Background
Simeone, Fiorindo Anthony was born on January 20, 1908 in St. Ambrose, Italy. Son of Antonio and Antonia (Rivera) Simeone. came to the United States, 1914, naturalized, 1930.
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Fiorindo Anthony Simeone
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AB, Brown University, 1929. Sc.M., Brown University, 1930. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brown University, 1954.
Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1934. Perpetual student, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London.
Career
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1934-1936;
surgical resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1938-1940;
G.U. surgical resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1940-1941;
National Research Council fellow, Harvard University, 1936-1938;
assistant professor surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1946-1950;
professor surgery Western Reserve U., also director surgery, Cleveland Metropolitan General, 1950-1967;
professor medical science, Brown U., from 1967;
surgeon-in-chief, Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, 1967-1977;
surgeon-in-chief emeritus, Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, 1977-1990. Special assistant for cancer control to governor, State of Rhode Island. Consultant to Surgeon General, United States Army, from 1946.
Member board consultant Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Achievements
Membership
Served from captain to colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, International College Surgeons (honorary).
Member American Medical Association, American Surgical Association, Society University Surgeons, Central Surgical Society, Cleveland Surgical Society (president), New England Surgical Society (president 1982-1983), Cleveland Area Heart Society (president), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (president chapter), United States Medical Consultant World World War II, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (president), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Martha Toothill, August 16, 1941 (deceased). Children: Timothy A., Maria Antonia, Francesca Angelica, Martha Christina, Walter John. Married Margaret Jacoy, June 15, 1972.
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Resting place
Buried Cranston, Rhode Island -
Nationality
American Italian -
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Education
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1929
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1930
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1954
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1934
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Awards
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Decorated Commander National Order of Cedars Republic of Lebanon, Legion of Merit. Recipient Verrazzano Day award, 1973, W.W. Keene award Brown University, 1976. Distinguished Service award Hospital Association Rhode Island, 1978. Distinguished Service award American Heart Association Rhode Island affiliate, 1979. William S. Stone Lectureship award American Trauma Society, 1981. Named to Rhode Island Hall of Fame, 1973.Decorated Commander National Order of Cedars Republic of Lebanon, Legion of Merit. Recipient Verrazzano Day award, 1973, W.W. Keene award Brown University, 1976. Distinguished Service award Hospital Association Rhode Island, 1978.
Distinguished Service award American Heart Association Rhode Island affiliate, 1979. William S. Stone Lectureship award American Trauma Society, 1981. Named to Rhode Island Hall of Fame, 1973.