Funeral for Antonio de Leon Jr., MD

Antonio Carmelo de Leon Jr., MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Born July 16, 1933 to Antonio and Paz ( Soriano) de Leon
Manila, Philippines

Antonio graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1951 and received his MD from the University of the Philippines Medical School in 1956.  He came to the United States in 1957 where he met Lillian B. Andruchek at Philadelphia General Hospital.  They married April 23, 1960.  Antonio became a United States citizen in 1966.  His citizenship ceremony took place on the grounds of Monticello just outside of Charlottesville, VA.  He had three children, Anthony, Barbara and Jean. 
After completing his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Philadelphia General Hospital and Georgetown University Hospital, he began his teaching and clinical career at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. 
 
He rose through the ranks at Georgetown, becoming a full professor of medicine with tenure.  He served as assistant dean of the Georgetown School of Medicine until 1982.  He moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1982 to assume the position of medical director and administrator of the Cardiovascular Institute at St. John Medical Center.  There he also served as clinical professor of medicine and chief of the cardiology section at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Medical School.  During his long and prestigious career, he published numerous scientific articles, authored several book chapters as well as teaching video programs and a textbook on auscultation.  He received numerous awards including Most Outstanding Teacher at Georgetown University Hospital, Teacher of the Year from the American Heart Association, Most Distinguished Alumnus -Overseas Award from the University of the Philippines, and has an award established in his honor at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Tulsa, the Antonio C. de Leon, MD Award to the most outstanding resident in internal medicine. He retired to Parker, Texas in 2003 but continued to consult and contribute to National Clinical Guidelines in Cardiology.