Background
Bonfante-Garrido, Rafael Armando was born on December 31, 1932 in Cartagena, Colombia. Son of Manuel and Minerva (Garrido) Bonfante.
Bonfante-Garrido, Rafael Armando was born on December 31, 1932 in Cartagena, Colombia. Son of Manuel and Minerva (Garrido) Bonfante.
Diploma in malariology, Secretary of Health, Mexico City, 1959. Diploma in microbiology, Microbiology Institute, Rio de Janeiro, 1964. Diploma in tropical medicine, Tropical Medicine Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, 1973.
Diploma in serological techniques, Tropical Medicine Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, 1976.
Instructor parasitology, U. Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1957-1959;
public health II doctor, regional chief, Min. of Health, Monteria, Colombia, 1960-1962;
professor microbiology, U. Cartagena (Colombia), 1963-1964;
professor microbiology, U. Centro Occidental, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1965-1968;
professor parasitology, U. Centro Occidental, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, since 1969;
professor dermatology, U. Centro Occidental, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, since 1994. Referee Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria PanAmerican, Washington, since 1983. Assesor member on metaxenic diseases Min. of Health, Maracay, Venezuela, since 1984.
Member medical science commission Conicit, Caracas, since 1985. President The Investigation and Superior vena cava syndrome Council, Barquisimeto, 1985-1987.
President II Venezuelan Symposium on Leishmaniasis, Barquisimeto, 1982, 3d symposium, 1987. Academic coordinator IX LatinoAm. Congress on Parasitology, Caracas, 1989.
Vice president International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sand Flies, Merida, Venezuela, 1995. Fellow Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Member Venezuelan Association for Advancement of Science, Latino American Federation Parasitologists.
Married Lila del Socorro Cabarcas, November 18, 1956. Children: Lila, Rafael, Blanca, Angelica.