DR. CECILIO ECK

Dr. Cecilio Eck is a son of Belizean soil - growing up as a child in Belize City on Craig Street and Majestic Alley and attending school at Holy Redeemer Primary School. He attended Saint John’s College High School and Sixth Form and won the Belize Open Scholarship to attend Medical School at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. He would spend 15 years there, completing his specialization in Pediatrics and working in the public and private arenas.

He returned home 18 years ago and has worked at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for the past 15 years, being the Head of the Department of Pediatrics for 8 years. He has been appointed as a board member for The Inspiration Center, World Pediatric Project- Belize, and is the present President of Friends of Pediatrics, an NGO providing medical financial grants to children in need.

He is a co-owner of Coral Grove Medical Center along with his wife of 30 years, Mrs. Lysette Eck, and the proud father of three kids Kalene (Environmental Lawyer), Tyler (Master’s in Computer Science) and Reanne (his last hope to become a Doctor).