Antonio Fernós-Isern
| Antonio Fernós-Isern | |
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| Member of the Senate of Puerto Rico | |
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In office January 2, 1965 – January 2, 1969 |
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| Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico | |
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In office September 11, 1946 – January 3, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Jesús T. Piñero |
| Succeeded by | Santiago Polanco Abreu |
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May 10, 1895 San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico |
| Died | January 19, 1974 (aged 78) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
| Occupation | Politician, Senator, Cardiologist |
| First Puerto Rican cardiologist Puerto Rico's longest serving resident commissioner |
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Dr. Antonio Fernós-Isern (May 10, 1895 – January 19, 1974) was the first Puerto Rican cardiologist and its longest serving resident commissioner.
Fernos-Isern born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico and attended primary and intermediate schools in Caguas. His family moved to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania during his mid-year in high school. He finished his high school education in the "Pennsylvania State Normal School". After completing his pre-medical training, he applied and was accepted in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of Maryland and earned his doctor's degree in May 1915.
Fernos-Isern returned to the island and settled in the city of Caguas where he practiced medicine for two years. between the years 1918-1933, he held various administrative positions in the health services of Puerto Rico. In 1918, he was the Director for the City of San Juan; from 1919 to 1921, he was the Under-Secretary of Health; from 1921-23 the Director of Health in city; from 1923-29 he was once again Under-Secretary of Health and from 1930-33 the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.
In 1933, Fernos-Isern resigned as health commissioner and went to New York City, here he completed his residency in cardiology at Columbia University and thus became the "first" Puerto Rican cardiologist. Upon his later return to Puerto Rico, he became a professor at the "Public School of Tropical Medicine of Puerto Rico",where he had previously served as assistant and associate professor.
In 1937, Fernos-Isern joined Luis Muñoz Marín organize the "Popular Democratic Party" (Partido Popular Democratico). In 1941, he served as the Director of civilian defense for the San Juan Metropolitan Area. In 1942 he returned to head the Department of Health and the Administration of Public Housing, as Director of the War Effort Office for Puerto Rico. From 1943 to 1946 Dr. Fernos-Isern was also the acting governor of Puerto Rico, during the Governorship of Rexford G. Tugwell under appointment as Permanent Acting Governor approved by president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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