Testimonies of colleagues
Those who have been fortunate enough to know Ricardo H. Ash always speak
highly of him. In very few words one could say that he represents one of
the pioneers and leaders in the field of human reproduction. Although this
would not be sufficient enough to say for such an important scientist.
It is necessary therefore to analyse various human, ethical, scientific,
academic and cultural aspects that are representative of Ricardo’s
character.
Scientifically, he is overall perhaps the most innovative scientist in
the field of Endocrinology of Human Reproduction. Since the beginning of
his academic career in the ‘80’s his studies have been focused
on researching various methodologies to help people who are trying to have
children. The results he has obtained have been exceptional. He was the
first to be successful in identifying new therapies that have determined
a sensitive improvement in human sterility fight. Through his studies people
who have not been able to have children before have been given greater opportunities
to do so.
His scientific research in the field of human reproduction has been one
of the most innovative and insightful points of reference for all medical
staff.
Moreover he is one of the most active representative of science, organizing
and participating in various international conferences. During these conferences
he has always discussed the progress of medical science in the most appropriate
way and at a very high standard. He has been invited to speak at many conferences
all around the world. On these occasions his contribution has helped his
fellows colleagues improve therapy possibilities.
For all those who have been fortunate enough to work with him, he is their
mentor. He has always received doctors and biologists who have wanted to
learn his innovative techniques and has been available to help improve their
knowledge and abilities. He has demonstrated the importance of our profession
in helping those who are struggling to have children.
He has always had a very human approach with those from both rich and
poor backgrounds. This has been a fundamental element in his work which
he has carried out with great dignity.
Everyone is aware of his honesty when it comes to this work and aware
of the elevated ethical level of the work Ricardo Asch has carried out.
He has produced many written works which turn our attention to the ethical
aspects of human sterility treatments. Those who have worked with him have
been able to appreciate the moral and ethical rigor with which he has been
faced daily. Without exceptions, he has been available to discuss and express
with all his opinion on scientific, human and ethical issues. He has worked
with and supported all his colleagues. Furthermore he has helped many doctors
all over the world in opening centres or assisted reproduction of a very
high scientific and cultural level. He has spent a lot of his time travelling
in order to help colleagues in need of assistance and has never tried to
gain personal benefits from this. He finds gratification and job satisfaction
in helping his fellow colleagues and his sole aim has always been to dedicate
himself to the progress of science.
Prof. WILFRIED FEICHTINGER
University of Vienna - Austria
Prof. ETTORE BARALE
University of Pisa – Italy
Country: Republica Dominicana
Sin duda alguna que conocer al Dr. Ricardo Asch, tanto al cientifico, como al maestro y al ser humano excepcional que es, es uno de los mayores privilegios que puede tener un profesional de la medicina, en especial los que nos dedicamos a trabajar en el campo de la reproduccion asistida.
Todo lo que se pueda decir de el para describirlo seria insuficiente, y segun veo los testimonios de los demas colegas se explayan en sus multiples cualidades, por lo cual no deseo redundar.
Sin embargo, quiero referirme a una cualidad en particular, que tal vez para algunos pueda parecer insignificane, pero que a mi en particular me impresiono. Se trata de la memoria excepcional de Ricardo para recordar los nombres de las personas y hacerlas sentir con esto importantes, pues cuando un maestro de su nivel te recuerda, aun pasado el tiempo, aun habiendo tenido tal vez muy poco contacto con el, eso habla tambien de su grandeza expresada a traves de su humildad y su sencillez excepcional.
Gracias Ricardo donde quiera estes porque de ti he aprendido mucho y me siento muy muy orgulloso de haberte conocido.
Dr Alexis Martinez Benedicto
Director Reproduccion Asistida UEFIV SAN RAFAEL,
Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom.
Country: EL SALVADOR
Hola: Quiero unirme a toda esta enorme ola de saludos, distinciones y
muestras de afecto que le están haciendo a mi querido profesor Ricardo Asch. Yo que
llegué a México a realizar una subespecialidad, Desde mi pequeño país El Salvador,
donde es tan difícil salir adelante, lo único que les digo es que es un gran honor,
un grandísimo placer, haber sido alumno de Ricardo durante mi entrenamiento en
México, Hospital Angeles del Pedregal, y que estoy viviendo y saliendo adelante
practicando infertilidad como debe ser, por supuesto , porque tuve excelentes
profesores, y sobre todo un excelente amigo y profesor. Ni quede duda de su
capacidad científica y humana. Lo recuerdo con cariño profesor Asch. Siempre con
mucho respeto.....querido. Hasta en otra ocasiòn. Adelante.
Sigfredo López Bernal
San Salvador,El Salvador, C.A
Country: Colombia
I was a fellow of Dr Asch in 1985 and 1986 when he was working as head of the unit of Reproductive Medicine in The University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio. By that time the GIFT procedure was recently started by him and his team and there was a huge number of patients coming from all over the world to San Antonio, Texas. He was a very friendly and charming professor, who found time despite all his duties, to review our work,teach and be supportive in our family needs.
After that unforgetable time in San Antonio I have had the opportunity to meet him in several congresses when he has been always friendly and ready to help in many ways.
I want to express my gratitude to him.
Hermes Jaimes M.D.
Bucaramanga. Colombia
Country: argentina
Tengo el honor de conocer a Ricardo desde que era nina., y he ido durante los anos siguiendo con admiracion su carrera.
Siempre fue uno de mis modelos , y soy testigo tanto de su integridad como de su generosidad como ser humano y como medico.
He tenido, ademas el honor de hacer una rotacion en su servicio de Reproduccion Asistida en la UCLA en 1992, donde fui testigo de la exelencia de este servicio y el respeto con que fueron siempre tratados sus pacientes.
Ricardo ha dedicado su carrera, y gran parte de su vida a la investigacion habiendo logrado ayudar en gran medida a la evolucion de los tratamientos que todos los dias son usados alrededor del mundo para ayudar a parejas esteriles a tener hijos. Ademas ha formado una innumerable cantidad de medicos que trabajan en esta rama de la medicina con gran generosidad y espiritu cientifico.
Tanto en lo profesional, como a nivel personal, es una persona siempre dispuesta a ayudar y dar consejo.
Estoy segura de que pronto se aclararan los problemas que le impiden proseguir su invaluable trabajo.
Dra. Maria Pia Defilippi
Argentina.
Country: USA
I know Ricardo through his work in helping my discordant HIV infected couples have children; he did this when no one else would consider physically touching my patients.
In retrospect he choice life, while others were preoccupied on the survival statistics of the parent, the immorality of bringing a child to a parent who could die, Ricardo choice to offer life.
Clearly, he was right.
It is said that there is no such thing as a wrongful life. None
of my patients to whom Ricardo has given the gift of life have died, all are without viral load and healthy-thanks to the cocktails for HIV. But who would have known this at the time?
As to his character, he does what is right and noble; he does not hide and wait until the battle has been decided to choose sides. He is not a coward. Rather he is motivated by the desire to help others, the curiosity to untie the Gordian knot of reproduction and the nobility of character to be on the
vanguard of human evolution.
