Cornelius Godfrey Coakley

Background

Coakley, Cornelius Godfrey was born on August 14, 1862 in Brooklyn. Son of George Washington (Doctor of Laws) and Isabelle (Hoe) C.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, College City of New York, 1884, Master of Arts, 1887. Doctor of Medicine University Medical College (1st honor), 1887.

Career

Interne Bellevue Hospital, 1887-1888. Director histology department, Loomis Laboratory. Lecturer anatomy, 1889-1890, instructor histology, 1889-1896, New York University.

Clinical professor laryngology, 1898-1905, professor, 1905-1914, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College.

Professor laryngology and otology, College Physicians and Surgical (Columbia) from 1914. Consultant surgeon, ear, nose and throat service, Bellevue Hospital.

Attending otolaryngologist, Presbyterian Hospital. Consultant surgeon, Neurological Institute, Babies Hospital, Sloan Maternity Hospital, Skin and Cancer Hospital, Southampton Hospital Author: Diseases of the Nose and Throat, 1899.

Home: Sagaponack, Long Island

Achievements

• Cornelius Godfrey Coakley has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married September 10, 1890.