Alan Rance Shons

Background

Shons, Alan Rance was born on January 10, 1938 in Freeport, Illinois, United States. Son of Ferral Caldwell and Margaret (Zimmerman) Shons.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1960. Doctor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Surgery, University of Minnesota, 1976.

Career

Intern, U. Hospital, Cleveland, 1965-1966, resident in surgery, 1966-1967. Research fellow transplantation immunology University of Minnesota, 1969-1972. Resident in surgery University of Minnesota Hospital, 1972-1974.

Resident in plastic surgery New York University, 1974-1976.

Assistant professor plastic surgery University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1976-1979, associate professor, 1979-1984,professor, 1984. Director division plastic and reconstructive surgery University of Minnesota Hospital, Saint Paul Ramsey Hospital, Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital., 1976-1984.

Consultant plastic surgery Saint Louis Park Medical Center, 1980-1984. Professor surgery Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1984-1993.

Director division plastic and reconstructive surgery University Hospitals Cleveland, 1984-1992.

Professor surgery U. South Florida, H. Lee. Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, 1993. Author: (with Grand Lodge Adams and Doctorate. McQuarrie) Head and Neck Cancer, 1986.

(with R. Jensen) Plastic Surgery Review, 1993.

Achievements

• Alan Rance Shons has been listed as a noteworthy plastic surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain United States Air Force, 1967-1969. Diplomate American Board Surgery, American Board Plastic Surgery. Fellow American College of Surgeons (chairman Minnesota commission on trauma 1978-1984).

Member American Society Plastic and ReconstructiveSurgeons, American Association Plastic Surgeons, Minnesota Academy Plastic Surgeons (president 1981-1982), American Medical Association, Society Head and Neck Surgeons, American Association Surgery Trauma, Transplantation Society, Plastic Surgery Research Council, American Society Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Association Immunologists, Society Experimental Pathology, American Burn Association, American Cleft Palate Association, American Society Craniofacial Surgery, Association Academy Surgery, Central Surgical Association, Florida Society Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, Tampa Bay Society Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married MaryElla Misamore, August 5, 1961. Children: Lesley, Susan.

Father:

Ferral Caldwell Shons

Mother:

Margaret (Zimmerman) Shons

Spouse:

MaryElla Misamore

child:

Susan Shons

child:

Lesley Shons