Education:

1968 A.S. Colegio Salesiano Don Bosco, Guatemala

1968-1975 M.D. University of San Carlos de Guatemala School of Medicine, Pre-Medical and Medical School, Guatemala City.

Internships & Residencies:

1974-1975 Internship, Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala City, Guatemala

1975-1976 Residency-Internal Medicine, Surgery, Centro Medico, Hospital, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

1976-1978 Residence, General Surgery, IGSS General Hospital, Guatemala city, Guatemala

1978 - 1979 Registrar Surgeon, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England, U.K.

1979 - 1980 Clinical Assistant in Radiotherapy and Oncology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich England, U.K.

9/80 - 7/82 Clinical Assistant in Surgical Oncology, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, England, U.K.

7/82 - 6/84 Resident in Radiation Oncology and Fellow Brachytherapy Service, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

7 /84 - 6/85 Special Fellow, Brachytherapy Service, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

Positions & Appointments:


6/09 - Present Hope International, Guatemala, Medical Director


3/06 - 5/09 Radiation Oncologist East Jefferson General Hospital, Radiation
Oncology Department, 4204 Houma Blvd, Metairie LA 70006

9/03 - 8/05 Hematology & Oncology Specialists, LLC, 2820 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115

7/05 - 8/05 Chairman of Medical Staff Committee Hematology & Oncology Specialists, LLC 2820 Napoleon Av. New Orleans LA 70115

7/94 - 8/05 Medical Director, New Orleans Cancer Institute, Memorial Medical Center, 2820 Napoleon Av. Suite 110A New Orleans LA 70115

7/94 - 8/05 Medical Director, Radiation Oncology Department, Memorial Medical Center.
7/05 - 8/05 Chairman of Cancer Committee, Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans LA

7/99 - Present Associate Professor, Tulane Medical Center, Cancer Center

8/88- 6/94 Chief, Radiation Oncology Department, Washington County Hospital Association, Hagerstown, Maryland.

6/85 - 7/88 Clinical Assistant Attending, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brachytherapy Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.


1/82 - 6/82 Director, Blood bank of Louisiana, Houma office. Metairie LA


2/81 - 12/81 Preparation for VQE and Flex Board Examination, Kaplan Study Center. New Orleans LA

10/80 - 1/81 Surgical Attendant, IGSS General Hospital, Guatemala City, Guatemala.




Licenses: Guatemalan College of Physicians and Surgeons #19888
Georgia #025458
New York #162835-1
Maryland #D37240
Pennsylvania #MD642120E
Louisiana #R031833 #L10119R

Place of Issue: Guatemala
State of Georgia
State of New York
State of Maryland
State of Pennsylvania
State of Louisiana

Board Certification: American Board of Radiology Therapeutic Radiology 1986

Fellow American College of Radiology, May 5, 2001

Scientific and Medical Societies

American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 1986
Colegio Interamericano de Radiologia, 1987
CRILA (Ibero Latin American College of Radiotherapy), 1987
New York Roentgen Society, 1986
New York Cancer Society, 1986
American Society of Clinical Oncology, 1988
British Association of Surgical Oncology, 1980
Guatemalan Medical College, 1977
American Endocurietherapy Society, 1985
Medical Society of Washington County Hospital, 1988
American College of Radiation Oncology 1998
ALATRO (Asociacion Latin Americana terapia Radiante Oncologica) 2005