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500 E. Ridge Rd. Suite 201 | McAllen, Texas 78503
Phone 956-630-9430 | Fax 956-686-2608
SPECIALTY
CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
INTERNSHIP: Rotating, University of Nuevo Leon
Monterrey, Mexico - July 1971 - June 1972
Straight-Surgical, Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D.C. - July 1972 - June 1973
RESIDENCY: General Surgery-Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D.C. July 1973-1974
General Surgery - Medical College of Ohio
Toledo, Ohio - July 1974 - June 1978
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
July 1978Hune 1981
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery (Congenital)
Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
July 1981- July 1982
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
CLINICAL ASSOCIATE STAFF
CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC SURGERY
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, CLEVELAND, OHIO
SEPT. 1982- JUNE 1983
AFFILIATIONS
The American College of Surgeons
The American Medical Association
The International College of Surgeons
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The Society of the Southern Chapter of Thoracic Surgeons
The Texas Medical Association
Hidalgo-Starr County Medical Society
STATE MEDICAL LICENSURES
Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Washington, D.C.
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
The American Board of Surgery (1982)
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery (1985)
Re-Certified The American Board of Thoracic Surgery (1995)
ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITION
Initiated & Directed the 1st Cardiac Surgery Program in McAllen
McAllen Methodist Hospital, July 1983.
Initiated & Directed Cardiac Surgery Program at
Rio Grande Regional Hospital, December 1986.
Initiated & Directed Cardiac Surgery Program at
McAllen Heart Hospital, January 1996.
Received the John Robertson Heart of Gold Award,
American Heart Association, Region 14
Upper Valley Division, 1995