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Secretary Of Health Of Puerto Rico
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico ( es, Secretario de Salud de Puerto Rico) leads the Department of Health of Puerto Rico and all efforts related to health in Puerto Rico. Secretaries * 1977–1984: Jaime Rivera Dueño * 1985–1988: Luis Izquierdo Mora * 1989: Enrique Méndez Grau * 1990–1992: José Soler Zapata * 1993: Enrique Vazquez Quintana * 1993–2000: Carmen Feliciano * 2001–2004: Johny Rullán * 2005–2007: Rosa Pérez Perdomo * 2008: Johnny Rullán * 2009: Jaime Rivera Dueño * 2009: Iván González Cancel * 2009–2013: Lorenzo González Feliciano * 2013–2013: Francisco Joglar Pesquera * 2013–2016: Ana Ríus Armendáriz * 2017–2020: Rafael Rodríguez Mercado * 2020–2020: Concepción Quiñones de Longo (interim) * 2020–2021: Lorenzo González Feliciano Lorenzo González Feliciano is a Puerto Rican psychiatrist. He previously served as Secretary of Health of Puerto Ricofrom March 28, 2 ...
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Department Of Health Of Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) is one of the Cabinet-level agencies directly created by Article 4, Section 6 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico. It is headed by a Secretary of Health, appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico and requiring the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico The Senate of Puerto Rico ( es, Senado de Puerto Rico) is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control th .... The Secretary of Health is eighth in the line of gubernatorial succession. Regions There are seven regions of Puerto Rico as defined by the Department of Health: Arecibo, Bayamón, Caguas, Fajardo, Mayagüez, Metro, and Ponce. Agencies style="margin: 0 auto" ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Name in English ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Name in Spanish ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Abbreviation in Span ...
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Enrique Vazquez Quintana
Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dutch), Henri (French), and Henrique (Portuguese). Common nicknames of Enrique are Kiki, Kiko, Kike, Rick, Ricky, and Quique. Enrique is also a surname. A variant surname is '' Enriquez'' (son of Enrique). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enrique of Malacca (fl. 1511–1521), Malay slave who may have been the first person to travel around the world * Enrique Aguirre (born 1979), Argentine athlete * Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor * Enrique Bolaños (1928–2021), President of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007 * Enrique Bunbury (born 1967), Spanish singer and band member of Heroes Del Silencio * Enrique Campos (born 1961), Venezuelan road bicycle racer * Enrique Castillo (born 1949), American ...
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Concepción Quiñones De Longo
Concepción Quiñones de Longo is a Puerto Rican pediatrician and government official. She was the interim Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico in March 2020 and had previously served as the undersecretary of Rafael Rodríguez Mercado. Quiñones de Longo is a former faculty member of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Education Quiñones de Longo completed a bachelor's degree in premedical studies at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. She completed a doctor of medicine at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the University District Hospital in San Juan. Career Starting in 1973, Quiñones de Longo worked as a pediatrician instructor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. She was a faculty member at the school of medicine and the University Pediatric Hospital for 36 years. In the 1980s, Quiñones de Longo assisted the Puerto Rico Department of Health with pediatric centers for child ...
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Rafael Rodríguez Mercado
Rafael Rodríguez Mercado is a Puerto Rican neurosurgeon and military officer. He was the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico from 2017 until his resignation in 2020. Rodríguez Mercado previously served as chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. Early life and education Rodríguez Mercado was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He graduated from High School at Colegio San Conrado. Rodríguez Mercado earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the Rio Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, and completing a Residency in Neurological Surgery. He completed studies in Endovascular Neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Academic career Rodríguez Mercado was the first to practice Endovascular Neurosurgery in Puerto Rico since 1997. Currently (2018) he is Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and d ...
