Tirso del Junco Jr.
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Tirso de Junco Jr. (born Tirso del Junco-Bobadilla in Cuba) is a renowned Cuban-American surgeon. He is the son of surgeon, Tirso del Junco-Mesa and Celia Bobadilla. He is married to Amelia Picasso and they have two children, Deanna Cristina and Tirso III.
Dr. del Junco graduated from medical school from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in 1980. He did his internship at the Queen of Angels Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. In 1997 he was appointed Commissioner to the California State Athletic Commission and was a member if the Oversight Committee of the Department of Health Service for California.. He served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Santa Marta Hospital and later as Chief of Staff there. Since January of 2007, he has been the Chief of Surgery at Temple Community Hospital.
[edit] References
- Registro Social de la Habana 1958 (Molina y Cia S.A., 1958) (Spanish)
- Anuario de Familias Cubanas 1988 (Trejos Hermanos Sucrs.,Inc., 1988) (Spanish)
- Directorio Internacional de Familias Cubanas Volumen XI 1996-1997 (Spanish)
- Listing on the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara alumni page (Spanish)
[edit] Media Appearances
- CNN Espanol - February 2003
- People Espanol Magazine -February 2003
- American Health Network -September 1999
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