Professor Alexander Meisels visit to Bucaramanga, Colombia

In way to improve the biomedial research the Professor Alexander Meisels visit Bucaramanga Colombia.  Born in Berlin, Germany, he received his early schooling in Paris,France, and later attended the National University of Mexico, where he obtained his B.Sc. and M.D. He specialised first in diagnostic cytology at the National Cancer Institute of Mexico and later in pathology atLaval University, Quebec, Canada. He became Assistant Professor of Pathology and Head of the Cytodiag nostic Laboratory at LavalUniversity in 1960, where he also founded the School ofCytotechnology. Named Associate Professor in 1965, he became a Full Professor in 1968.In 1970 he was named Head of Cytopathology at the CHA (Centre hospitalier affilié with Laval University) in Quebec City with an annual volume of about 160,000 cytology specimens. From 1978 to 1995 he was Head of the Department of Anatomic Pathology and Cytology at the same institution. The School of Cytotechnology“Alexander Meisels” functioned within that Department and was part of the course in Medical Technology of the Sainte‑Foy College until 2001.He is certified in Anatomic Pathology by the Quebec Corporation of Physicians and Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Pathology.Treasurer and Past-President of the International Academy of Cytology, previously Secretary‑Treasurer of the IAC (1971‑1986), twice President of the Canadian Society of Cytology (1966-1967 and 1978-1979), President of the Canadian Association of Pathologists (1988‑1989), and President of the American Society of Cytopathology (1991-1992). Secreta ry or President of six International Congresses of Cytology (Miami 1974, Tokyo 1977, Munich 1980, Montreal 1983, Brussels 1986, Buenos Aires 1989). He is Editor of ACTA CYTOLOGICA and member of the Editorial Board of Cytojournal and of Cancer Cytopathology, member or honorary member of many natio nal and international scientific societies. He is the author of over 140 publications in the field of cytopathology and cancer, including books:Cytopathology of the Uterine Cervix (ASCP Press, Chicago, 1991),Cytopathology of the Uterus (ASCP Press, 1997) and Modern Uterine Cytopathology (ASCP Press 2006).