Oscar Miró-Quesada

Background

Miró-Quesada,, Oscar was born on April 9, 1914 in Lima, Peru. Son of Oscar and Josefina (Cantuarias) Miró-Quesada.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, San Marcos University, Lima, 1941. Dr.Medicine, San Marcos University, Lima, 1976. Master of Science, Yale University, 1944.

Career

Assistant department immunology, National Institute Health, Lima, 1940-1943; head biochemistry department, National Institute Health, Lima, 1947-1951; head research department, National Institute Health, Lima, 1957-1960; director, National Institute Health, Lima, 1960-1969; director general, National Institute Health, Lima, 1969-1975; postdoctoral fellow, Rockefeller Foundation/ Yale University, New Haven, 1943-1947; research fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1954-1957; oncologist, Centro Médico "San Felipe", Lima, since 1976. President National Research Council, Lima, 1971-1975. Science consultant daily newspaper "ElComercio", Lima, since 1980.

Membership

Vice president Peruvian League of Cancer Fight, Lima, 1952-1966. President National.Rsch. Institute (counsel), Lima, 1971-1975.

Lieutenant Peruvian Army, 1935-1937.

Interests

• Avocations: astronomy, astrophysics.

Connections

Children: Charles Ronald, Oscar III.

Father:

Oscar Miró-Quesada,

Mother:

Josefina (Cantuarias) Miró-Quesada,

child:

Charles Ronald Miró-Quesada,

child:

Oscar III Miró-Quesada,