{"id":1643,"date":"2021-07-23T00:57:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T04:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2021-07-26T11:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T15:05:36","slug":"who-is-prof-dr-gustavo-zubieta-calleja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/who-is-prof-dr-gustavo-zubieta-calleja\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO IS Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/marcaIPPAgrande.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1673\" width=\"383\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/marcaIPPAgrande.jpg 511w, https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/marcaIPPAgrande-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption>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&#8230;&#8230;<br> (art by Katia Ardaya-Zubieta).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>His fully detailed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae can be found here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>PROF. DR. GUSTAVO ZUBIETA-CALLEJA, M.D., FPVRI<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/the-hypoxia-man\/\" target=\"_blank\">The HYPOXIA MAN<\/a> (India 2017)<br>Head<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Institute (HAPPI-IPPA)<\/a>  located in La Paz, Bolivia (3,100-4,100m) <br>in the heart of South America.<br>Cel (591-73258026)<br>gzubietajr@altitudeclinic.com<br>Av. Copacabana &#8211; Prolongaci\u00f3n # 55<br>Telef\u00e9ricos Celeste y Blanco Av. Del Poeta, La Paz, Bolivia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>find the Institute map:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/nL2Y2TJjd4t\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/nL2Y2TJjd4t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Ex-Visiting Professor Univ. of Copenhagen<br>Visiting Professor BLDE University, India<br>Visiting Professor at Era University, India<br>Co-Organizer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altitudeclinic.com\/congress.html\">1st WORLD CONGRESS ON HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE AND PHYSIOLOGY<\/a><br>Co-Organizer 7 <a href=\"http:\/\/zuniv.net\/symposium7\">Chronic Hypoxia Symposiums<\/a>&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carries out joint research with his daughter Dr. Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, MD. They collaborate with BLDE University India, Laval University, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BUT, WHO IS HE REALLY?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;.<br>Well&#8230; kind of difficult to say. He has been described as a &#8220;Renaissance Man&#8221; along with his father Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, because of his extensive know-how. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Has proposed that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/biospaceforming-a-new-concept\/\" target=\"_blank\">space travel should be in a chronic hypoxia environment<\/a> and created the word <strong>BIOSPACEFORMING<\/strong> to denote adaptation to life in space.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He constructed with his father Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altitudeclinic.com\/pyramid1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chacaltaya Glass Pyramid Laboratory<\/a> at 5,260masl, the highest laboratory in the world.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He helped carry out the  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altitudeclinic.com\/sajama1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Futbol (Soccer) game at the Summit of Mt. Sajama<\/a> at 6,542 masl, a world record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He constructed the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altitudeclinic.com\/hhac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperoxic\/Hypoxic Adaptation Chambers<\/a> 1 and 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">He has been invited to give talks in many parts of the world, including:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/india-chronic-hypoxia-tour-bangalore\/\">India<\/a> (5 times)<br><a href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/usa-2018\/\">USA<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/italy-conferences-2019\/\">Italy<\/a><br>Ukraine<br>Russia<br>Spain<br>Germany<br>Poland<br>Denmark<br>Czech Republic<br>Ecuador<br>Colombia<br>Brazil<br>Chile<br>Japan<br>Tibet<br>China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>And many more&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in learning more about him?  Go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">his blog<\/a>.<br>Make sure you navigate all around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has worked on COVID describing the disease from very early on, creating the term Pneumolysis (Lung destruction) in COVID, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/covid-19-pubs\/\" target=\"_blank\">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. