher the Altitude, the Better the Tolerance to Hypoxia: A Paradoxical Physiological Response.” His support for this work illustrates his willingness to encourage scientific ideas and help bring them to a broader audience.


He has also helped disseminate symposium abstracts through Marcial Villarreal at the Universidad Privada Domingo Savio in Santa Cruz, further demonstrating his commitment to creating opportunities for scientific communication. These actions may seem modest when considered individually. Collectively, however, they reveal a consistent philosophy:

knowledge should circulate.

Ideas should not remain isolated. Researchers should meet. Students should have opportunities. Institutions should communicate. Scientific work should be shared. This philosophy has been central to Dr. Asín’s collaboration with HAPPI-IPPA. He is a great Bolivian philosopher!

The intellectual as a bridge-builder

In an increasingly specialized academic world, where disciplines can become isolated from one another, people capable of building intellectual bridges are extraordinarily valuable. Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles has consistently played this role. He brings together people from different backgrounds. He encourages dialogue between disciplines. He introduces individuals who may otherwise never have met. He recognizes potential collaborations before they become evident to others. In doing so, he reminds us that science is not only a collection of facts and methodologies.

Science is also a human enterprise.

It advances through curiosity, conversation, disagreement, collaboration, mentorship, friendship, and the willingness to listen to another person’s ideas. Dr. Asín understands this deeply.

A legacy of generosity

At HAPPI-IPPA, we consider ourselves fortunate to have benefited from his collaboration. But more importantly, we recognize that his contribution is part of a much larger legacy.

His students carry forward what they learned from him.
His colleagues carry forward the connections he helped establish.
The institutions he has collaborated with benefit from the intellectual bridges he created.
And the people who have encountered him carry with them the example of a person who never stopped asking questions.
This is perhaps the most enduring form of academic legacy.
A publication can be cited.
A building can carry a name.
A medal can commemorate an achievement.

But when a person inspires another person to think, learn, investigate, or connect with others, that influence can continue indefinitely.

An expression of gratitude

For all these reasons, HAPPI-IPPA expresses its deepest gratitude to Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles.

We are grateful for his support of our scientific activities.
We are grateful for the intellectual exchanges he has facilitated.
We are grateful for the people he has introduced to us.
We are grateful for the ideas he has encouraged.
We are grateful for his confidence in scientific and intellectual endeavors.

And, above all, we are grateful for the generosity with which he has shared his intellectual world with others. The Science, Honor and Truth Medal, awarded to him during the 9th Chronic Hypoxia Symposium, will remain a symbol of this gratitude. As the only Bolivian recipient of this distinguished recognition, Dr. Asín Capriles occupies a unique place in the history of HAPPI-IPPA and Bolivia. But the medal itself tells only part of the story. The greater recognition lies in the intellectual bridges he has built throughout his life.

In honor of an intellectual life

Jorge Asín Capriles reminds us that intellectuality is not merely an academic credential.

It is an attitude toward life.
It is the willingness to remain curious.
It is the courage to study something new.
It is the discipline to question what appears obvious.
It is the generosity to share knowledge.
It is the ability to recognize brilliance in others.
It is the desire to connect people rather than divide them.
And it is the conviction that knowledge becomes more meaningful when it contributes to others’ intellectual development.
His recent Master’s degree in Psychology is perhaps the perfect symbol of this philosophy.
After a long and distinguished academic life, he remains a student.
After educating others, he continues to educate himself.
After building intellectual bridges for others, he continues to walk toward new territories of knowledge himself.

This is why his contribution deserves to be celebrated.

HAPPI-IPPA honors Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles not only for what he has accomplished, but for the spirit with which he has accomplished it.

For his students, he has been a professor.
For his colleagues, a collaborator.
For intellectual communities, a connector.
For HAPPI-IPPA, a valued friend and supporter.
And for those who share his love of knowledge, he stands as an example of what it means to remain intellectually alive.

We are indebted to Jorge Asín Capriles for his collaboration, his generosity, his encouragement, and his unwavering commitment to intellectual exchange.

We are indebted to him because he has given freely of what is perhaps one of the greatest gifts a person can offer another:

the opportunity to think.

And we are honored that his intellectual journey has intersected with that of HAPPI-IPPA. May his continued pursuit of knowledge inspire many more generations of students, scientists, professors, and intellectuals.

With gratitude and admiration, HAPPI-IPPA recognizes Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles—a professor, intellectual, mentor, collaborator, bridge-builder, and lifelong seeker of knowledge.

Science. Honor. Truth.

And above all, the enduring love of intellectuality.


Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles

Homenaje a una vida intelectual dedicada al conocimiento, la ciencia y la conexión humana

Existen personas cuya influencia trasciende ampliamente los límites formales de su profesión. Su contribución no puede medirse únicamente por sus títulos académicos, publicaciones, cargos institucionales o años de servicio. Su verdadero legado se encuentra en las personas que educan, las mentes que inspiran, las ideas que fomentan y los puentes que construyen entre personas e instituciones. El Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles es una de esas personas. Distinguido profesor de la Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM), intelectual, mentor, filósofo, promotor de actividades científicas y buscador incansable del conocimiento, el Dr. Asín Capriles ha dedicado una parte importante de su vida al desarrollo intelectual y a la creación de oportunidades para el diálogo y la colaboración. Su relación con el High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Institute (HAPPI-IPPA) ha sido una expresión particularmente significativa de esta vocación.

Un profesor y mentor excepcional

Para generaciones de estudiantes de la Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, el Dr. Asín Capriles ha representado los más altos valores de la enseñanza universitaria. Sus estudiantes han tenido el privilegio de ser guiados durante sus trabajos de tesis por un profesor cuyos intereses intelectuales trascienden ampliamente los límites convencionales de una disciplina académica. Ha motivado a sus estudiantes no solamente a obtener un título, sino a desarrollar la independencia intelectual necesaria para cuestionar, investigar y construir conocimiento. Esta distinción es importante: un profesor transmite conocimientos, pero un gran profesor enseña a sus estudiantes a buscar el conocimiento por sí mismos. El Dr. Asín Capriles pertenece a esta última categoría. Su trayectoria académica ha estado acompañada por un interés permanente en cuestiones relacionadas con la ciencia, la filosofía, la naturaleza, el ser humano y el conocimiento. Esta amplitud de pensamiento lo ha convertido no solamente en un educador, sino también en un referente intelectual para quienes han tenido la oportunidad de compartir con él. Recientemente ha sido homenajeado en la Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, un reconocimiento que constituye otra expresión de la valoración de su trayectoria y de su contribución académica.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4621886534761100

Reconocimiento de la labor del Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles por la UAGRM

Un valioso colaborador de HAPPI-IPPA

En HAPPI-IPPA hemos conocido otra dimensión de la contribución del Dr. Asín Capriles: su extraordinaria generosidad como colaborador. Durante el 3.er Simposio de Hipoxia Crónica de HAPPI-IPPA, tuvimos nuevamente la oportunidad de contar con su presencia y colaboración.

Durante el 2do Simposio de Hipoxia Cronica en el HAPPI-IPPA

Ha promovido constantemente nuestras actividades científicas y ha impulsado intercambios intelectuales con investigadores, profesionales, académicos y otras personas de gran interés, a quienes él mismo ha identificado y acercado a nuestro entorno. Esta es una de sus cualidades más extraordinarias: Jorge Asín sabe conectar a las personas. Reconoce el potencial intelectual de los demás y comprende que el conocimiento adquiere mayor fuerza cuando se comparte. Por ello, sus colaboraciones con frecuencia han trascendido una actividad o un evento específico. Una simple presentación puede convertirse en una conversación científica; una conversación puede transformarse en una colaboración; y una colaboración puede dar lugar a una publicación, un simposio o una nueva iniciativa intelectual. A través de estas acciones, ha contribuido continuamente al fortalecimiento de las redes que rodean a HAPPI-IPPA. Su contribución nunca se ha limitado a aquello que él mismo produce. También se ha caracterizado por ayudar a otros a producir, comunicar y desarrollar sus propias ideas. Esta generosidad constituye una verdadera forma de liderazgo intelectual.

La Medalla de Ciencia, Honor y Verdad

En reconocimiento a su excepcional contribución, HAPPI-IPPA tuvo el gran honor de otorgar al Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles la Medalla de Ciencia, Honor y Verdad durante el 9.º Chronic Hypoxia Symposium. Esta distinción posee un significado muy especial. El Dr. Asín Capriles es el único boliviano que ha recibido la Medalla de Ciencia, Honor y Verdad. La singularidad de este reconocimiento refleja la singularidad de su contribución. Las palabras Ciencia, Honor y Verdad no son simplemente conceptos ceremoniales. Representan principios que han acompañado su vida intelectual: la búsqueda del conocimiento, la integridad en la actividad intelectual y el respeto por la verdad como fundamento de toda investigación significativa. Para HAPPI-IPPA, otorgar esta medalla al Dr. Asín Capriles fue, por lo tanto, una expresión de profunda gratitud hacia un colaborador cuya contribución ha trascendido ampliamente cualquier actividad científica individual. Fue también un reconocimiento a una persona que ha demostrado consistentemente que la generosidad intelectual constituye, en sí misma, una forma de servicio.

