George Milton Shy

Background

Shy, George Milton was born on September 30, 1919 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States. Son of James C. and Zella (Henderson) Shy.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Oregon State College, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University Oregon, 1943. Master of Science, McGill University, 1949.

Career

Hospital, Portland, Oregon, 1942-1943. Assistant resident internal medicine Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada, 1943-1944. Assistant resident Montreal Neurological Institute, 1944, senior resident, demonstrator neurology and neurosurgery, 1949-1950.

House officer, 1st assit. to medical research council National Hospital, London, England., 1947-1949.

Senior fellow National Research Council (Canada). 1950-1951; assistant professor neurology U. Colorado, 1951-1952, associate professor, 1953.

Clinical associate professor Georgetown University, 1953. Neurologist Colorado General Hospital, Denver General Hospital, 1951.

Attending physician Veterans Administration Hospital., Denver.

Consultant neurologist National Jewish Hospital, Denver. Virginia hospitals, Grand Junction, Colorado, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1951-1953. Clinical director National Institute Neurological Diseases and Blindness.

National Institutions Health United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland., 1953-1960, associate director intramural research, 1960-1962.

Professor and department chairman neurology University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Consultant neurologist Naval Medical Center, 1955.

Visiting staff District of Columbia General Hospital, 1956.

Achievements

• George Milton Shy has been listed as a noteworthy physician. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from Ist Lieutenant to major, Military Cross, Australia, 1943-1946. Diplomate American Board Neurology and Psychiatry. Member Canadian Neurological Society, Royal Society Medicine, American Academy Neurology, Society Nuclear Medicine, Washington-Baltimore Neurophysiology.

Club: Cosmos.

Connections

Married Doreen Henderson, January 21, 1944. Children: Michael East., Kathleen East. Extern in surgery, intern Coffee Memorial.

Father:

James C. Shy

Mother:

Zella (Henderson) Shy

Spouse:

Doreen Henderson

child:

intern Coffee Meml Shy

child:

Michael East. Shy

child:

Kathleen East. Extern in surgery Shy