José Amén-Palma (born 23 October 1926) is an Ecuadorian surgeon and medical researcher. His passion for medicine led him to undertake countless researches, of which two stand out: a technique to prevent bleeding during urological interventions and another to do digestive surgeries with the autograft-method also known as "fascia lata" - to reinforce the inguinal hernia. He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in 2011 for his lifetime work in the field of Science.