{"id":133222,"date":"2026-08-14T18:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/santiago-city-hall-honors-uasd-doctors-for-44-years-of-service\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:34:19","slug":"santiago-city-hall-honors-uasd-doctors-for-44-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/santiago-city-hall-honors-uasd-doctors-for-44-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago City Hall honors UASD doctors for 44 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Santiago recognizes doctors from the UASD class of 1982 for their career and contributions to health<\/h2>\n\n<p>The City Council of Santiago de los Caballeros paid an emotional tribute to nine distinguished doctors who graduated from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in 1982. This recognition, held in the framework of the 44th anniversary of their graduation, celebrates the positive impact these professionals have had on the health sector both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n<p>The distinction was made official through resolution number 3528-26, approved by the Municipal Council following a request submitted by the MED-UASD 82 Organizing Committee and supported by Mayor Ulises Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distinctions awarded<\/h3>\n\n<p>During the ceremony, the awardees were invested with honorary titles for their tireless work:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Adoptive Children:<\/strong> Dr. Elicia Novas Mateo de Vel\u00e1squez, Dr. Fausto Antonio Hern\u00e1ndez Alberto, Dr. Marino P\u00e9rez Abreu, Dr. Pedro Celestino Vargas Col\u00f3n, and Dr. Nixara Mariel Rodr\u00edguez Inocencio de Castellanos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distinguished Children:<\/strong> Dr. Juan Bautista Espaillat Fern\u00e1ndez, Dr. Nelson Rafael Leonidas Grull\u00f3n Estrella, Dr. V\u00edctor E. Peralta S\u00e1nchez, and Dr. Wilhelm T. Lawrence Riggio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For Santiago, it is a source of pride to recognize you as Meritorious Children and Adoptive Children, because this tribute represents our gratitude for 44 years of dedication, sacrifices, and service to the health and lives of Dominicans.<\/p><cite>Ulises Rodr\u00edguez, Mayor of Santiago<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Mayor Rodr\u00edguez highlighted not only the medical excellence of this group, but also the strength of their bonds of friendship and their ethical commitment to Dominican society for more than four decades of uninterrupted practice.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Santiago as the anniversary host city<\/h3>\n\n<p>Although the graduating class usually holds its annual meetings in the Eastern region, on this occasion they chose Santiago de los Caballeros as the venue. As the honorees explained, the decision was motivated by the remarkable progress the city has shown in terms of modernization, urban organization, tourism, and culture.<\/p>\n\n<p>Doctor Marino P\u00e9rez, representing his colleagues, expressed gratitude to the city council and highlighted the warmth with which they were received. For her part, the vice president of the Municipal Council, Yudelka Castellanos, emphasized that this recognition is a sign of the gratitude the city feels toward those who have dedicated their lives to providing hope and medical care to thousands of families.<\/p>\n\n<p>The protocol ceremony was attended by Vice Mayor Mariana Moreno, Secretary General Arismendi Dajer, council members, and various municipal authorities, who accompanied the award recipients in a day that reaffirmed the value of Dominican medicine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago recognizes doctors from the UASD class of 1982 for their career and contributions to health The City Council of Santiago de los Caballeros paid an emotional tribute to nine distinguished doctors who graduated from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in 1982. This recognition, held in the framework of the 44th anniversary of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[13303,13493,2553,7313],"class_list":{"0":"post-133222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-acknowledgment","9":"tag-doctors","10":"tag-santiago","11":"tag-uasd"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}