Thomas J. Magee, MD
Los Angeles, California
Country: Italy
I met Dr. Ricardo Asch at the beginning of the eighties, during the annual meeting organised by Prof. Alain Audebert in Bordeaux. His presentations were always innovative, and interest arising from them was extraordinarily high.
For this reason, in June 1984, after the conclusion of the first international conference on IVF in Norfolk, Virginia, I asked him about the possibility of visiting him with my biologist, Eleonora Cefalù, in his famous research and clinical centre in San Antonio, Texas. At that time, he was perfecting a new technique of PMA, named GIFT (Gametes Intrafallopian Transfer). In the same year, he announced in 'Lancet' the first pregnancies obtained with this technique. Six months later, I met him in Singapore during the world congress on Fertility and Sterility, and at the end of the same year, during one of the Bordeaux meetings, he explained the details of this technique to us, which we started with great success in January 1986: a very rare example of scientific opening towards European colleagues. In 1987, he received our biologist at the univerisity of Irvine in California where, in the meantime, he had transferred his centre, thus creating scientific cooperation which lasted more than fifteen years.
In 1987, on Dr. Asch's request, our publishing house published the proceedings of a congress organised in Augusta, Georgia, in honour of his famous 'maestro', Robert Benjamin Greenblatt: 'Recent Advances in Human Reproduction,' a book which is still today precious and current.
I think that it would be presumptious for all of us to make judgements concerning a scientific personality of this stature and charisma. Mine is only a testimony of the enormous scientific opportunities offered to all of us by a Man who unites such remarkable genius in initiating research, with an almost unique willingness to put the results of his precious intuition to the service of science seen as a contribution to the common good of humanity.
Professor Ettore Cittadini
Ordinario di Ginecologia ed Ostetricia dell'Università di Palermo.
Country: México
Hablar del Dr. Ricardo Asch es hablar de sencillez, generosidad y grandeza.
Cualquiera que haya tenido la más mínima relación con el, ya sea como maestro, colega, médico o amigo sabe a lo que me refiero.
He conocido a pocos seres humanos con la capacidad de desarrollar conocimiento y quererlo compartir. Por el y a través de el, decenas de especialistas aprendieron las técnicas que han permitido a cientos de parejas lograr cumplir sus sueños. Por sus investigaciones y el desarrollo de sus técnicas se registran cientos de nacimientos alrededor del mundo en casos que hace 20 años hubieran parecido imposibles. Privarnos de su discernimiento es despojarnos de su genialidad.
Como clínico es capaz de armonizar conocimiento, habilidad y cariño. Estoy seguro que es esta combinación inigualable es la que lo ha hecho ser tan exitoso. Privarnos de su actuación es despojarnos de su talento.
Como maestro siempre entusiasta, entregado y comprometido. Privarnos de su dedicación es despojarnos de su sabiduría.
Como amigo, siempre esplendido. Su apego, afecto y detalles invariablemente van más allá. Privarnos de su cercanía es despojarnos de su amor.
Con su ausencia (relativa) todos perdemos. La ciencia, la técnica, los pacientes, los amigos y la familia. Solo espero que pronto podamos seguir caminando la vida junto a el.
Dr. Marcos Tawil F.
México.
Country: MEXICO
CONOSCO AL DR. RICARDO ASCH DESDE EL ANO DE 1991 CUANDO ACUDIO A LA CIUDAD
DE MEXICO, AL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGIA A DAR UNA CONFERENCIA
SOBRE REPRODUCCION ASISTIDA, LUGAR EN DONDE YO CURSE LA SUB-ESPECIALIDAD EN
BIOLOGIA DE LA REPRODUCCION HUMANA. MAS TARDE TUVE EL GUSTO Y EL HONOR DE
TRABAJAR CON EL DURANTE ALGUN TIEMPO DURANTE SU ESTANCIA EN EL HOSPITAL
ANGELES DEL PEDREGAL, EN LA MISMA CIUDAD DE MEXICO., TUVE POR LO TANTO LA
OPORTUNIDAD DE CONOCERLO A FONDO COMO PROFESIONAL EN EL AREA DE
REPRODUCCION Y QUEDE IMPRESIONADO POR SU CAPACIDAD Y ANTE TODO POR SU
CALIDAD HUMANA Y ETICA. TAN CONVENCIDO QUEDE QUE PUSE EN SUS MANOS A MI
MUJER PARA LA REALIZACION DE UN PROCEDIMIENTO DE REPRODUCCION ASISTIDA POR
MEDIO DEL CUAL LOGRO EL EMBARAZO Y EL NACIMIENTO DE MI HIJA.
BUENA PARTE DE LA COMUNIDAD MEDICA MEXICANA, TIENE LA CERTEZA DE QUE MUY
PRONTO ESTARA DE VUELTA EN NUESTRO PAIS.
DR. JORGE VILLAVICENCIO C. GINECOLOGO Y BIOLOGO EN REPRODUCCION HUMANA.
Country: China
I was lucky to meet Dr. Ricardo Asch in 1983 at The University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio. From 1983 until 1985 I worked and studied under his supervision as a research fellow in reproductive medicine. Our research mainly involved animal experiments and clinical work. During this period I got to know Dr. Asch as a very serious, dedicated and strict teacher and scientist. He organized not only the research activities, but also our team with great care, creating a very pleasant environment to work. He has always been very kind to both his students and his patients. Coming from a developing country in these days and having little possibilities of our own, Dr. Asch helped me enormously by giving me the opportunity to join his team and learn from him. After coming back to China in 1985 I continued working in the area of reproductive medicine. What I have learned during my time with Dr. Asch has been crucial for my later professional work. I am very grateful to Dr. Asch for this and I will never forget this period.
Dr. W.L. Zuo
Professor of OBGYN
Peking University
Country: MEXICO DF
Mi querido Ricardo, pues no encontré en qué sitio debía yo expresar mi opinión a cerca de ti, pues ni soy colega, ni embriólogo, ni paciente, sino un gran amigo. Es fácil expresarme con relación a ti pues desde tu llegada a México, ha sido un placer que nuestra firma ha llevado todos los trámites que nos has solicitado siempre en una línea de transparencia, de rectitud y de honestidad, la cual se ha llevado siempre en esa tesitura y por ello en México, en lo que corresponde a tu estancia legal, a tu responsabilidad fiscal, laboral ha sido siempre dentro de la excelencia personal y profesional.
JAUREGUIBERRY VADILLO Y ASOCIADOS
Country: Argentina
Con Ricardo hemos sido compañeros en la carrera de Medicina y hoy somos colegas y amigos entrañables. Lo conozco hace unos 40 años y lo considero un hombre de bien, correcto y profesional exitoso a quien admiro por su solidez cientifica . Siempre han estado él y su familia junto a mi y a mi familia en todos los eventos de nuestra vida y considero que los lazos de amistad y de afecto son lo mas valioso que tenemos.
Te quiero Flaco y estoy segura que saldras adelante como el triunfador que sos
Silvina Witis
Country: Israel
The purpose of this is to provide a personal insight of Dr. Ricardo Asch, whom I have known as colleague, lecturer, client and friend for a period of twenty years.
