Claude Claiborne Craighead

Background

Craighead, Claude Claiborne was born on August 30, 1914 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Claude Claiborne and Elizabeth (Lindley) Craighead.

Education

Bachelor, Louisiana Technology U., 1934; Doctor of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1939.

Career

Clinical professor, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1949-1955; clinical assistant professor, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1955-1960; clinical associate professor, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1960-1968; clinical professor, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1968-1984; chief section of peripheral vascular surgery, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, since 1968; chief thoracic surgery, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1969-1973; acting chief thoracic surgery, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, since 1981; professor, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, since 1984.

Achievements

• Claude Claiborne Craighead has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advising committee E. Jefferson Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana, 1966. Major medical Corporation, United States Army, 1940-1945. Fellow American College Chest Physicians, American College Surgeons (governor 1962-1965), Southeastern Surgical Congress.

Member Southern Surgical Association, Louisiana chapter American College Surgeons (president 1965), Surgical Association Louisiana (president 1962-1963), Orleans Parish Medical Society (president 1975).

Connections

Married Edith Louise Dorrell, November 16, 1944. Children: Mary Elizabeth, Claude Claiborne III, Ann Dorell.

Father:

Claude Claiborne Craighead

Mother:

Elizabeth (Lindley) Craighead

Spouse:

Edith Louise Dorrell

child:

Ann Dorell Craighead

child:

Mary Elizabeth Craighead

child:

Claude Claiborne III Craighead