Lorenzo Campins y Ballester

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Template:Spanish name 2 Lorenzo Campins y Ballester (Palma de Mallorca, 1726 - Caracas, February 20, 1785). Campins y Ballester was a Spanish born physician considered to be the founder of the formal studies of modern medicine in Venezuela. He studied medicine at the Real y Pontificia Universidad de Gandía (1755). He served as a physician until 1761 when he travelled to Caracas to serve as a faculty member in the Real y Pontificia Universidad de Caracas.