Background
Cancela, Victor De La was born on December 18, 1952 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Luis Fernandez and Guillermina (Ortiz) De La Cancela.
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Victor De La Cancela
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Bachelor cum laude, City College of New York, 1974; Master of Philosophy, City College of New York, 1979; Master in Public Health, City College of New York, 1995; Doctor of Philosophy, City College of New York, 1981.
Career
Intern, clinical fellow, Medical School Harvard University, 1977-1979;
supervising psychologist, Boston City Hospital, 1979-1981;
director outpatient services, San Fernando Valley Cmty. Mental Health Center, Van Nuys, California, 1982-1983;
director Latino mental health, Cambridge (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1983-1985;
director family services, Brookside Cmty. Health Center, Boston, 1985-1988;
director community programs, Doctor South Carolina.
Fuller Cmty. Mental Health, Boston, 1988-1989;
senior vice president, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, 1990-1995;
assistant clinical professor, College Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York City, 1990-1992, 93-. Assistant in psychology Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1979-1981. Network supr.Boston City Hospital, 1983-1989.
Associate psychologist Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1985-1988. Assistant professor, psychologist Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1990-1996. Instructor Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1979-1981,lecturer, 1983-1988.
Lecturer U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1985-1989. Consultant Puerto Rican Youth Development Leadership, Boston, 1983-1986, Concilio Hispano Cambridge, Inc., 1988-1990, Martha Eliot Health Center, Boston, 1989-1990, Boriken Health Center, New York, 1995, Bronx Center Cmty Superior vena cava syndrome, 1995, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, since 1995, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1996, Tremont-Crotona Family Day Care Centers, since 1998. President, Chief Executive Officer Salud Management Associations, Riverdale, New York, since 1995.
Psychologist ComprehensiveHabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome, New York, since 1995. Clinical administrator Gateway Counseling Center, Bronx, New York, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow APA (commissioner 1994-1996, president clinical psychology of ethnic minorities section 1999, 5th annual achievement award, certified Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome trainer), American Orthopsychiat. Association, Academy Clinical Psychology, Society Public Health Education, Prescribing Psychologists Register (diplomate, regional director, outstanding PIONEER leadership award), Network for Multicultural Training in Psychology, American Board Professional Psychology (diplomate in clinical psychology). Member National Hispanic Psychological Association (president 1986-1990, Outstanding Contribution award 1989, Exemplary Leadership and Svc.
1990), National Puerto RicanPolicy Network, Association Hispanic Mental Health Professionals, Latino Behavioral Health Network.
