Within the framework of the IX Chilean Hypertension Congress, held in August 2024, the conference Dr. Héctor Croxatto R., entitled “Learnings and loves of a doctor who wanted to go to province”, It was dictated by the distinguished professor dr. Joaquin Montero Labbe, Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2016) and honorary member of the Chilean Academy of Medicine of the Institute of Chile (2018). The emotional presentation of DR. Montero was made by his narrow collaborator, Dr. Álvaro Téllez.
The doctor. Montero is a partner of the Chilean Hypertension Society since the year 2003 y, In the same ceremony in which he presented his conference, has had the honor of being appointed honorary partner of our society.
The doctor. Montero was titled doctor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Subsequently specializing in internal medicine. He served several years as a doctor in Talca, experience in provinces that marked it deeply and greatly explains the title meaning that DR. Montero gave the conference he presented in our Congress.
In 1990 He obtained a Master in Public Health from the University of North Carolina, en Chapel Hill, USA. The learning derived from these postgraduate studies constituted a fundamental basis and inspiration to develop the Family Medicine Training Program in the House of Studies to which he has dedicated his professional life.
His deep interest in our country's public health, They made it create and lead the Ancora U.C project. This is a network of health centers with a primary careful health care model that displays its activity in high vulnerability communes of the Metropolitan Region. Its objective is to provide comprehensive care, trying to solve the health problems of patients with a standard of excellence care.
It should be noted that, en His long career as a big heart clinical doctor, Excellent teacher and creator of the Family Medicine Training Program of the Catholic University, He contributed his experience to our Chilean hypertension society since he considers that heA arterial hypertension is one of our population's great health problems, both disease load as a cardiovascular risk factor, Therefore, it is a priority to continue implementing effective changes and strategies that reduce its incidence and prevalence, as well as improve your diagnosis and treatment.
