| Germán Abad Valenzuela | |
| Birth Date: | 10 August 1919[1] |
| Birth Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Death Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Occupation: | Radiologist |
Germán Abad Valenzuela (August 10, 1919 – October 16, 2008) was an Ecuadorian radiologist. He served as the doctor to 20 Ecuadorian presidents including Mariano Suárez Veintimilla[2]
Abad was born August 10, 1919, in Guayaquil to Juana Valenzuela Garaycoa and mariner Benigno Abad Lara.[3] He attended in Quito to San José LaSalle's primary school.[3] In high school, he was an excellent student and athlete,[3] he attended Guayaquil's Vicente Rocafuerte School and later he graduated from Cristóbal Colón's School.[3] He graduated from the University of Guayaquil in 1948.[1] While studying, he received important prizes from the Medical School Association (Asociación Escuela Medicina) and the Guayas Philanthropical Society (Sociedad Filantrópica del Guayas).[1] [3]
He worked in Luis Vernaza Hospital, León Becerra Hospital, and Alejandro Mann Hospital.[1] He played an important role in the installation of radiological facilities in the Social Security Clinic and Lorenzo Ponce Hospital.[1]
He founded the Guayaquil Posorja Yola Regatta as a medical student in 1940.[4] This rowing race is considered the longest competition in the world with an extension of 49 nautic miles.[5] In 2020, the principal park of Posorja received his name.
He received awards including the Orden Nacional Al Mérito in the Comendador grade. He was married to Lidia Rodríguez Falconi (+ 2018), with whom he had five children, Germán, Sylvia (+ 2020), Juan José (+ 2019), Francesca and Víctor Alfonso (which is whom continues his work as a radiologist, MD).[6]