Juan Carlos (John Cobo, MD,FACS:  

I have great memories of my four years at Cathedral (1966-1970), from taking full advantage of all the school offered to the friendships of my classmates and wonderful teachers. Upon graduation at CHS I chose to attend Loyola Marymount University where I pursued my pre-medical studies as a Biology major with emphasis on Physiology as a California State Scholar. Concurrently, I also did a minor in Spanish American Literature. Once more... I was blessed with another productive four years and wonderful memories at LMU. They prepared me well and I gained admission to the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) where the next four years were full of awe and incredible scholastic challenges. UCSF was the most magical place of higher learning I have ever come in contact with. I was surrounded by cutting edge professors ( three who taught me went on to win Nobel Prices in Medicine). I grew to love the City of San Francisco and to this day I look for any excuse to visit SF. One week after graduation I married my wife of thirty-nine years and counting. She was a nursing student at UCSF and became part of the Cardiothoracic Service there until we married and moved to Los Angeles so I could begin my surgical training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. I spent the most grueling f...Expand for more