Obituary for Dr. José Guerrerosantos: A Teacher Who Continues to Live in the Works of His Disciples

Abstract

Legend of plastic surgery, the great founder has gone. José Guerrerosantos, M.D. (Fig 1), was not only a Director and Plastic Surgeon in Charge, The Jalisco Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Institute; Professor and Chairman of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Guadalajara Medical College, Guadalajara, Mexico. He was a founding father of the Instituto Jalisciense de Cirugia Reconstructiva (The Jalisco Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Institute), a hospital affiliated with the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico [1]. One of his scientific “children” – Manual of Aesthetic Surgery (editors: Fisher JC, Guerrerosantos J, Gleason M) (Fig 2) is a state of art textbook [2], an immortal masterpiece, which continues to navigate next generations of plastic surgeons in the extremely responsible field of surgery. The sacred Manual, which is a testament for surgeons of different subspecialties. Also, contribution of Professor José Guerrerosantos to the flap of tongue is really helped to lift a flap surgery to the new heights. Professor Guerrerosantos was born as a son of Mexico and will continue to live in his creations, our minds, and the works of his disciples. And it`s very symbolic, that his students and disciples named and still names him the same name as a Jesus was called… “a Teacher”…