I first met Ricardo during one of the international fertility symposia. I was then working for Serono, responsible for its business development in Asia, Australia and Africa. We became further acquainted through a great number of symposia and lectures thereafter.
Since fertility treatment was in its infancy in most of Asia and Africa those days, I was approached by a great number of university clinics and medical specialists throughout these vast continents to arrange for lectures, workshops and training programs both on location and in prime clinics in Europe, Israel, Australia and the USA.
Dr. Asch was one of five medical specialists in human reproduction most in demand. He was considered a professional with remarkable credentials, not only where it concerns his research and development of the GIFT methodology, but also regarding patient management and the latest developments in human reproduction in general.
Ricardo is a remarkable person when you observe him with other people, whether they are fellow physicians, scientists, executives from the pharmaceutical industry, or patients. Though I am sure that his clinical and scientific accomplishments are a result of his intelligence and diligence, his human qualities give him that extra leverage other physicians often lack. He scores very high in Emotional Intelligence.
That is why Ricardo is liked as a person, always ready and making time to listen, but then I mean really listen. He reads people, he understands their problems, and is patient formulating answers and rendering advice, giving them support.
I have seen Ricardo work and teach. Lecture big audiences, and teach small groups. Mostly talking off the cuff, never reading the text of the slides or notes he would present. Adapting his language to the level of his listeners, to their needs and demands. He manages to adjust his speech in such a manner that people with poor English could still understand what he was talking about. This is a trait few people have: to make complicated subjects easy to comprehend.
I have also worked very closely with Ricardo assisting him finding ways to allow couples in less affluent countries to undergo adequate fertility treatment. This drive he portrayed has always been the heartening proof of his fine character.
Over the years we have built up a more personal relationship as well and have become friends, which I believe puts me in a position to provide an accurate assessment of him as a person
He is a very sensitive person. Sometimes he gives the impression to be shy, and his usual soft voice may support that feeling. However, he is a very resolute person, determined in his beliefs, proficient and a powerful debater.
What Ricardo has gone through has been tough, and very hard for his wife and beautiful children. I vividly remember the looks and stares he received from fellow physicians, when we walked around during an international fertility conference in Holland, his first participation after his relocation to Mexico. It is amazing how people can react, or plainly ignore somebody who was once a colleague or coworker, driven by gossip and self-interest.
As a friend, Ricardo is a standout. He is a loyal, honest, considerate, and supportive individual who has the ability to see and understand things from another person's perspective. He is a great direct communicator and knows how to raise and discuss common living issues and problems in a non-threatening manner. He is hypersensitive and is always tuned into how another person might "feel" in a given situation. He likes to have fun too. We had very enjoyable times in all corners of the world, always showing consideration for the cultural aspects of the people we were with or the place where we were.
I wish him well and all the strength needed to be treated a great person with his qualities deserves.
Robert Barzelay, D.Sc.
Pardes Hanna – Karkur, Israel
Country: Perú
Tuve la inmensa dicha de conocer al maestro Dr. Ricardo Asch
en la ciudad de Bogotá - Colombia, hace muchos años atrás y desde entonces
aprendí mucho de él, no solo como gran científico que es, sino tambien de
la parte humana y sencilla que irradia, soy un testigo de los grandes
conocimientos que hemos asimilado de parte del Dr. Asch en todo lo que
compete a los avances en la Biomedicina Reproductiva por parte de todos
los que nos dedicamos a esta tan hermosa especialidad. Mi más sincero
apoyo y respaldo para mi gran maestro y amigo.
Un inmenso abrazo Ricardo.
Dr. Christian Beuermann
Lima - Perú.
Country: Singapore
I got to know Dr.Ricardo Asch in 1984 when I went to The University of Texas Health Science Cetre in San Antonio as a Fellow in Reproductive Medicine working with rhesus monkeys as experimental model. It was during this stint that I was fortunate to be involved with his team in first developing the primate model for GIFT and subsequently in humans.During this time Ricardo was a tremendous mentor and a role model. He is a brilliant scientist he constantly stressed that the patient always come first. He was straight-forward, strict and honest. He had a brilliant scientific brain and he constantly demonstrated a fresh solution to a problem.I learnt a lot from him in the short one year when I was there.I left San Antonio for home in 1985 and was able to continue the work on GIFT and assisted reproduction in Singapore on my return.I was very pleased when I heard that he and Dr. Balmaceda moved to Irvine where they eventually set up a very successful fertility clinic helping countless couples achieve pregnancies and fulfilling their aspirations.I kept up with him periodically.I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to be trained by a great guy.
P.C.Wong,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore.
Country: Mexico
Conozco al Dr. Ricardo Asch desde que era residente de Ginecología y Obstetricia; al inicio por su trayectoria como Médico e Investigador, recuerdo que en congresos siempre se dió la oportunidad de hacer docencia con nosotros.Con el paso del tiempo me tocó la gran oportunidad de trabajar con él, siendo yo, ya médico especialista en Medicina de la Reproducción; y laborando el area de Infertilidad Masculina en Mexico. Actualmente tengo 26 años de trayectoria en el Sector Salud Mexicano y puedo decir que para mí el Dr. Asch es una persona muy valiosa, tanto como ser humano y más como Médico profesionista,responsable, dedicado, honesto a carta cabal. Es por esto que hoy me uno al apoyo hacia él con mucho cariño.
Gracias Dr. Asch por todo lo que me has enseñado en mi vida profesional y cmo ser humano.
Dra. MGES
Country: Mexico
México, D.F. a 27 de Agosto de 2006
Hablar del Dr Ricardo Asch es hablar de un a de las personalidades más reconocidas e influyentes en la Medicina de la Reproducción mundial, sus aportaciones como el GIFT, sus aportaciones a la creación de la micromanipulacion o ICSI, el MESA, sus estudios genéticos, sus estudios sobre hiperestimulación ovárica, embarazos múltiples, genética reproductiva, embarazo en pacientes serodiscordantes con HIV, esquemas de estimulación más efectivos e inocuos y una larga serie de etcéteras, han propiciado el avance de la Medicina Reproductiva como la conocemos en nuestros días y han sido punto de partida para que muchos otros investigadores continúen con los avances de la ciencia.
Además el Dr. Asch no solo se ha preocupado por el desarrollo del conocimiento médico, su vocación innata de maestro ha hecho que a lo largo de su vida siempre se haya procurado tener junto a él a médicos ávidos a quienes trasmitirles sus conocimientos, su gran creatividad en investigación y sus firmes conceptos éticos en la Reproducción Asistida. Muchos de los Centros más importantes de medicina reproductiva del mundo los coordina alguien que fue alumno directo del Dr. Asch. Esto hace que su esfuerzo y su ciencia tengan reverberancia a nivel mundial y cubran prácticamente todos los continentes y sus enseñanzas sigan haciendo que la ciencia médica progrese y le sirva al hombre.
