Alejandro F. Castro

CASTRO ALEJANDRO FRANCISCO CASTRO, M.D. (Age 89) On May 30, 2008, at the Mayo Clinic Hospice Suites in Rochester, MN, of Marathon, FL. He was born on February 9, 1919 in El Salvador to Hector David Castro and Elena Cromeyer Castro. His father was the Ambassador from El Salvador to the United States. Dr. Castro spent most of his life in the U.S., practicing surgery in Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD until his retirement in 1985. He was an avid sportsman and traveled the world extensively. He received his M.D. from The George Washington University School of Medicine in 1942 followed by a four year fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He was a founder and member of the Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, President of the Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in 1975, Associate Professor of Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital, and Chairman of Surgery at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD. Named twice nationally by his peers in "Best Medical Specialists in the U.S.", he published and lectured extensively. He is survived by his wife, Maryanna Dotson, M.D.; son Alejandro Francisco Castro, II and wife, Kelly, of Baltimore, MD; son Robert J. Castro of Bethesda, MD; stepson Gregory D. Bremer, of Washington, DC; six grandchildren, Ingrid, Alejandro, III, Elena, Diana, Lyle, Philip; former wife, Fanchon Castro; and a sister Maria Teresa Everhart of Arlington, VA. Burial is Private.