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CURRICULUM VITAE
Nardo Zaias MD
Nardo Zaías,
MD
EDUCATION:
1948 - 1952
University of Miami, BS
1952 -
1953 School of
Zoology Graduate School
Work on Marine Fish Digenetic
Trematodes
Masters Thesis Pending
1953 –
1957 University of
Miami, School of Medicine, MD
CERTIFICATION:
1965
Diplomat, American Board of Dermatology
1974
Diplomat, American Board of
Dermatopathology
FORMER
APPOINTMENTS:
1957 -
1958 Hospital, Intern,
Los Angeles General County
1958 -
1961 Resident,
Dermatology, Jackson Memorial Hospital
1961 -
1962 Fellow,
Department of Dermatology, Univ. of Miami
1962 - 1964
Instructor,
University of Miami, Department of Dermatology
Visiting Assistant Professor, Universidad Central, Department of Dermatology,
Vargas Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela
Principal
Investigator, Operation Swamp Fox, Panama.
Investigation Activities Sponsored by: The Surgeon
General
1964 - 1970
Assistant Professor,
University of Miami, Department of
Dermatology, Director of Symposium on Nail
Diseases, American
Academy of
Dermatology, Since 1969. Member of a Committee,
appointed by
The Surgeon General, to study dermatological skin
problems in
Vietnam, 1967.
1970 - 1971
Associate Professor,
University of Miami, School of Medicine, Dept.
of Dermatology, Miami, Florida.
FORMER
APPOINTMENTS (Continued):
1972
Chairman,
Subcommittee on the Treatment of Mycotic Diseases; Pan
American Health Organization,
Washington, DC
1972 - 1977
Co chief, Skin
and Cancer Unit, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami
Beach, Florida. Private Practice-Frost, P., MD,
Gomez, E., MD, PhD
and Nardo
Zaías, MD, PA, Member of Caribbean University Liaison
Committee,
University of Miami. Pan American Health Organization,
Consultant
Leprosy, US Public Health Service.
1977
Private Practice
Diseases of
the Skin and Skin Cancer, 1680 Michigan Avenue,
Miami Beach,
Florida 33139, Tel.: (305) 532-4478
1988 – 1992
Director of Dermatological
- Teaching Department of Dermatology,
Mount Sinai
1992 – Present
Chief,
Dermatology Department, Mount Sinai Medical Center,
4302 Alton Road, Miami Beach, Florida
33140
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION:
American Academy of Dermatology
and Syphilogy (Fellowship)
American Board of Dermopathology
(Fellowship)
Colegio
Ibero-Latino Americano de Dermatología
Cuban Society of Dermatology
International Leprosy Association
CORRESPONDING MEMBER:
Venezuelan Society of
Dermatology, Venerology and Leprology
BIOLOGICAL STUDIES & ACTIVITIES:
1951 Expedition to: Pico Turquino, Oriente Cuba
to collect plants for the University of Miami.
1953 – Present Plants & Orchids collected in Mexico, Guatemala,
Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Honduras, El
Salvador, Ecuador, Argentina, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Java.
1963 – 1964 Spent 12 months in
Venezuela, Acting Director
Hospital
Vargas, Dermatology Department
Studied
tropical skin diseases
Collected
Heavily in Border with Guiana, Colombia and Brazil. Visited Rio Negró, in rerun
of Humbolbt’s famous trips connecting to Orinoco and Amazon River. Medical
Officer, Department of Hidrology, Venezuela Government
1963 Funded by
National Institutes of Health (US) to study the Human Nail Funded from 1963 to
1978
1967 – 1968 Director Medical Team
for Surgeon General and Armed Forces (USA) in expedition to jungles of Panama.
Soldiers were examined in USA and during 3 months in jungle conditions. Skin
problems. Designed special tropical boot.
BIOLOGICAL STUDIES & ACTIVITIES (Continued):
1968 – 1969 Studied problems with
feet in US Soldiers in the field. Commendation from the US Armed Forces,
Medical Director
1980
Studies with Asclepias (Milk Weeds) regarding induced abortions in cows.
Honduras. Possible Prostaglanding source in Nature.
1981
Propagated many members of the genus Asclepias and became interested in
these flowers as a cut flower
1987 – 1988
Flower Culture Project in Costa Rica.
1996
Applied for 1st Dutch
Plant Breeder’s Rights.
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