Medalla de Ciencia Honor y Verdad

Un estudiante permanente del conocimiento

Quizás uno de los aspectos más admirables del Dr. Asín Capriles sea que su trayectoria intelectual nunca ha llegado a un punto en el que considere que ya ha terminado de aprender. Por el contrario, su curiosidad continúa expandiéndose. Su particular interés por la filosofía, y especialmente por el pensamiento de Immanuel Kant, demuestra la profundidad de sus inquietudes intelectuales. Su acercamiento a Kant lo ha llevado a explorar cuestiones fundamentales relacionadas con el conocimiento, la razón, la comprensión humana y la naturaleza de la investigación intelectual. Este interés refleja la admiración del Dr. Asín por aquellas personas dispuestas a cuestionar los supuestos establecidos, perseguir el conocimiento con independencia y dedicar su vida a preguntas que trascienden las consideraciones prácticas inmediatas. Sus intereses filosóficos complementan así su vocación científica. Ambos surgen de un mismo impulso fundamental: el deseo de comprender. Y este deseo se ha mantenido vivo a lo largo de toda su vida. En su búsqueda filosófica, el Dr. Asín ha establecido también una interesante comparación entre Immanuel Kant y el Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, una comparación que refleja su profundo interés por aquellos grandes intelectuales capaces de trascender los límites convencionales del pensamiento.

En el 2do Simposio de Hipoxia Cronica en la cafeteria del HAPPI-IPPA

El valor de continuar aprendiendo

Una de las demostraciones más inspiradoras de la vitalidad intelectual del Dr. Asín Capriles es su reciente logro de obtener una Maestría en Psicología. Este logro merece un reconocimiento especial. Demuestra que la curiosidad intelectual no pertenece exclusivamente a la juventud, no desaparece con la edad y tampoco termina cuando se obtiene un título. Para el Dr. Asín, la educación no es simplemente una etapa de la vida; la educación es una forma de vivir durante toda la vida. Su nueva Maestría constituye, por lo tanto, mucho más que un logro académico. Es una afirmación sobre la naturaleza misma de la vida intelectual: el deseo de aprender puede permanecer vigoroso durante toda la existencia. En este sentido, el Dr. Asín continúa siendo profesor y estudiante al mismo tiempo: un maestro que nunca ha dejado de aprender.

Un visionario del desarrollo académico

Las contribuciones intelectuales del Dr. Asín Capriles también han tenido una dimensión institucional. Fue el originador de la idea de crear el Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y su fundador en la Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno. Esta iniciativa refleja su capacidad para reconocer áreas de oportunidad científica e imaginar estructuras institucionales a través de las cuales el conocimiento pudiera desarrollarse y compartirse. De igual manera, ha contribuido a la vida intelectual mediante la creación del grupo 3E de intelectuales, estableciendo un espacio para la discusión, la reflexión y el intercambio entre personas interesadas en las ideas. Estas iniciativas revelan otra dimensión importante de su personalidad: no se limita a participar en comunidades intelectuales. Él las crea.

Promotor de voces científicas

La generosidad del Dr. Asín también se ha manifestado a través de su apoyo a la comunicación y publicación científica. Promovió la publicación de nuestro artículo, “A mayor altura geográfica, mejor tolerancia a la hipoxia: una respuesta fisiológica paradójica / The Higher the Altitude, the Better the Tolerance to Hypoxia: A Paradoxical Physiological Response.” Su apoyo a este trabajo demuestra su disposición para fomentar ideas científicas y contribuir a que alcancen una audiencia más amplia. Asimismo, ha contribuido a la difusión de resúmenes de simposios a través de Marcial Villarreal, de la Universidad Privada Domingo Savio en Santa Cruz, demostrando una vez más su compromiso con la creación de oportunidades para la comunicación científica. Estas acciones pueden parecer pequeñas cuando se consideran individualmente; sin embargo, en conjunto revelan una filosofía constante: el conocimiento debe circular. Las ideas no deben permanecer aisladas. Los investigadores deben encontrarse. Los estudiantes deben tener oportunidades. Las instituciones deben comunicarse. El trabajo científico debe compartirse. Esta filosofía ha sido fundamental en la colaboración del Dr. Asín con HAPPI-IPPA. Es un gran filósofo boliviano.