Además de esa creatividad científica y su generosa vocación de maestro, el Dr. Asch, desde que lo conozco siempre se preocupó porque ese conocimiento sirviera a las parejas infértiles que buscaban tener un embarazo. Yo fui testigo de decenas de estas parejas, yo vi tal vez a cientos de ojitos inocentes de bebés que nacieron por las técnicas y cuidados del Dr. Asch a esas parejas, siempre poniendo todo su corazón en cada caso, siempre bajo las más estrictas normas éticas.
Conocí al Dr. Ricardo Asch hace 17 años, acudí con mucho interés a un ciclo de conferencias que impartió en la Ciudad de México, por supuesto yo ya sabía quien era; yo al igual que un sinnúmero de médicos que nos dedicamos a la reproducción en todo el mundo debíamos parte de nuestra formación a los estudios y trabajos del Dr. Asch y a sus libros, que rápidamente se convirtieron en textos obligados en nuestra formación. Años después, tuve el privilegio de conocerlo personalmente y poder gozar de su convivencia, poder aprovechar su generosidad en compartir sus conocimientos e ideas innovadoras. El Dr. Asch ha sido a lo largo de su vida profesional una fuente de conocimiento, inspiración y ejemplo para muchos, muchísimos médicos que como yo lo conocieron, ya sea en persona o a través de sus numerosas publicaciones y conferencias. De una manera u otra, TODOS los que nos dedicamos a la difícil tarea de atender a la pareja infértil hacemos en nuestra práctica diaria algo que Ricardo Asch desarrolló o inventó o descubrió o ayudo a perfeccionar y que nos permite ofrecer una opción de embarazo a las parejas que día a día se sientan del otro lado de nuestro escritorio y nos consultan porque desesperadamente buscan tener un bebé. Todas esas enseñanzas del Dr. Asch han servido para que miles de nuestras manos y nuestras mentes consigan que una pareja, que Ricardo Asch nunca conoció, puedan lograr su sueño de ser padres, gracias a su trabajo. ¿Que maestro puede ser más grande que el que multiplica exponencialmente sus enseñanzas a través de sus alumnos y que esas enseñanzas multipliquen por si mismas los beneficios que traen sobre la humanidad? ¿Cuántos niños y niñas, hombres y mujeres, ahora viven, sienten y tienen la oportunidad de existir, por la genialidad de ese gran maestro que con sus aportaciones al conocimiento de la medicina reproductiva hicieron posible que nacieran? ¿Cuántos beneficios a sus familias, a sus parejas y a la humanidad podrán traer esos miles de seres humanos que no existirían sin las aportaciones del Dr. Asch a la ciencia médica? ¡Que privilegio poder multiplicar así las obras buenas! Ese es el privilegio de los genios con corazón generoso y limpio.
Dr. Fernando Gaviño Gaviño
Director del Centro Reproducción Asistida de México RAM
Country: USA
It gives me great pleasure to write this on behalf of Dr.Asch.
I have been a OBGYN and Professor of OBGYN at the University of Bombay for over 40 years and have trained huge numbers of doctors who now live and work in the US.
I was very impressed by Dr.Asch when I interacted with him on a Professional basis over the years.His CV is one of the most impressive biographies I have ever seen.It is a shame that his colleagues in Infertility -most of whom trained under him did not protest the inhumane manner in which he was treated by the authorities.I suppose they did not assist because they all gained in patient volumes by him leaving the US.The Infertility world in the US truly lost a champion of the cause as his results remain unmatched by anyone else in the world. The ones that lost are the patients that lost a visionary individual that we are all indebted to.
Dr.Chandri Kar
Emeritus Professor of OBGYN,
University of Bombay-India
Country: Argentina
Tuve el gusto de conocer a Ricardo Asch en la 1ª Cátedra de Histología Citología y Embriología de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en 1970, allí nos desempeñamos como docentes durante varios años. Posteriormente el Dr Asch realizó su Residencia en Ginecología en el Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín.
Dado que mi carrera médica discurrió por otro camino sólo volví a enterarme de sus logros cuando devino en Profesor y científico de gran renombre por sus publicaciones en revistas internacionales. Siempre fue un orgullo para muchos médicos argentinos que fuimos condiscípulos los logros obtenidos por Ricardo.
Casi veinte años después tuvimos la suerte de ser con mi esposa sus pacientes. Ahí comprobé que no había cambiado nada su hombría de bien. Su calidez y su extraordinaria ética me llenaron de alegría.
El Profesor Ricardo Asch es sin duda un orgullo para la medicina, sus aportes a la ciencia en su campo de acción han sido importantísimos, ya ha ingresado por sus descubrimientos en la historia de la Medicina Reproductiva del siglo XX. De todo corazón espero que pueda seguir aportando no sólo conocimientos sino también felicidad a sus pacientes.
Daniel H. Ceraso
Médico especialista en Terapia Intensiva SATI
FCCM
Jefe de Terapia Intensiva Htal Juan A. Fernández
Buenos Aires Argentina
Country: U. S. A.
I met Dr. Ricardo Asch in 1993 as a Premed student at the University of California-Irvine. I attended one of his lectures and was immediately fascinated by his research and brilliant contribution to medical science, as well as his passion to work with, encourage and contribute to the advancement of ethnic minorities.
I had the opportunity to do research with Dr. Asch at the UCI Center for Reproductive Health. For over a year, I spent several hours a week working closely with him. I was able to see firsthand how he related to his patients, colleagues, staff and students. He treated everyone with kindness, dignity and respect. He showed excellent work ethics, enthusiasm and dedication to teaching. Dr. Asch was a great role model and was greatly admired and respected by students at all levels of training.
Dr Asch gave all he had, taught all he knew and helped students pursue their dreams of a career in Medicine. Students from financial and ethnic minorities were empowered to excel and thrive in a highly competitive field. For that, Dr. Asch is respected and loved by many. As a result of his efforts and contributions there are many more minority physicians in this area and many more Infertility and Assisted Reproduction specialists all over the world.
Ana C. Fajardo, M.D.
Orange, California
Conocí al Dr. Ricardo Asch en 1993 como estudiante de Pre-Medicina en la Universidad de California- Irvine. Asistí a una de sus conferencias e inmediatamente quede fascinada con su trabajo y brillante contribucion a la ciencia médica, así como su pasión por estimular y contribuir al avance académico de las minorías étnicas.
Tuve la oportunidad de trabajar con el Dr. Asch en el Centro de Salud Reproductiva de la Universidad de California-Irvine. Por mas de un año pasé varias horas a la semana trabajando cerca de él. Pude ver directamente como el se relacionaba con sus pacientes, colegas, empleados y estudiantes. Trataba a todos con bondad, dignidad y respeto. En todo momento mostró excelente ética profesional, entusiasmo y dedicación a la enseñanza. El Dr. Asch fué un gran modelo de conducta, muy admirado y respetado por estudiantes en diferentes niveles de entrenamiento.
El Dr. Asch dió todo lo que tenía, enseñó todo lo que sabía y ayudó a muchos estudiantes a seguir sus sueños de una carrera en Medicina. Muchos estudiantes de grupos con desventajas económicas y étnicas fueron apoderados a sobresalir y prosperar en un campo altamente competitivo. Por eso, Dr. Asch es respetado y querido por muchos. Como resultado de sus esfuerzos y contribuciones tenemos ahora más medicos de grupos de minorías en esta area y mas especialistas en Infertilidad y Reproducción Asistida en diferentes lugares del mundo.
