He was born on May 20th, 1878 in Regla, a small town in Havana. He got a degree in Medicine and was the Medical–Director of the Hospital for Insane people  in Cuba ( Mazorra) for some years. He was a permanent member of the   Academy of Medical Sciences, Physics and Natural Sciences of Havana (Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de La Habana) and  a permanent member of the Society of Clinical Studies of Havana. Until his dead he was an associate professor of the Therapeutic Department applied to Clinics.

SOCIETY OF CLINICAL STUDIES OF HAVANA

In the middle of the year 1879, Doctor Serafín Gallardo Alcalde met some doctors to tell them his idea of creating a group committed to the clinical study of the morbid manifestations. Its members should be dedicated to the improvements of the medical and surgical knowledge. They also had to spread their research results in the interest of the profession. The regulations for the organization, which was accepted by the government on July 3rd, were approved after several meetings on June 29th of the same year.  On August 31st the doctors Serafín Gallardo Alcalde, Antonio Mestre Domínguez and Federico Horstmann Cantos were elected to be the president and vice- presidents respectively. The opening ceremony of the Society of Clinical Studies of Havana was held at the Royal Academy of Medical Sciences, Physics and Natural Sciences on October 11th, 1879.