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also a bioengineer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He constructed pulmonary function equipment, protein electrophoresis equipment, and even an elevator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a top self-taught mechanical electronics engineer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He developed hardware, software for medical records and on-line data loggers since 1981, being the first to have databases in the medical field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Distinctions and Awards:<\/strong><br>Several, but he is not interested. <br>Rather, he created the &#8220;<strong>Science, Honor and Truth&#8221; Award<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His publications are extensively read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications by Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja ordered by date.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[1] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja R, Zubieta-Calleja G. <strong>Estudios sobre la circulacion coronaria en la altura. Acta de las Primeras Jornandas de Medicina y Cirugia de la Altura;<\/strong> 1978 4 &#8211; 7 de Octubre La Oroya, Peru; 1978.<br>[2] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G. &amp; Zubieta-Calleja, R. <strong>El consumo de oxigeno en miocardio de perros a 3600 mt y a differentes tensiones de oxigeno<\/strong>. Acta de las primeras Jornadas de Medicina y Cirugia de la altura. La Oroya, Peru 1978.<br>[3] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, R. <strong>La Produccion de anhidrido carbonico durante el consumo de oxigeno en miocardio de perros a 3600 m<\/strong>. (Abstracto).<br>Primer Congreso Boliviano de Biolog\u00eda; 1979 1979; UMSS Cochabamba; 1979.<br>[4] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, R., Zubieta-Calleja, G.<strong> Clasificacion de la eritrocitosis en la altura de acuerdo al numero de eritrocitos<\/strong> (Abstracto). Primer Congreso Boliviano de Biolog\u00eda; 1979; UMSS Cochabamba; 1979.<br>[5] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Chronic mountain sickness and miners<\/strong> (Spanish). Revista de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1985;4:109-16.<br>[6] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>El mal de Monta\u00f1a Cronico y los mineros.<\/strong> (Chronic mountain sickness and miners). Cuadernos Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1985;62:109-16.<br>[7] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR.<strong> Pulmonary diseases and chronic mountain sickness (Spanish)<\/strong>. Revista de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1986;5:47-54.<br>[8] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Las Enfermedades pulmonares y el Mal de Monta\u00f1a Cronico<\/strong>. (Pulmonary diseases and chronic mountain sickness). Cuadernos de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. 1986;68:3-12.<br>[9] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>The triple hypoxia syndrome at altitude<\/strong> (Abstract). Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1988;137(4):509.<br>[10] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Iatrogenic Disease in a polycythemic patient at altitude.<\/strong> Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1988;137(4):509.<br>[11] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G. <strong>High Altitude Pathology at 12000 ft<\/strong>. La Paz: Publisher: Papiro, 1989. La Paz, Bolivia<br>[12] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Progressive high altitude hypoventilation reversed by hyperoxia<\/strong>. Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1990;141(4):a924.<br>[13] Zubieta-Castillo. G &amp; Zubieta-Calleja G. <strong>Hematocrit, PaO2 and PaCO2 changes in a High altitude increased Polycythemic during a 12 year follow up<\/strong>. Amer Rev of Respir Dis. 1990;141(4):a921.<br>[14] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G &amp; Zubieta-Calleja, L.<strong> Cambios en la PaO2, PaCO2 y el hematocrito en un paciente con mal de monta\u00f1a cronico durante 12 a\u00f1os<\/strong>. Acta del Quinto Congreso Nacional de Medicina de la Altura; 1992; La Oroya, Peru; 1992. p. 136.<br>[15] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. <strong>Acute Hypoventilation on ascent to high altitude.<\/strong> European Respiratory Society Congress; 1992; Vienna, Austria; 1992.<br>[16] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>El Sindrome de Triple Hipoxia en la Altura<\/strong>. Acta del Quinto Congreso Nacional de Medicina de la Altura; 1992; La Oroya, Peru; 1992. p.<br>136.<br>[17] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. <strong>Eritrocitosis agudas, EPOC y sindrome de triple hipoxia.<\/strong> Acta del Quinto Congreso Nacional de Medicina de la Altura; 1992; La Oroya,<br>Peru; 1992. p. 135.