Background
Podgorny, George was born on March 17, 1934 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Emanuel and Helen (Parsian) Podgorny.
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George Podgorny
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Came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1973. Bachelor of Science, Maryville College, 1958. Postgraduate Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1958.
Doctor of Medicine Wake Forest University, 1962.
Career
Intern in surgery North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1962-1963, chief resident in general surgery, 1966-1967, in cardiothoracic surgery, 1967-1969. Senior medical examiner Forsyth County, North Carolina, 1972. Director department emergency medicine Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1974-1980.
Secretary-treasurer Forsyth Emergency Services, Winston-Salem,1970-1980.
Clinical professor emergency medicine East Carolina U. School Medicine, Greenville, 1984, chairman residency review commission on emergency medicine, 1980-1988. Member Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Director Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Project Region II of North Carolina, 1975.
Chairman of the board of trustees Emergency Medicine Foundation. Chairman residency review committee emergency medicineAccreditation Council Graduate Medical Education.
Founder Western Piedmont Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Council, 1973.
Member North Carolina Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Advisory Council, 1976-1981. Associate professor clinical surgery Bowman Gray School Medicine, WakeForest University, Winston-Salem, 1979. Board of directors Piedmont Health Systems Agency, 1975-1984.
Trustee Forsyth County Hospital, Authority, 1974-1975.
Board directors North Carolina Health Coordinating Council, 1975-1982, Medic Alert Foundation International.
Achievements
Membership
Member Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Director Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Project Region II of North Carolina, 1975. Member North Carolina Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Advisory Council, 1976-1981. Fellow International College Surgeons, International College Angiology, Royal Society Health (Great Britain), Royal Society Medicine, Southeastern Surgical Congress.
Member American College Emergency Physicians (charter, president 1978-1979), American Medical Association, (chairman county of section emergency medicine 1978-1990, alternate delegate for American College Emergency Physicians, 1990), American Board Emergency Medicine (president 1976-1981).
Connections
Married Ernestine Koury, October 20, 1962. Children: Adele, Emanuel II, George, Gregory.
