2Intelligence: Healthcare and Physicians
JOSÉ RAUL BOLAÑOS IS THE oldest of seven children. He was born in Aldea Bolaños in El Salvador. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was three years old. José went to public schools up through high school and began excelling in the fifth grade. He was very excited about math, science, woodworking, and cars.
José scored the highest in the country in the Armed Forces Battery Test and was offered a position at West Point. Because he had no one to give him advice on making this decision, José waited and was ultimately accepted to the University of Southern California (USC) and UC Berkeley. José got a scholarship to USC and went there. He feels blessed with the ability to use his brain and intelligence and went on to major in biomedical engineering. Later, he transferred to the University of California at Irvine to major in biology (BS). Subsequently he went to UC Davis Medical School and ultimately to Stanford and finished as an ob/gyn and fertility specialist. José was in private medical practice for 22 years and delivered over 5,000 babies. “God has been good,” is how José describes his life.
He began his medical practice in Los Gatos, California (mid‐upper income) and subsequently purchased a medical practice in East San José that allowed him to care for more Latino patients. ...
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