Background
Cannon, Bradford was born on December 2, 1907 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Walter Bradford and Cornelia (James) Cannon.
Cannon, Bradford was born on December 2, 1907 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Walter Bradford and Cornelia (James) Cannon.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1929. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1933.
He was the first chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and is credited with saving the lives of thousands of soldiers maimed during World World War World War II From 1943 to 1947, Doctor Bradford Cannon served in the United States. Army as chief of the plastic surgical section of Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania, which cared for casualties from Europe and the Pacific. He also served as president of the Boston Surgical Society, the New England Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, and the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. In the 1950s, Doctor Cannon also worked as a consultant for the United States. Atomic Energy Commission and visited the Marshall Islands to study effects of radioactivity on the population from atomic tests.
Consultant VA, Atomic Energy Commission. Senior consultant surgeon Crippled Children's Program, Massachusetts. President Massachusetts Medical Benevolent Society, 1972-1992.
Trustee Proctor Academy New Hampshire Served from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1947. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Surgical Association, Society University Surgeons, American Association Plastic Surgeons (president 1957-1958), Harvard Medical School Alumni Association (vice president 1968-1971, president 1981-1982), American Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (vice president 1959-1960), New England Surgical Society, New England Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (president 1962-1963), American Society Surgery the Hand, International Society Burn Injuries, Boston Surgical Society (president 1978-1979), Massachusetts Medical Society, Societe Internationale Chirurgie, Society Mayflower Descendants, Sigma Xi.
Married Ellen DeNormandie, June 25, 1938 (deceased, 2003). Children– Walter Bradford, Philip Yardley (deceased), Robert Laurent, Sarah Cannon Holden.