George Robert Mason

Background

Mason, George Robert was born on June 10, 1932 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of George Mitchell and Marjorie Louise (Hooper) Mason.

Education

Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1955; Doctor of Medicine with honors, University of Chicago, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, Stanford University, 1968.

Career

Teaching assistant pathology, University of Chicago, 1954-1956; rotating intern, University of Chicago Clinics, 1957-1958; teaching assistant surgery, National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, United States Public Health Service fellow surgery, Stanford University, 1960-1962; from assistant resident in surgery to senior and chief resident in surgery, Stanford University Hospitals, 1962-1966; member of faculty, Stanford Medical School, 1965-1971; associate professor, Stanford Medical School, 1970-1971; professor, department chairman surgery, U. Maryland. Medical School, Baltimore, 1971-1980; also professor physiology. Professor, department chairman surgery, University of California, Irvine, 1980-1989; chief surgical service, Hines (Illinois) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1990-1995; professor surgery and thoracic cardiovascular surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, since 1990; department chairman thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, 1995-1997.

Member residency review committee for surgery, 1981-1987.

Achievements

• George Robert Mason has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain Medical Corps, United States Air Force, 1958-1960. Member American College of Surgeons, American Association Thoracic Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians, American Physiological Society, American Gastroenterological Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Association Academy Surgery, Control Surgical Society, Southern Surgical Society, Chicago Surgical Society, American Surgical Association, Western Surgical Association, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Illinois Thoracic Surgical Society (president 1994-1995), Halsted Society, Chesapeake VascularSoc., Society International Chirurgie, Society Clinical Surgery, Society for SurgeryAlimentary Tract, Society University Surgeons.

Connections

Married Grace Louise Bransfield, February 4, 1956. Children: Douglas Richard, Marcia Jean, David William.

Father:

George Mitchell Mason

Mother:

Marjorie Louise (Hooper) Mason

Spouse:

Grace Louise Bransfield

child:

Douglas Richard Mason

child:

Marcia Jean Mason

child:

David William Mason