Background
Pinkenburg, Ronald Joseph was born on November 25, 1940 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of William Joseph and Winnie Vale (Downs) Pinkenburg.
Pinkenburg, Ronald Joseph was born on November 25, 1940 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of William Joseph and Winnie Vale (Downs) Pinkenburg.
Bachelor cum laude, U. Saint Thomas, 1963. Doctor of Medicine, Baylor University, 1967.
Intern, U. Iowa, 1967-1968. Resident U. Oklahoma, 1971-1974, assistant clinical professor ophthalmology, 1974-1988. Associate clin professor opthalmology, University Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, 1988-1993.
General practitioner Southern California Permanente Medical Group-Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Fontana, 1970-1971.
Private practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology, Tyler, Texas, since 1974. Member of staff Medical Center Hospital, Tyler, Mother Francis Hospital, Tyler.
Trustee Texas Medical Association Insurance Trust, 1988-1989, chairman of the board of trustees, 1989-1997. With United States Air Force, 1968-1970.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, Royal Society Medicine, Texas Society Opthalmology and Otolaryngology. Member American Medical Association, Smith County Medical Society (president elect 1991-1992, president 1992-1993), Texas Medical Association (chairman committee association insurance programs 1981-1988), Texas Medical Association Foundation (board of trustees 1997), Texas Ophthalmology Association (president elect 1987-1988, president 1988-1989), American Academy Ophthalmology, American Intraocular Implant Society, Retina Foundation Southwest (board medical advisors), Eye Care Consortium Texas (board directors, secretary-treasurer 1996).
Married Patricia Anne Regan, October 21, 1967. Children: Lisa, Anne Marie, Steven, Renéestablished