Here is a link to the New York Times Obituary for John Froines.

Here is a link to the Los Angeles Times Obituary for John Froines.

Physicians for Social Responsibility hired us to produce this video about John Froines when they were honoring him in 2012. We have added it to the archive because of his important activist work.

Dr. Jose Quiroga is a cardiologist and co-founder and director of medical services at the Program for Torture Victims (PTV).  He still works at the Venice Family Clinic and is on the Board of PSR - Physicians for Social Responsibility. He also has serve as a vice-president of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT).

Dr. Quiroga worked as a personal physician to a Chilean president, Salvador Allende, before fleeing Chile after the coup d’état in 1973. On September 11, 1973, CIA-backed Chilean military army, led by General Augusto Pinochet, launched a coup against the democratically elected Unidad Popular Government of Salvador Allende. A team of doctors including José Quiroga and a few officials were the only ones to stay with the president at the palace La Moneda. Dr. Quiroga left Chile with his family in 1977 after increasing harassment and threats under the Pinochet regime, and secured a position at UCLA as an associate researcher in public health. He soon began working in close collaboration with a refugee from Argentina, psychologist Ana Deutsch. Together, they co-founded the Program for Torture Victim (PTV) in 1980, and Dr. Quiroga established a medical arm of the program at Venice Family Clinic.

Dr. Quiroga says his previous experiences have exposed him to human rights issues and that “It is not enough to be a practicing physician for money.” Dr. Quiroga urges doctors to get involved in the community and politics of one’s country to impact and to make change in the society. 

Julie and Brogan produced this video on Dr. Quiroga for PSR in 2009.