Frank Filiberto

Frank Filiberto
Education BA, MD, and surgical residency
Alma mater St. John's University, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and University of Miami
Occupation Surgeon
Known for Former chairman of the USA Boxing National Medical Committee
Board member of USA Boxing's Board of Directors

Frank Filiberto is an American surgeon and former Mayor of Palm Bay, Florida. He is also a former chairman of the USA Boxing National Medical Committee and the current President of the American Medical Marijuana Association of Florida.

Early life

Filiberto graduated from St. John's University in New York and from medical school at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. He then completed his surgical residency at the University of Miami.[1]

Political career

In February 1980 Filiberto first qualified to run for municipal office in Surfside, Florida, a municipality where politicians were selected from the top five vote-getters—the top vote-getter becoming Mayor, the second becoming Vice-Mayor, and the other three council people.[2] Filiberto was voted Vice-Mayor on March 20, 1980,[3] and served until resigning on June 30, 1981.[4] He was the only one out of the four individuals elected in 1980 to beat an incumbent.[3]

Filiberto ran for office again in 1987, this time for the Mayor of Palm Bay, Florida. After his election as Mayor, he served the city until 1990,[1] when Filiberto ran instead in the 1990 Republican Primary for the 2nd Congressional District seat in Florida, then held by Bill Nelson, who was retiring from Congress.[5] He said the reason he was running was that "doctors are underrepresented in Congress and the profession is too restricted and inadequately compensated for services it provides Medicare patients".[6]

Medical career

During the 1970s and early 1980s, Filiberto served as a surgeon at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.[3] After this he opened his own offices in the Miami area in 1982, with another office opening a few years later. One office specializes in plastic surgery, and the other as an ears, nose, and throat clinic.[7][8] Filiberto studies the medical effects of marijuana, and is the President of the American Medical Marijuana Association of Florida.[9][10]

Boxing

Filiberto was an amateur boxer in his youth and founder of the Palm Bay Boxing Club,[1] and is a former president of Florida USA Boxing.[11] Filiberto has served as both president of the American College of Ringside Physicians and the chairman of the USA Boxing National Medical Committee,[12] in addition to being a member of USA Boxing's Board of Directors.[13] He is an advocate for amateur boxing and its role in keeping underprivileged kids off the streets by giving them something competitive and constructive to strive towards.[14]

Controversies

Filiberto was convicted of tax evasion in February 2003, after not reporting taxes on one of his two medical offices between 1994 and 1996.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tony Judnich (November 19, 2009). "Palm Bay doctor provides the 'lift' of life". Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "On the beaches". The Miami News. February 14, 1980. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Kathy McCarthy (March 21, 1980). "Absentee vote tally fails to alter Surfside outcome". The Miami News. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ben Levine gets Surfside seat". The Miami News. August 27, 1981. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Runoff likely for Nelson's House seat". The News-Journal. September 5, 1990. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ David C. Scruggs (December 20, 1989). "Filiberto To Run For Nelson's Seat Palm Bay Mayor Tells Doctors Of Plan". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Breast Implant Saves Stabbing Victim's Life". NBC2 Miami. January 24, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Doctor Gets 4 Months In Prison". Sun-Sentinel. February 20, 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Give experts a say on medical marijuana". May 7, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Please Meet Dr. Frank Fillaberto". Brevards Best News. July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  11. ↑ Robert Pincus (October 1, 1998). "Promoters Have Police Athletic League Ready To Rumble". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  12. ↑ Brian Mccallum (May 24, 2007). "Health main issue for older, comeback boxers". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  13. ↑ Laura Keeley (June 12, 2009). "Amateur boxer makes a name for herself". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Larry Lawton interviews Dr. Frank Filiberto about Boxing and Kids". Retrieved November 12, 2013.


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