Federico Ortiz Quezada is a Mexican urologist born in Mexico City in 1935. He received his MD from the National University of México in 1959. He finished his training in urology at the Hospital General of Mexico City and Cornell University in New York, from 1959 to 1963. He served as head of the urology department at the National Medical Center in México and adviser to the Instituto Mexicano of Social Security from 1963 to 1973. He is currently professor of the Specialist Hospital of the XXI Medical Center. The operating room of this hospital bears his name. Ortiz Quezada is a pioneer in the practice of human transplant surgery, and he is considered the founder of modern urology in México. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Urology is the field of medicine that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and of the male reproductive system. ... Nickname: Location of Mexico City in central Mexico Coordinates: Country Mexico Federal entity Federal District Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded (as Tenochtitlan) c. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... MD or md may stand for: Air Madagascar IATA code make dir (Microsoft DOS) or meta device (UNIX) in computing Managing Director, or CEO Maryland state code McDonnell Douglas aircraft McDonalds, a fast food restaurant Medicinæ Doctor, Doctor of Medicine (academic degree) Mendelevium (Md), symbol for the chemical element... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ... NY redirects here. ...

He has published extensively in scientific journals and has written 32 books: Fascicles of Urology (1970), Adenocarcinoma of the Kidney (1973), Health in Poverty (1982), Vida and Muerte of the Mexicano (1982), Illness and Man (1985), Medicine and Man (1986), An Act fo Dying (1987), Diagnóstico (1987), The Soothsayer of the Truth (1988), Letters to a Young Doctor (1990), Medicine is Sick (1991), Yuhcatiliztli: National Identity (1992), Human Rights and Medical Science (1993), Manos of Dioses (1995), Memory of Death (1996), Amoricida (1996), The Work of the Physician (1997), CLetters to a Female Doctor (1998), Hospitals (1998), Health Care for the Age of Learning (2000), Freud and Dreams (2000), Descartes and Medicine (2001), Medical Models (2001), A Doctor’s Diary (2001), Anatomy of Love (2001), His Majesty, the Prostate (2002), Cordelia's Journeys (2002), Sexual Impotence (2002), Life Alternative. History of Transplantation (2003). Principia Medica (First Prize in the category of text from The Editorial Mexican Industry ), Dying, Death, Immortality (2005), Love and De-Lovely (2007). Adviser to Health Policy and Planning Journal. Oxford University Press (1988 to 1992), Mexican Editor to Sexual Current Contents. Science Press of London (2002 to 2004) Director Sexualidad, Ciencia, Amor (2003 to 2006).

Dr Federico Ortiz Quezada is member of the Mexican Writers Association and Pen Club International. He has been a Professor of the Medical Faculty and of Philosophy and Letters at the National Autonomous Mexican University.