Medical School 1976-1982

• Universidad Atonoma De Guadalajara
  Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico
  1976-1980
• Post Graduate Rotating Externship
  Queen of Angeles Medical Center
  Los Angeles, California
  1980-1981

Examinations

• 7/79
  ECFMG - Passed English Portion
• 6/81
  Passed Mexico National Boards
• 12/82
  Passed FLEX Examination

Clinical Training

• 12/76-1/77 General Surgery, Santa Marta Hospital
  Los Angeles, California
• 6/7-8/77 General Surgery, Santa Marta Hospital
  Los Angeles, California
• 12/77-1/78 General Surgery, Santa Marta Hospital
  Los Angeles, California
• 7/79-6/80 Rotating Externship, Santa Marta Hospital
  Los Angeles, California (4th year of Medical School is done in a U.S. hospital)
• 7/80-6/81 Rotating Externship, Queen of Angels Medical Center
  Los Angeles, California
• 7/81-8/82 Rotating Externship Centro de Salud Tecate
  Baja, California, Mexico
• 8/82-5/83 Assistant Director, Foreign Medical Program, Queen of Angels Medical Center
  Los Angeles, California
• 8/83-6/84 Surgical Internship, Martin Luther King Hospital
  Los Angeles, California
• 6/84-6/89 Surgical Residency, Martin Luther King Hospital Los Angeles, California


• 7/80-6/81 Chief Extern, Queen of Angels Medical Center [Karl Schmutzer, M.D. Director, Medical Education]


• 9/81-6/82 Extern Coordinator, Queen of Angels Medical Center [Moneim A. Fadali, M.D.]
• 7/88-6/89 Executive Chief Resident,
  Martin Luther King Hospital
  Los Angeles, California

• 9/97 - 11/99
  Commissioner to California State Athletic Commission
  Governor Pete Wilson
• 3/97 - 5/97
  Member of Oversight Committee
  Department of Health Service

Medical Practice

June 1989: Established General / Vascular Surgery Practice
September 1996: Founded the Institute for Female Alternative Medicine

• 10/81 - 6/83
  Member of Admissions Committee
  Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
• 6/91 - 1/95
  Vice Chairman,Department of Surgery
  Santa Marta Hospital
• 1/92 - 1/94
  Chairman of Quality Assurance Committee,
  Universal Medi-Co/California
  Primary Physicians/ Health Care Partners
• 1/94 - 4/95
  Chairman of ADHOC on Laparoscopic Procedures
  Santa Marta Hospital
• 1/94 - 4/95
  Chairman of Bylaws Committee
  Santa Marta Hospital
• 1/96 - 1/97
  President, Comprehensive Health Care Management, Inc.
• 2/96 - 12/99
  President/Medical Director, Mid Valley IPA
• 11/98 - 2/00
  Vice Chairman Department Surgery
  Santa Marta Hospital
• 1/00 - 6/02
  Chairman, Utilization Review and Quality Assurance Committee
  Santa Marta Hospital
• 1/01 - 1/04
  Chairman,Department of Surgery
  Santa Marta Hospital
• 1/04 to 1/05
  Chief of Staff
  Santa Marta Hospital
• 1/07 to 1/08
  Chief of Surgery
  Temple Community Hospital
• 1/09 to Present
  Medical Director-Wound Care Center
  Valley Presbyterian Hospital