Background
Davis, Courtland Harwell was born on February 14, 1921 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Courtland Harwell and Mary Helen (Fox) Davis.
Davis, Courtland Harwell was born on February 14, 1921 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Courtland Harwell and Mary Helen (Fox) Davis.
Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, University Virginia, 1944.
Rotating intern, United States Marine Hospital, New Orleans, 1944-1945;
assistant resident neurosurgery, University of Virginia, 1945-1946;
postdoctoral research fellow neuropathology, National Institutes of Health, Duke Medical Center, 1948-1950;
assistant resident neurosurgery, Duke Hospital, 1950-1951;
resident, Duke Hospital, 1951-1952;
private practice specializing in neurosurgery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1952-1987—. Instructor medicine Duke Hospital, 1949-1950. Instructor neurosurgery Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1952-1955, assistant professor, 1955-1959, associate professor, 1959-1967, professor, 1967-1987, professor emeritus, 1987.
Member of staff North Carolina Baptist Hospital, 1952-1987, associate chief professional services, 1975-1982, chief professional services, 1982-1986. Member of staff Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital, 1953-1959, City Memorial Hospital, 1953-1959. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Salisbury, North Carolina, since 1954, Regional Office VA, Winston-Salem, 1954.
Visiting professor neurosurgery Cooperative American Relief Everywhere-MEDICO, Malaysia, 1966, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, 1966. Visiting neurosurgeon Health Opportunities for People Everywhere, Cartagena, Colombia, S. American, 1967, Kingston, Jamaica, 1971. Chairman medical care evaluation committee Piedmont Medical Foundation, 1975-1978.
Member North Carolina Medical Peer Review Foundation, 1978-1979, treasurer, since 1980, Chairman of the Board, since 1980.
Co-chairman Governor's Commision on Mental Retardation, 1964-1968. Vice chairman North Carolina Legislation Council on Mental Retardation, 1964-1972. Past president Bowman Gray Medical Foundation.
President Goodwill Industries, Association for Handicapped Childrens Center. Board directors Forsyth County Rehabilitation House, Forsyth County Sheltered Workshop. Trustee Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery, since 1969.
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Fellow American College of Surgeons (commission on surgical education in medical schools since 1973), Stroke Council American Heart Association. Member American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Medical Society North Carolina (past delegate), Forsyth-Stokes-Davie County Medical Society (Executive Committee since 1980, president 1983-1984), Congress Neurological Surgeons, Southern Neurosurg.
Society (president 1976-1977, member executive council 1977-1979), American Association Neurological Surgeons (member jointcom. with Congress Neurological Surgeons on continuing education 1972-1980, mem.subcom. structure of commission on education in neurological surgery since 1972, member neurosurgery manpower monitoring committee since 1975), Neurosurg. Society American (president 1970-1971, chairman nominating committee 1979-1980), North Carolina Neurosurg. Society, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, National Association Retarded Children (co-chairman research committee 1958-1959, chairman 1959-1960), American Academy Neurol.Surgeons (vice president 1980-1981), Southern Neurological Surgeons (member of council 1977-1979,vice president 1980-1981), Society British Neurological Surgeons (honorary), Alpha Omega Alpha, Theta Delta Chi, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Marilyn Bauer, Sept.14, 1942. Children: Courtland Harwell III, Randon, Richard, Jean Campbell, Cameron, Marilyn. Married Carrie Chamberlain, August 11, 1985.