Born and raised in Mexico City, Dr. Pe a graduated from the Military Medical School of Mexico. He trained in surgery and pediatrics at the Military Hospital of Mexico City and obtained further training in pediatric surgery at Children s Hospital Boston. Subsequently, he accepted the position of Chief of Surgery at the National Institute of Pediatrics and Professor of Surgery at the Autonomous University of Mexico. Thirteen and a half years later he was recruited as a Chief of Surgery at Schneider Children s Hospital, in Long Island, N. Y. and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the State Un...