Background
Jalife-Rahme, Alfredo was born on May 4, 1948 in Mexico City. Son of Farid and Soledad (Barios) J.-R.
Jalife-Rahme, Alfredo was born on May 4, 1948 in Mexico City. Son of Farid and Soledad (Barios) J.-R.
Student, College Francais Sacre-Coeur, Beirut, Lebanon, 1970. Student, American University Beirut, 1970. Doctor of Medicine, University Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, 1978.
Master of Business Administration, University de las Americas, Mexico City, 1987. Postgraduate, Institute National Neurologia, 1984.
Member medical faculty, U. Autonoma Mexico, 1971-1974; intern, Broussais-Hotel Dieu, Paris, 1975; postdoctoral fellow in endocrinology and nutriology, National Institute Nutrition, Mexico City, 1976-1980; researcher in neuroendocrine and psychiatric medical, National Institute Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico City, 1980-1984.
Secretary World Maronite-Catholic Lebanese Union, Beirut and Mexico, 1982-1988. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mexico-Lebanese Friendship Society (president 1982-1990), Medical Bioethic Society (member council, public relations committee), Physicians for Social Responsibility (co-founder), International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (secretary Mexico branch 1982-1994), New York Academy of Sciences (Charles Darwin Associates special group), Mexico Society Biological Psychiatry (treasurer 1988), Mexico-Quebec Foundation (member council 1994), Planetary Society.
Married Ivonne Galvan-Duque, March 1, 1991.