Background
Sanchez-Torres, Fernando was born on June 14, 1930 in Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Son of Luis and Carmen (Torres) Sanchez.
Sanchez-Torres, Fernando was born on June 14, 1930 in Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Son of Luis and Carmen (Torres) Sanchez.
Medico-cirujano, U. Nacional, Bogota, Colombia, 1954; gynaecologist, U. Nacional, Bogota, Colombia, 1959.
Science director, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Bogota, 1973; science director, Instituto Materno-Infantil, Bogota, 1974-1976; dean faculty medicine, U. Nacional, Bogota, 1980-1982; director, rector, U. Nacional, Bogota, 1982-1984; president, Tribunal Nacional de Etica Medica, Bogota, 1985; president, Instituto Colombiano de Estudios Bioeticos, Bogota, since 1989. Consultant Pan American Health Organisation, Washington, 1971, Mexico City, 1976.
Member Academia Nacional de Medicina, Sociedad de Historia de la Medicina, Sociedad Colombiana de Obstetricia y Gin (president 1976), Club Medico (president 1988).
Married Yoheta Vargas, June 20, 1959;children: Clara Eugenia, Luisa Fernanda, Claudia, Ana Maria, Monica, Consuelo.