Alejo Lascano Bahamonde

Alejo Lascano Bahamonde
Born(1840-07-17)17 July 1840
Jipijapa, Manabí Province, Ecuador
Died3 December 1904(1904-12-03) (aged 64)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Alma materSorbonne University
Known forFounder of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Guayaquil, pioneer of obstetrics in Ecuador
Scientific career
FieldsSurgery, medical education

Alejo Lascano Bahamonde (17 July 1840 – 3 December 1904) was an Ecuadorian surgeon, medical educator, and philanthropist.

He was the founding dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Guayaquil and a pioneering figure in the modernization of public health in Ecuador.

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