Dr. Rey Lazaro resides in Guilderland, a quiet township in Upstate New York, situated west of Albany. His distinguished medical journey commenced with his graduation from the University of Santo Tomas Medical School in Manila, Philippines, in the year 1970. Subsequently, he pursued his neurological training at the esteemed St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center of New York. Dr. Lazaro underwent specialized neuromuscular disease training at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, to refine his expertise further. With an unwavering commitment to excellence, Dr. Lazaro has achieved board certification in both Adult Neurology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is an honored member of the American Academy of Neurology, contributing his knowledge and expertise to the field, and a fellow of the American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

He performed his duties as an associate professor of neurology and co-director of the Muscular Dystrophy clinic at Albany Medical College from 1981 until 2000. He is the author of 27 scientific articles published in several peer-reviewed medical and surgical journals. He also served as a peer reviewer in various medical journals, including Muscle and Nerve in 1994, Medicine in 2015-2018, and American Journal of Pain Medicine in 2018. He received the “Excellent Peer Reviewer” award from Medicine Journal in 2016 and 2018. 

Dr. Rey has also written three successful books. His first book, titled “A Neurologist’s Daring Escape from the Steel Cage of Religion: A Long and Arduous Personal Journey to Reality,” was written to emphasize the hypocrisies, contradictions, ironies, and paradoxes in the practice of Christian religion and to discuss the many reasons why he lost his faith and left the Catholic church. The second book, titled “Low Back Pain: What Patients and Primary Health Care Providers Should Know,” was written to stress the importance of identifying the sources of low back pain in order to formulate the appropriate therapy and to minimize the incidence of failed surgery for low back pain. The third book, titled “Sinful Acts, Sexual Orientation, and Religious Indoctrination: Unraveling the Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological, and Neurochemical Aberrancies,” was written to provide, in scientific terms, explanations of why some people commit acts that go against moral and legal principles, and why some people develop certain sexual orientations and personalities that border the mainstream. Most of his time in semi-retirement is devoted to clinical research and literature search on topics such as unexplained ancient mysteries, religion and science of ancient civilization, pre-biblical history of the world, and astronomical and geological phenomena.