Background
Oller, José Luis García was born on March 17, 1923 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Son of José Leocadio García and Laura Oller.
Oller, José Luis García was born on March 17, 1923 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Son of José Leocadio García and Laura Oller.
Bachelor of Science with high honors, University Puerto Rico, 1942. Doctor of Medicine (Anatomy prize 1943), Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1945. M.M.Sc., Tulane University, 1951.
Postgraduate, Tulane University, 1958.
Rotating intern, Jefferson Medical College Hospital, 1945-1946;
preceptorship in general surgery with, Drs. Devine and Devine, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1946-1947;
fellow neurosurgery, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, 1947-1950;
fellow neurosurgery, Yale University, 1949-1950;
chief resident in neurosurgery, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1950-1951;
head independent neurosurgery service, Charity Hospital, 1952-1963;
practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery, New Orleans, since 1951;
head intensive care and neurosurgery, Electroencephalogram, Electromyography and neuroradiology, Mercy Hospital, 1958-1975;
chief staff, Mercy Hospital, 1968. Founder Council Medical Staffs and executive president Private Doctors of America, New Orleans, 1968-1988 (editor newsletter 1968-1988).
Instructor physiology Tulane University Medical School, 1951-1959. Board directors New Orleans Area Health Planning Council, 1969-1976. Lecturer in field.
Served to Second lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1938-1945. To Commander Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1954-1956. Member American Association Neurosurgeons, Congress Neurosurgeons, American Academy Neurology, American Association Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis, American Society NeuroImaging (certified in magnetic resonance imaging 1990), American Society Association Executives, Southern Neurosurg.
Society, Southern Medical Association, Southern Electroencephalography Society, Louisiana State Medical Society (Science Exhibit award 1961), Orleans Parish Medical Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Mary Ann Balsley, October 1, 1949. Children: María, José, Ana, Antonio, Teresita, Margarita.