Dr. Rios joined us for conversations about his experiences growing up as a Puerto Rican in New York, the importance of diversity in the medical field, and the struggles minority communities face getting adequate medical care.
Dr. Rios was born in the Bronx, New York, and attended private prep school in Connecticut before completing his undergraduate degree at Harvard University and medical school at Stanford University. He completed his internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and then his cardiology fellowship at the University of Iowa. He is currently a cardiologist at Research Medical Research and is fluent in Spanish.