Gameel Byron Hodge

Background

Hodge, Gameel Byron was born on September 16, 1917 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Charles B. and Mary (Bargoot) Hodge.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wofford College, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1942, Doctorate Public Service (honorary), University South Carolina., 1982. Diplomate American Board Surgery.

InternDuke U. Medical school and Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, 1942-1943, assistant resident, 1943-1947, chief resident surgeon, 1947-1948.

Practice medicine specializing in general, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Spartanburg, 1948;attending surgeon Spartanburg General Hospital. Consultant surgeon Saint Luke"s Hospital, Tryon, North Carolina, 1948-1958, Cherokee County (South Carolina.) Memorial Hospital, 1948-1974.

Thoracic surgeon Spartanburg County Tuberculosis Hospital, 1948-1969. Chief of surgery Mary Black Memorial Hospital, 1969-1972.

Associate clinical professor surgery Medical University of Southern California, Spartanburg, 1970.

Career

With Medical Corps United States Army Reserve, 1942—1953. Intern Duke University Medical School and Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, 1942—1943, assistant resident, 1943—1947, chief resident surgeon, 1947—1948. Attending surgeon Spartanburg General Hospital.

Consultant surgeon St. Luke's Hospital, Tryon, North Carolina, 1948—1958, Cherokee County Memorial Hospital, South Carolina, 1948—1974. Thoracic surgeon Spartanburg County Tuberculosis Hospital, 1948—1969. Chief surgery Mary Black Memorial Hospital, 1969—1972.

Associate clinical professor surgery Medical University South Carolina, Spartanburg, 1970—2003, retired, 2003.

Achievements

• Gameel Byron Hodge has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Spartanburg Day School, 1958—2009. Chairman Spartanburg County Commission Higher Education, 1967—2009. Fellow: Industrial Medicine Association, American Federation Clinical Research, International Academy Proctology, New York Academy of Sciences, American College Chest Physicians.

Member: American Medical Association, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce (past president, Neville Holcombe Distinguished Service award 1988), Duke University Medical Alumni Association, Deryl Hart Surgical Society, American Geriatrics Society, Spartanburg Medical Society, South Carolina Vascular Surgical Society, South Carolina Surgical Society, South Carolina Medical Association, American Heart Association, Carolina Country Club, Piedmont Club, Kiwanis (Citizenship of Year award 1969), Phi Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Palmetto, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Katie Adams Hodge, September 22, 1943. Children: Susan, Byron, John Adams.

Father:

Charles B. Hodge

Mother:

Mary (Bargoot) Hodge

Spouse:

Katie Adams Hodge

child:

Byron Hodge

child:

Susan Hodge

child:

John Adams Hodge