Salvador Zubirán
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Salvador Zubirán Anchondo (b. 1898, Cusihuiriachic, Chihuahua; d. 1989, Mexico City) was one of Mexico's most prominent physicians. He received his MD from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and completed a medicine residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Upon his return to Mexico he started the nutrition department in Mexico City's General Hospital, and later received an assignment to start the National Institute of Nutrition (now the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, or INNSZ), one of the country's premier medical institutions. Zubirán also served as as the rector of the UNAM during the 1940s; during this appointment, he was very influential in the creation of the University City.
He was a recipient of the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor in 1986, the highest honor awarded by the government of Mexico.
