Donald Hughes Gaylor

Background

Gaylor, Donald Hughes was born on April 17, 1926 in Brooklyn. Son of Norman Hunter and Frances (Hughes) Gaylor.

Education

AB, U. Rochester, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, U. Rochester, 1949.

Career

Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy, 1949; advanced through grades to captain Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1966; intern, United States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1949-1950; student flight surgeon, School Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Florida, 1950-1951; flight surgeon, United States Naval Station, Trinidad, British West Indies California California, 1951-1953; resident general surgery, United States Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, 1953-1957; postgraduate fellow surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1957; resident thoracic surgery, United States Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, 1957-1959; resident cardiovascular surgery, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York, 1958; staff thoracic surgeon, United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1959-1964; surgeon, United States Ship Enterprise, 1964; staff thoracic surgeon, United States Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland., 1964-1965; chief thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, United States Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1968; chief surgery, Executive officer, United States Ship Repose, 1968-1969; Executive officer, Naval Medical School, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1972; retired, 1972; clinical associate surgery, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1976-1990; professor clinical surgery, Hahnemann U. School Medicine, 1986-1996. Chief surgery Allentown (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1972-1990, Sacred Heart Hospital, 1973-1976, Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, 1974-1990.

Achievements

• Donald Hughes Gaylor has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, American Trauma Society (president Pennsylvania division 1979-1983, treasurer 1985-1991), Society Thoracic Surgeons (founding), Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, Association Military Surgeons United States, American Trauma Society (founding member).

Connections

Married Joan Winifred Power, April 3, 1948. Children: David, Christopher, Steven, Susan, Timothy.

Father:

Norman Hunter Gaylor

Mother:

Frances (Hughes) Gaylor

Spouse:

Joan Winifred Power

child:

Timothy Gaylor

child:

Susan Gaylor

child:

Steven Gaylor

child:

Christopher Gaylor

child:

David Gaylor