Alfred Robert Cordell

Background

Cordell, Alfred Robert was born on October 16, 1924 in Union, South Carolina, United States. Son of Carl Eugene and Ann Louise (Elsmore) Cordell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University North Carolina, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1947.

Career

Surgical intern, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, 1947-1948; assistant resident, surgery, Yale VA Surgical Svc., Newington, Connecticut, 1948-1950; medical corps, surgeon, chief surgical service, United States Naval Reserve, Korea and Virginia, 1950-1952; assistant resident general and thoracic surgery, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1952-1955; resident general and thoracic surgery, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1955-1956; assistant professor surgery, associate professor, Wake Forest U.-Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, 1958-1961, 61-70; professor surgery, Wake Forest U.-Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, 1970-1979; Howard Holt Bradshaw Professor Surgery, department chairman, Wake Forest U.-Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, 1979-1991; emeritus professor, Wake Forest U.-Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, since 1995.

Achievements

• Alfred Robert Cordell has been listed as a noteworthy cardiothoracic surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Piedmont Opera Theatre Inc., Winston-Salem, Centenary Methodist Church, Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony. Active United Way Forsyth County, Arts Council Winston Salem. Fellow Association Physician Assistants in Cardiovasc.

Surgery (honorary); member American College of Surgeons (board governors 1983-1989, president-elect 1999-1900, president North Carolina chapter 2000-2001, Surgeon of Year North Carolina chapter 1997), North Carolina Stroke Association (board directors, president 2000-2002), Society Thoracic Surgeons, American Heart Association (chairman mid-Atlantic region 1970-1971, board directors 1966-1967), American Association Thoracic Surgery, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (president 1971-1972), North Carolina Heart Association (president 1966-1967, board directors 1956-1975), Southern Association Vascular Surgery (president 1984), Thoracic Surgery Foundation (board directors 1994-2001).

Interests

• Avocations: bonsai, opera, symphony, United Way of Forsyth County.

Connections

Married Dewitt Cromer, June 4, 1956 (deceased February 1984). Children: Alfred Robert Junior, Carl Dewitt, Mark Bynum.

Father:

Carl Eugene Cordell

Mother:

Ann Louise (Elsmore) Cordell

Spouse:

Dewitt Cromer

child:

Alfred Robert Junior Cordell

child:

Mark Bynum Cordell

child:

Carl Dewitt Cordell