Domingo Liotta Author of the Law 20748, The National System of Public Health. 1991-94: Surgeon-in-Chief, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1994-96: Secretary of State for Science and Technology and President of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Argentina. 1997–present: Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Morón, Argentina Member of numerous Medical Societies around the world. Owner of 12 patent inventions in USA, Argentina and France. Author of hundreds of scientific publications and scientific books. Author of medical humanism books in English and Spanish. Recently published his autobiography,"Amazing Adventures of a Heart Surgeon. The Artificial Heart: The
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