Maria Isabel Rodríguez. A lady of public health
- 1Universidad de El Salvador
- 2Universidad de Alicante
- Correspondence to: Dr M T Ruiz Cantero; cantero{at}ua.es
When Maria Isabel Rodriguez took the decision to study medicine at the University of El Salvador, she was called by the dean to his office where he tried to discourage her from undertaking such a “man’s profession”. Seven years later she graduated with honours, and after a brilliant career as cardiovascular physiologist and basic biomedical researcher she was selected as dean of the same medical school that had tried to discourage her. As well as that, she was the first Latin-American …
