He studied elementary school in Adjuntas and high school in Ponce,standing out as a committed student. He obtained with honors the Bachelor of Arts at the Polytechnic of San Germán and a doctorate in Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine,carved with the highest honor of being the first of its class.[3]
In 1992,during his presidency,he also chaired the pro-statehood New Progressive Party's platform-drafting committee.[4] In the years following the election,he helped the governor Pedro Rosselló to initiate the reform of Puerto Rico's health system.[4] Since 2005,he has published numerous columns for The San Juan Star newspaper,many of them documenting Puerto Rico's medical history.
The Puerto Rico Senate recently passed a bill naming the Puerto Rico Medical Center's University Hospital after Dr. Maldonado,the only medical doctor to have held the post of UPR President.
A native of the mountain town of Adjuntas,he is married to Mary Anne Maldonado,a well known feminist and social activist,and has five grown-up children and six grandchildren.
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