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Dr. José Rafael Espada (born January 14, 1944 in Guatemala City) is a former Vice President of Guatemala and a former cardiothoracic surgeon. Espada is well known in the Houston cardiothoracic surgery community. He grew up in Guatemala. From an early age he wanted to grow up to be a doctor. Espada received his doctorate degree at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) in Guatemala and performed his surgery internship residency training in general and thoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He also received subspecialty training from LeClub Mitrale, France; and other highly recognized international institutions. He was a resident of West University Place, Texas, United States, a city surrounded by Houston.

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  • José Rafael Espada (Ciudad de Guatemala, 14 de enero de 1944) es un cirujano cardiovascular y político guatemalteco que fue vicepresidente de la República de Guatemala desde el 14 de enero de 2008 hasta el 14 de enero de 2012. Actualmente es decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala. (es)
  • Dr. José Rafael Espada (born January 14, 1944 in Guatemala City) is a former Vice President of Guatemala and a former cardiothoracic surgeon. Espada is well known in the Houston cardiothoracic surgery community. He grew up in Guatemala. From an early age he wanted to grow up to be a doctor. Espada received his doctorate degree at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) in Guatemala and performed his surgery internship residency training in general and thoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He also received subspecialty training from LeClub Mitrale, France; and other highly recognized international institutions. He was a resident of West University Place, Texas, United States, a city surrounded by Houston. He was employed at the in Houston, Texas, and a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine. Espada was known to travel from Houston to Guatemala on a monthly basis, to treat underprivileged patients requiring special cardiothoracic procedures. As a cardiac surgeon, he was best known for performing Pulmonary Thromboembolectomies. He has raised money for a charity hospital in Guatemala, and currently are building a state-of-the-art facility specifically designed for cardiothoracic surgery. He performed an average of 10 charity surgeries out of the US every month. He was also board-certified in General Surgery. While at Houston, performed nearly 1000 cardiothoracic procedures a year and around 400 in Guatemala. Espada has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout the course of his medical career including: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, Honorary Professor from Universidad La Salle in Mexico City, Governors award from The Chest Foundation, Paul Harris Award from the International Rotary Society, among many others. Since 1981 he has been related with the Brazilian Vascular Society and received in Houston, Texas many Brazilian doctors, that learned with him the best techniques on cardiovascular surgery. He was the main guest speaker for the Vascular Meeting of the Brazilian Society in Rio de Janeiro, in June 1998. In 1992 Espada was honored with an honorary doctorate degree in science by Universidad Francisco Marroquín. He recently stepped down from his position at Houston's Methodist Hospital/DeBakey Heart Institute and returned to his native Guatemala. There, he successfully ran for Vice President of Guatemala. On January 14, 2008, he took office alongside the President, Álvaro Colom. (en)
  • 호세 라파엘 에스파다 (Dr. José Rafael Espada, 1944년 1월 14일 ~ )는 과테말라의 정치인이자 전직 흉부외과의사이다. 2008년부터 2012년까지 과테말라의 부통령을 지냈다. (ko)
  • José Rafael Espada (Guatemala-Stad, 14 januari 1944) is een Guatemalteeks politicus en medicus van de Nationale Eenheid van de Hoop (UNE). Van 2008 tot 2012 was hij vicepresident van zijn land. Estrada volgde een medische opleiding aan de en in Frankrijk en was als chirurg werkzaam in de Verenigde Staten, maar reisde maandelijks naar Guatemala om daar arme patiënten te opereren. In de verkiezingen van 2007 was hij voor de UNE kandidaat voor het vicepresidentschap als running mate van Álvaro Colom, die de verkiezingen wist te winnen. Op 14 januari 2008 werd Espada ingehuldigd als vicepresident. (nl)
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  • José Rafael Espada (Ciudad de Guatemala, 14 de enero de 1944) es un cirujano cardiovascular y político guatemalteco que fue vicepresidente de la República de Guatemala desde el 14 de enero de 2008 hasta el 14 de enero de 2012. Actualmente es decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala. (es)
  • 호세 라파엘 에스파다 (Dr. José Rafael Espada, 1944년 1월 14일 ~ )는 과테말라의 정치인이자 전직 흉부외과의사이다. 2008년부터 2012년까지 과테말라의 부통령을 지냈다. (ko)
  • José Rafael Espada (Guatemala-Stad, 14 januari 1944) is een Guatemalteeks politicus en medicus van de Nationale Eenheid van de Hoop (UNE). Van 2008 tot 2012 was hij vicepresident van zijn land. Estrada volgde een medische opleiding aan de en in Frankrijk en was als chirurg werkzaam in de Verenigde Staten, maar reisde maandelijks naar Guatemala om daar arme patiënten te opereren. In de verkiezingen van 2007 was hij voor de UNE kandidaat voor het vicepresidentschap als running mate van Álvaro Colom, die de verkiezingen wist te winnen. Op 14 januari 2008 werd Espada ingehuldigd als vicepresident. (nl)
  • Dr. José Rafael Espada (born January 14, 1944 in Guatemala City) is a former Vice President of Guatemala and a former cardiothoracic surgeon. Espada is well known in the Houston cardiothoracic surgery community. He grew up in Guatemala. From an early age he wanted to grow up to be a doctor. Espada received his doctorate degree at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) in Guatemala and performed his surgery internship residency training in general and thoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He also received subspecialty training from LeClub Mitrale, France; and other highly recognized international institutions. He was a resident of West University Place, Texas, United States, a city surrounded by Houston. (en)
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