Background
Farela, Juan was born on October 15, 1947 in San Juan Opico, El Salvador. Son of Jose Antonio and Rosa Bertha (Rivera) P.
Farela, Juan was born on October 15, 1947 in San Juan Opico, El Salvador. Son of Jose Antonio and Rosa Bertha (Rivera) P.
Doctor of Medicine, El Salvador University, San Salvador, 1976.
Resident in obstetrics-gynecology., Maternity Hospital, San Salvador, 1976-1978; chief resident, Maternity Hospital, San Salvador, 1978-1979; gynecologist, oncologist, Maternity Hospital, San Salvador, 1982-1989; chief gynecological and oncology department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, England, 1989-1994; registrar, Charing Cross Hospital, London, 1980-1981; private practice,, San Salvador, since 1992. Fulbright fellow, M.D. Anderson Tumor Institute, University Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1986.
Member national committee National Red Cross, El Salvador, 1989-1992, member executive council, since 1991. Member International Gynecology and Cancer Society, European Society Mastology, Latin America Society Gynecology, Association Against Gynecological Cancer and Breast Cancer (founder).
Married Ana Lydia Rodriguez, October 4, 1975. Children: Hector Marcelo, Andrea Cristina.