Dr. Joe's extensive list of published works includes articles on cardiology, medical ethics and health care of the clergy and religious. A crucifixion scholar, he and his wife, Dr. Alice Baker Holoubek, gave talks across the nation on the physical sufferings of Christ at Calvary.
As members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the doctors Holoubek toured the Holy Land. "To walk in the places where Jesus walked is an unforgettable experience," says the author.
Dr. Joe was a distinguished member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, an organization limited to 50 Catholic scholars of academic stature who have earned doctorate-level degrees.
A founder of LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was a former president of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds, the Louisiana Heart Society and Tri-State Medical Society.
Dr. Joe and Dr. Alice practiced internal medicine together for more than 40 years.
He was a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. She was among the first women to graduate from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans.
Dr. Alice and Dr. Joe met in 1937 during a summer fellowship at Mayo Clinic and wrote to each other almost daily until they married in 1939. Dr. Alice, who died in 2005, was Dr. Joe's greatest source of inspiration.
Listen to a radio interview with Dr. Joe. (MP3)
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