Antonia C. Novello

By spanishculture

  • Antonia Coello Novello was born.

    She was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico

  • Mayo Clinic

    The Mayo Clinic was in Rochester, Minnesota where she "went to get treatment and a second successful surgery."

  • Medical Degree from the University of Puerto RIco

  • Married Joseph R. Novello

  • Pediatrics at Georgetown University Hospital

  • Work for the National Institutes of Health

    That was in Bethesda, Maryland

  • Joined the Public Health Service

    Received a commission in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC)

  • Became deputy director NICHD

    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

  • MPH Degree

    From John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health,

  • Deputy Director

    Of the National Institute of Child Health adn Human Development.

  • Appointed US. General Surgeon

    George H.W. Bush was the President

  • Left her position as Surgeon General

  • Became a visiting Professor

    Of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

  • Commissioner of Health for the State of New York

    The Governor of New York George Pataki

  • Awarded the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal

  • Legion of Merit Medal

    By the United States Secretary of State Colin Powell

  • Done serving as Commissioner

  • Finalist for the Hispanic Business magazine Woman of the Year Award

    featured in the April Issue of 2006

  • Vice President of women and children health

    Women and Children Health and Policy Affairs at Disney Children's Hospital at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida

  • Criminal Case towards her

  • Her guilty plea was accepted