Michael O'Gorman
1749–1819
Irish link: Documented
The Ennis-born physician of the Spanish viceroyalty who promoted the Protomedicato in 1780 and founded medical teaching in Buenos Aires.
- Medicine and science
- Education
Doctors: O'Gorman to Garrahan
3 people
From the viceroyalty's Protomedicato to the national children's hospital that carries an Irish-Argentine name.
Cecilia Grierson
Irish link: ReportedThe first woman in Argentina to qualify as a doctor, with an Irish mother; an Irish Fellows award for Argentine, Bolivian and Paraguayan applicants carries her name.
- Medicine and science
Juan Pedro Garrahan
1893–1960s
Irish link: DocumentedThe Buenos Aires paediatrician of Westmeath descent whose name the national children's hospital has carried since 1979.
- Medicine and science