Background
Rumbaut, Rubén Dario was born on July 10, 1922 in Cienfuegos, Las Villas, Cuba. Son of Bienvenido and Zoila Rosa (Lopez) Rumbaut. came to the United States, 1960.
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Rubén Dario Rumbaut
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Doctor of Medicine, Havana University, 1946. Bachelor in Journalism, School Journalism, Havana, 1957. Graduate, Menninger School Psychiatry, 1969.
Career
Surgical intern, Hospital Emergencias, Havana, 1947; resident in anesthesiology, Hospital Emergencias, Havana, 1948-1949; staff anesthesiologist, Hospital Emergencias, Havana, 1950-1951; staff anesthesiologist, Hospital Curie, Havana, 1951-1957; resident psychiatrist, Hospital Curie, Havana, 1957-1958; private practice psychiatry, Havana, 1957-1960; ward supervisor, National Mental Hospital, Havana, 1959-1960; chief VA Mental Hygiene Clinic, Veterans Administration Hospital., Albuquerque, 1961-1966; psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Topeka, 1966-1970; assistant chief psychiatry, Veterans Administration Hospital., Houston, 1971-1984; retired. Consultant-at-large psychiatry, Houston, 1989-1996. Professor psychiatry Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1972-1989, professor emeritus, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
National vice president Catholic Action Youth, Havana, 1943-1945. Founder Movimiento Humanista Cubano, 1950-1953, Cuban Medical Association in Exile, 1960. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life, vice president committee Hispanic psychiatrists 1976-1978, Chairman of Commission on international medical graduates Texas board 1985-1990), American College Psychiatrists (emeritus).
Interests
Connections
Married Carmen Riera, December 8, 1947 (deceased). Children: Ruben G., Luis E., Carlos R., Miryam, Carmen M., Michelle.
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Nationality
Cuban -
Religion
Roman Catholic