Horacio Etchegoyen studied at the Colegio Nacional de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, a college preparatory school, and enrolled at the University of La Plata, earning a degree in medicine in 1948.
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Horacio Etchegoyen was analyzed by Heinrich Racker, and began his psychoanalytic training in Argentina with Enrique Pichon Riviere, Marie Langer, Leon Grinberg, and Jose Bleger.
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Horacio Etchegoyen practiced privately in La Plata, and taught at the National University of Cuyo from 1957 to 1965.
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Horacio Etchegoyen headed the Psychiatry Department at the university, and earned recognition from the World Health Organization during his tenure.
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Horacio Etchegoyen relocated to London in 1966, where he worked in the Adult Department of the famed Tavistock Clinic, where he received analysis from Donald Meltzer.
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Horacio Etchegoyen returned to Argentina within a year, and joined the Argentine Psychiatric Association, where from 1970, he provided advanced training to doctoral candidates in the field.
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Horacio Etchegoyen was the first Latin American doctor to have the honor of being elected President of the IPA, and continued to practice and attend international conferences until 2008.
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Horacio Etchegoyen considered indeed that the 'permanent interaction of theory and technique is peculiar to psychoanalysis.
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Horacio Etchegoyen held discussions in Buenos Aires in 1996 with Jacques-Alain Miller, a prominent figure in the Lacanian movement.
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Horacio Etchegoyen invited Miller to the 1997 IPA Congress in Barcelona, where the latter's comments from the floor were greeted with warm applause.