Mauricio B. Rosenbaum, MD

Abstract

Ifeel honored and at the same time deeply touched to be asked to write this memorial to Mauricio Bernardo Rosenbaum, who died on May 4, 2003, after a distinguished, life-spanning career of 57 years. Born in Carlos Casares, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 81 years ago, he graduated from the School of Medicine of Cordoba University and completed his training in Cardiology at the Ramos Mejia Hospital. He was appointed Research Associate at the University of Vermont under the direction of Eugene Lepeschkin in 1954 and Visiting Professor of Cardiology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, in 1969. Until his retirement in 1986, he was Chief of Cardiology of the Salaberry Hospital (1964) and the Ramos Mejia Hospital. He ended his academic career as Honorary Professor of Medicine of the Buenos Aires University. ⇓ In the 1950s, Mauricio devoted many years to clinical and epidemiological investigations of Chagas’ disease. His findings were later reported in 26 publications. His paper on “Chagasic Myocardiopathy” (by invitation of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases , 1964)1 was the star and is still quoted in any related publication today. The alarm set off by Rosenbaum in claiming the importance of Chagas’ disease in Argentina was the turning point in the development of national health campaigns to …