13 Facts About Nathalie Charpak

Nathalie Charpak was born on 1955 and is a French and Colombian pediatrician.

Nathalie Charpak grew up close to the France-Switzerland border where her father worked at CERN, before moving to Paris to complete her university education.

Nathalie Charpak obtained her medical degree at University of Paris-Sud in 1981, before specializing in tropical and nutritional medicine in 1983 at the Pierre and Marie Curie University, then pediatrics at University of Paris-Sud in 1987.

Nathalie Charpak moved to Colombia in 1987 with her partner, Jose Tiberio Hernandez.

Nathalie Charpak practices medicine, does research, and is a public figure in Colombia.

Nathalie Charpak worked as a medical doctor in several French hospitals before moving to Colombia in 1987.

Nathalie Charpak then worked as a medical doctor and collaborating researcher with the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogota, an affiliation that she kept throughout her career.

Nathalie Charpak joined the first kangaroo mother care center in the world in 1989 and led several research studies to refine the technique and establish the impact on infants and their families.

Nathalie Charpak has co-authored more than 120 research articles which have been cited more than 2,872 times.

Nathalie Charpak has an h-index of 22 and eight of her papers have been cited more than 100 times each.

Nathalie Charpak has contributed chapters to eight books, and authored two general public books that have been translated into more than five languages: French: La methode kangourou: Comment les meres des enfants prematures se substituent aux couveuses and Kangaroo Babies: A Different Way of Mothering.

Nathalie Charpak has co-authored several technical publications, including the Kangaroo Mother Care guidelines for the WHO.

Nathalie Charpak won several awards in the 1990s, including the Fundacion San Valentino award in 1999 given by Pope John Paul II.