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'''Ramiro Castro de la Mata''', (full name Ramiro Castro de la Mata y Caamaño) ([[Huanuco]], [[Peru]], September 5, 1931 - [[Lima]], Peru, December 27, 2006) was a [[physician]], [[scientist]], [[pharmacologist]], [[professor]] and founder of the University [[Cayetano Heredia]] in Lima, Peru. He was recognized internationally as an expert in drug addiction.<ref>Castro de la Mata, R. 2001. La coca en la historia y la leyenda.Revista Histórica n.º 60,pp. 41-58.</ref>
'''Ramiro Castro de la Mata''', (full name Ramiro Castro de la Mata y Caamaño) ([[Huanuco]], [[Peru]], September 5, 1931 - [[Lima]], Peru, December 27, 2006) was a [[physician]], [[scientist]], [[pharmacologist]], [[professor]] and founder of the University [[Cayetano Heredia]] in Lima, Peru. He was recognized internationally as an expert in drug addiction.<ref>Castro de la Mata, R. 2001. La coca en la historia y la leyenda.Revista Histórica n.º 60,pp. 41-58.</ref> He was married to Elsa Valdivia Vargas and had 3 children: Mariana, [[Gonzalo Castro de la Mata|Gonzalo]] and Alonso.


== Academic Achievements, Awards and Distinctions ==
== Academic Achievements, Awards and Distinctions ==

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Ramiro Castro de la Mata, (full name Ramiro Castro de la Mata y Caamaño) (Huanuco, Peru, September 5, 1931 - Lima, Peru, December 27, 2006) was a physician, scientist, pharmacologist, professor and founder of the University Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He was recognized internationally as an expert in drug addiction.[1] He was married to Elsa Valdivia Vargas and had 3 children: Mariana, Gonzalo and Alonso.

Academic Achievements, Awards and Distinctions

He earned his medical doctor degree at the Cayetano Heredia University in 1958. Early in his career he was an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the National University of San Marcos (1958-1960). He was a Ricker Research Fellow, at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1960-1961). His long academic career at the Cayetano Heredia University included the position of Academic Vice-President from 1984-1989. He was a founding member and President of the National Pharmacological Society (Sociedad Peruana de Farmacología y Terapéutica Experimental), and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences (Sociedad Peruana de Ciencias).[2][3]

In 1986 he was one of the founders and first President of the Centro de Información y Educación para la Prevención del Abuso de Drogas (CEDRO). In recognition to his important contributions to science and education in Peru, he was incorporated as a member of three National Academies in Peru: Medicine, Science, and History.[4] Among his awards and distinctions are the 1996 National Prize for Scientific Innovation,[5] and the National Medal and Diploma for Extraordinary Services from the Colegio Medico del Peru.[6]

Selected Publications

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