Department of Urology, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805, USA.
J Urol. 2010 Aug;184(2):447-52. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.146. Epub 2010 Jun 17.
We conducted an extensive search to learn more about Ramon Guiteras, the founder of the American Urological Association.
Scientific publications, newspaper articles, and historical documents and texts were reviewed. Institutions and organizations of which Ramon Guiteras was a member were contacted.
Guiteras' career peaked at the turn of the century, just as genitourinary surgery was emerging as an independent field. The American Urological Association began as an organization of the members of Guiteras' clinic with the dream of becoming an inclusive organization for the benefit of all ethical physicians with an interest in the urinary sciences. Guiteras contributed to advances in urological treatments, including improving and helping to bring a method of suprapubic prostatectomy to worldwide attention. He authored numerous scientific articles and a comprehensive, fully illustrated, 2-volume textbook that was widely translated. He pursued adventure through travel and sport, and participated in missions to Cuba and France during President Wilson's term of office.
Ramon Guiteras died at age 59 years but his legacy lives on through the American Urological Association, a detailed textbook, contributions to urological instruments and techniques, and a vibrant elementary school in Bristol, Rhode Island that bears his name.
我们进行了广泛的搜索，以更多地了解美国泌尿外科学会的创始人拉蒙·吉特拉斯。
查阅了科学出版物、报纸文章以及历史文献和文本。联系了拉蒙·吉特拉斯曾任职的机构和组织。
吉特拉斯的职业生涯在世纪之交达到顶峰，当时泌尿外科学刚刚成为一个独立的领域。美国泌尿外科学会最初是吉特拉斯诊所成员的一个组织，梦想成为一个包容所有对泌尿科学感兴趣的伦理医生的组织。吉特拉斯为泌尿科治疗的进步做出了贡献，包括改进并帮助将耻骨上前列腺切除术的方法引起了全世界的关注。他撰写了许多科学文章和一本全面的、全插图的两卷本教科书，该书被广泛翻译。他通过旅行和运动追求冒险，并在威尔逊总统任期内参加了古巴和法国的任务。
拉蒙·吉特拉斯于 59 岁去世，但他的遗产通过美国泌尿外科学会、一本详细的教科书、对泌尿科仪器和技术的贡献以及罗得岛州布里斯托尔的一所充满活力的小学得以延续，这所小学以他的名字命名。
