Luis Angel Leon

Background

Leon, Luis Angel was born on August 2, 1931 in Ponce, P.R. Son of Jose Luis Leon Parra and Olga Sotomoyor Folcan. came to the United States, 1958.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. P.R., Mayaguez, 1953; Degree in Medical Technology, U. P.R., San Juan, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, U. P.R., San Juan, 1958.

Career

Extern, Columbia University School Medicine, New York City, 1953; rotating intern, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1958-1959; resident internal medicine, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1959-1962; fellow in medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, 1962-1963; instructor medicine, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1963-1965; instructor medicine, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1965-1981; private practice internal medicine, Galveston, 1981-1996; clinical associate professor internal medicine, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, since 1996.

Achievements

• Luis Angel Leon has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Army, 1963-1965. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physicians, American College Geriatrics.

Connections

Children: Louis, Vanessa, Valerie, Lisette, Sharron, David.

Father:

Jose Luis Leon Parra

Mother:

Olga Sotomoyor Folcan

child:

Valerie Leon

child:

Louis Leon

child:

Sharron Leon

child:

David Leon

child:

Vanessa Leon

child:

Lisette Leon