Victoriano Hernandez

Victoriano Reyes Hernandez, M.D., born on August 15, 1936, in Torreon, Mexico, died of complications from COVID-19 on March 10, 2021. The son of Esperanza Reyes de Hernandez and Ramon Hernandez Pena, Victoriano graduated as a medical doctor from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in August 1960. In 1962, Victoriano matriculated to the United States to perform a residency at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado, his residency and fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University from 1964-1967, and a residency at the San Juan Municipal Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 1967-1968. From July 1969-June 1972, he served as a research associate of the Shock Trauma Unit, associate resident, and as a resident of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Maryland. He then moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, to practice as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, where he relieved and saved countless lives over the next 30 years. He also served as a surgeon in the Army National Guard from 1981-1983. In 2003, Victoriano retired and moved to Dallas, Texas, while spending the winters in Acapulco, Mexico. Victoriano was a humble and hardworking man.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Pauline Hernandez, his daughters Patricia Hernandez Richards (Jeff Richards) and Alicia Esperanza Hernandez (Domingo Davila), and his son Victoriano Reyes Hernandez (Erin O’Connell), as well as his six grandchildren, Benjamin, Elizabeth and Michael Richards; and Martín, Anna Rose, and John Davila. He is also survived by three sisters, Carmen Solano, Sophie Gonzalez, Esperanza Hernandez de Cossio (Carlos de Cossio), many nieces and nephews, and predeceased by five siblings, Jesus Hernandez, Ramon Hernandez, Sergio Hernandez, Linda Godinez, and Rosario Rivera.

Victoriano swore his life to the “benefit of sick”, to the life and art of family and medicine, and the pursuit of relieving the pain and suffering of others with warmth, sympathy, and understanding, and with the responsibility to the care for the sick no matter what race, religion, or color, to preserve the traditions of his calling to those who sought his help as a provider of medicine.