Mariano Valdés Chávarri

Mariano Valdés Chávarri (1947 – 27 February 2021) was a Spanish cardiologist and academic.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Chávarri.
Mariano Valdés Chávarri
Born1947
Madrid, Spain
Died (aged 74)
El Palmar, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationCardiologist

Biography

Born in Madrid, Chávarri spent 35 years teaching in Murcia. He earned a doctoral degree in medicine from the University of Valencia and was the first to launch an angioplasty program in Spain for the treatment of myocardial infarction.[2] He completed his training in internal medicine at the University of Valencia Hospital and in various American institutions, such as the Mid America Heart Institute, Menorah Medical Center, and the Bethany Medical Center, all in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas.[3]

Back in Spain, Chávarri served as chair of the pathology department at the University of Murcia and was head of the cardiology service department at the Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca. He retired in 2017 but continued private practice until his death.

Mariano Valdés Chávarri died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain in El Palmar on 27 February 2021, at the age of 74.[4]

References
  1. "Muere por covid el doctor Mariano Valdés Chávarri, referencia nacional de la cardiología". Murcia Plaza (in Spanish). 27 February 2021.
  2. "DR. MARIANO VALDÉS CHÁVARRI". El Suplemento (in Spanish).
  3. "Fallece por Covid-19 el prestigioso médico Dr. Mariano Valdés, referente de la cardiología en España". Córdoba Buenas Noticias (in Spanish). 28 February 2021.
  4. "Fallece por Covid el cardiólogo Mariano Valdés Chávarri". La Verdad (in Spanish). 28 February 2021.


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