Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia was a Uruguayan doctor who pioneered the field of maternal-fetal medicine, or perinatology. His research with Dr. Hermógenes Alvarez created Montevideo units, a measure of uterine performance during labor.
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Henri GaussenAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
William Robert ShepherdAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
Gil Carlos Rodríguez IglesiasAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Granada
Jürgen UntermannAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de CompostelaHugo SpatzAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of GranadaHenri GaussenAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseWilliam Robert ShepherdAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseGil Carlos Rodríguez IglesiasAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of GranadaAbout this person
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia was a Uruguayan doctor who pioneered the field of maternal-fetal medicine, or perinatology. His research with Dr. Hermógenes Alvarez created Montevideo units, a measure of uterine performance during labor. He was a founding editor of the Journal of Perinatal Medicine, a widely published author, a lecturer, and as of 2010 the only Uruguayan to be nominated for a Nobel Prize.
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Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
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Lived 1921 to 1996 · aged 75
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