Ana C. Fajardo, M.D.
Orange, California
Country: Argentina
Tuve la fortuna de conocer y ser atendida por el Dr. Asch, quien me maravilló por sus vastos conocimientos.Es una excelente persona, un maravillosos médico y no he conocido otro similar.Sus diagnósticos,son tan precisos y brillantes que seguramnete por eso ha sido envidiado por sus colegas, quienes seguramente lo acusan vanamente de cualquier cosa con tal de sacarlo del medio.Conocer al Dr Asch en méxico fue una de las mejores cosas que me pasaron en la vida.
Country: Argentina
Lo conozco a mi estimado amigo y colega, desde que fuimos estudiantes en la UBA, luego la vida me dio la oportunidad de ser su discipula cuando se abrio el CER centro de REPRODUCCION en Buenos Aires, ahi fue pionero en las tecnicas de Fertilizacion Asistida en la Argentina.
Tuve la maravillosa oportunidad de aprender al lado de este ilustre profesional las tecnicas de los procedimientos.
Debo destacar que los tratamientos aplicados a nuestros pacientes,fueron los indicados por los protocolos con tesultados similares a las mejores clinicas del mundo.
El Dr. Asch es un profesional brillante, tanto en lo cientifico-clinico como en lo humano.
Mi experiencia de haber trabajado con el, me marco para mi futuro como una profesional que siempre lo recuerda y lo destaca como ejemplo.
Siempre fue correcto y etico en los tratamientos y en el trato con sus pacientes y colegas.
ELENA WOLKOWICZ-ARGENTINA
Country: USA
I write in support as a friend,colleague and patients of Dr.Asch.Thanks to his efforts and skills we are now blessed with a 10 year old daughter.
Dr.Asch was always available to us on a personal and professional basis.Unfortunately he practiced in an office where all the employees were employed by the University.As a result he had little control over the administration of the clinic which was completely a mess.
When he did embryo transfer,the embryologist would bring the specimen to the room ,hence if errors or purposeful incorrect transfers were done,he had no control over this as it was impossible for him to check each patients information and he depended on his embryologist who eventually was responsible.
Having worked with him in the clinic,I also saw first handed how busy the clinic was and hence he depended on support staff who eventually may have made the errors of incorrect transfers.
I hope he will be given a fair chance to clear his name of unfair charges as I believe he is the most honorable reproductive endocrinologist I have worked with.
ASHOK J. KAR,M.D.
UROLOGIST
ORANGE,CALIFORNIA,USA
http://www.karurology.com
Country: Colombia
Country: Colombia
Dr Ricardo Asch was my professor of Reproductive Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (1977-1979). I very proud to say that I have been fortunate enough to know him like scientific and wonderful human being, because he has been friend of me and my family since 29 years ago. He has dedicated his professional life to the research and treatment in the field of human reproduction, helping infertile couples to conceive and fulfill theirs lives with hope and happiness. I had the opportunity to share with Dr Asch the initial investigations that conduced him as pioneer of the GIFT (Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer), one if the methods of Assisted Reproduction Technology, development at the University of Texas. Dr Asch has been a prolific researcher and a scientific author of books, too many articles and speaker at many International Conferences of Human Reproduction all around the world.
It's been amazing how he has received doctors and biologists from all over the world -including from Colombia- who have wanted to learn with him, and how he has been available to help us. We Colombians are very grateful with Dr Asch because he has visited our country many times: in 1982 he was one of the professors of the meeting "Treatment of the Infertile Couple" at the Hospital Militar in Bogotá; in 1985 he received the title of Honorary Professor of the Universidad Metropolitana in Barranquilla, and Honorary member by the Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Atlantic; and in 2004 he was named as an Extraordinary member of Cecolfes.
Everyone who has been worked with him is aware of the honesty, moral and ethical rigor with which he has been faced the daily work and aware of such a wonderful, helpful and happy friend that is Ricardo. All of us are looking forward -Thanks God- he and his kind family surpass this crisis very shortly.
Dr Luis Ernesto Pérez Agudelo
Profesor Titular y Emérito, Universidad Nueva Granada, Hospital Militar, Bogotá Colombia.
Country: USA
Country: USA
I met Dr. Ricardo Asch and his family when they moved to Southern California. I became his children pediatrician and developed a bond with him and his family that still holds strong today.
His professional credibility and honesty were never doubted by me and many professional colleagues and patients, many of whom I had the opportunity to treat as a pediatrician.
Countless are the stories I heard over the years from people from all over the world relating the human, professional and ethical virtues of Dr. Asch.
He is a professional of incredible credentials. Dr Asch is a scientist of unique qualities that gave humanity many of the advances in reproductive medicine that are common practices today in every corner of the world.
He is a human being worth to be friend because of his human qualities, among many of them sensitivity and loyalty. He has always been there to tend a hand to those in need in his inner circle and the community at large.
As a family man he has earned the respect of his children, some of them grown and productive members of this country.
I write this testimonial with my respect as a professional and my affection as a friend.
May time honor and recognize the valuable contributions of this unique scientist, professional and humanitarian physician.
Alberto Gedissman, MD, MMM, FAAP
Irvine, California
Country: JAPAN
Dr Asch visited Tokyo in 1987 on the World Congress of Assisted Reproduction. At the meeting he presented his GIFT program of 12 related centers in the world, which was very successful and impressive. There is no doubt that many Japanese doctors and embryologists learned a lot from him and they are successful now.
Personally my colleague and I were lucky to celebrate his birthday party with his kind family during the meeting, although we first met him, and afterward I had some chances to study in the US.
I happened to be an oncologist now, but I hope he will continue to teach ART to doctors and embryologists, and treat his patients because he likes to do so.
Dr Makiko Hirai
Department of OB & GYN
Chiba Univ. Hospital
Chiba, JAPAN
Country: Argentina
El Dr. Asch es un médico que enorgullece la ciencia argentina.
No está huyendo, está viviendo en su país y es acá donde debe quedarse.
Country: COLOMBIA
He tenido la oportunidad de conocerlo y departir en lo profesional y en lo personal y lo considero una persona con grandes cualidades humanas y sobre todo científicas. Los valiosos aportes que desde hace muchos años le ha dado a la Biomedicina Reproductiva han beneficiado a un sin numero de parejas y a sus colegas, enriqueciendo la literatura científica para el bien de todos sus pares.
DR. ANDRES LUCENA
CECOLFES LTDA
Country: Bogota-Colombia, South America
Abby Moran wrote:
From: Bogota-Colombia, South America
Abby Moran
Psychologist BMR
CECOLFES (Colombian Center of Fertility & Sterility)
From when I first met Ricardo Asch more than 8 years ago, he impressed me by his enormous dedication and intense interest in pursuing the best in
medical reproductve research and technology, always considering how couples with fertility problems would benefit from his efforts and studies.
His amazing career started many years ago and has been full of astonishing
achievements and innovating techniques.
I was lucky enough to learn from him too, since he is such an enthusiastic teacher.
