Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Oller, a neurosurgeon who founded the
intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital and was a former chief of
neurosurgery at Charity Hospital, died Thursday at Memorial
Medical Center. He was 79.
Dr. Garcia Oller was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and lived
in New Orleans for the past 55 years.
He served on the staffs of Hotel Dieu Hospital,
Flint-Goodridge Hospital, Sara Mayo Hospital, St. Claude
General Hospital and Montelepre Hospital, and was senior
medical staff member in neurosurgery at Memorial Medical
Center's Mercy Campus.
He was honored in January for more than 50 years of service
at Memorial Medical Center and its predecessor, Mercy
Hospital, where he was chief of staff in 1968 and specialized
in the most challenging neurological cases.
Dr. Garcia Oller was the founder and chief executive from
1968 to 1988 of the Council of Medical Staffs, or CMS, later
Private Doctors of America, the second-largest medical
association in the United States at the time.
The organization was dedicated to preserving the freedom of
private medical practice. As its CEO, Dr. Garcia Oller
frequently testified before Congress, championing patients'
and doctors' freedom of choice in medical decision-making,
his family said. He also was a strong nurses' advocate.
He was the founder and head of the CMS Educational,
Scientific and Research Foundation from 1972 to 1988 and
also founded an Australian counterpart to CMS called Private
Doctors of Australia.
In 1975, he helped draft the Louisiana Malpractice Arbitration
Law.
Dr. Garcia Oller graduated at 19 from the University of Puerto
Rico. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia and a master of medical science in
neurosurgery and a doctorate in physiology from Tulane
University. He also was a fellow in neuropathology at Yale
University.
He was an instructor of physiology at Tulane Medical School,
a longtime member of the New Orleans Area Health Planning
Council, and the holder of several patents for devices used in
neuroradiology.
He was a member of the Army Medical Corps during World
War II and a commander in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps
from 1954 to 1956 and the New Orleans Medical Reserve Unit
from 1956 to 1962.
Dr. Garcia Oller was a member of many medical
organizations and the Club de Puerto Rico de New Orleans
and a parishioner of St. Rita Catholic Church.
He received the Ochsner Medical Foundation Excellence in
Medical Writing Award in 1950, the George Washington
Honor Medal of the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge,
Pa., in 1984, and the Special Leadership and Service Award
of the Louisiana State Medical Society in 1988.
intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital and was a former chief of
neurosurgery at Charity Hospital, died Thursday at Memorial
Medical Center. He was 79.
Dr. Garcia Oller was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and lived
in New Orleans for the past 55 years.
He served on the staffs of Hotel Dieu Hospital,
Flint-Goodridge Hospital, Sara Mayo Hospital, St. Claude
General Hospital and Montelepre Hospital, and was senior
medical staff member in neurosurgery at Memorial Medical
Center's Mercy Campus.
He was honored in January for more than 50 years of service
at Memorial Medical Center and its predecessor, Mercy
Hospital, where he was chief of staff in 1968 and specialized
in the most challenging neurological cases.
Dr. Garcia Oller was the founder and chief executive from
1968 to 1988 of the Council of Medical Staffs, or CMS, later
Private Doctors of America, the second-largest medical
association in the United States at the time.
The organization was dedicated to preserving the freedom of
private medical practice. As its CEO, Dr. Garcia Oller
frequently testified before Congress, championing patients'
and doctors' freedom of choice in medical decision-making,
his family said. He also was a strong nurses' advocate.
He was the founder and head of the CMS Educational,
Scientific and Research Foundation from 1972 to 1988 and
also founded an Australian counterpart to CMS called Private
Doctors of Australia.
In 1975, he helped draft the Louisiana Malpractice Arbitration
Law.
Dr. Garcia Oller graduated at 19 from the University of Puerto
Rico. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia and a master of medical science in
neurosurgery and a doctorate in physiology from Tulane
University. He also was a fellow in neuropathology at Yale
University.
He was an instructor of physiology at Tulane Medical School,
a longtime member of the New Orleans Area Health Planning
Council, and the holder of several patents for devices used in
neuroradiology.
He was a member of the Army Medical Corps during World
War II and a commander in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps
from 1954 to 1956 and the New Orleans Medical Reserve Unit
from 1956 to 1962.
Dr. Garcia Oller was a member of many medical
organizations and the Club de Puerto Rico de New Orleans
and a parishioner of St. Rita Catholic Church.
He received the Ochsner Medical Foundation Excellence in
Medical Writing Award in 1950, the George Washington
Honor Medal of the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge,
Pa., in 1984, and the Special Leadership and Service Award
of the Louisiana State Medical Society in 1988.
Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Oller, a neurosurgeon who founded the
intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital and was a former chief of
neurosurgery at Charity Hospital, died Thursday at Memorial
Medical Center. He was 79.
Dr. Garcia Oller was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and lived
in New Orleans for the past 55 years.
He served on the staffs of Hotel Dieu Hospital,
Flint-Goodridge Hospital, Sara Mayo Hospital, St. Claude
General Hospital and Montelepre Hospital, and was senior
medical staff member in neurosurgery at Memorial Medical
Center's Mercy Campus.
He was honored in January for more than 50 years of service
at Memorial Medical Center and its predecessor, Mercy
Hospital, where he was chief of staff in 1968 and specialized
in the most challenging neurological cases.
Dr. Garcia Oller was the founder and chief executive from
1968 to 1988 of the Council of Medical Staffs, or CMS, later
Private Doctors of America, the second-largest medical
association in the United States at the time.
The organization was dedicated to preserving the freedom of
private medical practice. As its CEO, Dr. Garcia Oller
frequently testified before Congress, championing patients'
and doctors' freedom of choice in medical decision-making,
his family said. He also was a strong nurses' advocate.
He was the founder and head of the CMS Educational,
Scientific and Research Foundation from 1972 to 1988 and
also founded an Australian counterpart to CMS called Private
Doctors of Australia.
In 1975, he helped draft the Louisiana Malpractice Arbitration
Law.
Dr. Garcia Oller graduated at 19 from the University of Puerto
Rico. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia and a master of medical science in
neurosurgery and a doctorate in physiology from Tulane
University. He also was a fellow in neuropathology at Yale
University.
He was an instructor of physiology at Tulane Medical School,
a longtime member of the New Orleans Area Health Planning
Council, and the holder of several patents for devices used in
neuroradiology.
He was a member of the Army Medical Corps during World
War II and a commander in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps
from 1954 to 1956 and the New Orleans Medical Reserve Unit
from 1956 to 1962.
Dr. Garcia Oller was a member of many medical
organizations and the Club de Puerto Rico de New Orleans
and a parishioner of St. Rita Catholic Church.
He received the Ochsner Medical Foundation Excellence in
Medical Writing Award in 1950, the George Washington
Honor Medal of the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge,
Pa., in 1984, and the Special Leadership and Service Award
of the Louisiana State Medical Society in 1988.
intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital and was a former chief of
neurosurgery at Charity Hospital, died Thursday at Memorial
Medical Center. He was 79.
Dr. Garcia Oller was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and lived
in New Orleans for the past 55 years.
He served on the staffs of Hotel Dieu Hospital,
Flint-Goodridge Hospital, Sara Mayo Hospital, St. Claude
General Hospital and Montelepre Hospital, and was senior
medical staff member in neurosurgery at Memorial Medical
Center's Mercy Campus.
He was honored in January for more than 50 years of service
at Memorial Medical Center and its predecessor, Mercy
Hospital, where he was chief of staff in 1968 and specialized
in the most challenging neurological cases.
Dr. Garcia Oller was the founder and chief executive from
1968 to 1988 of the Council of Medical Staffs, or CMS, later
Private Doctors of America, the second-largest medical
association in the United States at the time.
The organization was dedicated to preserving the freedom of
private medical practice. As its CEO, Dr. Garcia Oller
frequently testified before Congress, championing patients'
and doctors' freedom of choice in medical decision-making,
his family said. He also was a strong nurses' advocate.
He was the founder and head of the CMS Educational,
Scientific and Research Foundation from 1972 to 1988 and
also founded an Australian counterpart to CMS called Private
Doctors of Australia.
In 1975, he helped draft the Louisiana Malpractice Arbitration
Law.
Dr. Garcia Oller graduated at 19 from the University of Puerto
Rico. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia and a master of medical science in
neurosurgery and a doctorate in physiology from Tulane
University. He also was a fellow in neuropathology at Yale
University.
He was an instructor of physiology at Tulane Medical School,
a longtime member of the New Orleans Area Health Planning
Council, and the holder of several patents for devices used in
neuroradiology.
He was a member of the Army Medical Corps during World
War II and a commander in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps
from 1954 to 1956 and the New Orleans Medical Reserve Unit
from 1956 to 1962.
Dr. Garcia Oller was a member of many medical
organizations and the Club de Puerto Rico de New Orleans
and a parishioner of St. Rita Catholic Church.
He received the Ochsner Medical Foundation Excellence in
Medical Writing Award in 1950, the George Washington
Honor Medal of the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge,
Pa., in 1984, and the Special Leadership and Service Award
of the Louisiana State Medical Society in 1988.
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