Background
Szilagyi, Desiderius Emerick was born on June 20, 1910 in Nagykaroly, Hungary. Came to the United States,, naturalized, 1931.
Szilagyi, Desiderius Emerick was born on June 20, 1910 in Nagykaroly, Hungary. Came to the United States,, naturalized, 1931.
Diploma, Calvinist College, Klausenburg, Hungary, 1928. Examination, University Paris-Sorbonne. Student, University Debrecen.
Doctor of Medicine, University Michigan, 1935. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1940. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary, 1988.
Intern University Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, 1935-1936, assistant resident in surgery, 1936-1937, instructor pathology, 1937-1939. Assistant resident in surgery Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1939-1942, chief resident, 1945. Director medical department Ford Rubber Plantations, Para, Brazil, 1942-1945.
Assistant surgeon Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1945-1946, associate surgeon, 1946-1949, chief division II general surgery, 1949-1966, chairman department surgery, 1966-1975, consultant vascular surgery, 1975-1997, chief of staff, 1968-1971. Emeritus clinical professor surgery University Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor. Consultant vascular surgery, since 1997.
Edwin A. Jarecki Memorial lecturer Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1964. David W. Yandell lecturer University Louisville Medical School, 1973. William Mayo lecturer University Michigan, 1978.
Matas Memorial lecturer XV International Congress of International Cardiovascular Society, Athens, Greece, 1981. Endowed prossorial chair in vascular surgery Henry Ford Health Systems, 2001.
Member American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Federation Clinical Research, American Surgical Associations, American Thyroid Association, Central Surgical Association (past president), International Society Cardiovascular Surgery (past chapter president), International Society Surgery, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, (past president), Society Vascular Surgery (past president, Distinguished Service award, 2000), Western Surgical Association (past vice president, president), Detroit Academy Surgery, Detroit Surgical Association, Michigan Medical Society, Wayne County Medical Society. Honorary member Sociedad Argentina de Angiologia, Sociedad Columbiana de Angiologia, Royal Australasian College Surgeons, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gefässchirurgie, Hungarian Society of Angiology.
Married Martha Evelyn Foklkes Harper (deceased ). Children: Martha, Christine. Married Sally Stritch Bolton, 1989.