Santo Domingo, RD.- The 2023 National Medicine Prize of the Dominican Republic honors doctors Maria Zumilda Nunez and Reynolds Perez Estefan, Members of the Health Sciences Committee Academy of Sciences DR, As distinguished doctors in health and society.
The twenty-sixth session of the award was distinguished by the distinction of famous doctors for their contributions to medical research in the country.
Health professionals expressed that these awards are motivation to continue working for science, human health services and for the growth of the country’s medical class.
Dr. Nunez is a researcher and educator who has distinguished herself in her efforts to encourage medical research in our country. Since 2007, Dr. Núñez has been a Professor of Graduate Research in the Office of the Vice President for Graduate Studies at PUCMAIMA University.
In 2008 she was appointed Director of the Biomedical and Clinical Research Center of the Research Department of PUCMAIMA, a position she currently holds.
While Reynolds Pérez Estefan, is a distinguished general surgeon and powerful intellectual from La Vega. He trained at the Medical School of the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra, and completed his studies in General Surgery at the José María Cabral y Páez Regional University Hospital in Santiago de los Caballeros.
The 2023 National Prize for Medicine of the Dominican Republic was awarded on Tuesday to Master of Pediatrics and Scientific Research, Dr. Julio Manuel Rodríguez Grullon.
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