Background
Buxeda, Roberto was born on January 4, 1916 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Son of Miguel and Ambrosina (Velez) Buxeda.
Buxeda, Roberto was born on January 4, 1916 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Son of Miguel and Ambrosina (Velez) Buxeda.
Student, University Puerto Rico, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical College, 1940. Master of Science in Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1951.
Intern Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1940. Resident Ophthalmic Institute Puerto Rico, San Juan, 1948-1949, McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 1949-1951. Company physician South Puerto Rico Sugar Company, Guanica, 1941-1943.
Physician Veterans Administration Hospital, New Castle, Delaware, 1946-1947. Practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology San Juan, since 1951. Chief section ophthalmology Presbyterian Hospital, 1964-1973, consultant, since 1973.
Clinical professor ophthalmology University Puerto Rico, since 1952. Advisor Eye Bank Puerto Rico, since 1954. Vice president 10th Panam.
Congress Ophthalmology, 1975.
President finance campaign Puerto Rico chapter American Cancer Society, 1961. Director glaucoma clinics Lions Club Puerto Rico, 1960. Trustee San Juan Bautista School Medicine, since 1979.
Served with Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, International College Surgeons. Member Pan American Association Ophthalmology, Barraquer Institute, Puerto Rico Ophthalmol.
Society (president 1953), Puerto Rico Academy Arts and Sciences (a founder) Clubs: Lions.
Married Helen Dolores Dacri, April 17, 1941. Children: Roberto Miguel, Adriano Roberto.