Tirso del Junco
Cuban-American surgeon and rower
Tirso Del Junco (April 20, 1925 – September 4, 2023) was an American politician who served as chair of the Republican Party of California, and the head of the University of California board of regents. He was also an Olympic coxswain and a medical doctor.
Early life and education
Del Junco was born on April 20, 1925, in Havana, Cuba. Del Junco was a graduate of the University of Havana Medical School, 1949. He took an internship at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Rotating Internship from 1949 to 1950, and underwent residency at the Queen of Angels Hospital from 1951 to 1954. He was a member of the University of Pennsylvania, post-graduate surgical class from 1954 to 1955. He was also a member of the Cuban rowing team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Medical career
Del Junco was a general surgeon, a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was chief of the medical staff at Queen of Angels Hospital from 1970 to 1971 and 1974. He headed the medical staff of Santa Marta Hospital from 1998 to 2000.
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