Concepción Quiñones de Longo

Concepción Quiñones de Longo is a Puerto Rican pediatrician and government official. She was the interim Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico in March 2020 and had previously served as the undersecretary of Rafael Rodríguez Mercado. Quiñones de Longo is a former faculty member of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.

Concepción Quiñones de Longo
Interim Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico
In office
March 13, 2020 – March 26, 2020
GovernorWanda Vázquez Garced
Preceded byRafael Rodríguez Mercado
Succeeded byLorenzo González Feliciano
Personal details
ChildrenDennise Longo Quiñones
EducationInteramerican University of Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD)
OccupationPediatrician, government official
Medical career
FieldPediatrics
InstitutionsUniversity of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Puerto Rico Department of Health

Education

Quiñones de Longo completed a bachelor's degree in premedical studies at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. She completed a doctor of medicine at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. She competed a residency in pediatrics at the University District Hospital in San Juan.[1]

Career

Starting in 1973, Quiñones de Longo worked as a pediatrician instructor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. She was a faculty member at the school of medicine and the University Pediatric Hospital for 36 years.[1] In the 1980s, Quiñones de Longo assisted the Puerto Rico Department of Health with pediatric centers for children with special needs and hospital accreditation. From 2008 to 2012, she served as the undersecretary to the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.[1]

While serving as undersecretary in 2020, Quiñones de Longo reported Department irregularities to Secretary Rafael Rodríguez Mercado.[2] Following Rodríguez Mercado's resignation on March 13, 2020, she served as the interim Secretary of Health for two weeks before resigning on March 26, 2020.[3][4] Quiñones de Longo was succeeded by Lorenzo González Feliciano. She expressed concerns about how contracts for COVID-19 tests were awarded.[5] In April 2020, Quiñones de Longo was questioned by the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico where she stated that Marisol Blasco, an assistant to the Governor, and the Chief of Staff of Puerto Rico, Antonio Pabón, both called her to request that she quickly sign a contract.[6]

Personal life

From 1971 to 1973, Quiñones de Longo resided in the contiguous United States before returning to Puerto Rico.[1] She is the mother of lawyer and government official Dennise Longo Quiñones.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Bio Dr. Concepcion Quinonez De Longo" (PDF). Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce. 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  2. Díaz Rolón, Ayeza (April 9, 2020). "Former Interim Secretary Confirms La Fortaleza Intervention in Health purchases". The Weekly Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  3. "Renuncia la secretaria interina de Salud, Concepción Quiñones de Longo". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). March 26, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  4. Serrano-Román, Angélica (March 27, 2020). "PR Went Through 3 Health Secretaries This Month As COVID-19 Spread; Chief Epidemiologist Resigns". CT News Junkie. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  5. Wyss, Jim (April 20, 2020). "Puerto Rico coronavirus chaos catches Washington's attention". Miami Herald. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  6. Díaz Rolón, Ayeza (April 8, 2020). "Quiñones de Longo confirma la intervención de La Fortaleza en compras de Salud". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  7. Guillama Capella, Manuel (April 8, 2020). "Wanda Vázquez ataca la credibilidad de Concepción Quiñones de Longo". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved April 23, 2020.
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