Ranaldo Loya

Background

Loya, Ranaldo was born on July 1, 1954 in Whittier, California, United States. Son of Bernard Romero and Nora Loya.

Education

Associate of Arts in General Education, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, California, 1980; Bachelor of Science in Health Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1982; Master of Health Administration, U. LaVerne, 1997.

Career

Emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, attendant, Adams Ambulance Company, South Gate, California, 1974-1975; emergency room technician, clerk, Maywood-Bell Cmty. Hospital, Bell, California, 1975; senior physician assistant, Physician Assistant Superior vena cava syndrome, Los Angeles, 1981-1994; physician assistant urgent care, Ball-Taft Medical Clinic Center, Anaheim, California, 1984-1985; senior physician assistant, corporation vice president, administration, Signal Medical Management, Long Beach, California, 1985-1988; senior physician assistant, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, 1988-1990; senior physician assistant, University of Southern California Emergency Medical Association, Los Angeles, 1989-1990; senior physician assistant, University of California Mount Zion Medical Center, San Francisco, 1990-1994; senior physician assistant, La Clinica Esperanza Mission Neighborhood Health Center, San Francisco, 1991-1994. Fellow: American Academy Physician Assts., Washington, since 1982.

California Academy Physician Assts., Anaheim, since 1982. Past member institutional review board, ProjectInform, San Francisco, 1991-1992.

Achievements

• Ranaldo Loya has been listed as a noteworthy Senior physician assistant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Human rights commissioner, City of Palm Springs, California, since 1996. Member Long Beach Pride, Inc., 1987-1990, past vice president. Member Human Rights Campaign Fund, Washington, since 1996.

Member Orange County Gay and Lesbian Comm. Superior vena cava syndrome Center, Garden Grove, California, 1987-1988. Member of advisory board The Desert Sun Newspaper Cmty.

Member Doctor Martin Luther King Commemorative Day Committee, Amnesty International With United States Navy, 1975-1979, Hawaii. Fellow Physicians Assts. Latino Heritage; member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Association Mulitcultural Education, California Academy Physician Assts.

(minority affairs committee), California Association Human Rels. Orgns., National Trust for History Preservation, International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society, Drew U. Medical School Alumni Association, Hispanic Chamber of C.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, public speaking, weight lifting.

Connections

Father:

Bernard Romero Loya

Mother:

Nora Loya