Background
Spaeth, Edmund Benjamin was born on April 22, 1890 in Webster, New York, United States. Son of Philip George and Amelia Marie (Witzig) Spaeth.
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Edmund Benjamin Spaeth
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Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Buffalo, 1916. Post-graduate studies Army Medical School (medalist), 1917, U. Vienna, Austria, 1922.
Career
Intern Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital, Elmira, New York, 1916-1917. Private practice of medicine, 1927-1976. Practice ophthalmology, Philadelphia, 1927-1976.
Professor ophthalmology, graduate school medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1934-1955, professor emeritus, vice dean ophthalmology, department chairman opthalmology.
Consultant United States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. Consulting surgeon Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia.
Consultant Graduate Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.
Achievements
Membership
Served from First lieutenant to major Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917-1926. American College of Surgeons fellow, International College Surgeons, American Academy Opthalmology and Otolaryngology, Philadelphia College Physicians. Member Pan-Pacific Surgical Society, Pan-American Association Ophthalmology, Ophthalmol.
Society Egypt (honorary), Ophthalmol.
Society Chili, American Medical Association, Oxford (England) Ophthalmol. Congress. Republican.
Connections
Married Lea Maria Link, June 15, 1918. Children: Edmund Benjamin, Philip George, Karl Henry, George Link.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Unitarian
Awards
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Awarded Ophthalmol. Medal, U. Buffalo, 1927. Lucian Howe medalist, University Buffalo, 1927. University citation, University of Buffalo, 1958.tempSpaceDiplomate American Board Opthalmology, American Board Plastic Surgery.Awarded Ophthalmol. Medal, U. Buffalo, 1927. Lucian Howe medalist, University Buffalo, 1927. University citation, University of Buffalo, 1958.tempSpaceDiplomate American Board Opthalmology, American Board Plastic Surgery.