EDUCATION

Undergraduate

Loma Linda University, Riverside, California
Major in History and Pre-Medicine

Medical School

Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Graduate May 1974

Clinical Clerkships (Externships):

  • Internal Medicine: June – September 1973 B White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, California B Affiliated with Loma Linda University School of Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine: October 1973, Sahuya, Mexico
  • Urology: February 1974, White Memorial Medical Center
  • OB-GYN: March 1974, Glendale Adventist Hospital, Glendale, California
  • Pediatrics: April 1974, White Memorial Medical Center

Post-Graduate:

Fifth Year Clerkship (ECFMG requirement) September 1974 – July 1975
St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania B Affiliated with Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
Specialty rotations included Cardiology, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, Internal Medicine and General Surgery.

Residency:

  • General Surgery B Two years B Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
  • Orthopedic Surgery B Four years B Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital Including:
    General orthopedics, trauma and reconstruction B Thirty-nine months B Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Chester Crozier Medical Center, Atlantic City Medical Center, and St. Agnes

Medical Center

  • Spine surgery B Three months B Riddle Memorial Hospital, Media, Pennsylvania
  • Pediatric Orthopedics B Six months B Elizabethtown Hospital for Crippled Children and Youth, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

  • California Medical Association
  • San Bernardino County Medical Society
  • California Orthopedic Association

COMMITTEES

  • Medical Executive Committee B San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
  • Medical Director, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation B San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
  • Member, Department of Surgery Committee B San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
  • Member, Department of Surgery Committee B Moreno Valley Community Hospital
  • Member, Department of Surgery Committee B Victor Valley Community Hospital
  • Member, Surgical Services/Quality Assurance B San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

PRECEPTORSHIPS

Clinical Preceptor B Western University of Allied Health Professions, Physical Assistant Department