Dr. Asch is a very fine and serious scientist who during many years has
distinguished himself amongst his collegues, always playing an active role
in the human reproductive field.
It is with great pleasure that I write these words to strongly support him.
I do not have any doubt that he is a wonderful man, doctor, family member and friend.
Abby Moran
Country: Japan
Dr Asch visited Tokyo in 1986 on the World Congress of Assisted Reproduction. At the meeting he presented his GIFT program of 12 related centers in the world, which was very successful and impressive. There is no doubt that many Japanese doctors and embryologists learned a lot from him and they are successful now.
Personally my colleague and I were lucky to celebrate his birthday party with his kind family during the meeting, although we first met him, and afterward I had some chances to study in the US.
I happened to be an oncologist now, but I hope he will continue to teach ART to doctors and embryologists, and treat his patients because he likes to do so.
Dr Makiko Hirai
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chiba University Hospital
Chiba, Japan
Country: Colombia - Sur America
Prof. Elkin Lucena M.D.
Country Colombia – South America
I’ve known Dr. Ricardo Asch since more than 20 years ago. I’ve shared with him personal, scientific and medical experiences. I’ve known and admired his very important and careful work in science, technology and all his innovating ideas in all areas related to A.R.T. and human reproduction as well.
At the beginning he started studying and helping us all understand the how and why of human gonadotropins to then approach COH as we know it today.
As time passed our bonds grew tighter in academic and scientific aspects as I too was learning and working hard studying all we could. We met frequently in many meetings around the USA and world wide, trying to improve and learn more and more each day. He, has always been eager of improving for the well being and benefit of his patients.
During all these years I learned I lot from him, even if it was only clinical tips or very serious research.
Without a doubt, Professor Ricardo Asch is one of the most important pioneers in the human reproduction area and one of the doctors who has given and produced high technology and who can still continue to grant knowledge and ideas in this field.
He, along with many others will keep on struggling in order to understand more of the extraordinary chapter of the sciences of life and apply them to the many couples who seek for help when lacking the ability to form a family.
He has demonstrated to be a wonderful friend and professional who is always happy to help colleagues and students in the advances of reproductive medicine.
Dr. Elkin Lucena
Scientific General Director
CECOLFES
Profesor Elkin Lucena M.D.
Colombia – Sur América
Hace aproximadamente unos 20 años que conozco al señor profesor doctor Ricardo Asch, tanto en forma personal como por todo el trabajo que había realizado en ciencia, tecnología e innovación en todas las disciplinas inherentes a la reproducción humana; inicialmente con sus excelentes aportes para entender el funcionamiento de las Gonadotropinas Humanas para posteriormente iniciar los tratamientos de hiperestimulación ovárica con las mismas. Con el tiempo fuimos estrechando un vínculo académico y científico, a través igualmente de los estudios que yo estaba realizando, nos encontrábamos frecuentemente en múltiples reuniones académicas y científicas alrededor de todos los Estados Unidos y en diferentes partes del mundo, tanto en Europa como en el Pacífico, sin lugar a dudas como todo en la ciencia se crea una hermandad de intereses mutuos que nos hizo acercar cada vez más en el área del conocimiento y la bioética.
Durante todos esos muchos años aprendí mucho de él, de sus conocimientos científicos y su profesionalismo, tanto en la pequeña o grande investigación científica, básica o clínica. Sin lugar a dudas el profesor Ricardo Asch ha sido unos de los pioneros que mas aportes ha producido y seguirá produciendo para el desarrollo de la compleja especialidad de la reproducción humana; en este mundo científico conjuntamente con otros investigadores a nivel global son indispensables para que continúen en la brega y lograr entender en una mejor forma el capítulo extraordinario de las ciencias de la vida que sin sus aportes y los que debe seguir produciendo nos llevarán a entender mas y más para poderlos poner al servicio de las miles y miles de parejas que padecen de una disfunción reproductiva en el contexto universal.
Profesor Elkin Lucena
Director Científico General
CECOLFES
Country: México
Siento el enorme deseo de dar mi punto de vista sobre la situación actual de nuestro estimado Dr. Asch, y esto es porque habrá pocas personas en el mundo quiénes hayan tenido la dicha de convivir tan cerca con El, convivió con mi familia, viajamos juntos a congresos, jugamos futbol con nuestros hijos y es por ello que no me queda la menor duda de su honorabilidad, de su excelente calidad humana, siempre al pendiente de apoyar a los demás, compartiendo sus conocimientos y sembrando amistades por todo el mundo. Qué pena que ahora mucha gente olvide lo mucho que Ricardo Asch aporto al mundo reproductivo, que pena que muchos Médicos que fueron sus discípulos ahora se olviden de El. Todavía recibo pacientes preguntando si realizamos la técnica de GIFT, esto por el impacto favorable que dejo este procedimiento dentro de la Iglesia Católica, que orgulloso me sentí cuando me pidió de una manera sumamente sencilla el poder asociarnos para iniciar reproducción asistida en mi ciudad natal, Guadalajara, México, aún recuerdo su llamada, esto fué en el 2001, no podía creer a mi secretaria cuando me aviso que me llamaba, Ricardo Asch ?, le pregunte varias veces, desde entonces iniciamos una excelente amistad, donde sin lugar a dudas aprendí de su inigualable experiencia en reproducción asistida. Recuerdo muy bien estando en una captura de ovocitos donde le pregunté de forma irónica si conocía la aguja de Towako, de forma humilde me contesto, "Sí Luis, claro que la conozco, yo la diseñe junto a Kato de Japón, fué entonces cuando me dí cuenta de la magnitud de Ricardo Asch, era más de lo que había leído de El en los libros, la persona que más ha aportado al mundo reproductivo, no solo con el GIFT, sino diseñando herramientas escenciales para nuestra práctica cotidiana en fertilidad, como agujas, cateteres, transductores, etc, quién formo a los directores Médicos de los mejores centros reproductivos en TODO el mundo... y no me canso de presumirlo como mi amigo, quién gracias a El hoy México esta a la vanguardia de la medicina reproductiva, gracias a El, Japón nos ha apoyado a ser de los mejores en VITRIFICACION en el mundo, no entiendo a la gente que quieren manchar su imagen, lo cuál se ocupa demasiado para derribar la temenda imagen positiva en la mente y corazones de los cientos de miles de pacientes agradecidos directa o indirectamente con este GRAN Hombre, que vieron cristalizar el sueño de ser Papas gracias a el conocimiento y esfuerzo de Ricardo Asch. Son pocos los Médicos y personas quiénes han dejado huella en la vida, son pocos los que han tenido el orgullo de trabajar junto a premios Nobel, muy pocos de tener el privilegio de conversar a solas con el PAPA Juan Pablo II varias horas sin ser Jefe de Estado. Por todo esto Ricardo Asch significa HONORABILIDAD, RESPONSABILIDAD, SABIDURIA, AMISTAD, HUMILDAD, FORTALEZA, Porqué se necesita conocerlo a fondo para darse cuenta que es una gran injusticia la que esta viviendo y por ello la gente que lo queremos no solo en México sino en todo el mundo defenderemos a capa y espada a nuestro amigo y maestro RICARDO ASCH.
Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba Castellón
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
Country: Argentina
It is an honour and a pleasure to write on behalf of Dr Ricardo Asch, whom I have known and admired for several years. I hold Dr Asch in the highest esteem, both on a professional and personal basis.
Dr Asch, not only pioneered the GIFT procedure, which has been recognized worldwide as a successful reproductive technique, but also contributed enormously to the knowledge of his specialty through continuous and qualified work.
I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity of working with Dr Asch during my research fellowship at the Center for Reproductive Health. His unprecedented knowledge and generosity immediately called my attention. During this period, he guided me as my mentor, and always demostrated high standards of ethics , dedicating time to interact with all his trainees.
He proved to be an extraordinary teacher, and the quality of his research was always outstanding. Moreover, he showed a sincere concern about all the negative aspects of assisted reproduction.
Dr Asch was always there for all of his patients. He always had a word of hope, and tried hard to help his patients cope with their infertility problem.
His relationship with the people working with him was admirable; as many of the employees solved their infertility problems thanks to his knowledge and generous intervention.
Dr Asch's integrity is of the highest degree, and I know for certain he never commited any of the wrongdoing acts he is accused of. It is absolutely outrageous and unacceptable the way this world recognized scientist is being treated.
I am looking forward to a rapid resolution of this problem for the science, colleagues and patients to continue to profit from his knowledge.
Monica Goldsman. Cordoba, Argentina.
Country: mexico d.f.
A LA OPINION PUBLICA:
HABLAR DE UN MEDICO, QUIEN QUIERA QUE SEA, EN EL CUAL SE ENCIERREN CUALIDADES CERCANNAS AL DE DIOS! ES IMPOSIBLE,AUNQUE NUESTROS PACIENTES PIENSAN QUE NO PODEMAS ERRAR EN LA VIDA Y QUE TENEMOS LA SABIDURIA EN LA BOCA Y LOS MILAGROS EN LAS MANOS! SI ELLOS SOLO SE DIERAN CUENTA QUE SOMOS SIMPLEMENTE HUMANOS COMO ELLOS, Y QUE POR DESAGRACIA NO TENEMOS LA MINIMA POSIBILIAD DE ESGRIMIR LAS FLAQUEZAS QUE ENCIERRA EL SER HUMANO CON LA MAS ALTA RESPONSABILIDAD, QUE ES LA DE INTENTAR DAR SALUD A LAS PERSONAS Y ALGUNAS VECES CON TODO EN CONTRA INTENTAR PRESERVAR SUS VIDAS!,ESTA QUERIDOS AMIGOS ES NUESTRA MISION EN LA VIDA!.DEPENDIENDO DE LA ESPECIALIDAD QUE COMO INSTRUMENTO ESTUDIAMOS, LAS COSAS SE COMPLICAN MAS O MENOS, SOY NEONATOLOGO EN MI PAIS DESDE HACE MAS DE 28 AÑOS,Y POR AZAR DEL DESTINO, ME TOCO CONOCER A "DR ASCH", PARA NOSOSTROS ACTUALMENTE SIMPLEMENTE RICARDO, AMIGO ENTRAÑABLE, MEDICO Y PROFESIONISTA INCUESTIONABLE,CURIOSAMENTE HACE MAS DE 12 AÑOS,ENTRE EN CONTACTO CON EL DEBIDO A ALGUNAS PACIENTES MEXICANAS QUE EL ATENDIO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NORTEAMERICA,DESDE ENTONCES A LA FECHA,HE TENIDO EL ORGULLO DE COMPARTIR TODOS ESTOS LOGROS"PEQUEÑOS MILAGROS" QUE CON LA TECNICA POR DESCRITA LE HA PERMITIDO A INUMERABLES MUJERES SER MADRES,DE UNO HASTA 4 PEQUEÑOS, CURIOSAMENTE ESTOS PROCEDIMIENTOS, ACERCARON A RICARDO CASI AL PREMIO NOBEL DE MEDICINA, Y POR UNA TRAICION HUMANA LO HAN PUESTO EN ENTREDICHO ANTE LA SOCIEDAD,ESTOY NO SOLO CONVENCIDO DE SU CAPACIDAD "GENIAL." COMO MEDICO, SINO DE SU CALIDAD HUMANA! HE COMPARTIDO CON EL MIL CASOS MEDICOS ,QUE YA HABIAN PEREGRINADO POR EL MUNDO PARA LOGRAR ALGO, QUE EN OTRO TIEMPO HUBIESE SIDO "IMPOSIBLE!"ENCONTRANDO QUE CASUISTICAMENTE A NIVEL MUNDIAL, EL ERA EL INDICADO PARA LOGRARLO;ASI TAMBIEN A NIVEL PERSONAL, COMPARTI COMO SER HUMANO, COMO PADRE SIN LA POSIBILIDAD DE REHACER UNA FAMILIA CON MI SEGUNDA ESPOSA LA EXPERIENCIA HUMANA DE TRATAR DE CONCEBIR POR MEDIO DE LA FERTILIDAD ASISTIDA,EL PODER LOGRARLO,DESGRACIADAMENTE Y POR AZAREES DEL DESTINO NOS FUE IMPOSIBLE,A PESAR DE 7 INTENTOS DE FERTILIZACION IN VITRO CON TODAS LAS MODALIDADES POSIBLES,EXCEPTO EN LAS QUE SU ETICA Y MORAL SE PONIAN EN TELA DE JUICIO,COMO CUAL, ES FACIL , DONACIONES DE EMBRIONES, CAMBIO DE LOS MISMOS O LO MAS GRAVE COMPRA O INTERCAMBIO DE LOS NUESTROS, Y CREANME QUERIAMOS SER PADRES,VI A MI MUJER SUFRIR POR ESTA NECESIDAD CASI HASTA EL SACRIFICIO DE SU VIDA COMO LA DE "MUCHAS " SI MUCHAS MUJERES, QUE PARA LOGRAR ESTO SON CAPACES DE "TODO",SOLAMENTE UNA PERSONA CON LA ETICA Y EL PROFESIOPNALISMO DE RICARDO PODRIAN CONTROLAR,ESTO NO LO DUDO ES UN FOCO DE ALERTA A LA COMUNIDAD MEDICA Y NO MEDICA, UNA MUJER QUE QUIERE SER MADRE ES CAPAZ DE TODO, Y ESTOY SEGURO DE QUE DIFICILMENTE SERIAN CAPACES DE AFRONTAR LA RESPONSABILIDAD QUE ESTO IMPLICA!EL ACUSAR A UN MEDICO EN SU INTEGRIDAD MORAL EN SU CALIDAD DE SER HUMNANO, Y EN SU CAPACIDAD PROFESIONAL ES UN CRIMEN,CUANDO LO UNICO QUE HEMOS TENIDO EN EL, ES EJEMPLO DE LO MISMO.!ES MAS CRIMEN EL DEJAR EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS"YA LEGALIZADOS LAS CLINICAS DE ABORTO! ASI COMO LA CORRUPCION EN LAS ALTAS ESFERAS Y EL MANEJO DESCARADO DE NARCOTRAFICO EN ESE PAIS!,NO TENGO PALABRAS PARA EL DOCTOR RICARDO ASCH!NI PARA TODA SU FAMILIA, MAS QUE DE RECONOCIMIENTO Y DE AGRADECIMIENTO PARA CONMIGO COMO MEDICO EN SU EQUIPO, Y PARA CON NOSOTROS COMO AMIGOS EN LOS MOMENTOS DIFICILES DE NUESTRAS VIDAS!HE TRABAJADO CON MUCHOS MEDICOS EN SU RAMA, Y DUDO QUE TENGAN MUCHOS DE ELLOS QUE AHORA SE DEDICAN A LA REPRODUCCION ASISTIDA DE MANERA EXPRESS, CASI DESECHABLE, SUS CONOCIMIENTOS, SU ENTERESA Y SU COMPROMISO CON LOS PACIENTES, POR DESGRACIA, ENTRE LOS SERES HUMANOS EL BRILLAR NO ES MAS QUE SER UN TARGET PARA