Background
IZQUIERDO, José was born on January 12, 1887 in Caracas. Son of Francisco Izquierdo and Antonia Esteva de Izquierdo.
IZQUIERDO, José was born on January 12, 1887 in Caracas. Son of Francisco Izquierdo and Antonia Esteva de Izquierdo.
Director and surgeon of the Military Hospital of Caracas since 1916. Professor of anatomy in the University of Venezuela since 1917. Director of the University’s School of Medicine since 1931.
President of the National Council of Education, 1931-1933.
Venezuelan delegate to the Congresses of Military Surgeons of San Antonio, Texas, 1924, of New York, 1925, and of Philadelphia, 1926. To the International Congresses of Military Medicine and Pharmacy of Paris, 1925, and of Liège, 1930.
Sociedad Médica of Caracas. Société de Chirurgiens of Paris. Société d’Anthropologie of Paris.
Academia de Ciencias Físicas y Naturales.
Married Luisa Carlota Mendoza de Izquierdo.