Background
Sabanas-Wells, Alvina Olga was born on July 30, 1914 in Riga, Latvia, Lithuania. Daughter of Adomas and Olga (Dagilyte) Pipyne.
Sabanas-Wells, Alvina Olga was born on July 30, 1914 in Riga, Latvia, Lithuania. Daughter of Adomas and Olga (Dagilyte) Pipyne.
Doctor of Medicine, University Vytautas The Great, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1939. Master of Science in Orthopaedic Surgery, University Minnesota, 1955.
Intern, University Clinics, Kaunas, 1939-1940; resident orthopaedic surgery and trauma, Red Cross Trauma Hospital, Kaunas, 1940-1944; orthopaedic and trauma fellow, Unfall Krankenhous, Vienna, Austria, 1943-1944; intern, Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago, 1947-1948; fellow in orthopaedic surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1952-1955; associate orthopaedic surgery, Northwestern University, 1956-1972; assistant professor orthopaedic surgery, Rush Medical School, 1973-1976; private practice orthopaedic surgery, Sun City, Arizona, 1976-1989. President cattle ranch corporation.
Member University of Minnesota Alumni Association, Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society.
Married Juozas Sabanas, August 20, 1939 (deceased March 1968). 1 child, Algis (deceased). Married Alfonse F. Wells, December 31, 1977 (deceased 1990).