Heriberto Sedeno M.D. Was A Pedro Pan

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Heriberto Sedeno M.D. Was A Pedro Pan
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Heriberto Sedeno M.D. was one of over 14,000
unaccompanied Cuban children who arrived without
their parents to the U.S. between 1960 and 1962
under the auspices of the Pedro Pan Program.
This program functioned under the umbrella of the
Cuban Refugee Program created by a Presidential
Executive Order and administered by the U.S.
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
(HEW). .
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A Pedro Pan

• Dr. Sedeno was assigned to Camp Matecumbe, a
  former Boys Scouts camp in the outskirts of
  Miami, Florida. This camp during the early 1960s
  was transformed into a placement and education
  center for more than 400 Cuban children from 14
  to 17 years old. Dr. Sedeno in June 1963
  graduated from the camps High School. His class
  was the only graduating class from this school
  ran by the Christian Brothers. The school closed
  in 1963 and the camp in 1964.

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Undergraduate and Graduate Education

• Dr. Sedeno completed his undergraduate studies
  from the University of St. Thomas, Houston,
  Texas, with a major in Biology in 1969. He
  enrolled at the University of Zaragoza School of
  Medicine, Spain and obtained his M.D. degree in
  1975. Possessing an excellent academic
  background, he has worked with many recognized
  institutes in different capacities during his
  career. He earned a distinguished reputation
  amongst his medical peers for providing excellent
  medical care, in particular to the Hispanic
  community in the Houston area.

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Certifications

• Dr. Sedeno obtained the following certifications
  ECFMG (1976), Texas License in Medicine and
  Surgery (1977), Diplomate American Board of
  Family Practice (1979).

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Various Appointments

• From 1979 to 1985 Dr. Sedeno was in solo practice
  associated with Alief General Hospital and
  Rosewood General Hospital in Houston. In 1985,
  he joined West Houston Family Practice
  Associates, P.A. and served as its Principal
  until 1995. In January 1996, he was elected to be
  the President of West Houston Family Healthcare
  Associates, Houston, Texas. He ran his own
  private practice in Houston for 17 years during
  which he supervised two bilingual family
  physicians. In 2007, he negotiated the sale of
  his practice and transitioned previous patients
  to the new practice. Throughout his career, he
  has also been affiliated with hospitals, such as
  West Houston Medical Center serving as a member
  of the Credential Committee, Utilization
  Management Committee, and Medical Executive
  Committee. He was also Chief of the Family
  Practice Department in 1989. He was a staff
  physician at Memorial Southwest Hospital from
  1980 to 2007.

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Currently

• Heriberto Sedeno, M.D. is a retired family
  physician who has thirty years of experience in
  direct patient care. He now resides in Austin,
  Texas.