Ramon Guiteras
Born(1858-08-17)August 17, 1858
Bristol, Rhode Island
DiedDecember 13, 1917(1917-12-13) (aged 59)
New York, New York
Burial placeJuniper Hill Cemetery
Education
OccupationSurgeon
William H. DeWolf – Ramon Guiteras House, home to Guiteras after the Civil War in 1866[1][2]
A view facing east across the north end of Bristol Harbor, with Guiteras School in the center right of the image

Ramon Guiteras (August 17, 1858[3] – December 13, 1917[4]) was a pioneering surgeon who specialized in urology and founded the American Urological Association.[4]

Early life and education

He was born in Bristol, Rhode Island,[5][6] and graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.[3][6] He was the cousin of Juan Guiteras, the noted Cuban doctor.

He became an officer in the United States Army National Guard, and served as the assistant surgeon for the Second Battery of Artillery, First Brigade of the New York Army National Guard, where he was promoted to first lieutenant on May 9, 1890.[7] He was honorably discharged on July 26, 1893 as a captain.[8] He also served 1881–1883 in the Boston Cadets.[7]

Later life and legacy

He died in New York City on December 13, 1917.[4] He is buried in Juniper Hill Cemetery in Bristol.[3] In his will he left $350,000 to build a school in Bristol to honor his mother, which resulted in Guiteras Memorial School (1925).[9][10][11] He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2009.[10] The American Urological Association has an annual award named after him for the individual who is deemed to have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of urology.[12]

Publications

  • Guiteras, Ramon (1912). Urology: The Diseases of the Urinary Tract in Men and Women, a Book for Practitioners and Students. New York: D. Appleton and Company. ISBN 9781461254768. OCLC 493821057. Volume 1 and Volume 2 (of two).

References

  1. ↑ pls4e (July 17, 2018). "DeWolf-Guiteras House". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Warren, Elizabeth Sargent; Pamela A. Kennedy (1990). Historic and Architectural Resources of Bristol, Rhode Island (PDF). Providence, RI: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. p. 77. OCLC 23833645. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Crane, Genevieve M.; David A. Bloom (August 1, 2010). "Ramon Guiteras: Founder of the American Urological Association, Surgeon, Sportsman and Statesman". The Journal of Urology. 184 (2): 447–452. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.146. PMID 20620396. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Dr. Ramon Guiteras, noted surgeon, dead" (PDF). The New York Times. December 14, 1917. p. 13. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ramon Guiteras, MD (1858–1917)". The William P. Didush Center for Urologic History. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Zorgniotti, Adrian W. (1983). "Chapter 7: Suprapubic prostatectomy: An Anglo-Indian success story". In Hinman, Frank (ed.). Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy. New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 51–54. ISBN 978-1-4612-54768.
  7. 1 2 "Official Register of the National Guard, State of New York, December 31, 1890", page 24 published in the Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, For the Year 1890 (transmitted to the Legislature February 24, 1891) (Albany, New York: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1891).
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, For the Year 1893 (transmitted to the Legislature January 9, 1894) (Albany, New York: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1894) page 159.
  9. ↑ Warren, Elizabeth Sargent; Pamela A. Kennedy (1990). Historic and Architectural Resources of Bristol, Rhode Island (PDF). Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. p. 91. OCLC 23833645. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Inductee Details: Dr. Ramon Guiteras". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  11. ↑ pls4e (July 17, 2018). "Guiteras Memorial and Junior High School". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "Ramon Guiteras, MD (1858–1917)". The William P. Didush Center for Urologic History. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

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