Background
Suarez-Roca, Heberto J. was born on November 3, 1956 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Son of Heberto Simon Suarez-Romero and Beatriz Rosa (Roca) Suarez.
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Heberto J. Suarez-Roca
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Heberto J. Suarez-Roca, Venezuelan pharmacologist. Achievements include finding that analgesic opidids such as morphine, and amino acids, such as glutamate, produce a bimodal (inhibition or/and facilitation) modulation of a peptide called "substance P" from sensory nerves that likely convey pain sensations. Member Society for Neurosci., American Pain Society.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Zulia, Venezuela, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, University North Carolina, 1991.
Career
General practitioner San Luis Outpatient Clinic (Ministry of Health), Maracaibo/Zulia, 1984-1985. Postdoctoral fellow University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986-1987. Research associate professor department neurobiology Inbidmed, Maracaibo/Zulia, 1991-1994.
Visiting professor Dental Research Center, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992. Instructor in pharmacology School of Medicine, University Zulia, since 1993. Associate professor neurochemistry section Institute de Investigacion Clinical, Maracaibo, 1994-1996, head of pharmacology section, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Member Society for Neurosci., American Pain Society.
Connections
Married Yanet Garcia Suarez, December 29, 1985. 1 child, Diego Alejandro Suarez-Garcia.
Education
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1983
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1991