[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6850-S6851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO OSVALDO De La PEDRAJA

 Mr. RUBIO. Madam President, I recognize Dr. Osvaldo De La 
Pedraja on his more than 60-year career in the medical field and for 
celebrating his 92nd birthday on November 19, 2022.
  Osvaldo graduated as a doctor of medicine from the Medical School of 
the University of Havana, Cuba in 1960. Three years later, he was 
expelled from

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the Hospital Clinico Quirurgico Comandante Fajardo due to his 
opposition to Castro's communist regime.
  In 1968, Osvaldo arrived in the United States with his family. 
Committed to helping those in need of medical assistance in his new 
country, Osvaldo completed an internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in 
Miami Beach, FL, and completed his specialty in radiology at Jackson 
Memorial Hospital. In 1972, Osvaldo opened his own private practice 
specializing in diagnostic radiology in Coral Gables, FL. For more than 
50 years, it has remained in the same location and has helped countless 
Floridians in need of consulting doctors and seeking medical treatment.
  Osvaldo is also a member of the Latin American Society of Radiology, 
is the president of the Physicians' Assistant Hospital and Annexes 
Association, and has been a volunteer doctor of La Liga Contra El 
Cancer for 35 years. Previously, he served as president of the Cuban 
Revolutionary Forum.
  Osvaldo's medical work over the years has undoubtedly saved countless 
lives in Florida. I am grateful for his decades of service to the 
people of Florida and for his fight against communism in Cuba. I extend 
my best wishes on his 92nd birthday.

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