Patricio B. Quijada

June 21, 1944 - November 5, 2020

Patricio Quijada was born on June 21, 1944 in Curico, Chile to Alfredo Quijada and Malva Benavides. He attended medical school at the University of Chile (Universidad de Chile) in Santiago. Patricio moved to the United States with his family in 1973 to pursue his love for surgery. He settled in Orlando and worked at Orlando Health for 42 years. Surgery was his passion, and he loved his colleagues, residents, nurses and patients very much. Throughout his career, he would read into the early hours of the morning in order to assure that he was giving his patients the best care possible. Outside of work he loved family, snow skiing, tennis, soccer, traveling and sharing great cup of coffee with a bagel. Patricio Quijada lived life to the fullest every day and pursued all of his dreams without regret. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Monica Quijada, his daughter, Sole and son, Patrick, his son in law Rod and daughter in law Elisa, and his grandchildren David, Alex, Amelia and Lucas. He also had the most amazing group of friends, near and far, that he considered his family. He will be missed dearly. The Family Kindly Requests that in lieu of Flowers, Donations can be made in Patricio's Memory to: Hogar de Cristo Chile through: https://www.hogardecristousa.org/site/