Dr Jorge Antonio Aldrete (1937-2025)

Abstract

Dr Jorge Antonio Aldrete was the creator of the famous scale that doctors and nurses use in all hospitals to assess the condition of patients after anesthesia. He was born in Mexico City in 1937 and graduated from the National University of Mexico School of Medicine in 1960. He completed a surgical training internship but felt drawn to Anesthesiology. Dr Aldrete began his training in anesthesia in 1963 at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, under the supervision of Dr Robert Hingson. In 1965, he moved to Denver to start a fellowship in anesthesia at the University of Colorado School of Medicine under the guidance of Dr Robert W. Virtue.