Background
Boldrey, Edwin Barkley was born on July 17, 1906 in Morgantown, Indiana, United States. Son of Edwin H. and Florence B. (Barkley) Boldrey.
Boldrey, Edwin Barkley was born on July 17, 1906 in Morgantown, Indiana, United States. Son of Edwin H. and Florence B. (Barkley) Boldrey.
AB, De Pauw University, 1927. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1930. Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University, 1932.
Master of Science, McGill University, 1936.
Intern, Montreal General Hospital, 1932-1934;
admitting officer, special graduate student pathology, Montreal General Hospital, 1934-1935;
research fellow, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1935-1936, 40;
house officer neurology and neurological surgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1936-1937;
fellow neuropathology, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1938;
resident neurology and neurological surgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1939;
member of faculty, University of California School Medicine, from 1940;
instructor surgery, University of California School Medicine, 1940-1944;
assistant clinical professor surgery, University of California School Medicine, 1944-1947;
assistant clinical professor neurol, surgery, University of California School Medicine, 1947-1948;
associate professor neurological surgery, University of California School Medicine, 1948-1960;
professor, University of California School Medicine, 1960-1974;
professor emeritus, University of California School Medicine, from 1974;
department chairman, University of California School Medicine, 1951-1956;
neurological surgeon-in-chief of hospitals, University of California School Medicine, 1951-1956;
attending neurological surgeon, Langley Porter Clinic, 1945-1974. Consultant neurological surgeon San Francisco Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, from 1948, United States Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California, VA, Washington, San Francisco Hospital, 1951-1986, Parks Air Force Base Hospital, 1955-1958, May T. Morrison Rehabilitation Center, 1956-1962, Fort Riley Veterans Administration Hospital., from 1957, TravisAFB Hospital, from 1958, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Letterman General Hospital, United States Navy Hospital, San Diego. Lecturer neurological surgery Oakland Naval Hospital, from 1966.
Consultant National Institute Neurological Disease and Blindness, 1960-1964. Consultant National Institute Neurological Disease and Stroke, 1966-1973, chairman research training grant committee, 1967-1970, member of national advisory council, 1973-1977. National advisory NINCDS Council member district review committee California Board Medical Examiners, 1969-1976.
Member of national clinical advisory United Cerebral Palsy, 1953-1963, board directors, San Francisco, 1958-1978, member medical advisory board, 1961-1978. Advisory council neurological surgery Australian Computer Society, 1956-1961. Consultant United States Public Health Service Hospitals, 1966-1982.
Member medical advisory board Epilepsy Foundation, 1966-1976. Board directors Princeton Conference Cerebrovascular Disease, 1970-1974, Neurological Sciences Foundation of Portland, Oregon, from 1978.
American College of Surgeons fellow. Member American Medical Association, Association for Research and Nervous and Mental Disease, Pan Pacific Surgical Association (vice president 1975, 78), American Neurological Association, American Academy Neurological Surgery (president 1958-1959, historian 1970-1981), Society Neurological Surgeons (president 1965-1966, historian 1970-1984 ), American Association Neurological Pathology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Harvey Cushing Society (vice president 1964-1965, parliamentarian 1975, 76), New York, California academies science, California Academy Medicine, Canada Neurological Society, San Francisco Neurological Society (a founder, president 1948-1949, 80-81), Canada Neurosurg. Society, Western Neurosurg.
Society (a founder, president 1964-1965), American Trauma Society (founding member), California Association Neurological Surgery (founder), N. California Academy Clinical Oncology, American Heart Association, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Chi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Commonwealth (San Francisco), University (San Francisco).
Married Helen B. Eastland, June 16, 1932. Children— Nancy J., Edwin E., Susan E.