Education
Princeton University.
Princeton University.
Eggleston is an alumnus of Princeton University, and passed his Doctor of Medicine in 1945 from Cornell University Medical College. He then trained first in general surgery and then in cardio-thoracic surgery. He worked in different hospitals in New York till December 1953 and then moved to India.
In India he joined Christian Medical College, Ludhiana as the head of surgery department.
Ludhiana was a small town in those days. He developed the department of general surgery and cardio-thoracic surgery and trained more than 100 surgeons.
Many of those are still serving in various rural hospitals in India and abroad. Doctor Eggleston introduced the American residency system of training young surgeons in India
His work and experiences are summarised in his book Christian Medical College, Ludhiana: A 33 Year Experience 1953-1986: a Personal Perspective
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, has dedicated a library to his name:
He was the director of Christian Medical College and Hospital from 1982 to 1986.
He retired after holding this highest office in the medical college and went back home to United States of America.
