Background
Ribas, Jorge Luis was born on January 19, 1942 in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. Son of Francisco Ramon and Martha Leonor (Vera) Ribas. came to the United States, 1963.
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Jorge Luis Ribas
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Bachelor of Science, S.W. Missouri State University, 1968; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, U. Missouri, 1971.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health, U. Rochester, New York, 1971-1972;
research veterinarian, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1972-1975;
research veterinarian, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1976;
assistant professor, United States University Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Bethesda, 1976-1981;
adjunct associate professor anatomy and pathology, United States University Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Bethesda, since 1990;
resident in pathology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1981-1984;
senior research pathologist Biotechnology Division, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1984-1986;
project officer, senior research pathologist, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, since 1986. Collaborating scientist Yerkes Regional Research Primate Center, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1988. Neuropathology consultant Angell Memorial Hospital, Boston, since 1991.
Visiting scientist New Mexico State University, since 1991. Consultant pathology Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors American Red Cross, Bethesda, 1980-1991. Commissioner Montgomery County Commision on Children & Youth, Rockville, Maryland., 1978-1980, State Maryland Governor's Commn.on Neighborhoods, 1994. Chairman Suburban Neighborhoods Committee, 1994.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1986-1989. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Veterinary Medical Association, An. Association Neuropathologists, International Academy Pathology, European Society Veterinary Pathology, International Society Neuropathologists, American Association Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Society Neurosci., American Association forLab.
Animal Science, American Association Toxicol. Pathologists, Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce (board directors since 1993, vice president community development since 1993).
Connections
Married Sharon Lee Fristoe, July 8, 1967. Children: John Michael, Tamara Michele.
