Background
Smith, Gardner Watkins was born on July 2, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Van Siclen and Olive (Watkins) Smith.
Smith, Gardner Watkins was born on July 2, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Van Siclen and Olive (Watkins) Smith.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, 1949; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1956; Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1969.
Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1956-1957;
assistant resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1958-1959;
fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1958;
assistant in surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1959;
professor surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1970-1996;
emeritus professor surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, since 1996;
deputy director department surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1978-1985. Assistant resident University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1959-1961, resident, 1961-1962, assistant in surgery, 1959-1963, cardiovascular resident, 1962-1963, instructor, 1963-1965, assistant professor, 1965-1968, associate professor, 1968-1970, surgeon, 1963-1970. Chief surgery Baltimore City Hospital, 1970-1979, visiting surgeon, 1979-1985.
Chairman of the section surgical science Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 1985-1996. Consultant Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 1970-1991, Lock Haven Veterans Administration Hospital., Baltimore, 1971-1992, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1976-1990, National Naval Medical Center, 1984-1990.
Member Society U. Surgeons, American, Southern surgical associations, Australian Computer Society, American Gastroenterol. Association, Association for Academy Surgery, Baltimore City Medical Society, Halsted Society, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty Maryland, Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, Society Vascular Surgery, International Cardiovascular Society, Southern Society Clinical Surgeons, Southeastern Surg Congress, Southern Association Vasular Surgery, Virginia Surgical Association, Cum Laude Society, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Susan Elizabeth Whiteford, September 6, 1958. Children— Elizabeth Whiteford, Rebecca Tremain, George Van Siclen World War II.