| Jorge Calles-Escandón | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 30, 1951 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Residence | Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Veracruz, Veracruz |
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – UNAM |
| Occupation | Physician, |
Jorge Calles-Escandon (born 11 November 1951) is a Mexican physician and researcher who practices at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Calles-Escandon is a prominent endocrinologist,[1] researcher, educator, and speaker. He is recognized as the medical voice of North Carolina's immigrant and minority populations. An advisor to North Carolina governor Beverly Purdue, Calles-Escandon also has a popular weekly radio show where he discusses a chosen medical topic of concern, as well as fields questions over the telephone from listeners all over the Carolinas region. He is the medical director of development at Wake Forest University School of Medicine's Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, the medical director of the Diabetes Education Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and the medical director of La Guadalupana Clinica Urgente (a local urgent care clinic in Winston-Salem).
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Calles-Escandon was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a professor for the Endocrinology and Metabolism Department the Internal Medicine Faculty, at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He is married with 3 children.
Calles-Escandon received a medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) 1976. Furthermore, Calles-Escandon completed his residency in internal medicine in endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition at the prestigious Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición, his fellowship in endocrinology at Yale University School of Medicine, and finished a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Vermont
Calles-Escandon is currently a professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He previously has worked for pharmaceutic giant GlaxoSmithKline.