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Ana Ríus Armendáriz
Ana Ríus Armendáriz is a Puerto Rican politician who was Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico in the Cabinet of Puerto Rico. Education Ana went to the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, with a degree in anesthesiology. Soon after that, she became an intern in the VA Medical Center, specializing in internal medicine. Post Graduation Dr. Armendáriz became a professor of Anesthesiology the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine The University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, School of Medicine is located in the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's the only medical school in the University of Puerto Rico System. I .... During her 28-year stint, she managed to teach hundreds of students about the field. After moving on from teaching, she was appointed as executive director of the Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration from November 2002 to February 2009. She then went back to teaching, until sh ...
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Francisco Joglar Pesquera
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, " Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called " Pancho". " Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and " Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco * Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish ...
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Lorenzo González Feliciano
Lorenzo González Feliciano is a Puerto Rican psychiatrist. He previously served as Secretary of Health of Puerto Ricofrom March 28, 2020 to January, 2021 He previously also served as Secretary of Health under Governor Luis Fortuño. Education González Feliciano completed a doctor of medicine from University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. He earned a doctorate in health systems administration (DHA) from Central Michigan University and a master of business administration from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. He specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University. Career González Feliciano worked as a psychiatrist in several states. He previously served as the Secretary of Health under Governor Luis Fortuño. He worked for 15 years for the Joint Commission. Until March 2020, he was the medical director of the corporation, Physician Correctional, which provided physical and mental health services to inmat ...
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Iván González Cancel
Iván F. González Cancel is a cardiovascular and heart transplant surgeon credited for having performed the first heart transplant surgery in Puerto Rico. Early life He was born in 1960 in municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. He lived in Utuado until the age of 10, when the González Cancel family decided to move to Bayamon, PR. It was in Bayamon where the young Iván González Cancel studied fifth and sixth grade. In 1970 his family had move once again, this time to the community of Levittown in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. He conducted all his elementary, and high school studies in the Public School System of Puerto Rico. Education In 1977 he was admitted to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. He excelled as an undergraduate student and in 1980 enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. During his medical studies he decided to become a Surgeon and in 1989 joined the Puerto Rico Medical Center Surgery Residency Program. After being told that at ...
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Johnny Rullán
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni and Johni. The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as . Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include: People Johnny * Johnny Adams (born 1932), American singer * Johnny Aba (born 1956), Papua New Guinean professional boxer * Johnny Abarrientos (born 1970), Filipino professional basketball player * Johnny Abbes García (1924–1967), chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic * Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician * Johnny Abrego (born 1962), former Major League baseball player * Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer * John Laurinaitis, (born 1962) also known as Johnny Ace, American wrestl ...
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Rosa Pérez Perdomo
Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: People * Rosa (given name) *Rosa (surname) * Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places *223 Rosa, an asteroid * Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States *Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, Germany *Rösa, a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Rosà a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy * Monte Rosa, the second highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe *Republic of South Africa, a southernmost country in Africa. Film and television * ''Rosa'' (1986 film), a Hong Kong film released by Bo Ho Films *'' Rosa – A Horse Drama'', a 1993-94 opera by Louis Andriessen on a libretto by Peter Greenaway * "Rosa" (''Doctor Who''), an episode of the eleventh series of ''Doctor Who'' Music * De Rosa (band), a band from Scotland *"Rosa", a song by Anitta and Prince Royce from the album ''Kisses'', 2019 *"Rosa", a song by Jacques Brel *"Rosa", a song by J Balvin from ''Colores'', 2020 Vehicles *, ...
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Johny Rullán
Johny may refer to: * Johny, a character in the nursery rhyme "Johny Johny Yes Papa" * Johny Hendricks (born 1983), American mixed martial artist * Johny Joseph (civil servant) (born 1952), Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai * Johny Lahure (1942–2003), Luxembourg politician * Johny Pitts, English television presenter * Johny Schleck (born 1942), Luxembourg racing cyclist See also * Johnny, a more common given name * Johnny (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ... * '' Johny Mera Naam'' {{given name Feminine given names Masculine given names ...
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Carmen Feliciano
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalised its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. ''Carmen'' has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical Western canon, canon; the "Habanera (aria), Habanera" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of ''opéra comique'' with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of th ...
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