Speaker · Argentina Space 2026
Edgardo León de la Fuente
Surgeon · Hyperbaric Medicine Service, Oñativia Hospital (Salta)
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (UNC), specialist in laparoscopic visceral surgery (Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg) and master's in Medical Education (UNT). Since 2019 he has headed the Hyperbaric Medicine Service at Oñativia Hospital and is an associate professor of Biophysics at the UNT School of Medicine, UNSa campus.
November 11, 12 and 13, 2026 · Salta Convention Center
About
Edgardo León de la Fuente is a surgeon with a doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and a long career in general surgery. He specialised in laparoscopic visceral surgery at Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg (France) and holds a master's in Medical Education from Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.
He has worked at Hospital Oñativia in Salta since 1996 and since 2019 has headed its Hyperbaric Medicine Service, a specialty that studies the effects of pressure and oxygen on the human body and is closely linked to the physiology of extreme environments. He is medical director of MedHiNor, a hyperbaric medicine centre, and an adjunct professor of Biophysics at the UNT School of Medicine, UNSa campus.
On the program
- Physiological mechanisms and adaptation to hypobaria: hyperbaric chamber preconditioning for extreme environments
- Clinical cross-dialogue · Life sciences, health and human factors
Career highlights
- Head of the Hyperbaric Medicine Service, Hospital Oñativia (since 2019)
- Specialist physician, Hospital Oñativia, Salta (since 1996)
- Medical director, MedHiNor Hyperbaric Medicine (since 2024)
- Adjunct Professor of Biophysics, UNT School of Medicine, UNSa campus
Education
- Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Specialisation in laparoscopic visceral surgery, Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg)
- Master's in Medical Education, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
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