Background
Lester, Charles Willard was born on September 14, 1892 in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Son of James Westcott and Bertha North (Dowd) Lester.
Lester, Charles Willard was born on September 14, 1892 in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Son of James Westcott and Bertha North (Dowd) Lester.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1914. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1918.
Intern, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1918-1919;
member of staff, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1920-1929;
associate attending surgeon, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1943-1949;
attending thoracic surgeon, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1949-1958;
consultant thoracic surgeon, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, from 1958;
intern, Los Angeles County Hospital, 1919-1920;
member of staff, Fifth Avenue Hospital, 1929-1935;
member of staff, St. Mark's Hospital, 1929-1931;
attending thoracic surgeon, Hospital Special Surgery, New York City, 1936-1956;
consultant surgeon, Hospital Special Surgery, New York City, from 1956. Associate visiting surgeon Bellevue Hoep., 1937-1940, visiting surgeon, 1940-1958, consultant surgeon, from 1958. Associate surgeon Municipal Sanitorium, Orisville, New York, 1937-1940, visiting surgeon, 1940-1950, consultant surgeon, 1950-1956.
Consultant surgeon King's park (New York) Eastern State Hospital, 1937-1956. Assistant clinical professor surgery New York University, 1937-1940, associate professor, 1940-1949. Assistant surgeon Tribore Hospital, 1941-1943, associate surgeon, 1943-1946.
Consultant thoracic surgery Veterans Administration Hospital., Castle Point, New York, from 1944.
President board of trustees Nitchie School Lip Reading, 1935-1952. First lieutenant United States Army, World War I. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Medical Association, New York Society Cardiovascular Surgery, American Association Thoracic Surgery, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Surgical Society, New York Society Thoracic Surgery, Century Club, Williams Club, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Omega Alpha. M C.
Married Marianme G. Stebbins, June 5, 1920.