<br>[18] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo G. <strong>High altitude illness in Bolivia <\/strong>(Abstract). First World Congress of High Altitude Medicine and Physiology; <br>1994; La Paz, Bolivia: Edvil;p. 58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1994\"><li>[20] Zubieta-Calleja GRZ-C, G and Zubieta-Calleja, L. Zubieta-Calleja, G.R. Zubieta-Castillo, G and Zubieta-Calleja, L..<strong> Inadequate treatment of excessive erythrocytosis<\/strong>. Acta Andina. 1995;4:123-6.<br>[21] Zubieta-Calleja GZ-C, G. <strong>Chronic Mountain Scikness<\/strong>. Proceedings of the Third Symposium on High Altitude<br>Medicine and Physiology; 1995; Xining, Gingai, PR China; 1995. p. 40.<br>[22] Triplett J, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Physiological changes related to rapid altitude shifts in La Paz, Bolivia<\/strong>. Acta Andina. 1996;5(1):19-21.<br>[23] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G. <strong>High Altitude Pathology Institute. 199<\/strong>6 [cited 2007 june 15, 2007]; Available from:<br>http:\/\/www.altitudeclinic.com<br>[24] Zubieta-Calleja G. and Zubieta-Castillo GR. <strong>International Soccer vetoed in Stadiums above 3000 m of altitude.<\/strong> International Society for Mountain Medicine. 1996;6(1).<br>[25] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo, G and Zubieta-Calleja, L. <strong>Can HAPE be diagnosed through the tongue?<\/strong> Acta Andina. 1996;5:31-4.<br>[26] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. <strong>Triple hypoxia syndrome<\/strong>. Acta Andina. 1996;5(1):15-8.<br>[27] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G. <strong>New Concepts on chronic mountain sickness<\/strong>. Acta Andina. 1996;5:3-8.<br>[28] Zubieta-Calleja G, De Urioste, L. &amp; Zubieta-Calleja, L. <strong>High altitude residents in Bolivia.<\/strong> 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.<br>[29] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo G. <strong>Changes in oximetry during breath holding in normal residents of high altitude<\/strong>. In: Hideki Ohno TK, Shigeru Masuyama and Michiro, ed. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. Matsumoto, Japan 1998:343-8.<br>[30] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja G, Arano E, Zubieta-Calleja L. <strong>Respiratory Disease, chronic mountain sickness and gender differences at high altitude<\/strong>. In: HidekiOhno TK,<br>Shigeru Masuyama and Michiro, Nakashima., ed. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. HidekiOhno, Toshio Kobayashi, Shigeru Masuyama and<br>Michiro, Nakashima. 1998:132-7.<br>[31] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Pulse oximetry in chronic mountain sickness- long breath holding time and oscillation at lowest saturation<\/strong>. In: HidekiOhno TK, Shigeru Masuyama and Michiro, Nakashima, ed. Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology 1998:349-54.<br>[32] Pollard AJ, Niermeyer S, Barry P, Bartsch P, Berghold F, Bishop RA, et al. <strong>Children at high altitude: an international consensus statement by an ad hoc committee of the International Society for Mountain Medicine<\/strong>, March 12, 2001. High Alt Med Biol. 2001<br>Fall;2(3):389-403.<br>[33] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L. &amp; Zubieta, N. <strong>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<\/strong>. HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.<br>[34] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N. <strong>Measurement of circulatory time using pulse oximetry during breath holding in chronic hypoxia<\/strong>. HAMB. 2002;3(1):115.<br>[35] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N. <strong>Breath holding and pulse oximetry as a diagnostic tool at high altitude.<\/strong> HAMB. 2002;3(1):115.<br>[36] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo, G., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N.<strong> Exercise performance in chronic mountain sickness (cms) patients at 3510 m.<\/strong> HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.<br>[37] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G.R., Zubieta-Calleja, L. <strong>Exercise performance in a woman with CMS following triple hypoxia syndrome treatment<\/strong>. HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.<br>[38] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja, G.R., Zubieta-Calleja, L., Zubieta, N. <strong>Bolivian Aymara that played soccer at 6542 m maintain higher oxygen saturation and lower oxygen uptake during maximal exercise<\/strong>. HAMB. 2002;3(1):114-5.<br>[39] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta C, Nancy.<strong> Adaptation to life at the altitude of the summit of Everest.<\/strong> Fiziol Zh. 2003;49(3):110-7.<br>[40] Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) GR, Moretti M, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N, Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) G. <strong>Chronic mountain sickness among the Chipaya after 2500 years of high altitude exposure<\/strong>. HAMB. 2004;5(2):291-2.