Galen Vincent Poole

Background

Poole, Galen Vincent was born on April 13, 1951 in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, United States. Son of Galen Vincent and Audrey (Taylor) Poole.

Education

AB, Hanover College, 1973; Doctor of Medicine, U. Kentucky, 1978.

Career

Intern, resident in surgery, Bowman Gray-Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1978-1985; assistant clinical professor School Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1986-1989; associate professor Medical Center, U. Mississippi, Jackson, 1989-1993; professor surgery, U. Mississippi, Jackson, since 1993.

Achievements

• Galen Vincent Poole has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Mississippi State Committee on Trauma, Jackson, since 1993. Director Trauma, Surgical, and Critical Care, Jackson, since 1989. Member of advisory county Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Trauma Care Task Force, Jackson, since 1993.

Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve, since 1985. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Southeastern Surgical Congress. Member Southern Surgical Association, American Association for Surgery of Trauma, Society of University Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society for Critical Care Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Carol Ruth Shepherd, Aug.11, 1974. Children: Erin Ruth, Matthew Shepherd.

Father:

Galen Vincent Poole

Mother:

Audrey (Taylor) Poole

Spouse:

Carol Ruth Shepherd

child:

Matthew Shepherd Poole

child:

Erin Ruth Poole