2023-11-19 11:30:00
Grandson and son of doctors. For several decades, he was the one who chose the same career to develop himself and, today, he is a reference in the medical world.
Federico Cintora is a cardiologist, specialist in cardiovascular imaging and currently works at the Sanatorio Junín, Clínica La Pequena Familia and Famyl.
Throughout his career as a professional, he received numerous distinctions such as the Honor Diploma at the University of Buenos Aires, in addition to completing two residencies at the Hospital de Clínicas de Buenos Aires; be a cardiology doctor at Hospital de Clínicas; being a professor at the Argentine Society of Cardiology; and having been the president of Cardiovascular Images of Argentina in 2020.
“Born and raised in Junín. I lived my whole life where I live now, near the Sarmiento court, in the Prado Español neighborhood. I went to school at Marianista and at 18 I went to study in Buenos Aires,” he introduced in dialogue with Democracia.
When telling the reasons for his academic choice, he noted that “I decided on my vocation late, in high school, almost at 18. Before, I had thought regarding doing something with mathematics and economics, but in the fifth year I realized that mine “It was on the humanities or biology side.”
“Two things caught my attention: the academic interest in biology; and the humanistic part, which I estimate is why most doctors do it because of that inclination: the vocation of service, helping others. I always got involved in social and humanist groups at school,” he continued.
Cardiology
According to the Royal Spanish Academy, the term “medicine” means “Set of knowledge and techniques applied to the prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases and, where appropriate, to the rehabilitation of the consequences they may produce.”
Such a definition, brought to the world of cardiology, is the one that perfectly fits Cintora, who established itself as an authorized word in the study of cardiovascular images at the national level.
Although communicable diseases are resolved through vaccines and antibiotic or antiviral medications, cardiovascular disease requires more complex resources for primary and secondary preventive treatment and highly complex studies for diagnosis.
Cintora specialized in that area. In this regard, she shared: “I entered the race thinking that I wanted to do internal medicine, clinical medicine. I was lucky enough to train in a top-of-the-range place for that, which is the Hospital de Clínicas, and there you go through different places and the ones that caught me the most were cardiology,” she recalled.
“After 4 years of specialization, I competed for residency in cardio and there were three more years of that,” he detailed regarding the path that led him to this present.
About what his work is, he explained that “cardiology is a super broad specialty, it ranges from prevention in offices, controlling risk factors, controlling diabetes, pressure, building healthy habits, patient check-ups to discover if they have something related to the heart. ”.
And he emphasized: “Almost 90% of my time I do diagnostic imaging studies.”
In addition to his professional development as a doctor, Cintora is also a teacher. “I have created courses for the Cardiology Association. I am very interested in academics to provide the best service. “I see medicine as a task of service to others with an enormous responsibility to continuously train myself,” she considered.
In this sense, addressing what makes a vital factor such as the nervous system, which is closely related to cardiology, he pointed out that “it is a trigger for many of the diseases that can be found through stress. It can cause many things: fainting, pressure, syncope. The emotional thing has a lot to do with the illness, perhaps a trigger.”
“All organs are fundamental: others can stop working, and we have replacement for almost all of them, except for the activity of the heart: if it stops, the game stops,” he highlighted.
For that, he added that “people put the burden of emotional issues there.”
On the other hand, and although more than two years have passed since that moment, he recalled that “the pandemic generated many anxiety disorders. “That brought cardiovascular symptoms or ailments and palpitations that are attributable to this.”
Day to day
Regarding his daily life, Cintora commented that “in general, I do consulting: diagnostic studies. I start at 8, leaving the kids at school and work until noon. Then, I retire and have lunch with my children.”
“At around 2 p.m. I start a second block of work elsewhere, since, luckily, I am in different institutions. “Sometimes I work from 8 to 20 uninterruptedly,” he continued.
From that perspective, when he had to address the work methodology he uses, he described: “I dedicate a lot of time to each consultation and I know from my patients if they have personal or other problems, such as why they smoke or stop smoking, for example. A comprehensive approach rather than the merely technical and that should not be lost.”
“I’m not one to attend to six patients in ten minutes, you have to listen to them and pay attention. I never give shifts of less than 30 minutes. “My patients know me and even know the names of my children,” she added.
However, he clarified: “My strength is not the office, because I dedicate myself to making images. “I dedicated my life to training to do quality imaging studies.”
However, it is not all work, since, in addition to being a doctor and father, he also has his social side. “I train very little, it’s a pending account. I have episodes where I face her regularly and others in which time consumes me,” he commented.
One of his passions, as he himself indicated, is teaching. That’s why, when he has a moment, he likes to dedicate himself to that. “A lot of my time is spent there: teaching and research are very rewarding for me,” he said.
recommendations
Making use of the importance of his word as a doctor, when having to cite some recommendations on healthy habits, he outlined: “Healthy physical activity, rest, nutrition, consult your family doctor. Since women go to the gynecologist, we all have to go to the doctor to check our blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and see if we need to do any more studies.”
However, Cintora, being aware of the importance of his word and knowledge, acknowledged: “I know my limits and how far I can go with the subject, that is why, following listening and not having an answer or not knowing, I refer or recommend.”
Regarding physical activity, he stated that “each session generates substances in the body that favor the arteries, so have several doses of that during the week.”
“Bike, jog, swim: add 160 minutes of aerobic activity per week. The ideal would be four stimuli divided into blocks of 40 minutes to do every day,” he recommended.
Therefore, and to highlight the importance of physical activity, as a means and end in itself, the classical Latin expression “Mens sana in corpore sana” can be cited, whose translation is “a healthy mind in a healthy body.”
Vision of Junín
After having trained academically in the City of Buenos Aires, and having begun his work as a professional there, Cintora chose and chooses Junín as a place to live. In this regard, he said: “I love it. Since I left, I always thought regarding returning (to Junín).”
“It offers a good quality of life: short distances, a lot of green space, you can do several things in the same day, there is a lot of culture of friendship, getting together,” he listed and concluded: “Being able to have lunch as a family is priceless.”
Without a doubt, the background acquired outside of where he was born allows him to take such a distance and be able to reflect on the pros and cons he cites.
Not only the social aspect, but he also pointed out in the medical/professional aspect: “It is a spectacular place for medicine in the region, it has the reference care in the area.
In cardio we are the only city that has cardiac tomography and MRI, stress echo. “We are a referral place for the Region.”
“Junín does not escape the provincial and national reality regarding poor payment for medical activity, social and prepaid works have greatly denigrated the profession. I do not agree with the bastardization of social works. That is why during the pandemic I stopped attending to social works,” he concluded.
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