Federico Ortiz Quezada

Who is Federico Ortiz Quezada?

Federico Ortiz Quezada is a Mexican urologist.

He received his M.D. from the National University of México in 1959. He finished his training in urology at the General Hospital of Mexico City and Cornell University in New York, from 1959 to 1963. He served as head of the urology department at the National Medical Center in México and adviser to the Instituto Mexicano of Social Security from 1963 to 1973. He is currently professor of the Specialist Hospital of the XXI Medical Center. The operating room of this hospital bears his name. Ortiz Quezada is a pioneer in the practice of organ transplant surgery, and he is considered the founder of modern urology in México. He formerly was the president of the Instituto Nacional de Bioética.

He was adviser to Health Policy and Planning Journal. Oxford University Press, Mexican Editor to Sexual Current Contents, Science Press of London and Director of Sexualidad, Ciencia, Amor.

Quezada has published extensively in scientific journals and has written 34 books. Dr Federico Ortiz Quezada is member of the Mexican Writers Association and Pen Club International. He has been a Professor of the Medical Faculty and of Philosophy and Letters at the National Autonomous Mexican University.