Carl Wilson Hughes

Background

Hughes, Carl Wilson was born on June 29, 1914 in Eminence, Missouri, United States. Son of Stephen Mitchel and Sarah (Ward) Hughes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, University Tennessee, 1944; Doctor of Science, U. Missouri, 1995.

Career

Intern, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 1944; resident, John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, 1945-1946; commissioned First lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Army, 1946; advanced through grades to major general, United States Army, 1970; assistant chief, later chief surgical service, 57th Field Hospital, Wurzburg, Germany, 1946-1947; chief surgical service, 385th Station Hospital, Nurnberg, Germany, 1948-1949; surgical resident, Walter Reed Army Hospital, 1949-1952; vascular surgical consultant 8th Army, member surgical research team, United States Army, Korea, 1953; director division surgery, Walter Reed Army Institute Research chief peripheral vascular surgery, Walter Reed Hospital, 1954-1957; chief general surgery staff, later chief department surgery, Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, 1957-1961; chief department surgery, Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma, 1961-1964; chief department surgery, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, 1964-1965; chief department surgery, Walter Reed General Hospital, 1965-1969; commanding general, Walter Reed General Hospital, 1969-1971; commanding general, Tripler General Hospital chief surgeon, United States Army, Pacific, 1971-1974; director surgical service, VA, Washington, 1974-1979; deputy assistant chief medical director for professional services, VA, 1979-1981; assistant chief medical director for professional services, VA, 1981-1985; professor surgery, Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1985-1995; retired as distinguished professor surgery, Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1995; president, Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome U. Surgical Associations, 1990-1991. Consultant vascular surgery surgeon general, 1965-1971. Consultant to Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, 1994.

Clinical associate professor surgery U. Washington School Medicine, Seattle, 1962-1964. Associate clinical professor surgery George Washington University School Medicine, 1966-1971.

Achievements

• Carl Wilson Hughes has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Congressionally Mandated VA, Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 1988-1994. Member American College of Surgeons (board governors 1975-1980), Society Vascular Surgery, American Association Surgery Trauma, Southern, American surgical associations, Association Military Surgeons United States (Founder's medal 1984), Society Medical Consultant to Armed Forces (president 1987-1988), Association VA Surgeons (Distinguished Service award 1984), University Tennessee College Medicine Alumni Association (Distinguished Alumnus award 1987).

Connections

Married Eleanor Naomi Hulseweh, June 13, 1943. Children: Elaine Leslie, Debra Lenore.

Father:

Stephen Mitchel Hughes

Mother:

Sarah (Ward) Hughes

Spouse:

Eleanor Naomi Hulseweh

child:

Elaine Leslie Hughes

child:

Debra Lenore Hughes