Charles A. Ragan

Background

Ragan, Charles A. was born on December 21, 1910 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Charles and Mary C. (McCue) Ragan.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1932. Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1936.

Career

Intern Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1936-1938, assistant resident, 1938-1939, resident, 1939-1940, assistant physician, 1941-1948, assistant attending physician, 1948-1951, associate attending physician, 1951-1960, attending physician, from 1960, director medical service, 1971-1975. Commonwealth fellow in medicine, instructor medicine Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1940-1941. Assistant in medicine, Columbia College Physicians and Surgical, 1941-1946, associate in medicine, 1946-1948, assistant professor medicine, 1948-1951, associate professor medicine, 1951-1956, associate professor clinical medicine, 1956-1958, professor clinical medicine, 1958-1961, Lambert professor medicine from 1961, department chairman medicine, 1971-1975.

Visiting physician, director First (Columbia) Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1961-1968.

Director medical service, 1968-1971, visiting physician Harlem Hospital Center, from 1968. Visiting physician Francis Delafield Hospital, 1971-1975.

Visiting consultant medicine Roosevelt Hospital, from 1971. Consultant medicine Saint Luke’s Hospital Center, from 1972.

Consultant United States Public Health Service.

Member committee survey of research rheumatic diseases National Research Council.

Achievements

• Charles A. Ragan has been listed as a noteworthy physician. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member committee survey of research rheumatic diseases National Research Council. Served lieutenant colonel, Medical Corps, A.U.S., 1942-1945. Master American College of Physicians.

Member Association American Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Physiological Society, American Rheumatism Association (secretary 1946-1951, treasurer 1950-1951, president 1953-1954), New York State, New York County medical societies, Harvey Society.

Connections

Married Josephine F. Parker, February 3, 1937. Children: Ellen M., Jody A., Charles R., Mary Annual.

Father:

Charles Ragan

Mother:

Mary C. (McCue) Ragan

Spouse:

Josephine F. Parker

child:

Jody A. Ragan

child:

Charles R. Ragan

child:

Ellen M. Ragan

child:

Mary Ann Ragan