El intelectual como constructor de puentes

En un mundo académico cada vez más especializado, donde las disciplinas pueden llegar a aislarse unas de otras, las personas capaces de construir puentes intelectuales adquieren un valor extraordinario. El Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles ha desempeñado constantemente este papel. Acerca a personas de diferentes ámbitos, promueve el diálogo entre disciplinas, presenta a individuos que, de otro modo, quizás nunca se hubieran conocido y reconoce posibles colaboraciones antes de que estas resulten evidentes para los demás. Al hacerlo, nos recuerda que la ciencia no es solamente una colección de hechos y metodologías. La ciencia es también una empresa humana. Avanza mediante la curiosidad, la conversación, el desacuerdo, la colaboración, la mentoría, la amistad y la disposición de escuchar las ideas de otra persona. El Dr. Asín comprende esto profundamente.

Un legado de generosidad

En HAPPI-IPPA nos consideramos afortunados de haber contado con su colaboración. Pero, más importante aún, reconocemos que su contribución forma parte de un legado mucho más amplio. Sus estudiantes llevan consigo aquello que aprendieron de él. Sus colegas conservan las conexiones que él ayudó a establecer. Las instituciones con las que ha colaborado se benefician de los puentes intelectuales que ha construido. Y las personas que han tenido la oportunidad de conocerlo llevan consigo el ejemplo de alguien que nunca dejó de hacerse preguntas. Esta es quizás la forma más perdurable del legado académico. Una publicación puede ser citada. Un edificio puede llevar un nombre. Una medalla puede conmemorar un logro. Pero cuando una persona inspira a otra a pensar, aprender, investigar o conectarse con los demás, esa influencia puede continuar indefinidamente.

Una expresión de gratitud

Por todas estas razones, HAPPI-IPPA expresa su más profunda gratitud al Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles. Estamos agradecidos por su apoyo a nuestras actividades científicas, por los intercambios intelectuales que ha facilitado, por las personas que nos ha presentado, por las ideas que ha impulsado y por la confianza que ha depositado en los esfuerzos científicos e intelectuales. Y, sobre todo, estamos agradecidos por la generosidad con la que ha compartido su mundo intelectual con los demás. La Medalla de Ciencia, Honor y Verdad, otorgada durante el 9.º Chronic Hypoxia Symposium, permanecerá como símbolo de esta gratitud. Como único boliviano que ha recibido esta distinguida condecoración, el Dr. Asín Capriles ocupa un lugar único en la historia de HAPPI-IPPA y de Bolivia. Pero la medalla en sí misma cuenta solamente una parte de la historia. El reconocimiento mayor se encuentra en los puentes intelectuales que ha construido a lo largo de su vida.

En honor a una vida intelectual

Jorge Asín Capriles nos recuerda que la intelectualidad no es simplemente una credencial académica. Es una actitud ante la vida. Es la voluntad de mantener viva la curiosidad, el valor de estudiar algo nuevo, la disciplina de cuestionar aquello que parece evidente, la generosidad de compartir el conocimiento, la capacidad de reconocer el talento en los demás, el deseo de conectar a las personas en lugar de dividirlas y la convicción de que el conocimiento adquiere mayor significado cuando contribuye al desarrollo intelectual de los demás. Su reciente Maestría en Psicología es quizás el símbolo perfecto de esta filosofía. Después de una larga y distinguida vida académica, continúa siendo estudiante. Después de haber educado a otros, continúa educándose a sí mismo. Después de haber construido puentes intelectuales para los demás, continúa caminando hacia nuevos territorios del conocimiento.

Por eso su contribución merece ser celebrada. HAPPI-IPPA honra al Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles no solamente por lo que ha logrado, sino por el espíritu con el que lo ha logrado. Para sus estudiantes, ha sido un profesor; para sus colegas, un colaborador; para las comunidades intelectuales, un conector; para HAPPI-IPPA, un valioso amigo y colaborador; y para quienes comparten su amor por el conocimiento, constituye un ejemplo de lo que significa permanecer intelectualmente vivo.

Estamos en deuda con Jorge Asín Capriles por su colaboración, su generosidad, su apoyo y su compromiso permanente con el intercambio intelectual. Estamos en deuda con él porque ha entregado libremente aquello que quizás constituye uno de los mayores regalos que una persona puede ofrecer a otra: la oportunidad de pensar.

Y nos honra que su trayectoria intelectual haya coincidido con la de HAPPI-IPPA. Que su continua búsqueda del conocimiento siga inspirando a muchas generaciones de estudiantes, científicos, profesores e intelectuales.

