Background
Watkins, Elton was born on August 16, 1921 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Elton and Daniela Ruth (Sturges) Watkins.
Surgeon biomedical research administrator
Watkins, Elton was born on August 16, 1921 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Elton and Daniela Ruth (Sturges) Watkins.
Bachelor, Reed College, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, U. Oregon, 1944.
Rotating intern, U. Oregon Medical School Hospitals and Clinics, 1944-1945;
assistant resident in thoracic surgery, U. Oregon Medical School Hospitals and Clinics, 1945-1947;
chief resident in thoracic surgery, U. Oregon Medical School Hospitals and Clinics, 1947-1948;
director, U. Oregon Medical School Hospitals and Clinics, 1948-1949;
assistant resident in general surgery, U. Oregon Medical School Hospitals and Clinics, 1949-1950;
chief resident in general surgery, U. Oregon Medical School Hospitals and Clinics, 1950-1951;
instructor in physiology, U. Oregon, 1948-1949;
various positions including senior staff surgeon, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1951-1975;
senior staff surgeon to chairman division research, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Burlington, Massachusetts, since 1957;
various teaching positions, Harvard University Medical School, since 1953. Member of staff New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, New England Baptist Hospital. Lecturer First British Academy Conference in Otolaryngology, Royal College Surgeons, London, 1963.
Annual orator Danish Surgical Society, Copenhagen, 1967.
Chairman board directors Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, Inc., Boston, 1977-1979. Commander Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1954-1956. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association Council Cardiovascular Surgery.
Member American Association Thoracic Surgery, American Association Cancer Research, New England Surgical Society, Society Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Oncology, Society Surgical Oncology, Transplantation Society(charter), Tissue Culture Association, American Association Medical Instrumentation, Tumor Registrars Association New England (honorary), Society International de Chirugie, British Association Surgical Oncology (foreign correspondent), British Association Cancer Research, Sigma Xi, others.
Married; children: Elton III, Sturges Benjamin.