The National Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires (Argentina) has named Antonio Campos, emeritus professor of histology and professor of the University of Granada, as an honorary member for his contribution to the creation of artificial tissues, the oldest in the Americas.
The institution, founded in 1822, has elected Campos as an honorary foreign member, a recognition of an “exceptional” nature that the academy considers for people of “excellent and extraordinary merit”.
Foreign honorary scholars include several Nobel Prize winners, including Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and Spanish figures such as Gregorio Maran, Pó del Río Hortega, Pedro Line Entralgo, and Carlos Jiménez Díaz.
Professor Antonio Campos, a pioneer in research and education in tissue engineering in Granada, has contributed with his research group to the creation of new artificial tissues such as corneas and artificial skin that have already been transferred to the clinic.
The work directed by Campos has earned his team numerous recognitions such as the Medal of Andalusia and three honorary doctorates awarded by foreign universities.
Campos has been an academic at the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain since 2004, where he occupies the histology chair that was once the Raman y Cajal.
The emeritus professor at UGR is also currently the vice president and co-director of the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Medical Terms.