Background
Regato, Juan Angel del was born on March 1, 1909 in Camagüey, Cuba. Son of Juan and Damiana (Manzano) del Regato. came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1941.
educator oncologist radiotherapeutist
Regato, Juan Angel del was born on March 1, 1909 in Camagüey, Cuba. Son of Juan and Damiana (Manzano) del Regato. came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1941.
Student, University Havana, Cuba, 1930. Doctor of Medicine, University Paris, France, 1937. Laureat, University Paris, France, 1937.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Colorado College, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), Hahnemann Medical College, 1977. Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Wisconsin, 1981.
Assistant radiotherapist, Radium Institute, U. Paris, 1934-1937;
associate radiotherapist, Chicago Tumor Institute, 1938;
radiotherapeutist, Warwick Cancer Clinic, Washington, 1939-1940;
researcher, National Cancer Institute, Baltimore, 1941-1943;
chief department radiotherapy, Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, 1943-1948;
director, Penrose Cancer Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1949-1973;
professor clinical radiology, U. Colorado Medical School, 1950-1974;
professor radiology, U. South Florida, Tampa, 1974-1983;
professor emeritus, U. South Florida, Tampa, since 1983. Member National Advisory Cancer Council, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1971. Member medical advising committee Milheim Foundation, Denver.
David Gould lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1983.
(From the extensive library of a medical doctor.)
Active Colorado Springs Round Table, 1950-1974. Fellow American College Radiology (board chancellors, chairman commission radiation therapy, committee awards and honors), American Medical Association (coordinator radiology journal since 1979, Science Achievement award 1993, Gold Medallion award 1993). Member Radiological Society North America (vice president 1959-1960, Arthur Erskine lecturer 1978, Roentgen Centennial medal 1995, X-Ray Discovery Centennial medal 1995), American Roentgen Ray Society, American Radium Society (vice president 1963-1964, treasurer 1966-1968, president 1968-1969, chairman executive committee 1971-1972, historian since 1969, Janeway gold medal 1973), Association American Medical colleges, International Club Radiotherapists (president 1962-1965), Inter-American College Radiology (president 1967-1971, United States counselor 1971-1979), American Society Therapeutic Radiology (founder, secretary 1956-1968, historian since 1968, president 1974-1975, chairman board directors 1975-1976, gold medal 1977), Federation Clinical Oncologic Societies (president board directors 1976-1977).
Honorary member Rocky Mountain, Pacific Northwest, Texas, Oregon, Minnesota radiological societies, radiological societies Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Canada, Argentina, Buenos Aires (Argentina), American Institute Radiology (historian 1978-1991, honorary member 17th International Congress Radiology, Paris 1989), Arthur Purdy Stout Society Pathologists, American Society Physicists in Medicine.
Married Inez Johnson, May 1, 1939. Children: Ann Cynthia del Regato Jaeger, Juanita Inez del Regato Peters, John Carl.