Join us for an intimate discussion and lecture with Dr. José Quiroga, former Medical Director and Co-Founder of the Program for Torture Victims in Los Angeles. Since fleeing Chile during the military coup of the Pinochet Dictatorship, Quiroga has served as an authority on torture and trauma issues, working in rehabilitation of torture victims for over 35 years.
This timely discussion with Dr. Quiroga will cover the intersections of political, economic, human rights and social distress during the 17-year Chilean dictatorship. Guests will learn about life, poverty, extreme poverty conditions and repression during this period, along with strategies of survival among victims expressed in the arpilleras.
This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited.
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About Dr. José Quiroga
José Quiroga, M.D. is the former medical director and co-founder of the Program for Torture Victims in Los Angeles. An authority on torture and trauma issues, he has worked in the rehabilitation of torture victims for more than 35 years. Arriving in America after the Pinochet military coup in Chile forced him to flee his native country, Dr. Quiroga has been assistant professor at UCLA in the School of Medicine and Public Health, has served as associate director of Preventive Cardiology at UCLA and is former vice president of the International Rehabilitation Council for Victims of Torture based in Copenhagen. Dr. Quiroga currently serves on the Local and National Board of the Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles. Dr. Quiroga has published on public health, human rights and torture. He has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Torture Journal since 2002 and he has been a member of the International Forensic Expert Group (IFEG) of International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) since 2005.