SER ATACADO, POR LOS SENTIMIENTOS DE ENVIDIA, ENOJO Y FRUSTRACION, DE AQUELLOS QUE DE ALGUNA MANERA NO PUDIERON POR SUS MERITOS PROPIOS LOGRAR SUS METAS ANHELADAS, Y QUE NECESITAN DE ESE BRILLO HURTADO PARA MEDIO BRILLAR COMO UNA ESTRELLA FUGAZ DE RAPIDA DESAPARICION EN EL FIRMAMENTO, Y LO DIGO POR MUCHOS MEDICOS QUE SE APROPIARON DE LA TECNICA INICIALMENTE DESCRITA POR EL DR. R ASCH Y QUE POSTERIORMENTE LE DIERON LA ESPALDA" PIRATAS" ASI COMO DE MUCHAS PACIENTES QUE FUERON CAPACES DE VENDER SU ALMA AL DIABLO, LLEVANDOSE ENTRE LAS PATAS, ESPOSOS,FAMILIAS COMO LAS DE RICARDO QUIENES NO ERAN CULPABLES DE LO ACONTECIDO. CON ESTOS SENTIMIENTOS DE RABIA Y FRUSTRACION QUE LLEVARON A DICHAS MADRES A ACUSAR A RICARDO INFAMEMENTE DE ALGO QUE HACE TAN SOLO 2 AÑOS NO ESTABA SIQUIERA LEGISLADO EN SU TOTALIDAD! SI DE ALGO SIRVE EL TESTIMONIAL DE UN MEDICO MEXICANO QUE EN SU ADMIRACION PROFESIONAL,Y DE SER HUMANO,ESPERO EN DIOS SE HAGA JUSTICIA Y PERMITA A UN MEDICO COMO RICARDO RETOMAR LAS RIENDAS DE SU PROFESIOPN,QUE TANTO APORTARON A LA CIENCIA MEDICA! Y A MILES DE MUJERES QUE YA PUEDEN ARRULLAR UN PEQUEÑO ENTRE SUS BRAZOS QUE NO HUBIESE SIDO POSIBLE SIN LOS CONOCIMIENTOS DEL DR. RICARDO ASCH!GRACIAS ASCH!!!! BESOS SILVIA!!!SU ENTRAÑABLE AMIGO !ALFONSO CASTRO RIVAS
Country: USA
As a former colleague of Dr Ricardo Asch in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, I am heartened by the establishment of this new website, where forthright testimonials for Dr. Asch can be posted by colleagues, patients, and researchers on his behalf.
I was Chairman of the Academic Senate and President of the Faculty for the UCI School of Medicine at the time in the early to mid 1990s when purported mismanagement and ethical breaches had been carried out by members of the Center for Reproductive Health. Although I was not privy to the details of the case at the time, but I learned much later, especially while sitting on Dr. Mary Dodge's thesis committiee. Her thesis and later scholarly book with Dr Gil Geis ("Stealing Dreams: A Fertility Clinic Scandal") which covered Dr. Asch's case in great detail, is a sober and insightful analysis of what happend at our university. There is no need for me to add my own opinions on this matter, which are otherwise so well covered by these two outstanding academicians, I will say from what I know of the case, including the ensuing misfires from some of our admnistrators and outrageous coverage by a local newspaper, that I basically agree with Drs Dodge's and Geis' analysis in the book, and in the accompanying testimonial on this site.
But I would like to add a few other comments on Dr. Asch's professionalism, ethics, heart, and collegiality. I first met Dr. Asch in the late 1980s while I was teaching a first year medical school course, which involved me lecturing on female and male reproductive system. The students would routinely ask me questions on the anatomy, physiology and fertility in the reproductive systems that I really could not answer with confidence, so I used to call Dr. Asch and also meet with him in person to specifically to get his explanations on the student questions pertaining to fertility. Dr. Asch always provided me comprehensive and expert answers for the students, which they (and I) appreciated greatly, especially given his extraordinarily busy schedule. Dr. Asch was also well know by the students and the faculty for his selfless service to the students, and especially to students from less advantaged backgrounds. In all of his dealings with me, he was always cognizant and instructive of the high ethical standards demanded in medicine, and especially in his field. From all the interactions I have had with Dr. Asch over the past 20 years, I am confident that the problems at the Center for Repoductive Medicine during those years must have arisen out of a stressed and understaffed management, as opposed to any breach of ethics by Dr. Asch. I wasn't there, of course, but one gets a firm feel for someone's character after so many years of professional, collegial, and personal interaction.
Dr. Asch is a wonderful colleague and extraordinary scientist and clinician who will continue to do wonderful things for women and couples around the world.
James H. Fallon, Ph.D.
Professor
Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of California,Irvine
USA
Country: Republica Dominicana
Corria el año 1993 ocupaba la presidencia de la Sociedad Dominicana de Obstetricia yGinecologia y organizaba el 12 avo Congreso, siendo el Dr. Ricardo Asch el Profesor invitado más relevante. La Comunidad Médica quedó gratamente impresionada con la personalidad y sobre todo con la calidad cientifica y humana demostrada en cada una de sus participaciones.
Desde entonces y para siempre el Dr. Asch es y será el invitado de honor de la Sociedad Dominicana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia y de esto no cabe la menor duda pues en los congresos de los años siguientes siempre nos ha acompañado.
Ha demostrado una gran condición humana, cuando ha tenido que ayudar a mujeres dominicanas a lograr el maravilloso milagro de la Maternidad y esto sin costo alguno.
Es para mi un gran honor y un gran privilegio, ser su amigo. Le estoy agradecido por su grandes aportes a la ciencia de la reprodución humana y estoy totalmente convencido que el mundo le reconoce la inmensidad de sus aportes en bien de las parejas esteriles.
Gracias Dr Asch, muchas gracias y que Dios le Bendiga por siempre.
DR. ANGEL TERRERO
Presidente Comité Ejecutivo Federación Latinoamericana de Obstetricia y
Ginecologia.(FLASOG)
Director General Hospital de la Mujer Dominicana (Instituto Dminicano
Seguro Social)
