Background
Zuidema, George Dale was born on March 8, 1928 in Holland, Michigan, United States. Son of Jacob and Reka (Dalman) Zuidema.
Zuidema, George Dale was born on March 8, 1928 in Holland, Michigan, United States. Son of Jacob and Reka (Dalman) Zuidema.
Bachelor of Arts, Hope College, 1949;Honorary Doctor of Science, Hope College, 1969;Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1953.
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1953-1954;assistant resident surgeon, then chief resident surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1954, 57, 58, 59;assistant professor surgery, then associate professor, University of Michigan School Medicine, 1960-1964;professor surgery, director department, Johns Hopkins School Medicinealso surgeon in chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1964-1984;professor surgery, vice provost medical affairs, University of Michigan, 1984-1994. Cons. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Baltimore City Hospital, Clinical Center of National Institutes of Health. Chairman Study on Surgical Services for United States, 1970-1975.
Jt. Editor Gravitational Stress in Aerospace Medicine 1961, Jt. author Surgery—A Concise Guide to Clinical Practice 1961, Jt. author Physical Diagnosis, Jt. author Management of Trauma 1968, Jt. author Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy 1977, Editor Journal of Surgical Research 1966-1972, Co-Editor Surgery, Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (Editor with W. B. Saunders) 1989.
Board of directors Maryland. division American Cancer Society, 1964-1968. Trustee William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1984-1994, Hope College, Holland, Mich, since 1987. Captain Medical Corps, United States Air Force, 1954-1956.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, Royal College Surgeons Ireland (honorary). Member Association American Medical Colls., Control Society Clinical Research, Society University Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Society Clinical Surgery, Society Vascular Surgery, International Cardiovascular Surgery, Halsted Society, National Institute Medicine, Association Academy Surgeons (president 1967-1969), Allen O. Whipple Society, Council on Graduate Medical Education, Phi Beta Kappa, Tri Beta, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Joan K. Houtman, June 2, 1953. Children: Karen Sue, David Jay, Nancy Ruth, Sarah Kay.
