Background
Ellis, Franklin Henry was born on September 20, 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Franklin Henry and Katherine (McClintock) Ellis.
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Franklin Henry Ellis
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Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1941; Doctor of Medicine Columbia University, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1951.
Career
Intern, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1944-1945; fellow surgery, Mayo Clinic, 1945-1946, 48-52; fellow thoracic surgery, Mayo Clinic, 1952-1953; assistant to surgical staff, Mayo Clinic, 1952-1953; consultant surgery, Mayo Clinic, 1953-1970; member of faculty, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, 1952-1970; professor surgery, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, 1964-1970; chairman thoracic surgical section, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, 1966-1970; chief cardiovascular surgery, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Boston, 1970-1975; chief thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 1975-1986; senior consultant, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 1986-1990; department chairman thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, 1971-1990; lecturer surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1970-1974; associate clinical professor surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1974-1980; clinical professor surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1980-1991; professor emeritus, Harvard Medical School, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1948. Member American Medical Association (Billings Gold medal 1955), American College of Surgeons, American Association Thoracic Surgery, International Society Surgery, Boston Surgical Society (president 1985-1986), New England Surgical Society, Society Clinical Surgery, Society Vascular Surgery (president 1971), Society Thoracic Surgeons (president 1977), Association Cardiothoracic Surgeons Gt.Britain and Ireland (honorary), American Surgical Association, European Association Cardiothoracic Surgery, European Society Thoracic Surgeons (correspondent), International Society Diseases of Esophagus (honorary).
Connections
Married Mary Jane Walsh, December 2, 1978. Children: Katherine de Saulles (Mistress Robert Manoff), Elizabeth Dunston (Mistress Joseph Browning), Franklin Henry III, Margot McClintock (Mistress Hugh Starkey), Laura Lawson (Mistress David Milliken), Marie-Armide Longer (Mistress Charles Storey), Hedrick Watson, Michael Garrison.
- Father:
- Franklin Henry Ellis
- Mother:
- Katherine (McClintock) Ellis
- Spouse:
- Mary Jane Walsh
- child:
- Hedrick Watson Ellis
- child:
- Michael Garrison Ellis
- child:
- Marie-Armide Longer Ellis (Mistress Charles Storey)
- child:
- Katherine de Saulles Ellis (Mistress Robert Manoff)
- child:
- Franklin Henry III Ellis
- child:
- Elizabeth Dunston Ellis (Mistress Joseph Browning)
- child:
- Laura Lawson Ellis (Mistress David Milliken)
- child:
- Margot McClintock Ellis (Mistress Hugh Starkey)
