Biomed Eng Online. 2012 Jan 1;11:1. doi: 10.1186/1475-925X-11-1.
Looking back at one point of life appears as a nice exercise to round out and summarize. However, the objective should not be simply to tell a story; it must transmit a message to the young. To start with, two concepts are useful: Respect for others begins when you learn to laugh at yourself and, taken from an old saying, I did not want to be poor ... but money wouldn't make me rich. After elementary and high schools, during times of turmoil, I describe my engineering school years at the University of Buenos Aires and a working experience in an international telecommunications company. Significant events taught me a concept, rooted in another motto: Isn't this house nice? It is my house, and I love it very much. In 1960, I began my activities in the USA. A couple of bad decisions resulted in significant events for me teaching me an important truth: "Beware of golden promises; time is the most precious asset". Finally, in 1972, settled down in Tucumán until retirement in 2001, a long period of productive activity came about, not without difficulties and also stained by a dark political interval. Crises seem to characterize our generations in Argentina. Non-the-less, there were some real accomplishments: an undergraduate program in BME and a National BME Society (SABI) plus an archive of specialized published material. After spending time following retirement in Peru and Italy, my current activity came as unexpected dessert at the University of Buenos Aires, with a small research group, so offering the opportunity of transmitting what I still have available.
回顾人生的一个瞬间犹如一种美妙的锻炼，可以使人生变得完整和有意义。然而，其目的不应该仅仅是讲述一个故事，而必须向年轻人传递一个信息。首先，有两个概念是有用的：尊重他人始于学会自嘲，并且借用一句古老的谚语，我不想贫穷……但金钱不会使我富有。读完小学和中学后，在动荡时期，我描述了自己在布宜诺斯艾利斯大学的工程学院时光以及在一家国际电信公司的工作经历。重大事件教会了我一个概念，它源于另一句格言：“这房子不好吗？这是我的房子，我非常爱它。”1960 年，我开始在美国的活动。几个错误的决定导致了对我来说意义重大的事件，这些事件让我明白了一个重要的道理：“提防黄金承诺；时间是最宝贵的资产。”最后，在 1972 年，我在图库曼定居，直到 2001 年退休，这段时间里我进行了长期的富有成效的活动，并非没有困难，也有一段黑暗的政治时期。危机似乎是我们这一代人在阿根廷的特征。尽管如此，还是有一些真正的成就：一个生物医学工程本科课程和一个全国生物医学工程学会（SABI）以及一个专业出版材料档案。退休后在秘鲁和意大利度过一段时间后，我目前在布宜诺斯艾利斯大学的一个小研究小组中的活动是意外的惊喜，这为我提供了传授我仍拥有的知识的机会。
