Background
Wood, Francis Carter was born on December 30, 1869 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Raynor and Annie (Carter) Wood.
Wood, Francis Carter was born on December 30, 1869 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Raynor and Annie (Carter) Wood.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1891. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia), 1894. Studied at Berlin, Vienna, 1896.
Bachelor of Science (honorary), Tufts, 1925.
Ohio State University, 1931.
Inten, 1894-1896, pathologist, since 1897, attending physician Saint Luke’s Hospital, New York City, 1909-1938, consultant physician since 1938. Director pathological laboratory, since 1910, director radiotherapeutic department, since 1921. Assistant in clinical pathology, College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, 1896-1898, instructor, 1898-1904, Adjunct Professor, 1904-1906, professor, director department clinical pathology, 1906-1912.
Professor, director Institute Cancer Research (founded by George Crocker), Columbia, 1912-1940, now emeritus.
Vice president International Union Against Cancer, since 1935.
Member American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York Pathology Society, American Medical Association, American Cancer Society, American Association Cancer Research, Association American Physicians, Radiological Society North.A., Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Radiological Society of the Scandinavian Countries (honorary). Member Legion of Honor (France).
Club: Century.
Married Edith Warren Sterling, 1901. Children: Eleanor Carter, Edith Sterling, Mary Lydia, Francis Carter, Winifred Warren.