He completed his residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Boston and his fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Johns Hopkins. DeLemos came to USC in 1991 after serving as chair of the Department of Physiology and Medicine at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas from 1985-91. In various positions, deLemos served at Lackland from 1969 until 1985. He also served on the faculty of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at that time. DeLemos was chief of pediatric services at March Air Force Base in California from 1965-67.
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