- As it happens every year, Nature magazine published its top 10 with the most outstanding scientists of the last 12 months.
- Within the final selection there are four doctors who are now considered the most important in the world.
- They appear from one of the promoters of xenotransplantation to one of the greatest experts in MPOX.
One more year is about to end and the natural thing is to reflect on what happened during the last 12 months. In addition to the facts, attention must also be paid to the people because thanks to their work important advances were made in all areas. Do you know who the most important doctors in the world have been during 2022?
Imagining a world without doctors is impossible. It is an essential profession for any country and one that cannot be done without. It is not only about curing diseases but also about promoting a healthy lifestyle to prevent the appearance of discomforts.
Origin of Professional Medicine in Mexico
The history of this guild is quite old because it goes back several centuries in the past. Although in the case of Mexico, the first professional medical diploma was granted on August 10, 1553. Based on what is documented, it was issued by the University of Lleida in Spain and received it Juan Blanco de Alcazar.
back to the present, Nature magazine always publishes in December a ranking with the 10 most important personalities in science for the year that is about to end. The benchmark is based on groundbreaking research, amazing discoveries, and work that has had a global impact.
The world’s leading doctors
Just a few days ago the list with all the scientists was published and the most attractive thing is that In the top 10 there are some doctors who are now considered among the most important in the world.
Dr Yunlong Cao
He studied at the Peking University of China and graduated from the Physics Department of Zhejiang University. He later completed a PhD in the Department of Chemistry and another in Chemical Biology at Harvard University. He is currently an assistant professor at Peking University.
During the pandemic it has become one of the most prominent researchers in everything related to Covid-19. While during this 2022 he published several investigations about the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and even predicted the appearance of several variants that ultimately came true.
Dr Dimie Ogoina
During 2022, not everything was Covid-19 because there was also another high-impact disease that spread throughout the world. It’s about the monkeypox or MPOX as it is now called at the request of the World Health Organization (WHO). Although the first infections in humans occurred half a century ago in Africa, they have now spread to the rest of the planet.
In this case, Dr. Ogoina is a specialist in Infectious Diseases from the Niger Delta University in Amassoma in Nigeria. His role over the last few months was indispensable because he helped combat the outbreak of this infection in his home country.
Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin
One of the events that marked 2022 was the realization of the first heart transplant from a genetically modified pig to a human. Leading the multidisciplinary team that achieved this feat was Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin. He is a surgeon from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the United States.
In fact, he is one of the biggest promoters and connoisseurs of xenotransplantation in the world. It is an alternative that could be a solution to combat the low number of organ transplants on the planet.
Lisa McCorkell
Finally also highlights Lisa McCorkell, who is not exactly a doctor, although her work has had a direct impact on health. In her case, it is a researcher who has focused all her efforts on everything related to Long Covid.
For her part, her greatest motivation came after she overcame the infection but her quality of life has not been the same since. To date she maintains sequelae and to help other people with the same problem she founded the Patient-Led Research Collaborative.
Finally, in addition to doctors, there are also other types of researchers listed as the most important in the world by the journal Nature. Other scientists who stood out during 2022 are Jane Rigby, Saleemul Huq, Svitlana Krakovska, Diana Greene Foster, António Guterres and Alondra Nelson.
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