Background
Velasco, Manuel was born on November 28, 1943 in Santa Bárbara, Barinas, Venezuela.
Velasco, Manuel was born on November 28, 1943 in Santa Bárbara, Barinas, Venezuela.
Doctor of Medicine, Center University Venezuela, Caracas, 1968. Postgraduate, Emory University, 1974.
Resident-intern Hospital Maternidad Concepción, 1967-1968. Instructor department pharmacology Center University Venezuela, 1968-1970, assistant professor, 1970-1975, professor agregado, 1975-1978, associate professor, 1975-1983, professor, since 1983, head section arterial hypertension service cardiology university hospital, 1986, chairman department pharmacology, since 1987, attending physician cardiology service, since 1978. Member National Council for Science and Technological Research, since 1982.
President organizing committee XII Latin American Congress Pharmacology and III Interam. Congress Clinical Pharmacology, 1988.
Member Society Venezolana de Farmacología, Society Venezolana de Ciencias Fisiológicas, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation Clinical Research, American Federation Clinical Pharmacology, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Inter-American Society Hypertension, Society Interam. de Farmacología Clínica y Terapéutica (president 1984-1988).