Dr. Jose Bolaños comes from a third generation of doctors in Central America, he was born and raised in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He’s the eldest of three sons, his father was a pediatric surgeon, and his mother is a retired licensed nurse. His two younger siblings decided to pursue their dreams in culinary school while he followed his father’s footsteps into health care. He got his bachelor’s degree in science and letters at Instituto Experimental La Salle, he then joined Medical School at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) and graduated in 2016 at the age of 25.
Jose has had a strong passion for medicine since a young age which overlaps to many areas of his life, during medical school he started working with an Idaho/Oregon based Non-Profit Organization called Faith and Humanity Medical Missions, which focuses in providing medical care in rural areas of Honduras, where he now is part of the Executive Board and the official In Country Liaison.
By working and providing medical care in places of extreme need, Jose recognizes the importance of primary care as a human right and a stronghold for every community, this being a major driver for him pursuing a generalist pathway as a Family Medicine Doctor.
He moved into Idaho in October of 2021 and worked as a Patient Safety Specialist for St. Luke’s Health System in Boise. The following year he met his beautiful wife Monica and now find themselves established within our community in Nampa.
Together they look forward to becoming a productive part of our local community with him as a provider and her as an elementary school teacher. Besides medicine he enjoys trying different foods, snowboarding, gadgets and anything involving strength training and powerlifting.