Dr. Garcia is a Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon who has been practicing in the Clear Lake area and south Houston for over seventeen years.

He has been Chief of Surgery at Mainland Center Hospital and Memorial Hospital Southeast. He founded and has been directing Medical Missions Possible since its onset in 1985.

He was born in Puerto Rico and completed his Medical Degree at University of Puerto Rico School of Tropical Medicine in 1975. Shortly thereafter, he started his General Surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine which was briefly interrupted for 3 years while he served in the U.S. Navy as medical officer and department head aboard two nuclear submarine tenders. He returned in 1979 to Baylor College of Medicine and in 1981 started his Plastic and Reconstructive surgery training at UTMB in Galveston, Texas which was completed in 1984. Since then he has been a successful Plastic Surgeon in the Clear Lake area and has received multiple awards and recognitions, not only for his excellent work, but for his humanitarian missionary work abroad.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born:
June 30th, 1949
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Married with childern


Home:
Seabrook, Texas

Languages Spoken:
English
Spanish

EDUCATION:

Undergraduate:
University of Puerto Rico
Campus Mayaguez, Puerto Rico;
B.S. Degree 1967-1971

Graduate:

University of Puerto Rico
School of Tropical Medicine
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico;
M.D. Degree 1971-1975

Postgraduate:
General Surgery Residency
Baylor College of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals
Houston, Texas 1975-1976, 1979-1981

Plastic Surgery Residency
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas July 1981 - June 1984

MILITARY SERVICE:
U.S. Navy Medical Corps
Senior Medical Officer Lt./03
Nuclear (SSBN) Submarine Tender,
Medical Department Head 1976-1979

Special Assignments:
Acting Squadron Medical Officer CSS-16
Asbestos Control Consultant CSS at Rota Naval Station, Rota, Spain
Safety Officer 1978-1979

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Instructor:
University of Puerto Rico
Department of Biology 1972-1973
U.S. Navy
"Basic First Aid and Mass-Casualty Control"

Lecturer:
Diving School
"Underwater Physiology and Diving Medicine" 1978
U.S. Navy
"Hazards of Ionizing Radiation" 1976-1979
U.S. Navy
"Industrial Safety"
U.S. Navy
"Asbestos & Asbestos Control" 1978-1979

Licensure:
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners - May 1980
Puerto Rico Board of Medical Examiners - January 1995
Board Certification American Board of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery - November 1990

HONORS:
National Honor Society 1964-1967
Squill & Scroll National Honor Society 1964-1967
Honor Student Scholarship Award University of Puerto Rico 1967-1971
Tri Beta Honor Society 1968-1971
President and Organizer Youth Chapter, Pro Statehood Party, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus 1970-1971
Alumni Company Commander Perching Rifles 1970-1971
President, Science Student Council University of Puerto Rico 1970-1971
President, Delta Chapter, Phi Delta Gamma Fraternity 1971-1972
President, First Year Class, Medical School, University of Puerto Rico 1971-1972
Outstanding Graduation Senior, University of Puerto Rico Medical School 1975
Command Citation, Outstanding Performance & Medical Service 1977, 78, 79
Honor Member, CPO Society U.S. Navy 1978
President and Founder, Medical Missions Possible 1986-Present
Chief of Surgery Mainland Medical Center 1989-1990
Secretary "Ibero-Latino American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" U.S. Chapter 1987-88, 1988-89
Department of Surgery Executive Committee Humana Hospital Clear Lake, Texas 1989-1990
Chief of Surgery Memorial Hospital Southeast 1994-95

MEMBERSHIPS:
American Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
Singleton Surgical Society
Texas Society for Plastic Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Harris County Medical Association
Houston Society of Plastic Surgery
Houston Society of Latin American Plastic Surgeons

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