AAPI Stories: Dr. Froilan Tolentino

Dr. Froilan Tolentino, known as Dr. T here in Zachary, was married to Jelly Tolentino for 36 years before his passing from pancreatic cancer in 2011. Together, they had three children and three grandchildren. Dr. T graduated with a degree in medicine from the Catholic University of Santo Thomas School of Medicine in the Philippines in 1972, and finished his residency and medical fellowship at Tulane University and LSU in 1981. A specialist in Pediatric and Pediatric Pulmonary Diseases, he was American Board Certified in 1982. After practicing in California for years, he relocated back to Zachary in 1994, where he became the beloved pediatrician for hundreds of families in Zachary.