

Gonzalo Navarrete
Geriatric oncologist at Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile
Dr. Gonzalo Navarrete is the first and only physician with formal specialization in Geriatrics and Oncology trained in Chile. He is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, and a trainer of specialists in oncology and geriatrics. He is a founding member of the Oncogeriatrics Telecommittee at the Digital Hospital of the Ministry of Health of Chile. He is also a member of the International Society of Oncogeriatrics. In 2017, he was appointed Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Recent work by Gonzalo Navarrete
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The impacts of a non-contributory government pension in Chile
A non-contributory government pension in Chile raised life expectancy of the elderly poor, increasing food consumption and visits to health centres, and also had important knock-on effects on relatives living in the same household
Published 04.03.24