Alejandro Posadas

Not to be confused with the Colombian conductor Alejandro Posada.

Alejandro Posadas
Born	(1870-12-28)December 28, 1870 Saladillo, Buenos Aires Province
Died	November 21, 1902(1902-11-21) (aged 31) Paris, France
Nationality	Argentine
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires
Scientific career
Fields	Anatomy, surgery, pediatrics, parasitologist
Institutions	University of Buenos Aires National University of Quilmes

Alejandro Posadas (December 28, 1870 – November 21, 1902) was an Argentine physician and surgeon specializing in pediatric surgery. He was the first person to film an operation and brought the first x-ray to the country of Argentina.

Posadas was the first person to describe coccidioidomycosis (later known as Posadas Disease) and Coccidioides posadasii was named after him.

A victim of tuberculosis, he died while studying in France in 1902 at the age of 31.

Legacy

Hospital Nacional Dr. Alejandro Posadas in Moron, Argentina, is named after him.

Further reading

• "Dr. Alejandro Posadas". Biografías de médicos. Ediciones Médicas. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.