Sixty years of the Institute of Pathology Dr José Antonio O' Daly of the Central University, Venezuela

摘要

The Institute of Pathology” Dr. Jose Antonio O' Daly”(IAP) of the Faculty of Medicine, Central University, Caracas, was officially inaugurated 60 years ago, on the 3rd of July 1949, and according to its founder, it was the 16th of June 1956 when it began to work as a public institution. Its physical plant lodges three institutions of the Medicine Faculty of the Central University of Venezuela: The Institute of Pathology itself, the Institute of Immunology, and the Chair of Pathological Anatomy of the Razetti School of Medicine. Founded by Dr. Jose Antonio O' Daly, who elaborated the project, the IAP has developed during these years thanks to the contributions of: pathologists, technicians and employees. The IAP stands out for being the only institution specialized in pathology that has Sections of renal, gynecological, respiratory, neuro, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, blood, bone, and ophthalmic pathologies, it also realizes immunohistochemistry and ultrastructural studies. The IAP is also the National Center of Reference in Pathology since 1993, and has postgraduate courses in pathology and courses for technicians.