Background
Escobar, Luis Fernando was born on April 5, 1957 in Guatemala, Guatemala. Son of Augusto Guillermo and Maria Teresa (Vargas) Escobar. came to the United States 1984.
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Luis Fernando Escobar
Edit Profilegeneticist neonatologist pediatrician
Education
Master of Science, Indiana U., 1987; Doctor of Medicine, San Carlos U., Guatemala, 1984.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow oral facial genetics, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1985-1988; assistant research scientist, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1987-1988; house staff officer pediatrics, Indiana U., 1990-1993; clinical fellow in neonatal medicine, Indiana U., since 1993. Visiting scholar biology U. Notre Dame, South Bend, 1989-1990. Edit reviewer American Journal Medical Genetics, Helena, Montana, since 1990, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indianapolis, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman orientation American Field Svc., Guatemala, 1978. Physician for volumes Peace Corps, Guatemala, 1983. Member American Society Human Genetics, American Society Craniofacial Genetics, American Academy Pediatrics, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Michelle L. Wagner, June 1, 1991.
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Nationality
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Religion
Roman Catholic
Awards
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Recipient National Research Svc. award National Institutes of Health, 1985, Work Toward World Peace award American Field Svc., 1976. Oral Facial Genetics grantee National Institutes of Health, 1988.Recipient National Research Svc. award National Institutes of Health, 1985, Work Toward World Peace award American Field Svc., 1976. Oral Facial Genetics grantee National Institutes of Health, 1988.