Background
Whitcomb, Benjamin Bradford was born on December 13, 1908 in Ellsworth, Maine, United States. Son of Benjamin Bradford and Katherine Evelyn (Laffin) Whitcomb.
Whitcomb, Benjamin Bradford was born on December 13, 1908 in Ellsworth, Maine, United States. Son of Benjamin Bradford and Katherine Evelyn (Laffin) Whitcomb.
Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1930; Doctor of Medicine C.M., McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1935.
Intern, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1935-1937; John A. Wentworth fellow, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1937-1938; resident neurosurgery, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1941-1942; neurosurgeon, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, since 1942; director department neurosurgery, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1968-1975; assistant resident in surgery and neurosurgery, New Haven Hospital, 1938-1941; assistant clinical professor neurosurgery, Yale Medical School, 1949-1965; associate clinical professor, Yale Medical School, 1965-1973; clinical professor, Yale Medical School, 1973-1976; clinical professor neurosurgery department surgery, U. Connecticut Medical School, since 1973.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Academy Neurological Surgery (vice president 1966-1967, president 1973-1974), Australian Computer Society, American Medical Association, American Association Neurological Surgeons (vice president since 1971), New England Neurosurg. Society (president 1959-1960), New England Surgical Society, Society British Neurological Surgeons (honorary), Scandanavian Neurosurg.
Society, Society Neurological Surgeons (vice president 1967-1968).
Married Margaret Pike, August, 1936. Children: Stuart Pike, Katherine (Mistress Paul Joseph Dudzinski), Judith (Mistress Horace Hunt), Benjamin Bradford III.