JORGE REYNOLDS

Maria Fernanda Vieira Rivera

◦ Jorge Reynolds Pombo is a Colombian
engineer born in Bogotá, Colombia, on
June 22, 1936. He is known worldwide for
being the inventor of the first external
artificial pacemaker with internal electrodes,
in 1958.
◦ He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge
(England) where he graduated as an
electronic engineer.
◦ Mr. Reynolds' work is internationally recognized,
thanks to which he has received three honorary
doctorates of medicine, awarded for his
contributions, research and technological
development in the field of cardiology.
◦ In addition to the above, he has helped or made more
than 70 productions for important historical channels
such as the Discovery Channel. 
◦ This magnificent man has published more or less
174 articles in which he mentions the studies carried
out, all this in prestigious medical and engineering
journals. 
◦ The greatest contribution of this man as I
said before was with the help of another
very eminent Colombian and cardiologist
Alberto Vejarano, which motivated or
inspired him to put a pacemaker in a man
who was 70 years old, who lived 18 years
more with this surgery.
◦ At the beginning it was a non-functional
device since it was an external pacemaker that
weighed about 50 kg and had to be
accompanied by a car battery, which provided
the energy.
◦ For me this gentleman is so respected for his
intelligence because without being a doctor he
has saved many lives and will continue to do
so, he is an eminence worldwide, he is a
source of pride for us Colombians