Biography:
Dr. Patricio Ventura-Juncá is Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics at Finis Terrae University (UFT) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), Chile. Residence in Paediatrics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Specialization in Neonatology at the Centre de Recherches Biologique Neonatales, Hopital de Port Royal, Université de Paris, France with Professor Alexander Minkowski. Former Director and founder of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at PUC; Former Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics at the Medical Faculty, PUC; Former Director of Centre for Bioethics, PUC. Peer-reviewed papers on Neonatology, Pediatrics. and Bioethics, and books in these disciplines. Current position: Professor of Bioethics at UFT.