Con gratitud y admiración, HAPPI-IPPA reconoce al Dr. Jorge Asín Capriles: profesor, intelectual, mentor, colaborador, constructor de puentes y buscador incansable del conocimiento.

Ciencia. Honor. Verdad.

Y, sobre todo, el amor permanente por la intelectualidad.

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7th trip to India: AI IMPACT SUMMIT hosted by PM Modi.

AI IMPACT SUMMIT
DEHLI, INDIA

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, the Head of High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Institute (HAPPI-IPPA), attended the AI IMPACT SUMMIT in New Delhi, India, as a member of the Bolivian Delegation, due to his long-standing Bolivia-India relation for 25 years, this time as an Independent Scientific Advisor to the Vice-Minister of Science and Technology, Omar Peñaloza by invitation of the distinguished Mr. Rohit Vadhwana, Ambassador of India in Bolivia.

Ingreso a la Opening Ceremony del AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, Feb 16, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026.

The Flag Corridor

With the Delegate from Canada

A remarkable moment of PM MODI with the AI leaders of the world!

With the assistant of PM Modi

Frente al Centro de Convenciones del AI Impact Summit

Llegada al AI Impact Summit Centro de Convenciones en New Dehli, India.

At the Imperial Hotel with my Medical Colleagues

An MOU between my HAPPI-IPPA and a medical center in India

Bangalore Diagnostic Center and his Director Dr. Venkataka

Dr. Shashidhara, Mr. Vasanth Rao, Dr. Malali Gowda, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, Dr. Madhan Srinivasan and Mr. Omar Peñaloza at the Century Club, Bangalore India.

Dr. Madhan Srinivasan giving a remembrance to Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja at the Century Club in Bangalore, India. Dr. Shashidhara.

Dr. Thuppil Venkatesh “The Lead Man of India” receiving a remembrance from Dr. Madhan Srinivasan from the Dr. Madhan Institute of Future (DMIF).

Dr. Madhan Gopal, Dr. Malali Gowda, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, Dr. Madhan Srinivasan, Omar Peñaloza, Dr. Thuppil Venkatesh at the Exclusive Century Club reception.

Dr. Madhan Srinivasan, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, and Dr. Malali Gowda at the Century club in Bangalore, India.

This is the actual title of my talk given at NIMHANS, during my trip to India for the AI Impact Summit. It was a planned talk for the summit but it was presented at NIMHANS Bangalore. HI = Human intelligence. The creators of AI are humans and HI becomes the fundamental concern for human survival in the near future. Our biology has to be carefully regulated for change through the Biological Laws of Adaptation.
Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja

A visit and meeting with the Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Bangalore, India, Dr Bhagavan B C. They are the largest Medical Institution in India and currently manage 1400 institutions providing health care in all different areas: Education in Mental Health, Health care, Nursing, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Pharmacy, and many other Health Sciences Institutions.

Explaning to the Vice-Chancellor Dr Bhagavan B C our work with high altitude research at our Institute (HAPPI-IPPA) and it’s projections to collaboration with the top Research Centers in India.

Visiting the Vice-President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan

Dr. Thuppil Venkatesh in his office at the Foundation for Quality of India.

Dr. Venkataka, andd Dr. Malali Gowda recognizing Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja “The Hypoxia Man” during the inauguration of the 13th School of the Forest Farmers.

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!

IPPA 39th Anniversary

High Altitude Pathology Institute
Clinica IPPA
Instituto de Patologia en la Altura

On July 2, 2009 we celebrated our 39th Anniversary at the Zubieta University Cafeteria. Several distinguished colleagues from important medical centers in La Paz, joined us in the celebration.

Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja Jr. (Clinica IPPA), Saul Pantoja (Hospital Obrero), Rafael Aramayo (Clinica Aranda), Martha Mejia (OMS/OPS) Cinthya Sempertegui (Cossmil), Gustavo Del Carpio (Hospital de Clinicas), Marco Antonio Rios Bravo (Centro Otorrino-Laryngologico Rios-Bravo), Gonzalo F. Soliz (Talentum Garden Clinic), Ricardo Ramos (Psiquiatria and Club Andino Boliviano), Percy Halker (OMS/OPS).


Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Clinica IPPA), Ricardo Amaru (Instituto de OncoHematologia), Eduardo Aranda (Hospital del Niño), Ignacio Alurralde (Banco de Sangre) and Mario Luis Tejerina (Clinica Del Sur) (last 4 from the “Sociedad de Hematologia”), Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Clinica IPPA), Franz Peter Freudenthal and Alexandra Heath (KardioZentrum).

The powerpoint presentation by Drs. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) and Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) can be found here.