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The Temple of Jeronimos Monastery has been the scene this morning of the inauguration as Doctor Honoris Causa by the Catholic University of Murcia the renowned professor of Ophthalmology Joaquín Barraquer.

Several personalities of medicine, teaching and society Murcia have accompanied the new Doctor, in a ceremony presided over by Jose Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM, Maria Dolores Pagan, Minister of Presidency of the Region of Murcia;

Josefina Garcia Lozano, rector of the Catholic;

Antonio Montoro, honorary president of the institution, and Jerome Lajara, vice dean of the Degree in Medicine, who has given the laudatio.

Dr. Barraquer, grandson, son and father of ophthalmologists gave the conference 'cataract surgery, the story I have lived', which wanted to emphasize and thank you, father, "teacher and friend, changed history of ophthalmology and especially in cataract surgery ".

His career has been focused on the ophthalmologic treatment of cataract and glaucoma, being an innovator in the surgical treatment of both conditions.

Similarly, it is a pioneer regarding the inclusion of intraocular lenses to correct myopia;

the clinic that bears his name is a world reference center in corneal transplants.

Beyond medicine

Prior to his appointment, Barraquer expressed his joy by it, and has stressed the Catholic character of the institution.

"In the world we live in is very important to think not only in the patient, the medicine itself, but also in religion, because without God we would be nothing, we would have no future We always think that we should do well. for the good of all, and above all peace, serenity and love. "

The president of the UCAM, José Luis Mendoza, expressed his joy at joining the faculty of doctors at the University of Joaquín Barraquer, "one of the great luminaries of medicine in Spain and a man who has made history."

Mendoza has not only highlighted the professional figure of the professor and all the progress that has garnered throughout his career, but above all "his great human greatness" and the delivery treatment that offers patients.

During the laudatio, Jerome Lajara, stressed the progress made by Joaquín Barraquer, and all the honors he has received throughout his career.

Over his professional career he has stressed that above all "has managed to convey his affable work with patients."

Similarly, recalled the motto of the ophthalmologist 'Treat your patients as you would have them do to you', "and that was his motto of life," he remarked referring to his great human work, always present in his job.

Humanitarian work

During his speech, and Doctor Joaquin Barraquer has exposed the innovations her father, Dr. Ignacio Barraquer, made at the time of surgery, one of them the invention of a "plastic dome for viewing the surgery from outside , as if the viewer were beside the surgeon, but without interfering with the surgical team. "

The same tool, modernized and reviewed, he devised with his father in 1957, still used in operations performed.

It notes that in addition to its many innovations, the new Doctor Honoris Causa by the UCAM also created in 2003 the Barraquer Foundation, which aims to provide eye care to people without access to health care.

The Professor of Ocular Surgery said that through the funds obtained from the treatment of people who come to his clinic and they can pay them fees, care for patients who do not have money for treatment.

"They are treated with equal quality, because there can be no difference between a patient and another."

In addition, the Foundation also partners in other countries.

"My daughter, Dr. Elena Barraquer travels to Africa to care for patients who can not travel, and who are blind from cataracts. She always says that there is nothing as nice as a person who has been blind, and after operate, you remove the bandage and laughs, and says he sees. And this is the greatest thing, more than ten thousand prizes. "

The Minister of Presidency of the Region of Murcia, María Dolores Pagan, who attended the event on behalf of the president of the Community, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, said that "the regional government is honored to be here, to be participants in this act by the transcendence of the person who is named Doctor Honoris Causa ".

For its part, the rector of the UCAM, Josefina Garcia Lozano, highlighted the firm commitment of the UCAM in research, which allows the institution to provide excellent training.

Source: UCAM