Biography:
Dr. Castro is a MD graduate from Universidad del Rosario at Bogota (1977). Internal Medicine specialist from the Central Military Hospital, and Fellow in Medical Oncology and Hematology from the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada. Chairman of the Oncology Hematology Department of the National Cancer Institute, and the General Director of the mentioned institute. Director of the Oncology Center of the Javeriana University and the Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota. Medical director of the Colombian League against cancer. Vice minister of health of Colombia 2001-22. Member of the editorial board of e-cancer. Member of the National Academy of Medicine.
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