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For anyone who may question the reliability of those we consulted, we provide excerpts from the curriculums of the physicians:

Dr. Amiro Pérez Mera. Dr. Amiro Pérez Mera graduated from the Universidad de Santo Domingo in 1963, with a masters in public health from the School of Tropical Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico, going on to a prestigious local and international career in public health medicine. His extensive curriculum includes the following: Two-time Minister of Public Health of the Dominican Republic. He is nationally and internationally recognized for eradicating polio and yaws sicknesses in the Dominican Republic. He has been guest lecturer and professor at the University of Texas (Austin, Houston and San Antonio), University of Harvard, University South Carolina, John Hopkins University in Baltimore, University of Puerto Rico, and the Institute for Development Studies of Sussex, England, as well as at innumerable medical conferences around the world. He has also been a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization and represented the Americas in the World Health Organization committees and consulted to improve medical systems in Bolivia and Ecuador for the Agency of International Development and the United Nations. He is the founder of the School of Public Health at the UASD in Santo Domingo and has been dean of the School of Medicine of INTEC in Santo Domingo. He is recognized as a national and international authority on tropical medicine, preventive medicine and immunology. He is at present retired but continues to pursue studies in his field. He can be reached at Tel. 809 565-4601

Dr. Alberto Santana graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in 1976. He carried out his post graduate studies in London in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Royal Free Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Middlesex Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital. His offices are located at the Clínica Abel González and the new Abel González Advanced Medicine Center. At present he is in Miami carrying out an advanced course in Gastroenterology. He is a frequent speaker at national and international gastroenterology conferences. He is one of the most respected professionals in his field and an authority on hepatitis, and ciguaterra diseases. Tel. 809 687-1228

Dr. Yazmin Redondo graduated from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña in Santo Domingo. She carried out post graduate studies in Surgery in New Haven, Connecticut and Pathology at Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. At present she is director of the Pathology Department at the Oncológico Heriberto Pieter, the local public health cancer center, in addition to her private practice in pathology. She can be reached at the Oncológico at Tel. 685-6681, Ext. 369 or at her practice at 685-7341.

Dr. Felipe Perdomo graduated as a medical doctor in Santo Domingo with postgraduate studies in Paris in pediatrics. He has been in charge of medical services for Club Med Punta Cana since 1981 and has been resident physician at the hotel for the past 10 years. He can be reached at Club Med, Tel. 809 686-5500.