<br>[41] Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) GR, Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) G, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N. <strong>Hypoventilation in Chronic Mountain Sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy<\/strong>. HAMB. 2004;5(2):291-2.<br>[42] Zubieta-Calleja G. Bloodletting: a medical resource since the stone age. Journal of Qinghai Medical College. 2004;25(4):273-5.<br>[43] Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) G, Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) GR, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N. <strong>How chronic mountain sickness (cms) contributed to the theory of life at the hypoxic levels of the summit of Mount Everest<\/strong>. HAMB. 2004;5(2):291-2.<br>[44] Fabiola Le\u00f3n-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. <strong>Consensus statement on chronic and subacute high altitude diseases.<\/strong> High Alt Med Biol. 2005 Summer;6(2):147-57.<br>[45] Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Essentials in the diagnosis of acid-base disorders and their high altitude application<\/strong>. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2005 Sep;56 Suppl 4:155-70.<br>[46] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L. <strong>Non-invasive measurement of circulation time using pulse oximetry during breath holding in chronic hypoxia<\/strong>. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2005 Sep;56 Suppl 4:251-6.<br>[47] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Calleja N, Zubieta-Castillo G.<strong> Hypoventilation in chronic mountain sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy<\/strong>. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:425-30.<br>[48] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta N. <strong>The increase in hematocrit during the high altitude adaptation proces<\/strong>s. (Abstract). Wilderness Environ Med. 2006 Fall;17(3):202-3.<br>[49] Zubieta-Castillo G, Sr., Zubieta-Calleja GR, Jr., Zubieta-Calleja L. <strong>Chronic mountain sickness: the reaction of physical disorders to chronic hypoxia.<\/strong> J Physiol Pharmacol. 2006<br>Sep;57 Suppl 4(2):431-42.<br>[50] Paulev P-E, Zubieta-Calleja G. <strong>High Altitude Diving Depths<\/strong>. Res in Sports Med. 2007;15(1 or 2 in print).<br>[51] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev P-E, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Castillo G. <strong>Altitude adaptation through hematocrit changes<\/strong>. J of Physiol and Pharmacol. 2007;58(Supplement).<br>[52] Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja GR. <strong>Facts that Prove that Adaptation to Life atExtreme Altitude (8848m) is Possible<\/strong>. In: L.Lukyanova NTaPKS, editor. Adaptation Biology and<br>Medicine: Health Potentials; 2007; New Dehli, India: Narossa Publishing House; 2007.<br>[53] Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja GZC, Poul-Erik Paulev (2009) <strong>The Adaptation of Highlanders to Sea Level<\/strong>. In Wilderness &amp; Environmental Medicine- Wilderness Conference and Annual Meeting. (ed.), Vol. 20, pp. 184-5, Wilderness &amp; Environmental<br>Medicine-Official Publication of the Wilderness Medical Society, Snowmass, Colorado.<br>[54] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-Castillo G, Zubieta-Calleja L, Ardaya-Zubieta G, and Paulev PE (2009)<strong> Do over 200 million healthy altitude residents really suffer from chronic Acid-Base disorders?<\/strong> Indian J Clin Biochem 26, 62-5.<br>[55] Zubieta-Calleja L (2009) <strong>The High Altitude Adaptation Formula<\/strong>. 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.<br>[56] Zubieta-Castillo G (2012) <strong>Loss of Adaptation and Maladaptation: two terms Inadequately used-Conversely-&#8220;Adaptation: A Fundamental Law of Biology that at High Altitude, even Permits Life at the Hypoxic Levels of Mt. Everest&#8221;<\/strong>. In Global Hypoxia Summit &amp; 4th International Conference on Chr onic Hypoxia. (ed.), Vol. pp. 74-5, New Delhi, India.<br>[57] Zubieta-Calleja, G, Zubieta-Castillo, G, Merishi, J. (2012) <strong>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\u2013base measurements<\/strong>. Journal of Biological Physics and Biochemistry 12(3):103-112.<br>[58] Balaban DY, Duffin J, Preiss D, Mardimae A, Vesely A, Slessarev M, ZubietaCalleja G, et al.(2013) <strong>The in-vivo oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve at sea level and high altitude<\/strong>. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 186, 45-52.<br>[59] Zubieta-Calleja, GR, Ardaya, G, Zubieta-DeUrioste, N, Paulev, PE, Zubieta-Castillo, G. <strong>Tolerance to Hypoxia<\/strong> (2013) Vol 59:4 Fiziol Journal. Kiev, Ukraine.<br>[60] Zubieta-Castillo, G and Zubieta-Calleja GR.(2014) <strong>High Altitude Research and its Clinical Application.<\/strong> Chapter in Book Translational Research in Environmental and Occupational Stress. Editors: Chachi Bala Singh, Nanduri R. Prabhakar, Crinivas N. Pentyala. Springer<br>India.