Jorge Calles-Escandon (born 11 November 1951) is a Mexican-American

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

and

research Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

er who practices at the MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Calles-Escandon is a prominent

endocrinologist Endocrinology (from ''endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events ...

, researcher, educator, and speaker.

Personal

Calles-Escandon was born in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

1951, Mexico. He is the Director of the Center for Diabetes and Obesity of MetroHealth.

Education

Calles-Escandon received a

medical degree A medical degree is a professional degree admitted to those who have passed coursework in the fields of medicine and/or surgery from an accredited medical school. Obtaining a degree in medicine allows for the recipient to continue on into special ...

from the National Autonomous University of Mexico 1976.

Career

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calles-Escandon, Jorge 1951 births Living people American medical researchers Mexican endocrinologists American academics of Mexican descent National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni