MD, Domingo A Rocha

Domingo Alexander Rocha was born in San Antonio, Texas the day after Thanksgiving 1955. His mother called him her little turkey for years (although she now denies it). After his first birthday, the family moved to Madrid, Spain to launch a restaurant business. On his turning ten they relocated to Jackson, Mississippi so he and his brother Richard could learn English and benefit from the educational system in place there. (Really!)

The late sixties and early seventies were a tumultuous time in Jackson and the author was thrown into the maelstrom of desegregation in the south. That experience pushed him to understand how people speak volumes without using words. This skill later became essential in his medical practice.

He attended college at delightful Kalamazoo College where he met his future wife Carolyn. The moment they met, each knew something special had come their way. He proceeded in his studies of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Maryland at College Park culminating in a master’s degree in 1980.

Revisiting a youthful desire to become a doctor he entered the University of Maryland Medical School in 1982, graduating in 1986. He finished his Family Practice residency in 1989 and opened a family practice office in Hampstead, MD on November 1, 1989 and continues to care for his patients, some of twenty years.

He has been married to his wife Carolyn for 32 years. He has two daughters, Holly 19, a sophomore at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, and Allie 16 a junior at North Carroll High School. He has two cats, Tommy and Opus.

The author loves to write and also loves to race his 1996 Miata during track season. He lives with his family in Reisterstown, MD.