<br>[61] Zubieta-Calleja GR, Zubieta-DeUrioste NA. <strong>Extended longevity at high altitude: Benefits of exposure to chronic hypoxia<\/strong>. BLDE Univ J Health Sci 2017;2:80-90<br>[62] Zubieta-Calleja, G.R.; Zubieta-DeUrioste, N.; Venkatesh, T.; Das, K.; Soliz, J. <strong>COVID19: Multiple Diseases Simulating Extreme High-Altitude Exposure? Oxygen Transport Physiology and Scarce Need of Ventilators; Andean Condor\u2019s-Eye-View.<\/strong> Preprints 2020,<br>2020050085 (doi: 10.20944\/preprints202005.0085.v1).<br>[63] Zubieta-Calleja, G., &amp; Zubieta-DeUrioste, N. (2020, September 27). <strong>Pneumolysis and \u201csilent hypoxemia\u201d in COVID-19<\/strong>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31219\/osf.io\/qde8w<br>[64] Roberto Carlos Vera, Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, (Oct 2020) <strong>La quema de los bosques bolivianos afecta la calidad del aire y atenta contra la salud en estos tiempos de pandemia COVID- <\/strong>https:\/\/zuniv.net\/pub\/BOLET%C3%8DN1Ambiente_13oct.pdf.<br>[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. <strong>Does the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 virus decrease at high-altitude? <\/strong>Respir Physiol Neurobiol.<br>2020 Jun;277:103443. doi: 10.1016\/j.resp.2020.103443. Epub 2020 Apr 22. PMID: 32333993; PMCID: PMC7175867.<br>[66] Soliz J, Schneider-Gasser EM, Arias-Reyes C, Aliaga-Raduan F, Poma-Machicao L, Zubieta-Calleja G, Furuya WI, Trevizan-Ba\u00fa P, Dhingra RR, Dutschmann M. <strong>Coping with hypoxemia: Could erythropoietin (EPO) be an adjuvant treatment of COVID-19?<\/strong><br>Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2020 Aug;279:103476. doi: 10.1016\/j.resp.2020.103476. Epub 2020 Jun 6. PMID: 32522574; PMCID: PMC7275159.<br>[67] Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja*, Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, Thuppil Venkatesh, Kusal K. Das and Jorge Soliz, <strong>\u201cCOVID-19 and Pneumolysis Simulating Extreme High-altitude Exposure with Altered Oxygen Transport Physiology; Multiple Diseases, and Scarce Need<br>of Ventilators: Andean Condor&#8217;s-eye-view<\/strong>\u201d, Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials (2020) 15:<\/li><li>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2174\/1574887115666200925141108<br>[68] Zubieta-Calleja, G., Merino-Luna, A., Zubieta-DeUrioste, N., Armijo-Subieta, NF., Soliz, J., Arias-Reyes, C. , Escalante-Kanashiro, R., Carmona-Suazo, J., L\u00f3pez-Bascope, A., Calle-Aracena, J., Epstein, M. &amp; Maravi, E (2020, October 15). <strong>COVID-19 patients in the high-altitude areas of Bolivia and Peru manifest a substantive decrease in mortality<\/strong>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31219\/osf.io\/7rd2h<br>[69] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-DeUrioste N. <strong>Pneumolysis and &#8220;Silent Hypoxemia&#8221; in COVID-19.<\/strong> Indian J Clin Biochem. 2020 Nov 9;36(1):1-5. doi: 10.1007\/s12291-020-00935-0. Epub ahead of<br>print. PMID: 33191989; PMCID: PMC7652053.<br>[70] Zubieta-Calleja G, Merino-Luna A, Zubieta-DeUrioste N, Armijo-Subieta NF, Soliz J, Arias-Reyes C, Escalante-Kanashiro R, Carmona-Suazo JA, L\u00f3pez-Bascope A, Calle-Aracena JM, Epstein M,<br>Maravi E.<strong> Re: &#8220;Mortality Attributed to COVID-19 in High-Altitude Population<\/strong>s&#8221; by Woolcott and<br>Bergman. High Alt Med Biol. 2021 Feb 9. doi: 10.1089\/ham.2020.0195. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33567217.<br>[71] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-DeUrioste N. <strong>Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, and High Altitude Cerebral Edema: A view from the High Andes<\/strong>. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2021 Feb 2;287:103628. doi: 10.1016\/j.resp.2021.103628. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33545376.<br>[72] Zubieta-Calleja G, Zubieta-DeUrioste N. <strong>The Oxygen Transport Triad in High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Perspective from the High Andes.<\/strong> International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(14):7619. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijerph18147619<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But overall, he is a nice guy!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gustavo-Zubieta-Large-900x1665-1-554x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gustavo-Zubieta-Large-900x1665-1-554x1024.jpg 554w, https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gustavo-Zubieta-Large-900x1665-1-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gustavo-Zubieta-Large-900x1665-1-768x1421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gustavo-Zubieta-Large-900x1665-1-830x1536.jpg 830w, https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gustavo-Zubieta-Large-900x1665-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AltitudeClinic<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His fully detailed Curriculum Vitae can be found here PROF. 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