Started the first CPR teaching course for medical professionals (1950). Peter C. Agre (1978 Internal Medicine alumnus) - co-recipient 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries that have clarified how salts and water are transported out of and into the cells of the body, leading to a better understanding of many diseases of the kidneys, heart, muscles and nervous system.[15] Alfredo Palacio (Internal Medicine alumnus) - President of Ecuador (2005–2007).