[2] He went to Colegio Americano and Universidad de Los Andes before his family moved to the United States in 1964.

[1] After graduation, Lederman went back to Colombia to work as an associate professor and director of the Universidad de Los Andes’ biomedical research department.

[2] Lederman led a team that worked on biotechnology that extended the lives of patients awaiting heart transplants.

[8] Outside of medical experiments, this was the first time regulators allowed the mechanical replacement of hearts for human patients.

He funded, for instance, an initiative that supported Israeli children from Sderot while the town sustained a missile attack coming from the Gaza Strip.