Quentin Santaigo was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1896.  He received a B.S. degree in Engineering from U. of Michigan in 1917  and was soon after drafted into the U.S. Army.  Serving in France as a medical corpsman, he was badly wounded by shrapnel in Sept. 1918 and was sent home, his face badly disfigured.  After a lengthy recuperation, he returned to school and received his M.D. in 1923.  He established his practice in New York City.