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Ramon Guiteras

Ramon Guiteras
Born(1858-08-17)August 17, 1858
Bristol, Rhode Island
DiedDecember 13, 1917(1917-12-13) (aged 59)
New York, New York
Burial placeJuniper Hill Cemetery
Education
OccupationSurgeon
FamilyJuan Guiteras (cousin)
William H. DeWolf – Ramon Guiteras House, home to Guiteras after the Civil War in 1866[1][2]
Guiteras Memorial School in Bristol; closed in 2025[3]

Ramon Guiteras (August 17, 1858[4] – December 13, 1917[5]) was a pioneering surgeon who specialized in urology and founded the American Urological Association.[5]

Early life and education

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He was born in Bristol, Rhode Island,[6][7] and graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.[4][7] He was the cousin of Juan Guiteras, the noted Cuban doctor.

He became an officer in the United States Army National Guard, and served as the assistant surgeon for the Second Battery of Artillery, First Brigade of the New York Army National Guard, where he was promoted to first lieutenant on May 9, 1890.[8] He was honorably discharged on July 26, 1893 as a captain.[9] He also served 1881–1883 in the Boston Cadets.[8]

Death and legacy

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Guiteras died in New York City on December 13, 1917.[5] He is buried in Juniper Hill Cemetery in Bristol.[4]

In his will he left $350,000 to build a school in Bristol to honor his mother. The resulting Guiteras Memorial School was designed by Wallis E. Howe in 1925, on Hope Street at Silver Creek.[2][10][11] The Guiteras Memorial School closed in 2025 due to declining enrollment and maintenance costs.[3][12]

The American Urological Association has an annual award named after him for the individual who is deemed to have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of urology.[13]

Guiteras was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2009.[10]

Publications

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  • Guiteras, Ramon (1912). Urology: The Diseases of the Urinary Tract in Men and Women, a Book for Practitioners and Students. New York: D. Appleton and Company. ISBN 9781461254768. OCLC 493821057. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Volume 1 and Volume 2 (of two).

References

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  1. ^ pls4e (July 17, 2018). "DeWolf-Guiteras House". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Warren, Elizabeth Sargent; Pamela A. Kennedy (1990). Historic and Architectural Resources of Bristol, Rhode Island (PDF). Providence, RI: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. pp. 77, 91. OCLC 23833645. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Dionne, Richard (June 23, 2025). "Thank you for your service, Guiteras School". East Bay Media Group. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Crane, Genevieve M.; David A. Bloom (August 1, 2010). "Ramon Guiteras: Founder of the American Urological Association, Surgeon, Sportsman and Statesman". The Journal of Urology. 184 (2): 447–452. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.146. PMID 20620396. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Dr. Ramon Guiteras, noted surgeon, dead" (PDF). The New York Times. December 14, 1917. p. 13. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "Ramon Guiteras, MD (1858–1917)". The William P. Didush Center for Urologic History. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Zorgniotti, Adrian W. (1983). "Chapter 7: Suprapubic prostatectomy: An Anglo-Indian success story". In Hinman, Frank (ed.). Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy. New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 51–54. ISBN 978-1-4612-54768.
  8. ^ a b "Official Register of the National Guard, State of New York, December 31, 1890", page 24 published in the Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, For the Year 1890 (transmitted to the Legislature February 24, 1891) (Albany, New York: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1891).
  9. ^ Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, For the Year 1893 (transmitted to the Legislature January 9, 1894) (Albany, New York: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1894) page 159.
  10. ^ a b "Inductee Details: Dr. Ramon Guiteras". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  11. ^ pls4e (July 17, 2018). "Guiteras Memorial and Junior High School". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Rego, Mike (November 19, 2024). "Bristol Warren School Committee approves early closing of Guiteras building". Warren, Rhode Island: Warren Times-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 28, 2025. Retrieved June 28, 2025. The Guiteras Elementary School will be close at the end of the current 2024-25 term due to dwindling enrollment and maintenance costs.
  13. ^ "Ramon Guiteras, MD (1858–1917)". The William P. Didush Center for Urologic History. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

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